Scholarships, Financial Support, and Opportunities

Scholarships

LGBT Heart Scholarship: We are pleased to announce that the 2009 cycle of LGBT HEART Scholarship Fund for the Graduate Health Professions is now open, and the application packet is available on the LGBT HEART website. The scholarship is open to "out" LGBT students pursuing advanced degrees in the health professions. For a complete list of application criteria and guidelines, please visit our website or email info@lgbtheart.org.

National Voice & Action Award: Campus Pride launches the Voice & Action National Leadership Award, an honorary recognition highlighting the extraordinary contributions of young adult leaders at colleges and universities across the United States. Never has there been a national award focused solely on the work of undergraduate college students who are creating positive change for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally issues. The application process is officially open until December 1, 2008. For more details and to download the application, please go click the link above , email info@campuspride.org or contact Campus Pride staff at 704-277-6710. Any current undergraduate student enrolled at an U.S. accredited institution and in good academic standing is eligible to apply for the award.

LGBT Religious History Award: LGBT Religious Archives Network (LGBT-RAN) invites submissions for its fourth annual LGBT Religious History Award. The submissions deadline is October 17, 2008. This award honors outstanding scholarship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious history. It is part of LGBT-RAN's effort to promote scholarship in this emerging field of study. Questions about this award may be directed via email to Mark Bowman.

CLAGS (Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies) has a great website with LGBT related scholarships and awards.

The Point Foundation is the nation's largest scholarship granting organization for LGBT students of merit.  Point provides support through multi-year scholarships, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Applications will be accepted until February 9th, 2009.

Jonathan Lax Scholarship Fund for Gay Men (Philadelphia, PA): The Lax Scholarship Fund was established in 1994 by the late entrepreneur and inventor Jonathan R. Lax for the express purpose of encouraging gay men to obtain additional education, aspire to positions in which they contribute to society, be open about their sexual preference, and act as role models for other gay men with similar potential. Tuition scholarships are awarded either in the sum of $20,000 (at least one per year) or $5,000 (multiple awards) and are for men from the five country Philadelphia region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties) attending accredited colleges, graduate or professional schools anywhere, or men attending such schools within the Philadelphia region. Email: info@breadrosesfund.org

 

Other Opportunities

Local LGBT Histories Contest: To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, OutHistory.org, will award five substantial prizes for the best online exhibits about the local LGBTQ histories of particular villages, towns, cities, and counties in the U.S. since June 1969. The top five exhibits will receive awards from $5,000 to $1,000. OutHistory.org, the LGBTQ history website, is an ambitious attempt to put reliable information about this history on line, and to enlist the community in the effort. The history site, like Wikipedia, encourages anyone with documents, data, and citations to contribute to it. "OutHistory.org is an unprecedented experiment in recording the history of the LGBTQ community, by the community." OutHistory.org hopes to receive at least one exhibit submission from every U.S. state. Drafts of local history exhibits must be posted on OutHistory.org by June 28, 2009. Creators will be able to develop their sites over the next year, and winners will be announced in June 2010. Guidelines for "Since Stonewall" contestants are available on the OutHistory.org website.

Call for Submissions: Lesbian Health Fund, Gay & Lesbian Medical Association
The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) is accepting proposals for research on lesbian health. LHF is especially interested in applications that address the diversity of sexual minority women's communities and studies of health promotion and health improvement in lesbian and bisexual women, as well as studies that are potentially publishable and which are conducted as first steps toward larger grant applications. Proposals for the Spring grant cycle are due on May 1st. LHF is the world's only fund dedicated solely to the unique health needs of lesbians. Grants range from $500 to $10,000.

The Fifth Annual Future of Minority Studies (FMS) Summer Institute. Cornell University
July 27 - August 7, 2009.
‘Queer Politics in Trans!national Contexts’: What would it mean to think queer in transnational contexts at this historical moment? This seminar takes up this question by examining the geographic, epistemic, and metaphoric conditions in which a wide variety of queer practices become visible. We will problematize the term queer, tracking how, why, and where it travels; examine the methodologies that generate truly grounded and comparative analyses of the struggles it has enabled, the political and intellectual spaces it has opened up as well as spaces that challenge its entry; and consider why political and economic questions matter in how we think queer. Texts for study will be drawn from literature and culture, history, popular media, and social science research. Eligibility: Doctoral students who have completed at least two years of their Ph.D. work, recent Ph.D.s, and junior faculty in temporary or tenure-track positions who are working on minority issues, are invited to apply to the 2009 FMS Summer Institute. Minority scholars and those who are at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions are especially encouraged to apply. For the 12 - 14 scholars selected to participate in the summer institute, subsidy will be available to cover room, board, and (if needed) travel costs. Application deadline: January 15th 2009; results announced by March 9th 2009. Email for more info.

The New York Public Library LGBT Visiting Scholars Program, Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars
The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the creation of the LGBT Visiting Scholars Program. Each year the Library will provide stipends for up to three Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars. The stipends will support travel to New York City and related expenses to do LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) studies research in the Library’s collections. The travel grants awarded will range from $1,000 to $8,500. The awards will be limited to emerging scholars—those without permanent academic appointments—or those who are unaffiliated with an academic institution. Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars will also be provided with temporary workspace at the Library to pursue their research. Recipients must supply a written summary of their findings upon completion of their work. Interested applicants should send a 3-5 page research proposal specifying
the relevant collections at the Library for their project, a draft budget and itinerary for their planned trip, a CV, and an appropriate letter of recommendation. Applications should be sent to Jason Baumann, The New York Public Library, 11 West 40th Street, South Court 3, New York, NY 10018. Applications must be received by January 31. Notice of awards will be sent beginning March 1. Recipients must make their trip within a year of the award.