School of Language, Culture, and Society

The Alumni Award is presented annually to an undergraduate or graduate student in Anthropology. This fund is established through the generosity of Anthropology alumni. This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance of $500-$1000 to an outstanding student with a career interest in Anthropology. The criteria for this scholarship are as follows:

• Minimum 3.5 GPA,
• any concentration of anthropology,
• a career interest in anthropology,
• and involvement in community, campus, or professional anthropological activities.

Deadline: Spring Quarter

This award is presented annually to an Anthropology senior based on scholarship, leadership, and service. The award is a memorial to Kalervo Oberg, who increased our knowledge about peoples in Africa and the Americas and identified the emotional impacts of cross-cultural experience. A monetary award of $500 is included, and the recipient's name will be engraved on the OSU Anthropology Award Plaque and will also appear in the Commencement Bulletin.

Deadline: Spring Quarter

Deanna Kingston was a past faculty member and cultural anthropologist in the Anthropology Department at Oregon State University. She was also the mentor for many graduate and undergraduate students and this award recognizes and honors her mentoring spirit and refusal to let anything life threw at her stop her from reaching out to others. Many of the students Deanna mentored were non-traditional and did not fit within the usual expectations for a successful college student. Deanna not only recognized these students’ potential, she worked with these students to make sure they felt supported academically and personally. She gave her time and energy, bringing the students into the Anthropology community, finding opportunities that matched each student’s ability, and helping these students build confidence through personal and academic achievement.

Award criteria:

• Non-traditional undergraduate student
• Anthropology major at Oregon State University
• Has completed at least 15 credits of anthropology at Oregon State University

This award encourages our students to seek out opportunities to spend time in cultures different from their own in order to expand their cultural knowledge and their anthropological skills. The award provides up to $1,000 of financial assistance and is open to undergraduate anthropology majors in any subfield or specialization.

Requirements:

• enrolled undergraduate anthropology major
• acceptance on a qualified learning abroad program (including study, internship and research abroad programs)
• completion of 12 credits of anthropology
• GPA of 3.25 or above in anthropology course work
• 10 week minimum stay

Preferred:

• a non-Western setting
• programs that require language training
• stays longer than one term
• placement with a host family

Exclusions:

• International students returning to their native country
• International students for study in the U.S.

Application Instructions:

• 1-2 page essay, describing your plans to study abroad
• Current curriculum vitae or resume

Deadline: Spring Quarter

The OSU Anthropology Program and School of Language, Culture & Society are proud to offer the Deanna Kingston Memorial Graduate Teaching Assistantship to a Native American, Alaska Native, Indigenous North American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander student who seeks a graduate degree in anthropology at the master's (MA/MS) or doctoral (PhD) level. This award offers a full academic year (3 terms) of tuition remission, stipend, and health benefits at a .49 FTE level.  Each term during the award, the awardee will serve as a graduate teaching assistant for an undergraduate anthropology course at OSU.  After the first year, awardees will be eligible for additional support as a graduate teaching assistant at a .3 FTE level, limited to 3 terms (1 year) of support for MA/MS students and 9 terms (3 years) for PhD students.

To apply for this award, interested students should first apply for admission to either the Master's or PhD program in Applied Anthropology at OSU. Applicants should indicate their interest in the award and briefly discuss their tribal affiliations and engagement with indigenous communities in their Statement of Purpose. At least one letter of recommendation included in the application should also briefly address the applicant's relations and engagement with tribal or indigenous communities. For more information, visit the award website.

Deadline: Annually during Winter Quarter, January 15.

Deanna Kingston

We are pleased to announce this competition for a research development award for Masters and PhD students in the Applied Anthropology program. For PhD students, only those proposing pilot research (not the main dissertation research) are eligible. We anticipate making several awards this year, ranging from $500 up to $2,000. Grants are intended to support research activities beginning Summer term. Awardees will have a full year (until June of the following year) to use the award funds.

The purpose of this competition is to support graduate student success in scholarly research, and elevate the research profile of our program, the School of Language, Culture, and Society, and the College of Liberal Arts. These small, internal research awards are intended to help students (1) travel to field sites to make connections with gatekeepers, community leaders, and collaborators and/or collect data and (2) leverage the resulting experiences, relationships, and data to compete successfully for larger, external grants from organizations like the National Science Foundation, Fulbright, Wenner-Gren, and the Social Science Research Council. Recent successes in applying for external grants among our graduate students have depended in part on some form of seed money.

Proposal and process selection - The deadline for applications is Wednesday, May 4 at 5pm. Application materials should be emailed to Sarah Cunningham as a single PDF or word document. Students should apply by submitting the following:

1. Proposal narrative: 2-3 pages maximum, single spaced, summarizing:
   1. Research questions and planned research procedures
   2. Intellectual merit and broader impacts of the research
   3. PhD students only: How the proposed pilot research will support your success in securing external dissertation funding.
2. Budget: include line items, subtotals, any funding that is already available, and the total amount requested from this competition. Research requiring travel outside Corvallis will be favored over Corvallis-based research.
   1. Note: Although we are unable to process a reimbursement for equipment or supplies, some equipment (not including software) can be purchased by the department. Any applicant including these items in their budget should consult with Karen Mills prior to spending any of their award.
3. Budget narrative: 1 page maximum, single spaced, detailing planned research expenses (why each line item is necessary and how the subtotals were calculated).
4. Cover page (see next page): Students must obtain their major professor’s signature on the cover page before submitting the application materials.

The Graduate Program Director will assemble a review committee of anthropology faculty, who will score proposals and make award announcements by May 22. For research involving human subjects, IRB approval or exemption status is not required at the time of application, but this will be required before funds are disbursed. Students and their major professors are responsible for confirming with Oregon State University’s IRB whether or not the proposed research requires IRB review.

Reporting requirements - If awarded, students will be expected to submit a brief report (3 pages) and make a public presentation, as part of our Tan Sack series or in a separate venue, by Week 5 of the Spring term.

Deadline: Spring Quarter

This award is given to an outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in OSU's Anthropology program. This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance of $1000 to an outstanding teaching assistant for their service to undergraduate teaching, either on the Corvallis campus or OSU's Ecampus.

Deadline: Spring Quarter

This award is given to one first-year international student accepted in the graduate program in Anthropology at Oregon State University. The scholarship is not renewable and cannot exceed $450 per academic year.  The scholarship began in 1988 to honor the memory of Thomas C. Hogg who joined the Anthropology Department in 1965, became associate professor in 1969 and department chair in 1972.

Deadline: Spring Quarter

Dr. Judy Mann DiStefano's commitment to feminism, activism, and pacifism were reflected in her role as a history professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Her roots were in the Northwest, and her mother, Jane Goodale Mann, was a graduate of Oregon State University. This scholarship provides an annual $2,000 stipend to a full-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Oregon State University.

Jeanne Dost, Margaret Lumpkin, and Jo Anne Trow helped establish OSU's Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (formerly Women Studies) Program in 1972, with Dr. Dost as its first director.  This scholarship honors their contributions, and provides a $750 stipend to a full-time undergraduate or graduate student in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies undergraduate majors, MA, and PhD students may apply for these scholarships.

Selection criteria include academic excellence, commitment to feminist ideals, and financial need. A complete application includes the summary application form, essay, financial aid information, and two letters of recommendation. Applications will be ready for distribution in the Spring.