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The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies announces the continuation of its dissertation planning grants competition.  AISLS dissertation planning grants are designed to enable graduate students to make a pre-dissertation visit to Sri Lanka to investigate the feasibility of their topic, to sharpen their research design, or to make other practical arrangements for future research.  Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program in a US university.  The competition is funded in part by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State.Applicants should have completed most of their graduate coursework by the time they take up their grant. The grant is especially intended for students who are in the process of completing their dissertation proposals and preparing applications for funds to support their dissertation research, but other purposes may be proposed.  Applicants should plan to spend at least six weeks in Sri Lanka.  The maximum period of support is eight weeks.For complete details, including application materials, please go to http://www.aisls.org/diss-plan.htmlThe application deadline is 1 December 2013.John D. RogersUnited States DirectorAmerican Institute for Sri Lankan Studies155 Pine St.Belmont, MA 02478USA***************************************************************Visit the AISLS web site at: http://www.aisls.org/Unsubscribe or change your email address: dkeller@bu.eduPost to the AISLS list-serve: aisls-l@lists.pdx.edu