graduate center dissertation fellowship

Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Dissertation completion fellowships provide advanced doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences with an academic year of support to write and complete their dissertation.

• Dissertation
• External Fellowships
• Instructions for Dissertation Completion Fellowships
• Fellowships from Harvard Research Centers
• Jens Aubrey Westengard Fund
• Research Fellowships
• Summer Fellowships
• Maximizing Your Degree
• Before You Arrive
• First Weeks at Harvard
• Harvard Speak
• Pre-Arrival Resources for New International Students
• Alumni Council
• Student Engagement
• Applying to Degree Programs
• Applying to the Visiting Students Program
• Admissions Policies
• Cost of Attendance
• Express Interest
• Commencement
• Diversity & Inclusion Fellows
• Student Affinity Groups
• Recruitment and Outreach
• Find Your Financial Aid Officer
• Funding and Aid
• Financial Wellness
• Consumer Information
• Life Sciences
• Policies (Student Handbook)
• Student Center
• Title IX and Gender Equity

Eligible students in the humanities and social sciences are guaranteed a dissertation completion fellowship (DCF) between the G4 and G7 years and must apply for the DCF in advance of the dissertation completion year.

Before applying, students should:

• review DCF opportunities offered by Harvard research centers (see below) and search the CARAT database for DCFs offered by non-Harvard agencies
• review dissertation completion fellowships policy
• follow the instructions for dissertation completion fellowships and apply by February 9, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

Award description and confirmation typically occurs in early May.

While there is no guarantee of a DCF beyond the G7 year, requests will be considered upon recommendation of the faculty advisor.

Instructions for departments can be found on the instructions for dissertation completion fellowships page.

Harvard Research Centers

Other dissertation completion fellowships are available through the Harvard research centers.

• Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Dissertation Completion Grants
• Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowships
• Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellowships in Ethics
• Mahindra Humanities Center Mellon Interdisciplinary Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• Center for European Study Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• Radcliffe Dissertation Completion Fellowships
• Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Canada Program Dissertation Research and Writing Fellowships
• Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Dissertation-Writing Grants

External Dissertation Completion Fellowships 

Search the CARAT database for dissertation completion fellowships offered by non-Harvard agencies.​ Here are a couple of examples:

• American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship

Please contact the Academic Programs office with any questions.

Fellowships & Writing Center

Academic programs, share this page, explore events, related news.

Notes From a Writer's Desk: The Genius of a Problem and Solution Framework

Imagine you are writing an article and there is a paragraph that just keeps getting longer and longer despite all your attempts to stop it. What would it look like to pause and think about the paragraph in terms of the problem and solution? 

Notes From a Writer's Desk: Finding Focus

Spring is in the air. The birds are chirping, the sun is out longer, and we’re getting more and more days of 50+ degree weather. For academics in the Northeast, this can be rejuvenating, but it can also be distracting.

Notes From a Writer's Desk: Demystifying the Dissertation Finish Line

As a doctoral candidate in your final year, you’re likely juggling various responsibilities—finishing the dissertation, navigating the job market, completing lab work, possibly teaching, and trying to maintain some semblance of a personal life. 

Notes From a Writer's Desk: Collecting Your Own Mid-Term Feedback

Just as teaching evaluations can help you to reflect on the choices you make in the classroom, a writing evaluation—conducted by you, for you—can help you to reflect on how you are organizing and spending your time. 

Dissertation Fellowships

The annual deadline for fellowships to be held in the following academic year is March 1. 

Graduate Dissertation Fellowships in 2023/2024 pay a stipend of $13,500 for one semester’s residence at the Center for the Humanities. These fellowships are separate from the Graduate Student Awards. Students who have won a BUCH Graduate Student Award are eligible for a Graduate Dissertation Fellowship in a subsequent year.

Defining the Humanities

Eligibility & expectations.

Eligible departments or programs may nominate up to two graduate students to apply for a Graduate Dissertation Fellowship. Faculty must be rigorous in selecting two students who are clearly nearing the end of their graduate work at BU. It is expected that all Graduate Dissertation Fellows (GDFs) will defend their dissertations by the end of August of the year in which they hold the fellowship. Applicants for 2024/2025 must defend by the end of August 2025. The Graduate Dissertation Fellowship is intended to be the final stage of each fellow’s graduate work at BU, and fellows should not continue their graduate student affiliation with their departments in the year after their award.

Application Components

• Signed Dissertation Prospectus Approval Page
• Description of the applicant’s dissertation project and stage of writing, plus a bibliography
• Confidential letter of support from your First Reader.
• Confidential letter of support from your DGS.

*Only students who have been formally nominated by their department/program may apply

• Publications
• Program Website

Fellowship Opportunities in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

Posted on November 23, 2023 by - Funding Opportunities , Funding Opportunities - External , Funding Opportunities - Internal

Futures Initiative Grant Competitions for GC Students

Qualifications: Various. Click here to learn more.

Deadline: December 1, 2023.

More Information: Contact Adashima Oyo at [email protected].

Grant Amount: various $500

Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy

Qualifications: Doctoral students in their second through sixth year. The foundation supports projects with a social policy application on either a global or local level. Applications are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as: feasibility, applicability, originality, methodology, theoretically informed or empirically rich research, and letters of recommendation. Apply

More Information: Click here .

Grant Amount: Various

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

Qualifications: We offer five different fellowships : Berlin Program Dissertation Fellowship, Berlin Program Postdoc Fellowship, Max Kade Berlin Postdoc Fellowship, Kerstin Leitner Berlin Dissertation Fellowship and Kerstin Leitner Berlin Postdoc Fellowship. For key features and eligibility, check the Fellowships Overview , and get ready for your Application .

Deadline: December 1, 2023,

More Information: Click here

Grant Amount: Varies

IRADAC Fellows Program (Fall 2024/Spring 2025)

Qualifications: Ph.D. candidates at the dissertation stage.

Deadline: December 22, 2023, 4:00 pm.

More Information: Contact [email protected]. IRADAC link

Grant Amount: $5,000 stipend.

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship 2024-2025

Qualifications: U.S. citizens pursuing a graduate degree at a designated U.S. institution, with a demonstrated need for financial assistance.

Deadline: Thursday, January 4, 2024, 5pm

More Information: Contact [email protected].

Grant Amount: $18,000 annual stipend for room, board, and living expenses, plus actual tuition cost.

Apply: Submit application and supporting materials to Rachel Sponzo at [email protected]

Green-Wood Research Award in Urban Environmental Science

Qualifications: The Green-Wood Research Fellowship Award in Urban Environmental Science provides support for emerging investigators to conduct original research that utilizes the landscape and collections of The Green-Wood Cemetery and Historic Fund to advance the study of urban ecology and/or climate resilience.

Deadline: January 15, 2024

More Information: Awards are granted to support research expenses and/or travel expenses associated with the proposed research. Click here for more info.

Grant Amount: Project proposals will be reviewed and considered for funding up to a maximum of $5,000.

CUNY Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship Competition (2024-2025)

Qualifications: Ph.D. students advanced to candidacy, expecting to complete the dissertation during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Deadline: Applications due by January 16, 2024, 5:00 pm.

More Information: Contact Rachel Sponzo at [email protected]. See application packet .

Grant Amount: Varies, with some fellowships exceeding $10,000.

Doctoral Student Research Grant

Qualifications: Doctoral students in their second through sixth year.

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

More Information: DSRG Guidelines .

Grant Amount: Up to $1,500.

Graduate Center, CUNY Schomburg Archival Dissertation Fellowship

Qualifications: Ph.D. students in any field with research projects focused on the African Diaspora. For your application to be considered, you must be officially advanced to candidacy (level III) by the application deadline.

Deadline: February 2, 2024, 5:00 pm.

More Information: Contact Rachel Sponzo at [email protected] or click here .

Grant Amount: $25,000 financial aid fellowship, covering in-state tuition.

Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship

Qualifications: Students must be level II, exceptions will be made for students in programs where a formal dissertation prospectus/proposal is not submitted for approval until after advancing to level III. Such level III students will only be eligible if they have not officially submitted a prospectus/proposal to their program. Students who have received GC Dissertation Fellowships are not eligible.

Deadline: February 5, 2024, 3:00 pm.

More Information: Contact Rachel Sponzo at [email protected]. Submit PDF files to [email protected] and complete online application  Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Award

Grant Amount: $4,000.

Early Research Initiative Summer Public Research Fellowships

Qualifications: Graduate Center Ph.D. students conducting research with a public focus.

Deadline: February 16, 2024, 5:00 pm.

More Information: Contact [email protected] or click here.

This entry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

Need help with the Commons?

Email us at [email protected] so we can respond to your questions and requests. Please email from your CUNY email address if possible. Or visit our help site for more information:

• View Calendar

• Terms of Service
• Accessibility
• Creative Commons (CC) license unless otherwise noted

Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Eligible Harvard Ph.D. students in the humanities or social sciences can compete for full-year fellowships to finish their doctoral dissertation with a theme pertaining to Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia.

If you are a Harvard Ph.D. student entering the final year of writing your dissertation, you can apply for a full-year fellowship to complete the dissertation. The fellowship provides a living stipend and covers the Harvard facilities fee and individual health insurance.

Office space and access to computer facilities at the Davis Center can be provided.

Applicants are judged by their overall merit, the importance of the dissertation topic, clarity of the proposal, and the potential for scholarly contribution.

Eligibility

You must meet these requirements to be eligible: 

• Be a Harvard doctoral candidate in the humanities or social sciences who, in consultation with your faculty advisor/s, anticipates completion of the dissertation by May 15, 2025.
• Have a dissertation theme pertaining to Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia.
• Meet all the GSAS eligibility requirements  to pursue a Dissertation Completion Fellowship. 

Terms & Conditions

All terms and conditions designated by GSAS for Dissertation Completion Fellowships apply. 

Please also note the following: 

• Recipients may not accept other fellowships for the award year. However, the Davis Center will consider requests to accept a partial award in conjunction with this fellowship.
• No teaching is permitted during the award year (this includes tutorials).
• While we encourage recipients to be in residence at the Davis Center, this is not a requirement. 

Application

Please apply using the  FAS Common Application for Research and Travel (CARAT).

Applications for this fellowship are now closed. Decisions will be announced in April 2024.

• On CARAT , search for "Davis Center for Russian Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship" and select it as the funding source.
• Dissertation abstract (one-page double-spaced) along with a Table of Contents indicating progress status for each chapter or article.
• Student applicants must also sign both forms and upload them into CARAT. 
• Your current resume (two pages max).
• Have questions about the application? Contact Kate Flaherty , Research Programs Coordinator.

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

This award opportunity is made available through the Ford Foundation Fellowships administered by the Fellowships Office .

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research. Practice-oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.

Announcements

2023 Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardees and Honorable Mentions

Predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral scholars have been awarded fellowships in the 2023 Ford Foundation Fellowships competition administered by the Fellowships Office.

• View the 127 Awardees for 2023
• View the 521 Honorable Mentions for 2023
• Load More...

Publications

No publications are associated with this project at this time.

No projects are underway at this time.

Description

Scope of the award.

Dissertation Fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research. Practice-oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.  

Award Details

Fellowships can be held at any fully accredited not for profit U.S. institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible discipline. A limited number of dissertation fellowships will be awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year and will include these benefits:

• One-year stipend: $28,000 
• An invitation to attend the 2024 Conference of Ford Fellows, a unique national conference of a select group of high-achieving scholars committed to diversifying the professoriate and using diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students
• Access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons  (PDF, 132 KB) , a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current Fellows
• Access to other networking and mentoring resources   
• Application deadline:  December 12, 2023 at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) 
• Supplementary materials deadline: January 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST

Application and supplementary materials deadlines: The online application system will close promptly on the deadlines stated above. All required materials must be successfully submitted online by these deadlines in order for an application to be considered for review. Applicants should take the time zone into account if they or their letter writers will be submitting materials from a different time zone. It is strongly recommended that applicants and letter writers submit their materials well in advance of the deadline. Out of fairness to all applicants, we regret that we cannot consider requests for extensions for any circumstances for anyone (applicants or letter writers) who is unable to successfully submit their materials by the stated deadlines.

• Notification of 2024 awards: March 2024
• Expected fellowship tenure start date: June 1, 2024 (for 12 months) or September 1, 2024 (for 9 or 12 months)  

Eligibility

All applicants must:

• Confirm holding a previous Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship;
• U.S. citizen or U.S. national
• U.S. permanent resident (holder of a Permanent Resident Card)
• Individual granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, 1 Indigenous individual exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, individual granted Temporary Protected Status, asylee, or refugee
• Demonstrate an intent to pursue a career that includes teaching and research at a U.S. institution of higher education; 
• Be enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. program at a not for profit U.S. institution of higher education.
• Expect to complete the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in a period of 9-12 months during the 2024-2025 academic year; 2
• Have completed all departmental and institutional requirements for their degree, except for writing and defense of the dissertation by December 12, 2023;
• Upload a signed Verification of Doctoral Status Form  (PDF, 92 KB) by the January 9, 2023 Supplementary Materials deadline ;
• Provide evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors, or other designations); and
• Not have already earned a prior doctoral degree at any time, in any field.

Receipt of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing satisfactory documentation that they meet all the eligibility requirements.  

Dissertation fellowship awards will not be made for work leading to terminal master’s degrees, the Ed.D. degree, the degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) or Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), or professional degrees in such areas as medicine, law, and public health, or for study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D. This program does not support the Ph.D. portion of a joint/concurrent/articulated program.

[1] Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA. 

[2] Dissertation Fellows are expected to spend the majority of their time working on the writing and defense of the dissertation. Applicants enrolled in a program that requires an internship in addition to completion of a dissertation are not eligible for the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship if they plan to participate in a full-time paid or unpaid internship during the fellowship year . Applicants who undertake internships required for degree completion  after  completion of the dissertation are eligible to apply. On the Eligibility page of the online application, applicants should enter the date they expect to complete all requirements for the dissertation, and in the Proposed Plan essay, they should clarify, for the reviewers’ benefit, the timeline for their dissertation work during the fellowship year and the subsequent requirement for an internship.  

Conditions of the Fellowship

Dissertation Fellows are expected to be enrolled in a full-time program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible discipline. Dissertation awards are intended to support Fellows who will be spending the majority of their time writing and defending the dissertation during the fellowship year. Participation in full-time paid or unpaid internships or other paid activities, even if required for degree completion, should not be undertaken during the fellowship year.

Those who accept a dissertation fellowship must agree to the stipulations in the Terms of Appointment for Ford Foundation Fellows that accompany the award notification.  

How to Apply

Application process  .

The deadline for online application submissions is December 12, 2023 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• To ensure a complete application, applicants should carefully follow the  Application Instructions  (PDF, 202 KB) .
• Applicants can also follow step-by-step instructions for navigating the online application (PDF, 435 KB) .
• Applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail once their application has been successfully submitted.  

Required Supplementary Materials

The deadline for the online submission of required supplementary materials is January 9, 2024 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• Applicants will be able to upload transcripts and the  verification form  (PDF, 92 KB)   only after they have submitted the main portion of their online application . Letter writers will be able to upload letters as soon as they have received the notification link sent by the applicant up until the Supplementary Materials deadline.
• To ensure their application will be considered for review, applicants should carefully follow the instructions for required supplementary materials  (PDF, 168 KB) .
• Applicants may share the instructions for the expected content of letters  (PDF, 171 KB)  with their letter writers. These instructions will also be available to letter writers once they gain access to the online application. Applicants must send request notifications to their letter writers through the online application.
• Applicants will not be required to re-submit their application by the Supplementary Materials deadline. After the deadline has passed, applications will be checked for completeness to determine if they can be forwarded to the review panel.

All application materials become the property of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and will not be returned. Applicants should retain copies of all submitted application materials for their personal records.

APPLY NOW!  

Selection process.

Applications will be evaluated by review panels of distinguished scholars selected by the National Academies. The review panels will use all materials included in the application as the basis for determining the extent to which applicants meet the eligibility requirements and the selection criteria.  

Selection Criteria

The following will be considered in choosing successful applicants: 

• Evidence of superior academic achievement
• Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers 
• Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds 
• Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level 
• Likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship 
• If applicable, how experience as a member of an underrepresented group through discrimination, inspiration, resilience, etc. may inform participation in the fellowship
• Ford Foundation Fellowships
• Policy and Global Affairs
• Policy and Global Affairs - Fellowship Office

In Progress

Fellowship/Associateship Program

• Fellowships

Fellowships Office

(202) 334-2872

[email protected]

Responsible Staff Officers

• Elizabeth Prescott  

Additional Project Staff

• Leah Probst  
• Wendy Pastore  
• Blain Bekele  
• Melanie Suydam  
• Selam Araia  
• Yemi Tesfaye  

CCSRE Graduate Dissertation Fellowship

21-22 Dissertation Fellows cohort from left to right, Kiara Sanchez, Jasmine Reid, and Beka Guluma / Photo by Heidi M. López

Funded by the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, the CCSRE Graduate Dissertation Fellowship provides financial and intellectual support to outstanding advanced Stanford doctoral students whose dissertations address issues of race and ethnicity. The fellowship program provides an intellectual community for students working to complete their dissertations and encourages comparative scholarship that traverses and challenges disciplinary boundaries.

Applications for the CCSRE Graduate Dissertation Fellowship for AY 2024-25 are now closed. Please check back again next year.

Meet the people.

Neida Ahmad

Candice Jeehae Kim

Chepchirchir Tirop

• View Calendar

The Ph.D. Program in History

at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

CUNY GC DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION FOR THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

Applications Due:  Tuesday, January 17, 2023, no later than 5:00pm

Eligibility Requirements

• Students must be officially advanced to candidacy (level III) before February 14, 2023.
• Dissertation Fellowships are intended for students who expect to complete the dissertation during 2023-2024 award year; the applicant’s likelihood of completing the dissertation during this period may be taken into consideration in the selection process.
• Students must be registered or on an approved leave of absence during the 2022-2023 academic year to be eligible to apply.
• Students who have previously received a dissertation fellowship of more than $10,000 from the Graduate Center are not eligible.
• All applicants will automatically be considered for all relevant dissertation awards, with the exception of those listed as special focus awards in the award description section.  Students wishing to be considered for a special focus award should check off the award(s) for which they are eligible on the online portion of the application.
• Students must use their Graduate Center email address to submit the application.

Combining Dissertation Fellowships with Other Awards

• A student holding a five-year fellowship from the Graduate Center (e.g., Graduate Center Fellowship) may not hold a dissertation fellowship concurrently with the five-year award.  A student with a five-year award may apply, but if selected for a dissertation fellowship the student will have to choose between the five-year fellowship funding and the dissertation fellowship funding.
• Students who are in year five or beyond may apply, even if they have previously held a five-year fellowship.
• A student holding Graduate Center funding that is not part of a five-year award (such as a freestanding Graduate Assistantship A, B, or D or financial aid fellowship) may apply for the dissertation fellowships but, if offered an award, the total funding (combined graduate assistant salary and financial aid fellowships) may not exceed $55,000.
• A student who is offered an external fellowship for the same period as the GC Dissertation Fellowship should provide documentation to the Provost’s Office on the terms of the external fellowship.  Funding will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Terms of the Fellowship

• Fellowship recipients are required to be registered during the award year.
• Dissertation Fellowships of more than $10,000 may provide NYSHIP health insurance eligibility.
• Students who qualify for the Ph.D. in time for an October 2023 degree are not eligible to receive funding.
• If you are planning any travel as part of your research, the university requires you to have travel insurance.  Please see the  International Travel Requirements Page  for complete details.
• Students must have met  Human Subjects Research Protection  guidelines and  CUNY Research Compliance  guidelines.

APPLICATION COMPONENTS

Please see the “instructions” section below for complete details about how to submit your application.  Each application must include the following:

• Cover sheet  (included in this packet and attached separately in email notification)
• 9-page project description  including a 150-word abstract (the abstract should be single-spaced at the top of page one).  The project description should include discussion of the background, relevant literature, methodology, data, projected results, and a time-line/description indicating expected progress.
• 1-page selected bibliography

The text describing the dissertation project should be  double-spaced using a 12-point font  with numbered pages and a 1-inch margin.  The abstract and bibliography can be single-spaced.

Students are advised to keep in mind that the review committees are interdisciplinary and grouped by cluster (sciences, social sciences, and humanities).

• Two-page  curriculum vitae .
• Current Graduate Center transcript.   (Students may submit the unofficial student copy that can be printed from CUNYFirst.)

The application materials should be assembled AS A SINGLE DOCUMENT in pdf or word format in the following order:

• Application cover sheet
• Statement of applicability for special focus awards (if applicable, see award descriptions for details)
• 9-page proposal
• 1-page bibliography
• Graduate Center Transcript (unofficial student copy is sufficient)

One letter of reference to be submitted via email by your adviser (see instructions page).

If you have questions, please contact Rachel Sponzo at  rsponzo@gc.cuny.edu .

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

The completed application must be submitted no later than  5pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.   The applications are to be submitted as per the following instructions.

Your adviser must submit a letter of recommendation by the same deadline, January 17, 2023.

Instructions for submitting your application:

• Combine your cover sheet, proposal (including abstract and bibliography),  curriculum vitae , and transcript, into a SINGLE file (either as a pdf document or a word document).
• Use the following format when naming your document:

Last Name, First Name, Program

• Email  the single application file to:  fellowshipapps@gc.cuny.edu
• Complete the  online section of the application  through the following form:

Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship Competition

* You must use your Graduate Center email address when you submit both parts of the application. All award notifications will also be sent to your Graduate Center email.

Instructions for Faculty Recommenders

• Prepare your reference letter as a regular word or pdf document, on letterhead.
• Please use the following format when naming your document:

Student Last Name, First Name

• Email your letter as an attachment to  fellowshipapps@gc.cuny.edu .

Fellowships generally range from $5,000-$25,000, all fellowships are contingent on the availability of funds.  See the  application packet  for award descriptions.

If you have any questions please contact  rsponzo@gc.cuny.edu .

Share this:

• Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
• Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

This entry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

• 10/18 – celebration of Madeleine DeDe-Panken and the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York
• Queens College seeks Spring instructors

Need help with the Commons?

Email us at [email protected] so we can respond to your questions and requests. Please email from your CUNY email address if possible. Or visit our help site for more information:

• Terms of Service
• Accessibility
• Creative Commons (CC) license unless otherwise noted

Stanford Humanities Today

Arcade: a digital salon.

Fellowships for Stanford Graduate Students

The Stanford Humanities Center awards three highly selective fellowships for Stanford doctoral students in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences: the SHC Dissertation Prize fellowship; the Mellon Dissertation fellowship (in collaboration with the School of Humanities and Sciences); and the Next Generation Scholar fellowship. For information about graduate fellowships awarded by the Center for Spatial & Textual Analysis (CESTA), please visit  their page . 

Please note: the application deadline for all three fellowships will be the same day in early February. Graduate students may apply to the SHC Dissertation Prize/Mellon Dissertation fellowships or the Next Generation Scholar fellowship but not DP/Mellon and Next Generation Scholar in the same application cycle. 

The SHC Dissertation Prize fellowships and Mellon Foundation Dissertation fellowships are awarded to advanced graduate students who are completing their dissertations. SHC Dissertation Prize fellows are required to spend the academic year (fall/winter/spring quarters) taking part in the daily life of the Humanities Center. Mellon dissertation fellows are required to meet the campus residency expectations set by their dean/department. Applications for 2024–2025 fellowships are now open. The deadline is February 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

For more information and to apply, please see the  SHC Dissertation Prize fellowships and Mellon Foundation Dissertation fellowships application page .

The Next Generation Scholar Fellowship (formerly known as Career Launch) supports Stanford graduate students in year 7 or above whose work demonstrates accomplished work of the highest distinction and the promise of future achievement. These fellowships are intended to serve as a bridge between the end of the university’s formal support and the transition to a postdoctoral fellowship or faculty position. In addition to completing the dissertation, fellows pursue professional development part-time during one quarter (e.g., teach a course connected to the fellow’s research profile, develop skills in the digital humanities, engage closely with a public humanities initiative, or another endeavor of the fellow’s choosing).

Applications for 2024–2025 fellowships are now open. The deadline is February 1, 2024, at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

For more information and to apply, please see the  Next Generation Scholar Fellowship application page .

I was delighted by the tight-knit and collegial community that I found at the SHC. After spending so long at Stanford as a graduate student, these new-found connections came as something of a surprise to me.

Discovering Humanities Research at Stanford

Stanford Humanities Center

Advancing Research in the Humanities

Humanities Research for a Digital Future

The Humanities in the World

• Annual Reports
• Humanitrees
• Humanities Center Fellows
• Advisory Council
• Director's Alumni Cabinet
• Honorary Fellows
• Hume Honors Fellows
• International Visitors
• Workshop Coordinators
• Why Humanities Matter
• Fellowships for External Faculty
• Fellowships for Stanford Faculty
• Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities
• Dissertation Fellowships FAQs
• Career Launch Fellowships
• Fellowships for Stanford Undergraduates
• International Visitors Program
• FAQ Mellon Fellowship
• Faculty Fellowships FAQ
• Events Archive
• Public Lectures
• Checklist for Event Coordinators
• Facilities Guidelines
• co-sponsorship from the Stanford Humanities Center
• Call for Proposals
• Manuscript Workshops
• Past Workshops
• Research Workshops

Skip to Content

Other ways to search:

• Events Calendar

Graduate Student Opportunities

The Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) offers campus-wide fellowships for graduate students working in the humanities and the arts.  CHA fellowships are used to recruit incoming students, provide support for JEDI scholars, and doctoral dissertations, aid in scholarly research by providing summer stipends, support creative research, and conference travel. 

• CHA Graduate Student Fellows

Dissertation & Graduate Fellowships

Dissertation Completion Fellowship : The CHA offers two dissertation fellowships open to any CU Boulder PhD candidate working in the  humanities  and arts, campus-wide. The fellowship covers tuition for up to 5 dissertation hours per semester, mandatory student fees, student health insurance, and a stipend equal to that of a 50% Graduate Part-Time Instructor.

JEDI Completion Fellowship : The CHA offers the opportunity for master's- and doctorate-level graduate students working in the  humanities  and arts whose scholarly profile fits within  CHA’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) mission .

Summer Fellowship : CHA Summer Fellowships are designed for graduate students conducting research in the humanities and the arts who don't already receive university-sponsored or external funding (in any amount) during the summer months. The excellence of the project will be the main criterion for selection. 

Travel & Research Support

Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholars : This two-year program is for Graduate students in the arts, humanities, and other programs  who use the methods/archives of the arts and humanities in their scholarship. Participants will join a community of learners who focus on the co-design of mutually beneficial projects with partners outside of the university in  Colorado communities. 

Graduate Research Awards Demonstrating Excellence : GRADE is a semi-annual competition for graduate students working in the humanities and arts to support conference participation where students present a paper or perform or display their work for those in the arts. 

MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Microgrant : The MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Microgrants are designed to support the creative practice of CU Boulder MFA/MM students in need of support to purchase material, equipment, rental facilities, etc.

Hazel Barnes Flat : The Hazel Barnes Flat in London is intended for CU Boulder faculty and graduate students who are conducting academic and professional research in the fields of humanities and the arts in Great Britain.

DEADLINES Academic Year 2023-2024

Graduate Research Awards Demonstrating Excellence September 17

MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Award November 5

  SPRING 2024

Dissertation Completion Fellowship January 21

JEDI Completion Fellowship January 21

Graduate Research Awards Demonstrating Excellence February 4

MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Award March 10 (extended)

Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholars March 17

Summer Fellowships March 17

• Faculty Opportunities
• Dissertation Fellowships
• JEDI Completion Fellowship
• Summer Fellowships
• Graduate Research Awards Demonstrating Excellence
• Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholars
• MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Microgrant
• Undergraduate Student Opportunities
• Staff Opportunities
• Hazel Barnes Flat
• Best Practices for Reviewing Applications
• CHA Final Report

Graduate Funding

The Department of Chemistry offers teaching assistantships, research assistantships, fellowships, or a combination of these to all qualified graduate students for their full tenure in the program. Teaching opportunities for first-year students include classroom or laboratory instruction, which usually requires about 20 hours per week.

Teaching assistantships

The Department of Chemistry employs approximately 80 graduate teaching assistants (TAs) each academic year. All first-year graduate students will serve as TAs for at least one year. 

TAs are given the opportunity to teach chemistry to undergraduate students, which is an important aspect of the graduate program and an essential part of the teaching mission of the University of Iowa. Teaching assistants are held to high standards of ethical behavior, technical expertise, and integrative communication. They learn the challenges and rewards of teaching along with developing skills in problem solving, leadership and organization.

Graduate teaching assistants are professional instructors at the University of Iowa. The expectations for this role are documented in  the teaching assistant handbook for the Department of Chemistry .

The quality of education at the University of Iowa depends on the instructors in the classroom. The Department of Chemistry is proud to be a part of the professional development of those instructors by training, evaluating and coaching our graduate teaching assistants. Success of this program is evident each spring when the department selects the departmental teaching assistant awardees. In addition, The Office of the Provost selects thirty graduate teaching assistants from the entire university to award the Council on Teaching Outstanding Teaching Assistant. These are competitive awards and the selection of chemistry teaching assistants illustrates the high standards set by the Department of Chemistry and the commitment of its instructors to the educational mission of the university.

The University of Iowa College of Education offers a  Graduate Certificate in College Teaching  to PhD students. This certificate program offers coursework and supervised experience to prepare PhD students for careers in post-secondary education. 

Fellowships

• Graduate College Fellowships and Travel Awards , University of Iowa
• Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship , University of Iowa
• Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship , University of Iowa
• CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellowships , University of Iowa
• Graduate Research Fellowship Program , National Science Foundation
• NASA Fellowships and Scholarships , NASA
• Jacob K. Javits Fellowships , U.S. Department of Education
• Science Graduate Research Program Award , Department of Energy
• Graduate Fellowship Awards , Hertz Foundation
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships , The National Academies (underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply)
• Fellowships from the American Association of University Women
• Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship , American Chemical Society

Fellowship Incentive Program

Additionally, the University of Iowa Graduate College offers a $500 incentive to any graduate student who submits a proposal for a nationally-competitive fellowship under the guidance of a fellowship advisor. The student does not have to receive the fellowship to receive the $500 incentive. The fellowship advisor for graduate students in chemistry is  Amy Charles . Full details are available online .

The Graduate College

The Graduate College offers a wealth of information about funding for graduate students through additional methods. You can learn more about funding your education on their site:

2024-2025 Graduate Public Service Fellowship

Graduate Public Service Fellowship Program Haas Center for Public Service

Description

In partnership with the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, the Haas Center for Public Service offers the Graduate Public Service (GPS) Fellowship as a space for graduate students to cultivate their skills, commitments, and identities as community-engaged scholars. 

The GPS Fellowship creates a supportive, transdisciplinary network of students who share an interest in public scholarship, scholar-activism, and community engagement. Through the fellowship experience, students participate in a community of  practice  designed to promote relational and reflective learning and a community of  purpose  that supports the explicit discussion of values and identities and the exploration and application of social, intellectual, and political commitments to scholarly practice. 

The GPS program embraces and encourages participants to bring their whole selves into the fellowship experience (including their personal experiences, values, and standpoints) in order to nurture identities and commitments as community engaged scholars. Cohort activities emphasize collaborative learning, relational skill building, and reflection on values and positionality because such practices are essential for building trust and fostering equity-focused collaborations with community partners in ways that are transformational rather than transactional.

The GPS fellowship program integrates a practicum experience in which Fellows serve in teams (with grad peers) on a collaborative, action-oriented research project with a local community-based organization or coalition partner. The experience is designed to provide Fellows with the opportunity to participate, from start to finish, in a research design process that is driven by the community partner’s interests, needs, or desires and that prioritizes core equity-based principles such as shared goals and values; a focus on community strengths (asset-based); equitable collaboration; collective benefit; trusting relationships; and accessible results. Fellows are expected to commit approximately 2 hours per week over the course of the academic year to the project. Fellows may express interest to participate in a project that addresses community-identified issues in one of four key areas: environmental sustainability, housing equity, educational equity, or health equity. 

GPS fellows receive a $3,000 stipend over the course of the academic year to support their participation in the fellowship and the fellowship-related research project. 

Whether you are interested in a future faculty position, or planning to pursue a non-academic career pathway, the GPS experience provides space to explore the intersection of your professional and community-engaged goals and to integrate public scholarship practices into your professional repertoire.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the GPS Fellowship open on April 17, 2024, for the 2024-25 academic year. Applications are due on May 31, 2024.  Questions? Contact Clayton Hurd ( [email protected] ) 

• Participate in a fall quarter seminar focused on promising practices and design strategies for equity-focused, community engaged research
• Collaborate with graduate student peers in the co-design and carrying out of a team-based, community-driven research project in partnership with a local community organization or coalition (building on existing community partner relationships with the Haas Center)
• Attend bi-weekly cohort meetings through the academic year to develop your knowledge and skills related to theories, methodologies, and ethics of community engaged scholarship through visits by guest speaker/role models, discussions of seminal scholarship, case studies, and cohort-wide reflections on practice, values, and skills-in-development

A complete application includes the following:

• application form
• curriculum vitae
• unofficial transcript
• endorsement from primary graduate advisor(s) - see application for more details on what this entails

Stanford graduate students from all departments and programs who are considering careers in higher education or in professional fields that integrate and value community engagement are eligible to apply. Through academic accomplishments, commitment to community work, and teaching/mentoring experience, candidates must demonstrate potential to become successful community-engaged scholar-practitioners.

For additional information, please contact Clayton Hurd at [email protected] .

• Stanford Home
• Maps & Directions
• Search Stanford
• Emergency Info
• Terms of Use
• Non-Discrimination
• Accessibility

© Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 .

• Newsletters

Summer 2024 Dissertation Writing Group

We invite you to join us this summer for a FREE online dissertation writing group!

This writing group will provide students with opportunities for writing productivity and peer feedback on their dissertation (e.g., dissertation proposal, chapters, etc.).

The dissertation writing group will meet from 11:00am – 1:00pm on Tuesdays from May 21st – June 25th.

During our meetings, students will participate in the following writing activities:

• Write together as a group using structured writing sprints and breaks
• Weekly check-ins in small groups on individual writing goals
• Peer feedback on their writing

We hope this group can be a helpful space for graduate students to build community with fellow dissertators and make progress towards their writing goals! We invite you to sign up here .

Questions? Contact Shelley Hawthorne Smith ( [email protected] ) and Judy Salcido ( [email protected] ). We look forward to working together.  

• GradPost Blog

Don't miss our Spring 2024 Funding Forecast

Spring Quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! Check out this sample of upcoming deadlines of funding opportunities for postdoctoral, doctoral, graduate, research, and other short-term awards or travel grants. Various deadlines listed. Consult websites for current details and application information.

Spring quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! So, if you are looking for financial support for the coming year or next, remember to routinely look at funding postings so you get an idea of what topics or issues are getting funded. Spring and summer are also great times to prepare your fellowship application materials - personal statement, research statement, and academic CV.

Below is a sample list of upcoming deadlines. Regularly inform your faculty adviser about your current research ideas and progress as this is very important when requesting letters of recommendation. Also, be sure to check the program websites regularly for the most updated information on important dates and submission details. Good luck!

NOTE: Please report any broken links to Funding Peer Liliana Garcia

Jump to information about: Postdoctoral Fellowships Dissertation Support Graduate and Doctoral Support Research Support Other (Travel, Short-Term, Award, Summer, etc.)  

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Mar 15  The Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship (history of technology)

Apr 1 German Historical Institute Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Apr 1 SHOT- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (history of space technology)

Apr 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aerospace History

Apr 1 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships

Jul 15 David B. Larson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health and Spirituality

Sep 15 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowships in Israel for U.S. Citizens 2020/2021

Sep TBD American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowships

Oct 1 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program INVEST Drug Abuse Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Oct 15 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships

Oct 18 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

On-going Incorporating Benefits & Costs of Environmental Regulation in Computable General Equilibrium Models Research with the US Environmental Protection Agency

Various deadlines Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Scholars - list via Harvard website

Various deadlines Postdoctoral opportunities in medical research - via Stanford website

Various deadlines Minority Postdoctoral Opportunities List

Various deadlines Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Postdoctoral Fellowships

Various deadlines Special Programs for Postdoctoral Fellows - via National Science Foundation

Various deadlines Post-doctoral Opportunities List - from the National Institute of Health

Various deadlines - Postdoctoral Positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  

DISSERTATION SUPPORT

Feb 25  Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship (history of technology)

April 1 Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Apr 1 Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Dissertation Research Grants

May 1 North American Conference on British Studies Dissertation Research Fellowship

May 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)

Jul 17 Linguistics Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

Jul 20 Biological Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

Aug 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)

Aug 15 Cultural Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

On-going Research Opportunities at the US Forest Service Research and Development (R&D)

On-going Archaeology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Arch-DDRI) - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

On-going Documenting Endangered Languages Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

On-going Geography and Spatial Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (GSS-DDRI) , National Science Foundation (NSF)

Various Deadlines Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Opportunities  

GRADUATE & DOCTORAL SUPPORT

Apr 1 Batten, First Union, and Peter Nicolaisen International Fellowships

Apr 1 SHOT- NASA Predoctoral Fellowship (history of space technology)

Apr 10  National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships

Apr 15 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Graduate Fellowship (National Deadline; local chapter deadline is usually 2 weeks earlier)

Apr 15 BHW Group Women in STEM Scholarship

Apr 30 Government of the Slovak Republic approved the establishment of the National Scholarship Programme

May 8  Google India PhD Fellowships

May 8  Google China/Hong Kong/Japan/South Korea Phd Fellowship Program

May 11 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship

Jun 15  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students

Sep 7 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships

TBD American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) Graduate Student Scholarship

TBD PEO International Peace Scholarship (IPS) - also open to international students studying in the US

Various Deadlines Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Fellowships and Grants  

On-going Gerda Henkel Foundation Ph.D. Scholarships in the Historical Humanities   

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Apr 1 Research Fellowships in Aerospace History

Apr 1 Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grants Program Apr 10  National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Apr 12 Horton Hydrology Research Grant from American Geophysical Union

Apr 13 Project Management Institute's Research Grant Program for the study of project, program or portfolio management

Apr 15 Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund

Apr 19 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development

Apr 19 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Audiology

Apr 24  Japan-US Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

Apr 30 International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) - Graduate Fellowship Program

Apr TBD Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program

May 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)

May 1  US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) Graduate Student Research Program

May 2 National Institute of Justice Graduate Fellowships in STEM

May 15 Deutsches Akademisches Austaauschdienst (DAAD) Short-Term Research Grants (for research in Germany)

Jul 15 The Leakey Foundation Grants for Research Related to Human Origins

Aug 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)

Sep 15 Fulbright Canada-American Scholars Awards

Sep 15 Kluge Fellowships (humanities and social science research)

Oct 15  Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grants Program

TBD UCHRI Grants and Fellowships

TBD Graduate Fellowship for Research in Japan

TBD Merck KGaA Research Grant Competition

Various Opportunities New York Public Library Research Fellowships

Various Deadlines Smithsonian Institute Fellowships

Various Deadlines Metropolitan Museum of Art Research Fellowships

Various Deadlines Center for Disease Control (CDC) Fellowships

On-going Dirksen Congressional Research Grant

On-going The Spalding Trust Grants for the Comparative Study of Religions

On-going Statistics Fellowship with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

On-going OCS ORISE Fellowship with the Food and Drug Administration

On-going Digital/New Media Fellowships with Dept of Health and Human Services

On-going Dept of Energy Opportunity in Fuel Cell Research

On-going National Institute of Health Individual Graduate Partnerships Program

On-going Title VIII Research Scholar Program American Councils - in-country, independent research for three consecutive months to nine consecutive months in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe  

OTHER (Travel, Short-Term, Award, Summer etc.)

Mar 31 Sara Finney-Johnson Scholarship - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Apr 1 Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery

Apr 7 Short-Term Carter Center Graduate Assistantships in Atlanta

Apr 8 Charles Koch Institute Summer Internship

Apr 10  National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships

Apr 28 Mary Murphy Graduate Scholarship - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Apr TBD Interfaces Graduate Training Program at UCSD - in biological, engineering, physical and health sciences

Apr TBD Lupus Foundation of America Summer Fellowships

May 1  Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting (no citizenship requirements)

May 1 James P. Danky Fellowship in Print and Digital Culture

May 15 Catherine Prelinger Award (women's history)

May 31 PSA/Journal of Postcolonial Writing Postgraduate Essay Competition

Jun 5  SACNAS Travel Fellowships

Jun 26  LGBT Studies One-Month Research Fellowship at Yale University

July TBA  National Air and Space Administration (NASA) Internships *NOTE: Select opportunities are also open to citizens from countries participating in the NASA International Internship Program.

Sep 1 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Conservation Grants Programs

Sep 1 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Art History Digital Art History Grant Programs

Fall TBD Presidential Management Fellows Program US Office of Personnel Management

Rolling Deadline - Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks