From sarena@u.washington.edu Tue Jun 20 16:03:43 2000 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id QAA28058 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:03:42 -0700 Received: from homer32.u.washington.edu (sarena@homer32.u.washington.edu [140.142.70.19]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id QAA39020 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:03:41 -0700 Received: from localhost (sarena@localhost) by homer32.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id QAA92192 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:03:40 -0700 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Sarena Seifer To: ccp@u.washington.edu Subject: Announcing the FY 2000 Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear Colleagues, HUD's Office of University Partnerships, located in the Office of Policy Development and Research, announces the eighth round of dissertation grants, in which it will competitively award up to 15 grants to eligible doctoral candidates of accredited schools of higher education to complete their research and dissertations on housing and urban development issues. Grants will be in the amount of $15,000 each, awarded on a one-time basis, and unrestricted in use as long as they support direct costs incurred in the timely completion of the dissertation. Support from the university is required. Such support might include tuition waivers, office space, equipment, computer time, or similar items needed by the student to complete the dissertation. This support may not replace support or assistance that the university would otherwise provide. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Research Themes: The second round of the FY 2000 competition seeks to fund dissertations that will inform Federal problem solving and policy making roles relating to HUD's policy priorities for this year. These priorities are: * Economic Development in "Untapped" Markets * Development of Inner Cities * Issues in Housing Finance * Affordability of Rental Housing * Home ownership * Regionalism and Smart Growth * Housing Markets * Housing Stock * Workforce Development * Fair Housing * Housing Needs of the Elderly and Disabled * Faith-Based and Higher Education Community-Building Efforts * Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) * Evaluation of Existing Housing Programs Eligibility: Any currently enrolled student who has been accepted into an accredited doctoral program and has a fully developed and approved dissertation proposal that addresses the purpose of this program is eligible to apply. Applicants must provide documentation from their dissertation committee chairperson that: 1) the dissertation proposal has been accepted by the full dissertation committee and a dissertation adviser has been assigned to the candidate by the application due date 2) they will have satisfactorily completed all other written and oral Ph.D. requirements except the dissertation by September 1, 2000; and 3) realistically the dissertation can be completed within a 2-year period Deadline: Applications are due by July 14, 2000, and award announcements will be made by September 15, 2000 Contact: University Partnerships Clearinghouse/HUD USER The grant application package can be also be accessed via the Internet at http://www.oup.org -- David Enriquez Program Administrator Claremont Graduate University School of Politics and Economics 170 E. Tenth Street Claremont, CA 91711 Ph. (909) 621-8699 Fx. (909) 621-8545 url: http://www.cgu.edu/spe ________________________________________________________________________ Start an Email List For Free at Topica. http://www.topica.com/register .