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 x5

ACLS / Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships

 * Applied x12

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. 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.
 * Le sigh...thanks for the response.

Has anyone received their rejection letter yet?

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied (x4)

CLIR-Mellon Fellowship
Applied (x2)

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.

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship
Applied (x1)
 * Pre-Columbian (x1)
 * Byzantine (x1)

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

 * applied (x4)

Fulbright IIE Study/Research Grants

 * Applied (x2)
 * Semi-Finalist (x2) 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?

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship
Applied (x3)


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

What's happening?

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship

 * Applied (x1)
 * Anyone hear anything yet?
 * Rejected via email (Jan 31) (x2)

Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship

 * applied (x2)
 * 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?

Home Grown Curatorial Fellowship

 * Applied

Horowitz Fellowship

 * Applied (x2)

Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship

 * Applied x1

Josephine de Karman Fellowship
Applied x2

Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships

 * Applied (x4)
 * Rejection from Warburg/Courtauld, 1/29

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

Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship in European Studies

 * Applied (Jan 15, 2018)

CLIR-Mellon

 * Applied (x2)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowships
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)
 * Applied (x4)

MIT SHASS Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
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.

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

SSRC - IDRF

 * Applied (x4)
 * Request for transcripts (Jan. 24) (x4)
 * Rejection letter (Jan 31) (x2) -by email this year

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) (Predoctoral)
Applied (x1)

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?

2/10/2018 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.