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  1. Also I know there was a thread about this below, but this is more oriented towards listing fellowships and grants. Might be easier to navigate and revisit.
  2. So we all know how it is, academia is undernourished right now and university/external funding is scarce, but still out there in odd and obscure places. I was thinking that a thread of opportunities on this forum might be helpful to continuously revisit and discover what opportunities are new / relatively unknown / hard to find. I know that being in the under-appreciated social sciences we have the tendency of getting territorial with our access to the very limited watering hole, but if everyone chips in some info, all of us will probably learn of opportunities that we weren't previously aware of. I'll go first, but it's likely you all already know of these: The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program http://www.nsfgrfp.org Fulbright (kind of a no-brainer) http://us.fulbrightonline.org Archeological Institute of America (I don't apply for this but I happen to know of it…) http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10007
  3. It's been a bad day. I am in an anthro masters program hoping to apply to a PhD program in geography. I've completed six 3 credit courses so far: four A's, and two B+. I understand in grad school B+ are certainly nothing to brag about to say the least, and I'm worried it will ruin my chances for doctoral programs. I'm taking a full load next semester and if I do fine then, my GPA should be around a 3.7-3.8. I've been getting pretty mixed messages from people. Some say don't worry, it's more important to make connections with POI in the programs you are interested in. Others tell me to start panicking if I have anything less than a flawless transcript. I was wondering what you guys think... Thanks
  4. Thanks everyone! I'm in the process of looking at schools and it all looks fascinating. This is pretty exciting.
  5. Hello everyone, I'll cut to the chase, I'm currently a grad student getting an MA in Anthropology (Environmental Anthro focus) and a Graduate Certificate in GIS. I'm especially interested in coastal adaptation to climate change, especially among port cities in North America. I really do like anthropology, but I'm noticing that geographers tend to focus more on what I'm interested in. I'm more interested in how people behave as a collective in relation to their environment. I've looked at some research by geographers and it is easily something I could see myself doing. Even my anthro advisor thinks I should be doing human geography. My question is, with an MA in Anthro and a cert. in GIS, will there be enough overlap for me to transition into a PhD program smoothly, or would I have to start over from scratch? Thanks for all your advice
  6. So, I'm already a semester deep, but I've been hearing conflicting opinions about the choice I'm making as far as grad school and anthropology and I thought I'd try and get some advice here. I'm getting a terminal MA in Environmental Anthropology, as well as a Graduate Certificate (four classes with the flexibility to choose a focus) in Geographic Information Systems. I'm interested in societal adaptation to climate change in North America. I went in to this program because I have the idea that merging a social science with a technical skill would make me competitive for potential government / non-profit jobs, or, if I'm up for it, to continue on to a PhD somewhere else (the school I'm in doesn't have a doctoral program). The faculty of the school as well as my former employers in anthropological fields approve of this approach, as PhDs can make you overqualified for some positions and the combination of a theoretical discipline with a technical one would put me in an advantageous position. I'm already networking with other climate and environmental scientists to see how I can contribute to the university's overall research but it's too early to tell if that will amount to anything significant. However recently I've been getting feedback that this degree is frivolous, and will hardly help my prospects. This kind of opinion has been coming from those in money-making fields like business or law, but nonetheless I've been hearing it frequently enough to get me a little rattled. Maybe they know something I don't? I was wondering what you guys think. I'm not expecting a red carpet into a cozy job but at the very least I feel it should open a few more doors than I would have with just a BA. Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice you guys have to offer.
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