Call for Applications
National PERISHIP Award
The Public Entity Risk Institute and the Natural Hazards Center
Deadline: February 1, 2009
Applications are now being accepted for PERISHIP dissertation fellowships supporting work in natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters in all disciplines.
Up to four grants of as much as $10,000 each will be awarded in 2009 to support doctoral student dissertation work. Grants can be used for data collection, travel, software purchase, data entry assistance, statistical analysis services, or similar purposes. Eligible candidates must be “all but dissertation” at a U.S. educational institution by the application deadline and have an approved dissertation proposal. Non-U.S. citizens may apply if their doctoral degree will be granted by a U.S. institution.
For complete information and application instructions, visit the award website.
Call for Authors
Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief
Sage Publications
Deadline: Not listed
Sage Publications is soliciting academic contributions for the Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief, a two-volume set scheduled for release in 2010. The encyclopedia will cover disaster relief and related social science aspects, including terms and practices, profiles of relief organizations, biographies, and descriptions of past relief efforts.
Payment for the 800 to 4,000-word entries will be honoraria ranging from a $50 book credit at SAGE Publications to a free set of the finished volumes. Editors K. Bradley Penuel and Mathew Statler of New York University will review articles for editorial content and academic consistency.
For more information, including a list of articles being sought and style guidelines, e-mail Sue Moskowitz at relief@golsonmedia.com.
Call for Proposals
Quick Response Grants
Natural Hazards Center
The Natural Hazards Center is accepting proposals for the 2009 Quick Response Grant Program until November 16, 2008.
The program provides funds for researchers to quickly travel to disaster-affected areas to capture perishable data.
In addition to contributing to academic knowledge, the research results in reports that make rapid analyses of recent events available to the Hazards Center's multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and educators. The program promotes innovation in disaster research by favoring students, new researchers, and novel areas of study.
Researchers interested in applying for these small grants to defray the high cost of travel to disaster areas can find more information about the program and application process on the program guideline page. And please feel free to post or distribute a printable version of our program flyer available.