OCTOBER, 1976
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GRAIVTS and FELLOWSHIPS
HUMANITIES PROGRAM
INVITES APPLICATIONS
The National Endowment
for the Humanities announced
it is inviting applications from
college faculty to sponsor
summer or year-round in
stitutes at which faculty from
a number of colleges and
universities may join one
another in study, seminars,
workshops, and joint
curriculum planning. The
purpose of the institutes is to
enable participants to learn to
apply new scholarly ap
proaches to the enrichment of
the undergraduate
curriculum in the humanities.
Each institute should have a
core program which ad
dresses a demonstrated
national or regional interest in
humanities education, rather
than the particular concerns
of the host institution.
Requests for guidelines
should be accompanied by a
brief statement about the type
of institute planned and should
be addressed to: Cynthia W.
Frey, Humanities Institutes
Program, Division of
Education Programs,
National Endowment for the
Humanities, (NFAHMail Stop
202), Washington, D.C. 20506.
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
The National Association
of College and University
Business Officers has an
nounced the second ad
ministrative leave program
for college and university
administrators. The program
is supported by a grant from
the Exxon Education Foun
dation. Any individual who is
professionally involved in
administration at one of the
nation’s accredited higher
education institutions is
eligible.
The employing institution
is expected to contribute the
individual’s salary and make
provisions for the leave of
absence. Individual awards
will vary according to the
proposals selected. Awards in
the first year of the program
averaged $2,500, but grants of
up to $5000 may be made. The
deadline for submitting
proposals is Oct. 31. Details
may be obtained from; M.J.
Williams, Jr., director of
special programs, NACUBO,
One Dupont Circle, Suite 510,
Washington, D.C. 20036.
1977 MITCHELL PRIZE
COMPETITION AN
NOUNCED
Guidelines have been
issued for the 1977 George and
Cynthia Mitchell Prize which
offers $50,000 for new ap
proaches to “achieving a
sustainable society in
equilibrium with the finite
nature of our planet.” Five
awards of $10,000 each will be
presented to winners of the
competition, which seeks to
find ways to “alleviate the
effects of current growth
patterns and bring about
desirable change.”
Guidelines, rules and
application forms are
available until Nov. 12 from:
“Alternatives to Growth ‘77,”
c-o Society for International
Development, 1346 Con
necticut Avenue, N.W., Room
1131, Washington, D.C. 20036.
NSF EDUCATION GUIDE
FOR 1977 AVAILABLE
The National Science
Foundation has published a
guide to its science education
programs for the 1977 fiscal
year. The guide provides an
overall perspective on the
foundation’s science
education activities, a brief
description of each program,
and a schedule of deadlines.
Copies are available from:
Central Processing Section,
National Science Foundation,
Washington, D.C. 20550.
NSF OPENS COMPETITION
FOR FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAMS
The National Science
Foundation announced that
application materials are now
available for three fellowship
programs which will issue
awards in 1977. The foun
dation will award, on the basis
of merit, approximately 500
Graduate Fellowships, 100
National Needs Postdoctoral
Fellowships, and 40 NATO
Postdoctoral Fellowships to
citizens or nationals of the
U.S.
The application deadline
for graduate fellowships is
Dec. 1, and for National Needs
Postdoctoral Fellowships,
Dec. 6. Copies of the an
nouncements and application
materials for both programs
may be obtained from:
Fellowship Office, national
Research Council, 2101
Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20418.
The application deadline
for the NATO fellowships is
Nov. 29. The announcement
and application materials
may be obtained from: NATO
Fellowships Program,
Division of Science Manpower
Improvement, National
Science Foundation,
Washington, D.C. 20550.
TRUMAN FUND SETS
SCHOLARSHIP RULES
The Harry S. Truman
Scholarship Foundation
published formal regulations
this week to govern the annual
competition to select Harry S.
Truman Scholars. The Act
GstablisKinS tHo i>roeratt\ oalls
for the selection of a scholar
from each state each year in
which there is an eligible
resident applicant. If there
are no eligible nominees from
one or more states, the
foundation can ask for ad
ditional applicants.
The regulations were
published in the Sept. 28 issue
of the Federal Register. A
spokesman said that in
formation about the first
competition will be announced
later in October. The awards
will be made to outstanding
college students who plan to
follow careers in public
service.
Each institution of higher
education may nominate one
student annually. The
nomination must be made by
the president of the institution
after the president asks for
and considers recom
mendations by the faculty. If
an institution has more than
one component with iden
tification numbers assigned
by the Federal Interagency
Committee on Education,
each component of the in
stitution may nominate one
student. If an institution of
higher education does not
offer education beyond the
sophomore level, the in
stitution may nominate only a
student who will be a junior
the following year at another
institution of higher
education.
Each scholarship will
cover tuition, fees, books, and
room and board up to a hmit
of $5,000. The cost allowed for
books will be set at a flat $180.
The regulations state that
a student is eligible to be
nominated as a scholar if he or
she: (a) is a matriculated
student pursuing a degree at
an institution of higher
education during the year in
which nominated; (b) will be
a junior pursuing a bachelor’s
degree as a full-time student
at an institution of higher
education the following
academic year; (c) has an
undergraduate average of at
least “B” or its equivalent and
ranks in the upper fourth of
his or her class; and (e) is a
national of the United States,
or is in the United States for
other than a temporary
purpose and intends to
become a permanent resident,
or is a permanent resident of
the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands.
The foundation said it
intends to renew scholarship
awards for a period not to
exceed a total of four
academic years subject to
regulations and subject to an
annual review for compliance
with the regulations.
All nominees must write
an essay of 500 words or less
specifying their interest in
pursuing a career in public
service and how their
educational plans will prepare
them for the chosen career
goal.
SOCIETAL GROWTH
RESEARCH
Applications for five
$10,000 Mitchell Prizes, which
seek to encourage in
ternational research, analysis
and debate on new and
alternative approaches to the
processes of societal growth,
are now being accepted by the
Society for International
Development. Entries may be
in the form of papers, films,
engineering drawings, town
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of a proposed sustainable
state or innovative recycling
system; all entries, however,
must include a written
summary of no more than 10
pages.
Five broad areas of
potential study include; (1)
Management of natural and
human resources; (2) In
stitutional innovation for a
changing world; (3) How to
meet rising expectations when
certain limits are being
reached; (4) How the world’s
physical, financial and human
resources should be used to
meet basic human needs in a
sustainable society; and (5)
What economic mechanisms
and technologies are needed
to move toward a sustainable
society. Each entry must
consider the element of policy
making, and must give
recommendations to alleviate
the effects of current growth
patterns and bring about
desired change.
ENVIRONMENTAL CON
SERVATION FELLOWSHIPS
Applications to National
Wildlife Federation
Fellowship Program must be
submitted by Dec. 31, 1976.
Awards up to $4,000 will be
made to advance the cause of
natural resource
management, to encourage
research relevant to NWF’s
educational programs, and to
contribute to enhancement of
the environment. Although
program is primarily aimed
at helping graduate students,
post-doctoral research will
also be considered.
RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
IN ENVIRONMENTAL
BIOLOGY
Applications for grants
submitted by either a single
university or a consortium of
schools-must be sent to
National Science Foundation
by Dec. 1, 1976. Applications
must include a detailed
description of the desired
equipment, of the research
projects for which the
equipment will be used, and of
the purpose and significance
of the projects. Interested
institutions should consult
with NSF prior to formal
submission of application.
NOV. 12,1976, APPLICATION
DEADLINE FOR TEACHER
TRAINING
The Bureau of Education
for the Handicapped of U.S.
Office of Education will ac
cept applications for projects
designed to train teachers of
the handicapped in one of the
following priority program
areas; (a) Early childhood
education-Preparation of
educational personnel to serve
handicapped children ages up
to 6 years; (b) Severely
handicapped-Preparation of
educational personnel to serve
the severely and multi
handicapped, particularly
where the need for trained
personnel is the greatest; (c)
Paraprofessiona 1-Prepara tion
of personnel, for example at
community and junior
colleges, to assist a
professional in the education
of handicapped children;
(d) Physical education-
Preparation of personnel to
provide therapeutic
recreation services for
handicapped children;
(f)Interdisciplinary-
Preparation of personnel to
work with handicapped
children on an in
terdisciplinary basis; (g)
General special education-
Preparation of personnel who
will provide educational
services to handicapped
children; (h) Vocational and
career education-Preparation
of personnel to provide career
or vocational education for the
handicapped; (i) Regular
education-Pre-service or in-
service programs which
prepare regular education
personnel, physical education
personnel, or recreation
specialists, to provide ser
vices from special education
personnel who work with
handicapped children; (j)
Programs which provide post
doctoral training in the
education of the handicapped;
(k) Model implementation
(Special Projects)-Programs
which develop new models of
instruction or prepare per
sonnel for an innovative role
in the education of han
dicapped children; and (1)
Volunteers-Preparation of
volunteers, including parents,
to assist in the provision of
education to handicapped
children.
ETHNIC HERITAGE
ESTABLISHES DEC. 17, 1976,
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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