UAMN Student Research Fellowships
The University of Alaska Museum of the North recognizes the need to support research on our collections by interested students and scholars. The Museum offers a small number of grants and fellowships to students for research related to our collections.
Bureau of Land Management - University of Alaska Museum Archaeological Collections Research Fellowship
The University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAM) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Fairbanks are co-sponsoring a research fellowship to cover expenses to conduct research with existing archaeological collections at UAM. The museum’s archaeological collections include significant holdings from all periods of human occupation of Alaska . In particular, the BLM has more than 1,300 accessioned collections at UAM, containing an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 artifacts. In their proposal, the successful candidate for this fellowship will use, at least in part, BLM collections at the museum. Applicants must be currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students, and eligibility is NOT restricted to University of Alaska students. Research projects must be done primarily at the museum, using existing archaeological collections, although projects may also use other collections, including those from other UAM departments.
Department: Archaeology
Application Deadline: February 15, 2009
Award: Maximum award is $4000 including travel, lodging, and per diem
Contact: James Whitney , Archaeology Collections Manager, fnjww1 @uaf.edu
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Ruth Croxton Memorial Fellowship
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is accepting applications for the Ruth Croxton Memorial Fellowship, which supports graduate students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) who demonstrate academic skills and leadership abilities and whose research projects involve anthropology, northern studies, northern social or cultural sciences, museum education, and/or museum collection-based research in archaeology, ethnology, and history. Preference is given to students who study interior, western, and Arctic Alaska with emphases on the people of these regions, including their relationship with the environment.
Departments: Education, Archaeology, Ethnology and History
Application Deadline: March 16, 2009
Award: $1000 per academic year
Contact: Laura Conner, Director of Education, ffldc @uaf.edu
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Otto William Geist Fund
The Otto William Geist Fund was established by Otto Geist in 1963 to support:
-Acquisitions or conservation of archeological or paleontological material for the university.
-Financing in whole or in part expeditions for archeological or paleontological field research.
-Scholarships or fellowship grants for students majoring in archeology or paleontology. Other fields will be considered when strongly tied into paleontological or material culture research
Departments: Archaeology, Earth Sciences, Ethnology and History
Application Deadline: April 17, 2009
Award: Grants are typically in the range of $1000
Contact: Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller, Curator of Earth Sciences, ffpsd @uaf.edu
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