The Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies are pleased to announce the 2006 competition of the International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF) program, which is designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world. Fifty fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2006 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The IDRF Program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about cultures, societies, aesthetics, economics and/or polities outside the United States. The program promotes work that is relevant to a particular discipline while resonating across other fields and area specializations. The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences – regardless of citizenship – enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States.

Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except fieldwork and dissertation by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2006, whichever comes first. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2006 and December 2007.

Applications for the IDRF program must be submitted electronically using the SSRC’s Online Application Portal. For detailed information on application procedures, visit the IDRF website at www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf or contact program staff at idrf@ssrc.org.

Deadline: November 10, 2005.

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