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Scott
Kloeck-Jenson Fellowships:
In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a Global Studies Scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, Global Studies awards two yearly grants: the SKJ International Internship Grants to support graduate students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues; and the International Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants to support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral students whose dissertations include social justice elements.
About the Awards These grants are awarded in fond memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson (1965-1999). Scott was born in Minnesota in 1965 and received his B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1987. After two years with the Peace Corps in Lesotho where he met his wife Barbara, Scott began studying his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his M.A. in 1993 and then embarked on his doctoral research with the prestigious Fulbright and MacArthur Fellowships. Scott and his family traveled to Mozambique so that he could undertake fieldwork on rural poverty in Zambezia province for his dissertation. While conducting his dissertation research, Scott was appointed the Project Director in Mozambique for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Land Tenure Center. He was due to return to the United States in January 2000 to complete his dissertation in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but on June 23, 1999, Scott, his wife Barbara and their two children Zoe and Noah were killed in a car accident in South Africa. These grants are named after Scott because of his firm commitment to international understanding and research that serves social justice concerns around the globe.
International Internship Grants Amounts awarded to each scholar will depend on the proposed destination, but will most likely cover the cost of airfare. The program is open to students of any nationality who are enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and are planning to spend a summer working as an intern in an organization committed to international social justice. Projects which are related to the Global Studies mission will receive particular attention. The institution or organization with which the student will work should be located outside of the United States. The student should spend a minimum of 10 weeks as an intern.
Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants Amounts awarded to each scholar will depend on the proposed destination, but will most likely cover the cost of airfare. The program is open to students of any nationality who are enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and are planning to conduct preliminary dissertation field research related to social justice. Projects which are related to the Global Studies mission will receive particular attention. Students are expected to spend approximately 10 weeks in the field. Please note that because the UW's Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) offers pre-dissertation travel grants for doctoral students interested in conducting research in Spanish or Portuguese-speaking areas, Global Studies does not generally support students working on those parts of the world. Students of these areas are encouraged to apply to LACIS for travel support.
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