[ICPSR] From ICPSR: Dr. Eugene Owen Scholarship for Research on the International Assessment of Student Achievement

[Linda Detterman]

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research would
like to announce the *Dr. Eugene Owen Scholarship for Research on the
International Assessment of Student Achievement.*

This scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Eugene Owen, who devoted his
career to understanding international differences in student educational
achievement. During his 30 years at the National Center for Education
Statistics, he made seminal contributions to the development of
cross-national surveys, such as the Program for International Student
Assessment.

*APPLICANTS*
The Owen Scholarship will be awarded to senior graduate students or
outstanding pre-tenure scholars (less than five years since award of the
PhD). Applicants can come from any academic discipline, but they should
have professional interests in one or more of the following areas of
research:

   - Advancing cross-national research on K-12 student achievement
   - Advancing cross-national research on college- or university-level
   achievement
   - Understanding the role of teaching from a cross-national perspective


*AWARD*
The Owen Scholarship provides a waiver of ICPSR Summer Program registration
fees for one (1) four-week session or a single 3- to 5-day workshop.
Recipients who choose to attend a 3- to 5-day workshop will also receive a
travel stipend.  The stipend is not available to attendees of a four-week
session.

*APPLICATION MATERIALS*
Applicants must sign up for the courses they wish to take through the ICPSR
Summer Program registration portal at icpsr.umich.edu/SummerProgram and
send the following materials to sumprog at icpsr.umich.edu:

   1. A current curriculum vita
   2. A cover letter detailing scholarly interests, background, research
   plans, and how participation in the ICPSR Summer Program will contribute
   toward achievement of professional objectives
   3. Two letters of recommendation. For applicants who are faculty
   members, one letter should come from your Department Chair. For graduate
   student applicants, one letter should come from your faculty advisor or
   dissertation chairperson.
   4. An official course transcript (for graduate student applicants only)


*APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2016*

*ADDITIONAL INFORMATION*
Visit icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog or contact the ICPSR Summer Program at
sumprog at icpsr.umich.edu for additional criteria regarding application
materials, as well as a list of courses.
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