The Emerging Scholars Blog

Here’s a good opportunity to help you finish your Ph.D.: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. From their website:

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.

Each one-year fellowship is worth $24,000, and you must be planning to submit your Ph.D. or Th.D. by summer 2010. The deadline is November 14, so you need to apply soon.

Link: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (HT: Gail Neal at Biola, via Stan Wallace)

ESN scholarships are now available for undergraduates who are attending Following Christ 2008 and the ESN Day Ahead. There are a limited number available, but this is a great opportunity for undergraduate ESN members looking for ways to attend Following Christ. Even if you are not an undergrad, I bet you know a few who are considering an academic vocation, and who could benefit from these scholarships.

Full details can be found here.

Just a quick note that the initial deadline for the Bosscher-Hammond Prizes is only one week away. These prizes will recognize projects that integrate faith, life, and learning, and that demonstrate how academia and the professions can contribute to human flourishing. Twenty-six finalists will receive free registration to Following Christ 2008, and three winners will receive $2,000.

To put that in perspective, that’s enough for a MacBook Air and an iPod Nano, because, um, you need cool stuff like that to finish your Ph.D. Or, it’s enough for a family of four to go to Disney World for week because, after all, what better way to celebrate your Ph.D. in aerospace engineering than dozens of rides on Space Mountain?

This is a great opportunity for Christians pursuing graduate education. The Harvey Fellows, an initiative of the Mustard Seed Foundation, provides annual stipends of $16,000 (renewable for up to 3 years!) for Christians pursuing graduate education in fields in which Christians are underrepresented. (Note: they include “research, teaching, and administration at premier colleges and universities” as one of these fields, so most ESN members will qualify.) The Harvey Fellows also target students in programs that are recognized as among the “top five” in their discipline, and you can either be in or applying to a graduate program.

The deadline for this year’s application is November 1. Also, if you have an old application sitting in your file cabinet, the Harvey Fellows now require you to submit an on-line application, so visit their website to start the process.