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

The IDRF Program is committed to scholarship thatadvances knowledge about cultures, societies, aesthetics, economicsand/or polities outside the United States. The program promotes workthat is relevant to a particular discipline while resonating acrossother fields and area specializations. The program is open to full-timegraduate students in the humanities and social sciences - regardless ofcitizenship - enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States.

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

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

Deadline: November 10, 2005.