Panel about Funding for Internships & Research Abroad TODAY @12pm

 Funding for Internships & Research Abroad

Monday, October 3, 2011, Noon-1:00 pm, 1636 School of Social Work Building

An International Career Pathways event

Moderator--Bill Nolting, International Center, icoverseas@umich.edu

Mark your calendar for other International Career Pathways presentations!

The International Opportunities Fair will be 2-6 PM, Thurs. Oct. 20, in the Michigan Union.

Representatives of U-M funding offices

See the International Center’s handout for details, and online presentation with student tips at http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/work/internfunding.html.  

Each U-M School, College, Program (Honors, RC) & Department may offer funding to its own students.  See Global Michigan for more sources— http://gobalportal.umich.edu   

A funded internship program for undergraduates

·         Center for South Asian Studies , Zilka Joseph. Deadline: Early January

Funding available to undergraduate & graduate students in most Schools & Colleges

• Center for Global Health, James Stimpson
  University of Michigan students are eligible to participate in the work of the Center for Global Health (CGH, Center) as Student Associates. Any full-time undergraduate, graduate, or medical student interested in global health may apply for CGH student association. Membership involves a one-year commitment of service to the Center for Global Health and offers eligibility to benefits particular to Center Student Associates and relevant to the Center's vision. Such benefits include programmatic funding for conferences, speakers, global health engagement and global health scholarly research.
• MHIRT—Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training Program

(Funded research program in Chile, China, Mongolia, Ghana or Uganda), Application deadline Nov. 14, 2011

Temuulen Johnson

 

Funding for undergraduate & graduate students offered through U-M's International Institute & Area Studies Centers—just a few examples are represented!

• International Institute, Kelly Peckens

Individual Fellowships for Internships, research & additional funding opportunities,

• Examples: Fulbright & Fulbright-Hays Fellowships
• Luce Scholars Program (Asia), deadline October 10, 2011
• Individual Fellowships, deadline mid-February, 2012
• Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

Julie Claus. Examples: CRIF & CES grants, deadline mid-March, 2012

• Center for International & Comparative Studies (CICS) , Folake Graves
• African Studies Center; Department of Afroamerican & African Studies, Devon Adjei
• Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Azumi Ann Takata

Funding for graduate students

• William Davidson Institute. Sinia Whatmore
• (Speaker not available for this panel)—Rackham Fellowships Office, grants available to graduate students.

 

Presentation sponsored by U-M International Career Pathways