November 2, 2009, is the new application deadline for CSWS travel grants for winter or spring term 2010.

CSWS will award travel grants of up to $200 for faculty, staff or graduate students in support of research and/or creative work from a range of disciplines on topics related to women and gender. Click here for more information.

Place: 330 Hendricks Hall,  Jane Grant Conference Room

Get a head start on your CSWS Research grant applications.

Jennifer Erickson, 2009 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship Winner

Carol Stabile, director, Center for the Study of Women in Society, will facilitate a CSWS Grants Question and Answer Session related to the upcoming January 15, 2010 application deadline for CSWS research-related grants for UO faculty and graduate students. Click here to access CSWS grant guidelines and applications.  Please note that all application proposals must have a women and gender related component.

Click here to read about the proposals of past grant awardees.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society invites applications from University of Oregon undergraduate students for the $1,000 Jane Higdon Senior Thesis Scholarship. This award is intended to support students at the University of Oregon who are preparing a senior thesis in any department on campus on issues related to women and/or gender. CSWS will also consider projects with either the scholarly rigor or a research component comparable to that of a thesis. The deadline is November 16, 2009.

This award honors the life and work of Jane Higdon, a faculty researcher at the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU and an avid endurance athlete.  The financial support for this scholarship is provided by the Jane Higdon Foundation, which is dedicated to encouraging and empowering young people to pursue healthy and active lifestyles and academic excellence.

Awards are subject to conditions set by CSWS, which falls under the purview of the UO Office of the Vice President for Research. For more information on how to apply for the scholarship, students should refer to the application guidelines. Please click here to go to the guideline and application form links.

A rare opportunity for paid Congressional internships is now open for female college students.  The “Geek Squad Academy-Women’s High Tech Coalition Internship” is offering $3,000 scholarships to young women interning on Capitol Hill in Fall 2009 or Spring 2010 “to gain valuable hands-on experience on the Hill that will help them pursue a future career in science or technology.”

Interns will spend half their time in a Congressional member’s office and half with the Women’s High Tech Coalition (WHTC). According to the WHTC news release, “The scholarship recognizes the importance of young women studying math, science or technology and the incorporation of a public policy internship in the pursuit of a career in science or technology.”

Applications must be submitted through the WHTC website.  Deadline for Fall 2009 is listed as September 4. Deadline for Spring 2010 is January 8, 2010.