HUD funding for Urban Scholars Fellowship Program

Dear SL colleagues,

The Office of University Partnerships in the US Department of Housing and
Urban Development is pleased to announce the availability of $550,000 in
funds for the Urban Scholars Fellowship Program. The purpose of this
program is provide encouragement to new scholars to undertake research
now, and throughout their careers, on research topics of interest to HUD.
Up to $55,000 will be awarded to each grantee.

Eligible Applicants: Ph.D. recipients who have an academic appointment at
an institution of higher education and have received their Ph.D. degrees
no earlier than January 1, 1998.

Application Deadline: December 17, 2003

Matching Requirements: University support in terms of course load
reductions, indirect costs waived, space, etc. is required.

For more details, visit www.oup.org

The topics of interest include:

Strengthening Communities. This strategic goal seeks to improve
economic conditions in distressed communities; make communities more
livable; end chronic homelessness; and mitigate housing conditions that
threaten health.

Promoting Participation of Grass-Roots Faith-Based and Other
Community-Based Organizations. Through this strategic goal, HUD seeks
to reduce regulatory barriers to participation by grass-roots faith-based
and other community-based organizations; conduct outreach to inform
potential partners of HUD opportunities; expand technical assistance
resources deployed to grassroots faith-based and other communitybased
organizations; and encourage partnerships between grass-roots faithbased
and other community-based organizations and HUDs traditional

Improving Housing Conditions in Colonias. HUD is seeking to
improve housing conditions for families living in Colonias. Colonias means
any identifiable, rural community that: is located within 150 miles of the
border between the United States and Mexico; is determined to be a Colonia
on the basis of objective need criteria including lack of potable water
supply, lack of adequate sewerage systems, and lack of decent, safe,
sanitary, and accessible housing.

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