Dissertation Fellowships 2017-2018

This page is for dissertation fellowships for 2017-2018 (including research fellowships, dissertation completion fellowships, and other predoctoral opportunities).


 * Last year's page: Dissertation Fellowships 2016-2017
 * See also previous years' pages: Dissertation Fellowships 2013-14, Dissertation Fellowships 2014-15 and Dissertation Fellowships 2015-2016.

See also fellowship discussions at theGradCafe: The Bank


 * This is an initial post to start the page as in years past - please add calls and information!

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AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship
Applied (x7)

ACLS / Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Deadline: October 26, 2016

LINK: https://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/

Who's applying this year? Project statement: anyone know whether page numbers in the header need to be adjusted to give a full 1" margin at the top, or whether the page numbers can be in the margin space (as headers typically are)?
 * Applying (x11)

Let the waiting commence!
 * This wiki is so quiet this season. Glad there are at least a few of us here!
 * I felt ok about this application until I read that they got over 1,000 applications last year... Arghhh!!!!!
 * It's a total crapshoot, of course, but yay to all of us for even trying!
 * Already counting down the days to March.

American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize
Who's applying this year?
 * Applying (x1)

CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship of the National Gallery of Art
Applied x1

Center for Jewish History Dissertation Fellowship

 * The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center’s partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
 * Application deadline: February 2, 2017
 * See fellowships.cjh.org for more information.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Applied x8

Consortium for Faculty Diversity (Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Fellowships)
Applied x4
 * See also Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2016-17

Dolores Liebmann Fellowship
Applied via my institution

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship
Applied x1
 * Recieved invitation to interview (12/10)

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Applied x5

Help! Is anyone getting the validation error "A Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree must be entered in your educational history" even though you've already entered that information into the education form?
 * I'm having the exact same issue! Right now I've got listed my institution twice, once as saying I've earned the PhD in 2018, and again as the proposed institution for the fellowship.
 * Did exactly the same as the person above
 * Did it let you submit the application with that format? I put in an e-mail to the helpline, but it was right around 5pm ET today. It would be nice to be able to submit tonight rather than waiting for their response (if one even comes) tomorrow. --> Submitted this morning. The help people did e-mail early this morning saying that my education materials were validated, but this was only after I had already implemented your workaround. Thanks for helping!!

Fulbright IIE Study/Research Grants
Applied x1

Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship (Kenyon College)
Applied x4

CLIR-Mellon
Applied x1

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowships
Applied x1

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program

 * Deadline October 6, 2016 at 5 pm EST.
 * Applied, after a heart attack at the application page not loading within hours of the deadline.
 * Q: there are first and second round notifications for the Spencer Dissertation Fellowship, correct? can anyone shed light on when first round cuts might be made?

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
Political Science 6/15/16

Panels met in October. Have any notices been sent out? (12/27)

No word here. Anyone else? (12/28)

Penn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity
Applied X1

SSRC - IDRF
Applied x2

University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research Fellowships
 The  Katz; Greenberg; and Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson fellowship applications   are due   ''' Feburary 15, 2016.  Each    ''' fellowship provides $4,000 support and will be awarded to an outstanding advanced- standing Ph.D. candidate from any discipline for dissertation research focused on testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and other USC resources. The recipient will be required to spend one month in residence at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research during the 2017-2018 academic year.



 Award decisions for this fellowship will be based on the originality of the research proposal and its potential to advance research with testimonies in the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive or other unique genocide research resources at USC. The fellow will be expected to provide the Center with fresh perspectives, to play a role in Center activities, and to give a public talk during the stay.



To submit an application, please send a cover letter (including proposed dates of residency), CV, proposal abstract (1-3 pages), writing sample, and recommendation letter from your PhD advisor  by February 15, 2017 to  [mailto:cagr@usc.edu?subject=2017-2018%20Breslauer%2C%20Rutman%2C%20and%20Anderson%20Research%20Fellowship cagr@usc.edu].


 * Please visit https://sfi.usc.edu/news/2016/10/12498-call-applications-2017-2018-breslauer-rutman-and-anderson-research-fellowship to see the full call for applications.
 * For more information about the center and the Visual History Archive, please visit: http://sfi.usc.edu/cagr



Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies
Applied x3

Agghhh shouldn't we be hearing back this week about finalist status? Every other year it's been way before the 15th