Deadline: 3-Feb-23
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 Mariam K. Chamberlain Award, which honors the legacy of a visionary leader whose contributions to the feminist and social justice movements are evident across the world.
Purpose
Through a generous $100,000 matching grant from the Ford Foundation, Re:Gender established the Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award to honor and extend Mariam’s work. The Award enabled Re:Gender, and now ICRW, to continue Mariam’s interest in promoting mentorship and high-level scholarship. The Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award will support a first generation doctoral student, including immigrant students, as she or he works on a dissertation under the close supervision of a senior dissertation advisor over one academic year.
Prize Information
- $10,000 is awarded annually: $8,500 to a Ph.D. graduate student (preference is to award a student who identifies as a woman); and $1,500 to the student’s dissertation advisor (to be split among advisors if more than one advisor is supporting the student).
- The sum awarded to the student may be used to help fund ongoing research and associated education costs. It is expected that the sum should also help fund travel expenses related to the Award for both the student and the advisor, including a dissertation presentation when the Award period has concluded.
- One year: Approximately March 2023 through December 2023.
Project Topic/Focus
The student’s dissertation must be related to ICRW’s mission to advance gender equity, social inclusion and shared prosperity. ICRW’s main thematic focus areas include violence, rights and inclusion; women’s economic empowerment; and global health, youth and development.
Activities During Award Period
The Award winner will work on her or his dissertation with the guidance of the dissertation advisor based on a jointly conceived project plan. The graduate student will be requested to make a dissertation presentation at an ICRW event during the same year that the Award comes to a close. The advisor is encouraged to attend as well. During the Award period, the winning student must remain in good academic standing.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant is a first generation doctoral student (defined as the first individual in their family to enroll in a doctoral program).
- Topic has demonstrated originality and is relevant to ICRW’s mission to advance gender equity, social inclusion and the alleviation of poverty worldwide
- Applicant demonstrates scholarly excellence.
- Eligible students are U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents or non-citizens. However, the student must be enrolled at an accredited institution based in the U.S. and pursing a Ph.D.
- Preference is to award a student who identifies as a woman.
- Student must have completed all course work, have a dissertation advisor and expect to have passed all preliminary examinations (i.e., ABD status) by the time the application is submitted.
- Student’s PhD will not be completed before May 2023.
- The Award is for students enrolled in U.S.-based, accredited academic institutions that confer doctoral degrees. However, students may be of any nationality or citizenship status.
For more information, visit ICRW.
One year: Approximately March 2023 through December 2023.