Application is now open for the Aalborg University American Fellowships. Interested applicants are encouraged to send their applications in before the deadline date.
About Aalborg University and Scholarship
Aalborg University is a Danish university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen. Its main location is in Aalborg, Denmark. Aalborg University Center (AUC), which was the organization’s original name when it was founded in 1974, became Aalborg University in 1994. Based on total enrollment, Aalborg University is now the fifth-largest institution in Denmark. The university in Aalborg includes departments scattered around the city, but its main campus is located in the eastern section of the city.
Women were prevented from attending school when the American Fellowship program was created in 1888. It is the oldest non-institutional source of graduate financing for women in the United States and the largest fellowship program offered by AAUW.
AAUW American Fellowships provide funding for eight weeks to female academics working on their dissertations, postdoctoral research projects, or publication preparation. Candidates must be American citizens or authorized residents. The quality and uniqueness of the project concept, and the candidate’s commitment to actively assisting women and girls via service in their communities, professions, or fields of study are all taken into consideration when evaluating candidates.
Dissertation: The American Dissertation Fellowship is designed to help scholars with their living costs while they finish their dissertations. The dissertation’s final year of writing must be covered by the fellowship. By the prior November, candidates must have finished all required coursework, passed all prerequisite exams, and had their research plans or proposals approved. Students who received dissertation writing grants in the year before the AAUW fellowships year are ineligible. open to applications from all academic disciplines. Researchers studying gender issues or those working in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math are strongly invited to apply.
Postdoctoral: The American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship’s main goals are to improve the proportion of women holding tenure-track teaching posts and to advance gender equity in higher education. By allowing them to spend a year conducting an independent study, this fellowship is meant to help the applicant get tenure and subsequent promotions. Professors with tenure are not eligible. open to applications from all academic disciplines. Researchers studying gender issues or those working in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math are strongly invited to apply.
Publication: The Short-Term Research Publication Grants assist academics in the publication-ready preparation of their research publications. Candidates whose work advances AAUW’s mission to remove economic and educational obstacles so that all women have an equal chance will be given preference. For eight consecutive weeks, there must be time available for final writing and editing to address concerns mentioned in critiques of the work. Both tenure-track and part-time academics, as well as emerging and seasoned researchers, are eligible to receive these fellowships.
The fellowships are made to help the applicant get a job and other advancements. Professors with tenure are not eligible. open to applications from all academic disciplines. Candidates from all academic disciplines are welcome. Applications are strongly welcomed from academics working in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math or researching gender-related topics.
Details about Aalborg University American Fellowships:
Scholarship Sponsor: AAUW
Scholarship Value: $8,000–$50,000
Number of awards: Several
Study level: Fellowships
Host Institution(s): Aalborg University
Benefits:
- Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000
- Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000
- Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000
Eligibility Criteria for Aalborg University American Fellowships
The following requirements must be met by applicants for all American Fellowships:
- Previous beneficiaries of any national fellowship or grant offered by AAUW (except branch or local prizes and Community Action Grants) are not eligible for American Fellowships.
- All current interns as well as members of the AAUW Board of Directors, committees, panels, task forces, and staff are ineligible to apply for fellowships and grants from the organization. A person who currently holds an award is qualified to run for office or be appointed to task forces, committees, panels, and boards.
- Candidates for the American Fellowship must be Americans or lawful permanent residents.
- Women in all disciplines of study at an authorized institution of higher learning, including those who identify as women, are eligible for American Fellowships. The final determination of what institutions qualify as eligible institutions rests with AAUW.
- In the same year, applicants are not permitted to apply for another national fellowship or award from AAUW.
- Online courses and distance learning: The traditional classroom-based programs of study at colleges and universities are supported by fellowships. This fellowship program does not offer financial support for online or distance learning courses or for degrees that significantly rely on distance learning components. AAUW will have the last say in defining what these fellowships consider to be distant learning. Due to COVID-19 measures at their school, candidates who are temporarily studying remotely may still apply to AAUW.
Dissertation Fellowships:
- The dissertation’s last year of writing must be spent using the American Dissertation Fellowship. By November 1, 2023, candidates must have finished all required coursework, passed all prerequisite tests, and had their dissertation research proposal or plan approved. The dissertation or doctoral degree must be finished between April 1 and June 30, 2024. It must take place between April 1 and September 15, 2024, to award degrees.
- Studying in the United States is not compulsory for Dissertation Fellows.
- The American Dissertation Fellowship is not open to students who already have a fellowship or grant in place to cover the cost of their final year of dissertation writing or dissertation completion the year before the fellowship year.
- Candidates finishing their first Ph.D. degree are eligible for the Dissertation Fellowship.
- A candidate may apply for a fellowship for the same dissertation project up to twice.
Postdoctoral Fellowships:
- Candidates for the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship must at the time of application possess a Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H.
- Professors with tenure are not eligible.
Publication Grants:
- To be eligible to apply for an American Short-Term Research Publication Grant, a candidate must currently possess a Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H.
- Professors with tenure are not eligible.
- American Short-Term Research Publication Grants are available to tenure-track, temporary, and part-time university faculty members, as well as to emerging and seasoned researchers. Strongly published academics should look for financing elsewhere. Applicants must have time to devote to final manuscript preparation for eight weeks in a row. The monies may be used at any time throughout the fellowship year, however, the majority of recipients—particularly full-time faculty members—will do so over the summer. The support must result in a decrease in the applicant’s ongoing work-related activities, applicants must show.
- Preliminary research is not permitted with American Short-Term Research Publication Grants. Drafting, editing, or revising manuscripts; duplicating research components; reacting to concerns identified during critical review; and other attempts to boost the possibility of publication are all activities that may be carried out throughout the grant time.
- The recipient must be identified as the only author, first author, senior author, or an author of comparable stature.
Interview Date, Process, and Venue for Aalborg University American Fellowships
Once a year, the panel meets to discuss grant requests. The following set of criteria is used to determine awards. AAUW must provide final approval of the panel’s recommendations. The amount of money available in a particular fiscal year determines how competitively fellowships are granted.
AAUW refrains from commenting on the decision-making of the award committees to maintain a fair review process. Application assessments are not provided by AAUW. There are no facilities for going back and changing fellowship requests.
Applications and supplemental materials do not get returned or kept for next year; they become the exclusive property of AAUW.
These standards will be taken into account while choosing fellowship recipients:
- Academic prowess of the applicant.
- Project design quality.
- Project originality.
- Academic importance of the project to the field
- Project viability and anticipated timetable
- Candidate qualifications.
- The dedication of the applicant to issues affecting women in their field or community
- Mentoring of female students by applicant
- Teaching experience of the applicant.
- Possibility of the candidate contributing significantly to the field
- The applicant belongs to an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.
- During the award year, the applicant will be enrolled in a university that is not a top-tier research institution, in an underrepresented region of the nation, or both.
- Financial need.
Scholarly quality is the main requirement for fellowship grants. Applications are evaluated by eminent academics; please prepare them properly.
American Short-Term Research Publication Grant and American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: The assessment panel will give women with junior academic posts requesting research leave, women who have had a Ph.D. for at least three years, and women whose educational careers have been interrupted additional attention when assessing proposals of equal value. Additionally, projects that are not merely revisions of the applicant’s Ph.D. dissertation will be given preference, as will candidates whose work advances the mission of AAUW, which is to remove obstacles in education and the workplace so that all women have an equal chance.
Opens: August 1 every year
Deadline: November 1 every year
Required Documents for Application
- Project institution form:
- Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research Leave and Short-Term Publication Grant seekers: Submit the form certifying that you have an institutional connection, laboratory or office space, and library privileges during the fellowship year, as well as consent from the prospective institution and the authority with whom the work will be done. No other forms will be accepted in its place.
- Candidates for dissertations: If you plan to carry out your project at a location other than your own during the fellowship year, you must submit the form proving that you have permission from the organization and the authority involved in the project to use their facilities (lab, office, and library) during the fellowship year. No other forms will be accepted in its place. There is no need to fill out a project institution form if your project will be carried out at your home institution.
- Candidates for the Dissertation Fellowship: Form for certifying a dissertation: Submit the document attesting to the successful completion of all necessary courses, qualifying exams for the doctorate, and institutional officer acceptance of your dissertation research proposal (the plan of research). No other forms will be accepted in its place.
- Transcripts.**
- Dissertation Transcripts for all graduate work and courses specified in the application must be submitted by fellowship applicants. Grades for coursework that was transferred must appear on transcripts. A transcript from the institution where the courses were taken is necessary if the transcript lists transfer courses and credits without grades. An institutional letter declaring that you attended a school that doesn’t demand coursework or offer transcripts is necessary if you attended there.
- Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research Leave and Short-Term Publication Grant seekers: evidence of a degree: Send official documents (transcripts, letter, etc.) attesting to your Ph.D., Ed.D., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.B.A., D.S.W., or M.P.H.
*All components delivered in a foreign language must be accompanied by a verified English translation. Translations must have a certification mark or official signature attesting to their accuracy and completeness.
*The applicant’s entire name, the name of the institution, all of the courses taken, all grades earned, and any other information specified in the application instructions must be on all transcripts submitted.
Application Procedure for Aalborg University American Fellowships
You may access the application and register for an account on the school vendor site by clicking Apply Now to begin the application process. The following tabs must be filled out completely.
- Start
- Background
- Proposal
- Recommendations, Documents & Review
- Recommendations: Standardized or form letters should not be used as recommendations. References from services that provide dossiers, such as Parment or Interfolio, are not accepted by AAUW.
- Candidates for Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships should submit three letters of recommendation from mentors, peers, or other people familiar with their work.
- Applicants for dissertation fellowships are required to submit three letters of recommendation from mentors, peers, or other people familiar with their work and teaching style. The applicant’s dissertation advisor must provide one of the required three references.
- Short-Term Research Publication Grant applicants: Provide three references from the applicant’s mentors, peers, or other people who are familiar with the applicant’s project/work and teaching style.
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The Submission Deadline is: November 1, 2023
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