Dissertation Fellowships 2018-2019

This page is for dissertation fellowships for 2018-2019 (including research fellowships, dissertation completion fellowships, and other predoctoral opportunities).


 * Last year's page: Dissertation Fellowships 2017-2018
 * See also previous years' pages: Dissertation Fellowships 2013-14, Dissertation Fellowships 2014-15, Dissertation Fellowships 2015-2016 and Dissertation Fellowships 2016-2017.

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 x12

AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Research

 * I wish trolls on socjobrumors wouldn't keep giving me panic attacks--- someone's poster on there that acceptances are out! Can't be true right? Too early?!? 8 march 2018

ACLS / Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships

 * Applied x24

March is here! Anyone else freaking out? Or just me?


 * Freaking out, too. Last year, people started getting notifications March 13th (x4)


 * The year before, if I am recalling correctly, folks were notified mid-week on the 13th**. If they keep to a similar pattern it looks like late next week is the earliest notifications will be sent. Not much of a help, I know, but it's a thought that keeps me from checking my email compulsively!
 * Freakinggggg out! I need this so desperately, didn't apply for anything else. Post on 8 march.


 * Acceptance notification (March 12) x6
 * ^ Can you give a few more details, please? Which discipline? Date/time of the email?
 * I was notified of acceptance at 9:34a today (3/12). English
 * Anthropology, received acceptance 9:34am (3/12)
 * History, received this morning. (x2: also history, received this morning.)
 * Music, received this morning (3/12).
 * Anthropology, acceptance (3/12, 9:34a)


 * Is there any non-delusional reason to think that those of us who have not yet received a notification (12:55pm EST, Mar 12) are still in the running?
 * I guess it really depends on whether they sent all fields/applicants out at once, or are doing them in batches. Waiting and nervous (x1)
 * I wouldn’t bet on it. My sense (from having religiously studied this wiki from the last few years) is they send out all acceptances at once. And rejections a day later. One could hope for an alternative email but chances of getting an acceptance at this point are slim to none. :/
 * I suspect you're right.
 * Agreed that the remaining hopefullness is probably futile. Still, I've never checked my "Spam" folder more times in a single day.


 * So 2xhistory, 1x English and 1x anthropology. Anyone other disciplines? Anymore social scientists?
 * I'm going to take a page out of the postings from two years ago: most likely rejected, so will enjoy ice cream with my boyfriend and the greatest f**k ever.

I bought a pack of cigarettes- rear ended my car on the way back. Fml


 * ^^Ugh, I spent all yesterday feeling sorry for myself, but it sounds like your day was way worse. Congrats to everyone who received and award, and congrats to all of us who did not for just having completed that long application. Now to decide if it is worth it to put myself through it again in a few months...


 * Rear-ended my car I can relate. My spouse was laid off from her good paying job last Friday (day before my birthday) and my department says they probably won't have any money for sixth years due to increased cohort size. Anyone else apply for the Josephine de Karman? That is the last of my grasping at straws fellowships that is still out (after two at bats).
 * No, they require US residence and I don't want to stay here anymore. Am serious considering looking for non-academic track work and trying to write diss from 4 am to 6 am each morning over the next year. That way at least I'll get a toe in on the real world ladder, and frankly, although I love academe, I just don't have the resources to stay in and try for the job market, I gotta eat. Envy people who have parents of spouses to split the financial burden. But I guess there's a reason why there are such people from my kind of background (non white, divorced parents etc.) in the academy. Time to wake up and smell the industry job coffee :(


 * Sorry to hear that. That is a bitter pill to swallow. You are right, I am fortunate to have a spouse who had a good job (although she immigrated here from Chile and it took years for her to be able to work in her field). As state funding has disappeared for higher education across the board more and more of those of us of modest means are definitely being not so gently shoved out of academia.

Anyone receive a rejection or alternate notification today? (Discipline: Music; 3/13)
 * Was this a rejection or alternate?
 * Neither, just stating my discipline.

If no one has gotten an email about being an alternate, and if some of us have gotten no word about anything, might it be safe to think that we are the alternates and we won't hear anything until awardees accept or reject their offers? This is me being hopeful. (Discipline: Anthropology; 3/13)
 * -- Last year, the rejections were sent out two days after the acceptances, so I think many of us will likely hear tomorrow (Discipline: English; 3/13).
 * My advisor is still holding on to hope, haha. I don't know why they don't send out rejections with acceptances.

Are there no alternates on this wiki? Pretty sure they'd send those out with the acceptances. I mean surely they don't grantees only 48 hours to say yes.

???? Could anyone who was awarded a fellowship tell us how long they give you to accept or decline the award? All of us "heard nothing" folks are trying to get a sense of what we can expect. Thanks in advance for any takers!!!
 * - Awardees have until April 9th to accept the award
 * Thanks!

Any rejections today? (3/14): I really thought they’d be out by 9.30 am est today, given their previous years’ pattern. I just want to be done with this process
 * Nothing yet
 * Me too, could use some closure.
 * Right!? ugh.

Sick of waiting 😖
 * What I don't understand is why they don't just send out a batch of emails that is a) offered, b) rejected, or c) alternate. There are clearly alternates because some people hear nothing then get offers and rejections at staggered dates. However, I have yet to see someone say they received an email saying they were an alternate (maybe I missed it as I was combing backwards?). Any thoughts on why they might not send out alternate status emails?
 * ^^^^ There are clearly alternates because some people hear nothing then get offers and rejections at staggered dates. ^^^^^ where'd you hear that? I never heard of delayed offers????? Also, alternates might not be on the wiki. Agree though. Their modus seems very heartless. As if they didn't realize we're humans
 * -There aren't that many of us on here (according to the above number that 23 said that they applied), so maybe alternate notifications went out and we just haven't heard from anyone who got the email? I don't know, I am inclined to be pessimistic for the purposes of moving on but i'm also sick of waiting!

- I applied in philosophy; no official word in any capacity as of 3/14 (2:30 PM EST). Any philosophy people get the offer? Or get an alternate/rejection e-mail?

Just called the office cause I can't focus on anything else. The program manager said that she couldn't give me updates on my status (not surprising) and that they have "their process" which includes sending out things in waves. She did say that alternate emails went out though. :/  Fantastic. 4:48pm (3/14). In that case, it sounds like those of us who haven't heard anything have definitely been rejected :(
 * Waves. Pffff. Waves of bullshit.
 * Bullshit it is. Chocolate is my drug of choice this week. All you hollow Easter bunnies at the grocery store you better run.
 * waves of bullshit. love it. in solidarity with all my fellow rejectees <4
 * Lol@waves of bs. Figures, grant administrators are some of most horrible humans I've ever encountered. If you know hitchhiker's guide, they're Vogons.
 * Seriously--wtf is up with their "process"? Most places send rejections AT THE SAME TIME OR BEFORE they send acceptances.

I BETTER get my damn rejection email today (3/15)!
 * Whoever wrote this, you are my favorite person today.
 * Yup. Rarely have so many grad students, including myself, craved rejection. (x4)

Rejection (Assumed) TODAY at....? UGH.

c'mon! Do we need to stage a walk out just to get our rejection letters? Seriously, someone should write about this shoddy process on Inside Higher Ed, or one of those places. Why are these yahoos allowed to get away with this kind of meannes?
 * ^^Well, you know if that happened, the comments section would just be full of people saying, "See, these goddamn millennials expect instant gratification now in the digital age. They have no patience at all." And, to be fair, this whole dystopian hell is only possible because we aren't simply checking the snail mail when we get home anymore. The internet is a bittersweet pill, my suffering friends.
 * Maybe tomorrow is the day they'll undertake the onerous task of pressing a computer button and auto generating our rejection emails. Friday afternoon, avoid pesky phone calls and questions. **--YUP. That's the corporate way.

Just read back through the past few years of this thread, and someone mentioned that this process may involve waves of notifications because the reviewers can't get through all 1,000+ applications at once, and they have to do them in rounds. This does seem plausible. BUT, there didn't seem to be people who posted about acceptances later in the process on the past threads (maybe they just didn't sign in to do it?). What do we think? Maybe reviewers only read in their field (I've heard otherwise from faculty who've reviewed in years past). Say they did and they had 100 applications to read, it's possible that they do them in batches of 25 or even 50, and for each batch, they group them into acceptances, rejections, and alternates, with some sort of quota system. While this may read as naively hopeful, I've yet to another explanation for why we've heard nothing. This scenario is definitely plausible.
 * ^ I'm pretty sure that if the alternates all went out (as per the office caller who posted above) then all the acceptances did, too.
 * Yeah, that's not how it works: reviewers only read applications in their own field, not all 1,000.
 * Unfortunately, I just read the FAQ about this fellowship on the ACLS website, and it seems that there is a two stage review process: the first stage is scholars in your field, but the second stage is a panel from across different disciplines. I'm guessing that in the second stage, the acceptances/alternates are a collective decision from this one panel.


 * -I'm really enjoying the thought of people applying for this for the first time next year opening this thread and being like WTF IS THIS PROCESS. I have been thinking that this entire week.


 * I went to talk to my dgs about options and dgs goes let's wait till you actually get a rejection.....😣😭🍤

Nothing. At all. Still. (3/16, 12:38pm) (x2)


 * really want this hellish waiting to end, just don't get why they'd make us sit around stewing in our sad, rejected juices for 5 days +. very dissapointing.


 * Yeah they’ll send it later just when you’re settling down making weekend plans. I am seriously boycotting the ACLS so it becomes less prestigious. Can’t be prestigious if nobody wants it.
 * ^ Good Luck!


 * --I wrote to them on March 13th saying I was aware that some people had been notified and asking if they could update me on the status of my application. At 2:34pm EST today (3/16), they respond: "Notifications will be sent via email in late March 2018.  We cannot provide additional information prior to that time." Umm. OK. Except that clearly notifications were sent mid-March. Why does it take another 1-2 weeks to send rejections (or, however unlikely, alternates)?


 * - at the risk of sharing my (most likely) false hopes: I don't think we'll hear until after 3/20. Someone in my program got accepted on 3/12, and before the official paperwork/whatever is sent, he said he has until 3/20 to say whether he's still likely to take it (which is separate in some way that I don't understand from the April 9th deadline for acceptance/rejection of the formal offer).  So the only way I can make sense of the process is that the thinking might be: maybe some people will decline (got other offers, decided to finish) right off the bat, and then they accept a few more to fill their slots, and after that there are "official" alternates and rejections.    Or, you know, maybe some administrator is reading this and just enjoys watching folks twist in the wind.
 * ^^This makes a lot of sense to me as a possible explanation for the delay. I too was thinking that perhaps there might be some brief window in which they want to fill as many slots as possible, and then notify everybody else all together. But I can't for the life of me see how this is an improvement in literally any way over the winners/alternates/rejected folks all finding out at once. Nobody from the rejected list would be an alternate anyway, and some of the alternates would end up being awardees either way. It's just that this way, they don't know it's happening if it happens within the first 10 days. How is this better?


 * ^^Also if 1000+ people apply, don't they have people they could definitely rule out?? Like, I don't think that it would be fun for those in the middle to have to wait, but if some people are cut after the first round of reviews then why can't they send those notifications out with the acceptances? Hmm......


 * TOTALLY irrational process- SSRC sends out their first batch of rejections super early, within a month of application, then in the next round they just tell everyone accept/reject/alternate simulataneously--same with AAUW and Fulbright and Newcombe--why should Mellon have their own bizarre process that several people with advanced degrees can't work out?!?!? The process is not rational, that's all there is to say.
 * Just emailed them and hoping they might take pity on me because I have been offered another fellowship (specific to my discipline) that I need to accept or decline ASAP. I feel awful putting alternates for this other fellowship on the hook on behalf of Mellon/ACLS, but I'd hate to accept and then find out I (somehow against all likelihood) recieved a Mellon/ACLS fellowship. Wishing there was a standard deadline for this as there is for grad school acceptances!
 * Follow up: just got a response. Rejected (English). Disappointed, but makes my descision easy.
 * Congrats on the acceptance on the other fellowship! When you do talk to them, please try and get whatever you can about why we are sitting in this bullshit limbo and report back!
 * If it is that urgent I would call them first thing tomorrow, no telling when/if they would respond to the email (I would imagine they have gotten dozens of emails trying to squeeze information out of them about statuses).
 * I had emailed on Friday (3/16) because I also have a deadline to respond to another fellowship. No luck. They responded quite promptly and said they can give no updates at this time and emails will be sent in late March.
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:25am, Discipline: Classics (we hardly ever win any of these--so not surprised!).
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:23 am, discipline: History (x3)


 * Alternate for an award (3/19/2018), Comparative Literature.
 * Coveted rejection email received (3/19/2018), Anthropology.
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:51am, Music (x2)


 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:31 am, discipline: English x2 "over 1,000 applications for 67 awards." Hang in there everyone!
 * Rejection email (3/19) 9.24 EST, discipline: Comparative Literature - The email format is different this year though - nothing about feedback. Wonder if we can still ask for it?


 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:25, Art History Replied asking if feedback could be provided-- will update if I get a reply.
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:20 am, Theatre. I replied asking for feedback as well, despite there being no language about it in the rejection notice. Like the above poster, l'll loop back if I receive a response.
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:27 am, American studies
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:24 am, English. So, since reading about the acceptances last week, I didn't have any hope, and instead went around asking people how to get over rejections like these. I got two reasonable pieces of advice, which I thought I'd share to keep everyone's spirits up: (1) that this fellowship creates a false sense of scarcity and 'prestige' and should in no way reflect on the validity or worth of our projects, selves and future careers; and (2) that applications for things like these boil down to how well we "communicate" our projects. For whatever it's worth -- at least we made ourselves write a proposal we can work with in the future. Onward!
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:23am, Discipline: Theology (almost no one in theology has received this fellowship, so wasn't really expecting it. Still a bummer.)
 * Rejection email (3/19/2018) 9:39am, Discipline: Mass communication


 * Got my long awaited *rejection* this morning (sociology) at 9:33am EST. To everyone still waiting, good luck. To those who got rejections, remember this does not reflect on your worthiness or value. Successful academics leave a trail of rejections in their wake: apply widely and often!

Alternate notification (3/19)

Accepted from alternate list (3/20)

Anyone know how many alternates are ultimately funded and how this process works (i.e., is it done by discipline)?


 * Feedback, if solicited and available, will be provided in the summer --according to email response I received today (3/22). (x3)

American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize
selections have been made

Rejection: 3/14 - I don't recommend applying for this capricious competition; in my field last year they selected 2 people who don't even *need* to be in Rome; some of us have vital research to do in the city and Italy. My friends and I have applied two years running--never even landing an interview; one friend had interviews two years in a row and never won it. Not sure what I or they did wrong, as they don't give feedback. This year they didn't even send a letter, just an email--after all the money we paid them. It's a scam.

American Philosophical Society Predoctoral Fellowship

 * Applied (x1)

Boren Fellowship

 * Applied (x1)

Boston College AADS (African and African Diaspora Studies) Dissertation Fellowship

 * Has anyone received a call? (March 2)


 * Nope (March 8)


 * Nothing yet. Ugh. (March 13)

Carter Manny Award

 * Applied for writing award x2

CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship of the National Gallery of Art
Why is this page so quiet?! Has anyone got a call from CASVA? (Jan 19)


 * I have not received one! I'm on tenterhooks here! (I applied for Ittleson) (Jan 19)
 * Received call today (01/20) for interview. Interviews taking place Feb. 8-9. (Nominated for Paul Mellon)


 * Congratulations on the call! I guess that’s it for this cycle then.
 * Do calls for all fellowships usually go out on the same day?

Usually calls are made on the same day I think. At least that’s what’s recorded in previous years’ wikis.
 * Le sigh...thanks for the response.

Has anyone else been called for an interview, or does anyone else know of a colleague who has been nominated? No news in my peer group.

Has anyone received their rejection letter yet?


 * For the record: interviews took place on Feb. 8-9; the committee met to finalize their decision on Feb. 10; the chosen fellows were notified over the weekend; alternates were notified via email on Feb. 15

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied (x10)


 * Does anyone know when finalists will be notified? On the previous pages, notifications came out on Feb 16 and Feb 21.
 * Looking at past years, it seems as if they almost always notify sometime the third week of Feb. So any day now...
 * Yeah, they seem to favor beginnings of the week, so if not today, then probably next week. I haven't heard anything yet, but the day is young.
 * I was certain today was the day. Just glad to check this and find that others also haven't heard yet.
 * Also, doesn't 4 applicants on this wiki seem unusually low? ACLS numbers also seem down.
 * That could mean 1 of 3 things: 1) fewer applicants this year (so better odds for us! Good luck everyone!); 2) people have realized that obsessing over the wiki leads to madness (though I doubt we've realized this because... we're here reading this); 3) people have given up. Cheers!  I'm hoping for #1.
 * I didn't even apply to this grant and I'm reading this thread. It leads to madness. x2
 * Got email that I am a finalist on 2/19, email said that they will let me know by March 31 if I got it. Good luck everyone!


 * Got the email--not a finalist! Good luck everyone!
 * Got my rejection email today - at 3:02 PM EST February 23, 2018. The email stated that "almost 500" applications were received for 21 available awardsx2
 * Got the rejection at 2:59p EST. Shucks. Best of luck to the finalists! And for the rest of us: hang in there. Applying to this thing was a bear-- you're still super awesome! x2


 * Finalist letter said there was a 14% rate of acceptance for finalists, which would be about 70 finalists. (x3)

CLIR-Mellon Fellowship
I think this is the week. Any notifications? 03/19 Nothing on 3/21? - Nope, no news here. Nyet.
 * Applied (x7)
 * if they follow patterns from previous years, I think acceptances would go out tomorrow, Wed 3/21

3/22 still waiting. (x7)

Do you think if all of us have been rejected or am I too pessimistic?
 * I think there is still hope. Here are the dates they sent out acceptances in the past couple of years (not as clear a pattern as I'd thought): 2017, 3/22 (2nd-to-last Wed of month); 2016, 3/25 (last Fri of month); 2015, 4/1; 2014, 3/20 (2nd-to-last Thurs of month).
 * I hope not....but I guess that is possible. Does anyone think it pays to send an email? (3/22)
 * I would say hold off until after 4/2 when they make the public announcement
 * But by that time they will already have sent rejections too.
 * Yeah, I just don't think they'll respond to an email query before that point

Consortium for Faculty Diversity (Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Fellowships)

 * Applied (x3)

They extended the deadline to the end of March. Does anyone know if they will be looking at these before then?


 * --Interesting. How did you learn about the extention? I don't see it on the site. Wonder what it means for those who made the 1st deadline.

Do you think it's necessary to contact the department's directly? 1) to ask if they're even taking fellows and 2) to bring their attention to their application? I just don't understand how this works. It's like sending an application into a blackhole.
 * --If you look at the Interfolio delivery, it now says March 30. And the delivery itself is still editable. I'm wondering if I should upload an updated cover letter.
 * --It was my impression that the deadline has always been "rolling," as it is up to individual consortium departments to look at the applications based on departmental need as positions become available. Contacting individual departments will give you information for if the department is actually searching for candidates and when their own search begins/ends.
 * Great question. I've contacted a couple, one of which didn't even know this fellowship existed and got excited when I told them about the Consortium. Black hole indeed. Not sure how this is supposed to work.  Bigger question-- are they even really giving dissertation fellowships anymore? Had a friend get one of these several years ago and at the time all listed winners were pre-doc. Now, the list of recipients for the past few years is almost exclusively post-doc. What's up with that? Are they even interested in dissertation fellowships any more?
 * That's ridiculous. Also, you're right. I was looking through the list of past fellows and there's rarely any predocs anymore. I guess I'll sit down and email everyone. Trinity has one that makes you email the chairs. It's a little embarrassing.


 * I got in touch with one of the reps at Swarthmore. They mentioned that they weren't doing predocs right now, but that it's best to get in touch with specific departments to see if they are, which brings attention to your application.

- I have emailed all but one of the schools on the list. Here is what I found out so far: (Please note: I was inquiring about pre-doctoral fellowships so this feedback is more useful for people who are looking for dissertation completion fellowships. I hope this list makes sense as I was trying to summarize what people were saying in their emails and sometimes it wasn't clear if they meant pre or post doc fellwoships because they just used the tern "CFD fellows" in general) - List was updated on 2/19 by original poster


 * Amherst - No CFD Fellowships this year


 * Bowdoin - In the midst of looking for 3 post-docs


 * Colorado College - Finalized their CFD candidate placements  (I do not know if that means they accepted pre/post doc)


 * Franklin and Marshall - Does not participate in the pre-doc fellowship at all (Post-Docs only)


 * Macalaster: No open pre-doc this year


 * Scripps: Only looking for Art History (I do not know if that means pre/post doc)


 * Gustavus: Looking for Political Science (I do not know if that means pre/post doc)


 * Vassar: Not looking for pre-docs at this time


 * Whitman: Not looking for pre-docs this time


 * Denison: Does not participate in the pre-doc fellowship at all (Post-Docs only)


 * Providence College: Only recently joined the Consortium and is just getting the lay of the land


 * Southwestern University: No CFD Fellowships this year


 * The College of Wooster: Does not participate in the pre-doc fellowship at all (Post-Docs only)


 * Trinity College: Hire one fellow year and that is already done, I think it is the Ann Plato fellowship


 * Reed College: Hires on 2 year appointments so next search will be spring 2019


 * Mount Holyoke: Usually does 2 post-docs per year and that process is underway


 * Wabash College: Only recently joined the Consortium and is just getting the lay of the land


 * University of Richmond: At capacity with fellows at this time (not sure if that means pre or post doc)


 * Lewis and Clark: Not anticipating dissertation fellowship this year


 * Oberlin College: Has not determined what will be happening for the 2018-2019 school year so they recommended to keep checking their job page: https://jobs.oberlin.edu/


 * College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University: Are reviewing apps in February so they said they would make sure to consider mine (Idk if that is just them being polite)


 * St. Olaf College: Does not typically determine need for a CFD fellow until March


 * Muhlenberg College: Said they would pass along my information to the appropiate department (once again idk if that is them being polite) - Update 3/4 They emailed me to say that they will not be hiring a fellow this year.


 * TO WHOEVER DID THIS: you are a scholar and a hero. (x3!) - Thanks! :) After I saw that the one person they said they got in touch with Swarthmore I figured I should contact all the schools. I didn't contact New College because I am not interested in Florida. I also just updated this list with 4 more colleges. Apologies for any typos.

Consortium for History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied

DAAD Graduate Research Fellowship

 * Short-term research grant
 * applied (x1)


 * Long-term research grant

Dartmouth College Eastman/Marshall Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied (1x)

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship
Applied (x5)
 * Pre-Columbian (x3)
 * Byzantine (x1)
 * G&L (x1)

Anyone have any updates for this one?
 * No word here. Never heard anything about interview, so I assume I'm out of running (Byz)


 * There’s no interview. I know of one senior fellow who has been selected, but have heard nothing about Junior Fellows. It takes a while because everything has to be approved by Harvard. (Precolumbian)

Anyone hear any news? I heard about a week ago. I was waitlisted for Precolumbian. (2/19)
 * Thanks for the info -- my understanding is that in the past there were interviews, at least for Byzantine, not sure if that is for just Senior fellows or Junior and Senior


 * No news here.  I assume rejections will be coming soon (2/22)


 * Byz. fellow awarded


 * Byz fellow: could you please confirm whether or not there was an interview? (Junior fellowship right?) When did you receive word? I am wondering for next year -- thank you (2/22)


 * Rejection received (x2)

Elon University Pre-Doctoral Diversity Teaching Fellowship
Applied (x2)

Which departments did you apply to?
 * Religion
 * Anthro
 * History


 * Does anyone know when they plan to announce decisions? I applied right at the beginning of the application period (September) and it's been total radio silence since then.

Emory University James Weldon Johnson Institute Visiting Fellowship for Pre-Doctoral Scholars

 * Applied x2

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied (x7)

Are the announcements historically out by late March? (3/12/18)


 * I was notified last year of Alternate status on March 22. (3/13/18)
 * Thanks for the info! We'll see what happens.

Fulbright IIE Study/Research Grants

 * Applied (x3)
 * Semi-Finalist (x3) 1/26

Fulbright Hays DDRA 2017-2018
The 2018-2019 call has not been posted yet. In 2017 it was posted on Jan 19 with deadline on March 13.


 * Anyone know when the call will be announced? Getting nervous here. As a US Permanent Resident, I am only eligible for Fulbright-Hays.


 * I don't think the government has funded it, so it might not happen this year :(


 * 2/5 -- I contacted Dr. Maimer about the DDRA, and she said that no decision has been made yet by Congress on whether any funding has been awarded. I also asked about when she thought we'd have an answer, and she said that she has no idea. As a result, I'll echo the previous person's thoughts: "[I]t might not happen this year."


 * 2/8- This is definitely a major blow if it doesn't come through.  I've been waiting on this for a while wondering what was going on. :(


 * 2/9: Does anyone know if the budget that just got signed included fulbright hayes ddra?


 * 2/12- As per NEH/NHA-
 * "This morning, President Trump released his Presidential Budget Request for FY 2019, which again calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities along with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Department of Education’s International Education Programs, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the Institute for Museums and Library Services. The request also calls for the elimination of federal funding for the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
 * This is an assault on humanities research, education, and programming - all of which are essential to the cultivation of our national heritage and civic culture.
 * Congress will ultimately be responsible for writing the bills that fund the federal government.
 * Last year, we sent a forceful message to Congress that we oppose the administration’s efforts to eliminate humanities funding. While the appropriations process for FY 2018 has not yet been completed, Congress has rejected Trump’s proposals at every turn."

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship
Applied (x3)


 * Interview (x2)
 * Which departments do you have interviews for?


 * What's happening?


 * Has anyone heard anything?
 * I have heard nothing as of 2/19 which is odd considering it was due 11/15. I gave hope on it since I saw that it already went to the interview stage.
 * I interviewd a month ago and still haven't heard anything. They said it would take about a month to hear back, so I'm assuming they've already made offers.


 * I interviewed via Skype a month ago, too. I was also a finalist last year. This time last year decisions were made. Maybe they are still deciding. Best of luck!


 * Which departments were these interviews in?


 * 2/21 - Email received that said I was not a semi-finalist. I assumed they were already down to finalists if they have done interviews.
 * Same. I applied to 2 depts though and just got the rejection from the one I didn't interview with, so maybe I'm still in the running for the other one? - Hopefully you are still on the running. Best of luck!


 * I applied to two departments (anthro-religion), interviewed with one, and haven't heard anything from either. So I assume each department is doing its own thing? Best of luck to you!
 * Also, I think I know how it works: if you're interviewed by a department, you are a semi-finalist. If the department then nominates you, you are a finalist. And if the Dean picks you, you're a superstar.


 * Wait, now that I think about it, if some of us got emails that we're not semi-finalists, that means departments are making their nominations. So it'll be some time before the Dean makes a decision on the two fellows. So does this mean if we don't get any emails in the next few days that we might be finalists? I'm obsessing. Back to work.


 * Received lovely email from chair that I was a finalist, but not awarded. I think awardees have already been notified.
 * When did you get it? What department? Did you know you were a finalist before the email?
 * I actually haven't received the rejection email yet, just an email from the chair of the department.

Has everyone gotten notification already? I haven't heard anything yet.
 * (3/1): I think all rejections have been sent out at this point (i got mine for Asian Studies and Religious studies at the same time as those above). If you haven't heard back, you are probably still in the running! Best of luck to you :)
 * That's so weird. I haven't gotten any rejection letters, just an email from the chair of religious studies saying I was nominated but not selected by the Dean. When you say rejection, that's what you mean, right?
 * My email was clear that i was not a semi-finalist. Which probably means that you might get something if someone declines! Fingers crossed for you. At the very least you can put finalist on your CV!
 * Thank you, friend. But I think the chair's email was very clear that I was out. But on the issue of putting finalist on your CV: I've heard people say do it and I've hear people say not to do it, because it just says you failed. Thoughts?
 * well, two friends of mine at two different schools (who are not in top 40 programs) got finalist for external diss fellowships in the humanities. They put in on their CVs; this year they both went on the market and got multiple interviews. But the market is so unpredictable so who really knows
 * I've seen CVs from superstar (Humanities) junior faculty at top institutions that had finalist listed. I think the key is not to have more finalist entries than recipient ones, that looks questionable. But they'd won Fords, Mellons, Fulbrights and other big deal awards so being a finalist for even more just added to their mystique. But who knows, I'm not on search committees!


 * 3/6--Finally got semi-finalist notification and overall rejection from Dean's office.

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship

 * Applied (x1)
 * Anyone hear anything yet?
 * Rejected via email (Jan 31) (x2)
 * Accepted via email (pre-doc) feb 14

Getty Library Research Grant

 * Applied (x1)
 * Awarded 12/21/2017. Deadline to accept: January 21, 2018. Sorry for the delayed update to anyone looking.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship

 * applied (x3)
 * Received Submission confirmation for application to Research Grant 2017. Then correction email confirming 2017 Dissertation Fellowship and advising they'll send an email in August after reviewing the application for completeness. Assuming March-April 2018 for the completeness check?
 * Received Ineligibility email on 3/22: My project deemed ineligible because there is not a concern for physical violence. They also note that 5% of proposal are funded.  (x1)   (Re-read their research goals per website, grant application, still cannot find where it notes that this is limited to physical violence. Past dissertation projects appear to be broader than physical violence. Someone please update if they find where this was specified. Unfortunate to have missed this key information if it was indeed explicitly stated.)
 * Also received ineligibility email on 3/22: Email said my project does not focus primarily on  contemporary problems of physical violence. I'm studying groups in the distant past--which they have funded projects previously that dealt with this (most recently in 2013)
 * I haven't heard anything (3/23), so hopefully still in the running, although I am also a historian. Here's what I found from the "Introduction" section of their "Research Priorities" page: "The foundation places a priority on the study of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world and also encourages related research projects in neuroscience, genetics, animal behavior, the social sciences, history, criminology, and the humanities which illuminate modern human problems." I explicitly framed my proposal in terms of the impact that my historical research (19th and 20th century) will yield for contemporary peace and reconciliation, i.e. cited current initiatives related to this issue and then stressed how historical work is necessary to aid current thinking. I also made sure to use buzzwords from the research priorities page, including terrorism, nationalism, etc. Will update if this strategy turns out to be successful, for the sake of historians applying in the future.

Henry Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art

 * Applied (x2)
 * Alternate. Notified 3/9
 * Rejected. Notified 3/12.

Hobart and William Smith - Fisher Center Predoctoral Fellowship

 * FYI to anyone who is applying. At first the application said no recs (or maybe it said names of references?), but now it is definitely saying 2 recs are required when I log into Interfolio. (3/18)

Home Grown Curatorial Fellowship

 * Applied

Horowitz Fellowship

 * Applied (x2)

Huntington Library Fellowship

 * Acceptance email 2/20

Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship

 * Applied x4
 * On Feb 6 I called their Office of Human Resources. The representative told me that they are still reviewing applications.


 * Any updates here? Wondering if anyone has done a Skype interview or campus visit (for English or WGS). I've heard nothing at all...assuming it's a rejection but you never know?


 * Did an on campus interview (WGS) the last couple of days of Feb. Should hear final results by the middle of March. (Mar 8)

Did an on campus interview back in early February and so did my friend. I got rejected last night but my friend hasn't heard anything.good sign??? Giving rejections out first is weird but I heard the decision by the dean is so controversial that I'm not surprised at this messed up process. Good luck to everyone who is left.

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship

 * Applied (x4)

Based off the last couple of years, JF-NY should be sending out informal acceptances/wait-list notifications this week or next. Has anyone heard anything? (3/21)

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

 * Applied x8

Koc Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations Residential Fellowship

 * Anyone?


 * Rejected (3/19) X

Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships

 * Applied (x4)
 * Rejection from Warburg/Courtauld, 1/29
 * Any news from the other institutions? (2/23)
 * Rejection, Bibliotheca Hertziana (3/5)
 * Acceptance, INHA (by snail mail, 3/14)

Lake Institute Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
rejection received 3/15

Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied (x1)

Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship (Kenyon College)
Applied (x4)
 * Has anyone heard anything?
 * Phone call 1/23, Skype interview scheduled for 1/30
 * Four finalists received campus invite today (1/31); these will take place mid-February
 * Recevied email rejection 2/12

campus visit 2/23, offer made 3/9 (English/WGS; Accepted)
 * Any updates here?

Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program (Marquette University)

 * Recevied email rejection 2/14 (Valentine's Day was savage!)

Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship in European Studies

 * Applied (Jan 15, 2018) x 3

Heard anything? I'm waiting for my rejection.

CLIR-Mellon

 * Applied (x2)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowships

 * Applied (x4)
 * Rejection received via email 2/8
 * Rejection received via email 2/8 (Asian Art)
 * Rejection received via email 2/8 (European painting)
 * Rejection received via email 2/8 (Egyptian art)

Miller Center for Politics and History (UVA)

 * Applied for the Technology and Democracy Fellowship program (x1)

Anybody hear anything?
 * Received national designated fellowship offer 3/15; Accepted 3/16

MIT SHASS Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
Applies x1
 * An entire dissertation chapter? REALLY?!?!!?
 * Yeah, that was a gut punch. Especially since they haven't asked for that before and they posted the announcement so late. Ugh!
 * They change details of the fellowship every year. So inconsistent.
 * By asking for an entire chapter, I think they are trying to find candidates who will more than likely graduate during the fellowship year (or summer thereafter)...sigh, its a tough world out there.
 * They asked for a chapter last year too


 * Applied. I checked last year's notification dates here, and the earliest was 4/20. So. Sitting on my hands...
 * Applied too. Not much hope, but one can at least try :) E-mail response from administrative coordinator: "We should announce the fellowships in April." Good luck, everyone!

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
Has anybody heard anything?
 * I have not. Any one else?


 * Nothing yet (2/26).
 * They are a little later this year - last year, semi-finalists were notified on 2/22. =/


 * Nothing yet (2/28)


 * I think that if we havne't heard yet, it likely means we did not get it. Does any one know whether in the past finalists and everyone else were notified at the same time?
 * Last year's posts make it look like everyone was notified on the same day.


 * Nothing here (2/28, 20:23 EST).
 * Nothing (3/1 10AM EST) <--also nothing x3
 * Not to be dramatic, but they are killing me here with the lack of information.


 * Has anyone emailed to ask? I reread the application submission email, and it’s unclear if everyone is to be notified late February, or just those who move to the semi-finalist round. Seems the point of notifying anyone would be to put the unlucky folks out of their misery.


 * Has anyone heard?! I was sure they would go out today.


 * Nothing. (3/2, 18:13 EST)
 * Nothing. (3/5, 16:02 EST)


 * Received semifinalist notification. (3/5, 16:53 EST)x2

Penn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity

 * Applied (x2)

RBS-MELLON SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Applied
 * - any news?
 * Still nothing? Then I am waiting for my rejection letter.


 * Rejected 2/28 (x1 - by email)


 * wasn't surprised to be rejected. This program seems quite cliquish. Won't be taking them up on their offer to sign up for a class, no thanks.


 * Rejection email 2/28


 * any ideas about "the main criteria" to be selected? I wonder if any knowledge of "critical bibliography" is a must, even though that was not written in the application info.

Robert N. Ho Family Foundation for Buddhism Studies/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship
Starting this year’s feed:
 * Applied x1

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) (Predoctoral)
Applied (x4)

So last year it looks like people received notifications around 2/28-03/01. Did anyone else apply?
 * Yes. Still no news (they might notify 03/01).

Did anyone receive notification today (03/01)?


 * No, I have not heard today.  I don't know if it was the government shutdown or something else, but it's safe to say that last years notification dates are not mirroring what is happening this year.
 * Just notified (5pm EST 03/01) via email notification of change to SOLAA status: Under "SelectionStatus" reads "Appointed" and "Feedback" reads "Cngratulations on receiving a 2018 Smithsonian Fellowship! We will be following up with you via email with the details of your award and all additional paperwork." (SAAM)


 * Is that for NMNH?
 * - no for SAAM
 * Congrats, first of all :).  I am waiting on NMNH.  Not sure if this is looking good.


 * 3/1: Acceptance received for SAAM/NMAH dual appointment. Does anyone have info about the acceptability holding concurrent fellowships through this program?

Anyone else still waiting to hear from them? My "SelectionStatus" is still "Received".


 * 3/3: Congrats to the successful applicant! And yes, still waiting to hear something either way for SAAM. My "SelectionStatus" also says "Received." Has anyone had success re-applying the following year after being declined? Is this done?
 * 3/5: NMNH applicant here. I'm not really sure if different Smithsonian institutions are notifying at different times but I am going to assume that if I haven't heard by the 15th it's probably over. Their site says notification by April 6th, but clearly successful applicants tend to know much earlier.


 * 3/6: Was notified of selection as an alternate on 3/1. Does anyone know the chances of being accepted off the waitlist? Or when final decisions go out? I imagine my chances are slim.


 * 3/7: Rejection recevied for NMNH fellowship.

SSRC - IDRF

 * Applied (x5)
 * Request for transcripts (Jan. 24) (x5)
 * Rejection letter (Jan 31) (x2) -by email this year


 * Anything yet? The website says March 15
 * Where on the website does it say that? I only see "notified by May".

University of California Santa Barbara Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship

 * 2/26 - For anyone who is interested in applying to this, the link to the application does not work nor is the fellowship posted on the UCSB website. After contacting 3 people in the dept I was told that the problem should be handled in 2 weeks. Meanwhile the application is due 3/22 * sigh *
 * 3/19: I am the same person who posted above. The application now works and the due date has been moved to 4/5/18

Weatherhead Fellowship (SAR Residential Fellows Program)
Applied


 * According to the last time this fellowship appeared on the wiki (2012-13), acceptances were sent 8 March. Has anyone heard anything?
 * I applied too and havent heard anything.  My friend got rejected last year and got an email of rejection on april 18th...

Can you guys explain how this works? I can't figure it out.
 * Is there a specific question you have? Not sure what "this" is referring to.
 * Sorry! I meant the SAR RFP. Do we apply for it or do we have to be nominated for it?
 * I just applied in the fall through their application portal. Not sure how other departments work, but in most cases department "nominations" for outside fellowships are just the process of requesting a nomination from the department chair, which is mostly a formality. (The exception being fellowships which limit the number of candidates who can apply from a particular department.)

Wenner-Gren dissertation fieldwork grant
Nov 1 Deadline


 * So quiet this year
 * Ya..i guess within the next 10 days there'll be some sounds.


 * anyone?


 * 2/9/2018 Still nothing here. I noticed e-mails from my last W-G app were sent out REALLY EARLY in the morning, so I imagine won't hear anything today.


 * 2/11/2018 nothing
 * Ohhhhhhhhhhgawddddddddddd


 * 2/12/2018 no email.....
 * 2/14/2018 Still no word.


 * 2/15/2018 Advanced to second round (x5)

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies

 * Not a finalist via email (1/12)