Dissertation Fellowships 2019-2020

This page is for dissertation fellowships for 2019-2020 (including research fellowships, dissertation completion fellowships, and other predoctoral opportunities).


 * Last year's page: Dissertation Fellowships 2018-2019

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
Do you have to be working on gender/women's studies to get this?

Nope - check previous winners.

Wasn't there a fee for this? How do I pay it, since it's not in the application - or have I missed something? (Nope, no fee)

Did the AAUW extend the due date? Now when you go onto the submission site it says the application is due 11/8/2018. Edit: To answer my own question, yes! The deadline has been extended. I emailed them and they responded: "Thank you for contacting ISTS! Yes, the deadline has been extended until November 8th to allow applicants to make any final edits to their applications!"

Applied:

Anthropology/Archaeology: 2 (oh hey, fellow anthros!)

American Studies: 1

Art History: 2

Literature: 1

Communication/Cultural Studies: 1

Geography: 1

Rhetoric/Games Studies: 1

ACLS / Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Applied (American studies)  (X1)

Applied (Anthropology)

Applied (Rhetoric and Composition) (X1)

Applied (History) (X4)

Applied (Literature) (x2)

Applied (History/Women's Studies)

Applied (Art History) (x1)

American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize
Any news here?

I received a request for an interview by phone today (1/30)

American Philosophical Society Predoctoral Fellowship
Applied (x1)

CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship of the National Gallery of Art
My application is no long visible on the portal. Anyone else? (1/13)

It's been gone for awhile now. I think that's normal based on conversations I've had with past applicants. Anyone have any idea whether or not the government shutdown will effect their application review timeline?

Calls notifying finalists of interviews went out on 1/20

Drat, I'm assuming they called all finalists for all of the fellowships on the same day.

Ah well, congrats to everyone who got the call!

Do you mind sharing how you heard? 01/20 was a Sunday and there is no posts on other CASVA boards about this so I was just wondering how you know. If you got a call, congrats! I guess it is back to the drawing board for the rest of us.

Finalist interviews held on 2/7 and 2/8

Has anyone begun getting calls with acceptances? Or does that start tomorrow?

No call yet! Received a phone call with an acceptance offer 2/10.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Applied (x8)
 * Discipline: English
 * Discipline: Anthropology
 * Discipline: Sociology
 * Discipline: History (x2)
 * Discipline: Communication/Cultural Studies
 * Discipline: Social policy

0_0             2/13 Is this the week for the finalists or the next week? (2/14)

"And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee." 2/18

Anybody has heard anything? (today was the day for the finalists last year). - heard nothing here

Y'all, this is brutal!!!!!

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Applied (x1)

CLIR-Mellon Fellowship
Applied: 4

Discipline:

Communication/Cultural Studies

History

Art History

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2018 

Fellowships and Junior Fellowships are normally awarded for the academic year (September 9, 2019, to May 8, 2020). During this time, recipients are expected to be in residence at Dumbarton Oaks and to devote full time to their study projects without undertaking any other major activities. Except for Plant Humanities Fellowships, awards may also be made for a single term (either September 9, 2019, to January 3, 2020, or January 21 to May 8, 2020).

Support includes a stipend of $21,000 for a Junior Fellow or $35,000 for a Fellow for the full academic year; housing (a housing allowance may be offered instead of housing if Dumbarton Oaks is unable to provide accommodations; successful applicants from the greater Washington metropolitan area will not be offered housing); lunch on weekdays; and the health insurance contribution from Dumbarton Oaks. Travel expense reimbursement for the lowest available economy airfare or rail travel (or mileage if less than the equivalent economy airfare), up to a maximum of $1,100 for domestic travel or $1,600 for international travel, may be provided for Fellows and Junior Fellows if support cannot be obtained from other sources (such as a Fulbright travel grant). Reimbursement of Visa fees is also provided for Fellows, but not for dependents.

Fellowships are prorated for appointments shorter than the full academic year. Dumbarton Oaks anticipates that sabbatical salary or funds from other sources may supplement awards, particularly to Fellows. Fellows may hold other grants with the knowledge and permission of both the grantors and Dumbarton Oaks.

For junior fellowship applicants, official graduate transcripts must be postmarked by November 1 and mailed to: Manager of Academic Programs, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd St. NW Washington, DC 20007.

Applied:

Pre-Columbian Studies: 3, Rejection email 1/31, waitlist 1/31

Byzantine Studies: 1 Rejection email 1/31

Garden and Landscape Studies:

Emory University James Weldon Johnson Institute Visiting Fellowship for Pre-Doctoral Scholars
Applied (x1)

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Applied x1(History)

Applied x1 (communication/cultural studies)

Applied x2 (anthropology/archaeology)

Applied x1 (education/sociology)

Applied x1 (rhetoric)

Applied x1 (sociology)

Applied x1 (ethnomusicology)

Applied x1(american studies)

Frick Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2019-2021

 * Applied x2
 * Has anyone been contacted for interviews as of 1/30?
 * Not I! Seems early yet... application due date was only a few weeks ago
 * Rejection email 2/18 (x2)

Fulbright IIE Study/Research Grants
2019-2020 Fulbright Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cd86U9AreH9k_-WKLKnLCLn_C5MC3FKvZZ9RhlqSAq4/edit#gid=13337732

Applied: 2

Semi-finalist: 2 (1/25)

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship
Applied (History) (Rejected 2/13)

Applied (Geoscience) (Rejected 2/13)

Applied (English)

1/14: This is from the Faculty Handbook (https://faculty.williams.edu/chairs-handbook/november/ ): "In late November, you will be notified about Bolin Fellowship applications from the dean of the faculty office. The Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship was established in 1985 to underline the importance of encouraging able minority students to pursue careers in college teaching, and now members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Applications are submitted and reviewed online by each department or program, with evaluation methods at the discretion of individual units. Chairs should submit a shortlist of top candidates (if any, and no more than 3) to the associate dean of faculty in early December. By mid-December, the Bolin Fellow selection committee will review the nominations from all departments and programs and approve candidates for Skype interviews. Units will conduct Skype interviews in December and early January. Names of candidates who have the enthusiasm of the unit should be forwarded to the associate dean of faculty by mid-January. We aim to appoint two Bolin Fellows each year, for two year stints."

Does this mean that interview requests have likely already been sent out?


 * Had a departmental interview the second week of January (1/17)


 * Any news? I had an interview with a department about a month ago and then have heard nothing since.

Applied (American Studies and Art History-Post MFA): Received an email stating I was not selected as a semi-finalist. 2/13.

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Has anyone heard anything about the postdoc fellowship? (1/19/19)

Still wating on predoc 1/22

Predoc rejected 1/28 x2

- Any news on the postdoc? (2/2); last year results came sometime at the beginning of March.

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Academy Scholars Program

 * Just a head's up that this is actually set to be more like a postdoc. So if you're a PhD Candidate, and are accepted to come, it's likely for those who expect to finish their dissertation by middle of Fall 2019 at the latest. If you wanted to use the first year of the two year fellowship to write the dissertation, it's not gonna work. But you can apply the next cycle.

Horowitz Fellowship
Applied (x4)

Anthropology/Archaeology: 2 Sociology: 1 Social Policy: 1

>>> Nearly done with my application as well. Waiting for my referees to turn in the LoRs. >>>> 1 Dec: applied x2 (anthropology)

Huntington Library Fellowship
Applied.

IGCC Dissertation Fellowship
IGCC provides funding for graduate students from all ten UC campuses through its fellowship competitions.

IGCC will award up to ten regular dissertation fellowships and one specially designated Herb York IGCC Fellowship for the 2019–2020 academic year. Fellowships are $25,000.

Applied: 2

Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship
Applied x1 - Has anyone heard as of 2/12/19?

Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
Applied: 1

Received email 12/20: rejected in the 1st round cuts. Unfortunately rushed this application, so I am not at all surprised. Best of luck to anyone who made it to the 2nd round!

Josephine de Karman Fellowship
Applied (x4)

Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships

 * Applied for Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome (1) - has anyone heard anything as of 1/30 re: interviews?

Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fund
Can someone please tell us how to apply (and send the link if possible)? I cannot find any info online.
 * -It's always posted as a job ad from what I've seen. It looks like this year's hasn't yet been posted but there's an email address for inquiries: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/MMcLeodLewis/MMcLeodLewis

Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship (Kenyon College)
Applied (x3)

Environmental studies x1

Did anyone get a Skype interview yet? Usually they happen by the end of January with on-campus visits mid-February.

-- I thought I was the only one here this year! Haven't heard anything, pretty disheartening based on the past few years' schedules, but some have skype requests starting the last few days of January, so fingers crossed I guess

Also still waiting to hear. Last year I didn't hear anything until the rejection, but knew that other folks had interviews. Fingers crossed and good luck everyone!

campus visits scheduled for 2/18 - 3/1
 * Same. No news for me either :( guessing that's a bad sign.

- Rejection received this week

Minerva-USIP Peace and Security Scholarship
See also: Jennings Randolph Peace Dissertation Fellowship

Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship in European Studies
Does anyone know if they are giving out fellowships? I've tried contacting them twice and heard nothing at all. -->I checked the website. Scroll until you see the "Apply" button, it'll take you to the application page. It's due 1/15: https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/dissertation-completion Applied (x1)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowships
Applied (x4) Rejection email 2/8 Anyone else receive a rejection or offer? (2/9) Acceptance email 2/8 (x2) I still haven't heard back from them! Anyone else still waiting? - I am! (x1). Rejection email 2/11

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
Applied: Cultural Anthropology, Co-Review Arctic Social Sciences x1

Applied: Cultural Anthropology, Co-Review Law & Social Sciences x1

Applied: Archaeology (x1)

New York Botanical Gardens Humanities Institute Research Fellowship
Applied (x1)

Penn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity
Don't ask me how I know, but there are 97 applications.

That's 97 applications that have been started... how many have been completed... who knows??

RBS-MELLON SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
any news?

received email with semifinalist status & info about phone interviews -- 2/15 (X1)

Smith Richardson Foundation, World Politics & Statecraft Fellowship
Applied: 2

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Research Fellowships
Applied: 1

For posterity, since it appears I'm the only one here: rejection email from chair of the Graduate Student Grant and Fellowship Committee, received 11/29

SSRC - IDRF
Applied (Political Science)

Applied and Disqualified because I have already received "significant funding". (Letter Received Dec. 29, 2018).

Applied (Anthropology) x3

Applied (Cultural Studies)

Applied (Art History) x2

Applied (Sociology)

(01.28) Did anyone hear from SSRC re: transcripts?
 * Nothing on my end either. The FAQ says "applicants will be contacted by the program via email about their status in February 2019," so perhaps that's when transcript requests will be sent. That and rejections. (1/29)
 * (1/29) According to pages from previous years, they emailed people on Jan 26th for transcripts in 2018 and 2017, so they might get around to it before Feb this year as well...It looks like they email rejections after (around the 31st).

- nope, nothing yet!

Any news...? Nothing. This is late for them but I'm going to optimistically expect something in the next few days...

(02.04) received rejection email this afternoon.

2/04, 3:03 PM Central: Rejected (Anthropology)

02/04, 1:11pm PT: Official transcripts requested (Anthropology)

Rejected 2/4 4pm x1

02/04: Transcripts requested. 2/04: transcripts requested this afternoon (art history)

Weatherhead Fellowship (SAR Residential Fellows Program)
applied: 3

Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
Applied: 2 (Sociocultural), 2 (Archaeology)

Has anyone else applied to this or have an idea of when we'll hear back about the first round? (1/31)

Based on posts here from recent years, we should find out if we've made it through the first cut by 2/15. (2/2).

Any news? I haven't heard anything yet. (2/8)

No news still (2/15). Today we supposed to hear if we make it to the second round right?

Any news? (2/15)

Nothing here yet. Hopefully next week! (2/17)

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies
Applied (History/Women's Studies)

Finalist notifications went out on 1/15/19