how to create dhimmis: Abbasi Program Student Grants for Study of Islam and Muslim Societies (Deadline: 03/04/11)

jan 11th, 2011

it's all about the moolah. mohammedans recycling petro-dollars wisely.

btw, isn't this blasphemy: "from the beginnings of islam"? i thought mohammedanism was sui generis, had always been there. if it had a 'beginning', won't it have an 'end' too?

now watch for the next version of this announcement to have suitably altered the wording.

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From: Sangeeta Mediratta <smedirat@stanford.edu>
Date: 2011/1/12
Subject: Fwd: Abbasi Program Student Grants for Study of Islam and Muslim Societies (Deadline: 03/04/11)
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Please circulate this information.

2010-11 Abbasi Program Student Grants for Study of Islam and Muslim Societies

( http://www.stanford.edu/dept/islamic_studies/fellowships.html )

The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies invites proposals from continuing Stanford students for projects pertaining to Islam and Muslim societies, including history from the beginnings of Islam to the twenty-first century, systematic study of Islamic social contexts, the religion of Islam in all its internal complexity, and the diversity of human experience as seen in literature and the arts originating in societies affected by Islamic civilizations.

 

Awards will be up to $4,000 per proposal and made on a competitive basis. Projects may be pursued during the summer or the academic year. Two types of projects are supported:

 

(1) Graduate student fieldwork and research projects: Proposals should be related to advanced work connected to the dissertation topic or exploration of an area that may lead to the dissertation.

 

(2) Intensive language study abroad or in the United States: Both undergraduate and graduate students can apply. The proposed course of language study must be integral to the applicant's academic development and/or research such as a senior thesis or the dissertation. Priority will be given to training in languages not offered on campus or for advanced training in languages where the student has exhausted campus resources.

 

Eligibility:

Applicants must be Stanford students in good standing and will be enrolling as undergraduate, coterminal or graduate students during the 2011-12 academic year. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously received an Abbasi Program Student Grant. Proposals submitted by a group of students are not accepted.

Expenses:
The grant can be used for the following expenses:
• travel, lodging, and living costs associated with off-campus research or language training

• purchase of research materials

• research-related services (e.g. duplication costs, production of questionnaires/surveys, human subject costs, data entry, transcribing interviews, running focus groups)
• costs associated with language training (e.g. tuition,  registration fees, tutoring costs)

 

The grant cannot be used for the following expenses:
• purchase of equipment (e.g. computer, tape-recorder) and software

• travel costs to attend or present at professional conferences

• dissertation write-up

 

Requests must be for expenses that are not covered through other sources of funding. Applicants may simultaneously apply for other sources of funding, but may not accept multiple sources of funding for the same expenses. The itemized budget should clearly list sources of confirmed and/or pending funding.

 

Requirements:
Grant recipients are accepted to submit a 1-page report upon the completion of their project, describing how the grant project has developed, what was learned, and next steps regarding their research project and career.

Application Procedures and Deadline:

Proposals should be e-mailed to abbasiprogram@stanford.edu by 5 pm on Friday, March 4^th, 2011.  Please submit the following in a single Word or PDF file:   

(1) A project proposal limited to 750 words, describing the project to be undertaken, its relevance to the study of Islam and Muslim societies, and its significance for the student's research and academic development.

(2) An itemized budget, specifying overall project costs, amount of funding requested from the Abbasi Program, and sources and amount of confirmed / pending financial support for the project. For the pending financial support, please indicate the date by which funding decision will be announced. If you are ineligible for other financial support, please explain why.

(3) a CV, listing the applicant's academic standing, previous academic accomplishments, publications and/or conference presentations,

(4) a copy of unofficial transcript from AXESS in a PDF,

(5) one letter of recommendation from the applicant's thesis advisor or the primary faculty member with whom she/he is working. If applying for language study, please submit two recommendation letters, only one of which may be from a language instructor. The letter writer(s) should speak to the specific project being proposed and send the letter directly by email to abbasiprogram@stanford.edu by March 4^th, 2011.

 

Applications that do not follow these criteria will not be accepted. Grant applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary committee of faculty members and staff affiliated with the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. Decisions will be made within a month after the application deadline. For questions, please contact Associate Director Burcak Keskin-Kozat by email at burcak@stanford.edu. A copy of this announcement and the list of previous award recipients are available at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/islamic_studies/fellowships.html .

 

 

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Dr. Burcak Keskin-Kozat, Associate Director

The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies

Stanford University

Division of International, Comparative and Area Studies

http://islamicstudies.stanford.edu

Email: burcak@stanford.edu