Dissertation Fellowships 2015-2016

This page is for dissertation fellowships for 2015-16 (including research fellowships, dissertation completion fellowships, and other predoctoral opportunities).


 * Last year's page: Dissertation Fellowships 2014-2015
 * See also previous years' pages: Dissertation Fellowships 2012-13 AND Dissertation Fellowships 2013-14.

See also fellowship discussions at theGradCafe: The Bank

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AAUW Dissertation Fellowship

 * application is the bane of my existence


 * I concur with this sentiment. All of the dislikes x5


 * I was not allowed to apply because I received a small, one semester fellowship already.  This is lame.  The decision of banning people with previous fellowships should be based on the amount and/or the length of time for those fellowships.
 * Is anyone else having issues with the online application form for the AAUW International Fellowship? I have had several - starting from the registering process, and now some fields are not allowing the content I enter to be saved. It keeps giving "an error occurred" message. And I have been at it all day! I could have submitted my application long back, if things were working properly! Anyone else having similar issues? Please let me know. Thanks!
 * I was also having issues before the deadline, and actually was unable to submit in time because of issues on their website. I also called them to try and figure out if there was anything they could do. I would just like to say that the people I spoke with in the tech department were extremely rude and mean. I spent hours working on the application and was unable to submit because of their technical problems. However, the people working there told me there was nothing they could do and that it was basically my fault. They were extremely rude. Honestly, they sounded like uneducated rednecks. I have lost all respect for AAUW.
 * 1/18/15 -I didn't have any issues... I was actaully EXTREMELY grateful they extended the deadline 2 days. My advisor was dragging his heels to review my application for me before submitting it. Those 2 days were perfect. Now this waiting game is just torture. 2 months down.... 3 months to go :(
 * 1/18: I agree; AAUW was really generous. I'm abroad this year, but I managed to submit all materials (including to arrange for my department administrator to receive and scan an official transcript) by the deadline.

ACLS / Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships

 * applied x21
 * Is it correct that there is no place to submit a CV? Just publications and funding.
 * Correct!
 * Informed about a week after the deadline that my application was being withdrawn because I wasn't humanities/social sciences enough.  The decision is based solely on the department that you belong to and not the work that you do.  :-(
 * Anyone know when the various cuts and/or final award announcements are made?
 * Last year it was mid-to-late March that award annoucements started going out. According to the Wiki, it was on a rolling basis, with some rejections coming rather later, but awards coming earlier. (26 January 2015)

American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize

 * Applied x3
 * Any word about interviews?
 * Interviews (Skype or NYC visit - applicant's choice) were scheduled in Jan. for Feb. (2/6)

ASA Minority Fellowship
Applied (x1)

Berlin Program for Advanced German & European Studies (Freie Universität)

 * Applied x4
 * Last year, announcements went out the second week of February, so we're not far away.
 * Awarded a fellowship Oct '15-Sept '16 (02/06) x2
 * rejected 2/6. For the record, 63 applications total. Letter did not say how many awards. x2

Carter G. Woodson Institute PreDoctoral Fellowship at UVA (African & African American)

 * applied

Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (Stanford) Predoctoral Fellowship
Applied

Center for Jewish History, Graduate Research Fellowship
The application deadline for Graduate Research Fellowships starting in Fall 2015 is February 2, 2015.

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. Preference is given to those candidates who draw on the library and archival resources of more than one partner institution. Fellows must be in residence at the Center from September 2015 through June 2016 and applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. It is required that each fellow spend a minimum of three days per week in residence in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room using the archival and library resources. Fellows must also participate in the Center for Jewish History Fellowship Seminar Program, attend bi-weekly meetings of the fellowship program cohort, deliver a minimum of one lecture based on research conducted at Center, and submit a report upon completion of the Fellowship describing her/his experience as a Center Fellow. Fellowships carry a stipend of $17,500 for a period of one academic year. Fellows from universities more than 125 miles away from New York City may be entitled to additional funding of up to $5,000 to offset moving expenses.

Eligibility- The fellowship is open to qualified doctoral candidates from accredited domestic and international institutions. - Fellows must be in residence at the Center from the beginning of September 2015 until the end of June 2016. - Applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. - For non-U.S. citizens, it is the responsibility of the applicant to have the appropriate visa for acceptance of the award during the ten-month fellowship term. The Center for Jewish History is not a visa-granting institution but it will help facilitate the visa application process.

Requirements for Application 1. Cover letter stating area of interest, knowledge of relevant languages, and how the project relates to the general mission of the Center for Jewish History 2. Curriculum Vitae, including contact information, education, publications, scholarly and/or museum activities, teaching experience, and any other relevant work experience 3. Research proposal of no more than four pages double-spaced, including specific reference to the collections at the Center and clearly stated goals for research during the period of the fellowship 4. A one-page bibliography of important secondary sources for the project 5. Graduate school transcript 6. Three letters of recommendation, which address the significance of the candidate’s work for his or her field, as well as the candidate’s ability to fulfill the proposed work. Please ensure that your application indicates the names and contact information of those writing letters of recommendation on your behalf. 7. Letters of recommendation should be sent under separate cover – preferably by email or dossier service – to the address below. 8. Please submit application materials 1-5 by email as one continuous PDF file. Transcripts may arrive separately to the below address or email address.

The schedule for the application process is as follows: - All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received by February 2, 2015 for consideration. - Announcement of grant recipients: April 2015 - Commencement of grant period: September 1, 2015 - Conclusion of grant period: June 30, 2016

To download the full application guidelines, please visit http://www.fellowships.cjh.org

Applications are to be submitted to: Christopher Barthel, Ph.D. Senior Manager for Academic and Public Programs, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011, United States of America. Email: [mailto:fellowships@cjh.org?subject=Graduate%20Research%20Fellowship%20Program fellowships@cjh.org]

CFD--Consortium for Faculty Diversity Pre and Post-Doctoral Fellowships

 * Applied (x1)
 * Contacted (list school and department)
 * Contacted by Denison, request to apply-Art

Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship

 * applied x7


 * 11/11: I submitted my supplemental materials via email last Friday 11/7, but I have yet to receive confirmation of their receipt/inclusion in my applicatoin. Anyone else?
 * 11/12: I did not receive confirmation either, but when I checked the status of my application online it showed that everything had been received.
 * 11/14: I sent my stuff in yesterday, and it had not shown up in my account yet.  So, I emailed them, and they said that they actually convert the documents by hand and it can take up to 5 business days to do so.  As long as you emailed them in by the application date they will count as on time.
 * 11/14: Thanks y'all. My documents are now appearing as received. Good luck everyone!


 * 11/14: The list of selection committee does not list anyone for the field of performance studies, although applicants can select performance studies from the drop-down menu. Does anyone have a sense of how this will work?
 * 2/5/15: any word yet? it looks like in the past they have started to notify about finalists between 2/22 and 2/28, but you never know...

Chateaubriand Fellowship in the Humanities
Applied x 2

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Doctoral Fellowships
Doctoral candidates who are non-ROC citizens and who are enrolled in an accredited university in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America may apply for financial support for writing dissertations in the field of Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Citizens of the ROC should apply for Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad.

http://www.cckf.org/e-americaDD.htm

CLIR/ Mellon Fellowship

 * applied x8

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

 * applied x1

Council for European Studies (CES)/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Eligibility: Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships are intended to facilitate the timely completion of the doctoral degree by late-stage graduate students in the humanities working on Europe.

To be eligible an applicant must: be ABD (year 5 and above); be a US citizen or green card holder; can have no more than one full year of dissertation work remaining at the start of the fellowship year as certified by his or her dissertation advisor; be enrolled at a higher education institution in the U.S. that is a member of the Council for European Studies Academic Consortium. Students whose universities are not currently members of the CES consortium may apply, but they are encouraged to apply early in the application season so that every effort may be made to enroll the institution in the CES member consortium and, thus, establish the student's eligibility by the application deadline.

The applicant must also have exhausted the dissertation completion funding normally provided by his or her academic department or university, and he or she must be working on a topic within or substantially overlapping European Studies.

- Applied, 26 Jan 2015. Anyone else? Bon courage! (x7) - Are we supposed to receive confirmation that all materials are received? Or only if something is missing?
 * Last year I received the following message upon submission: "Your Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship Application form has been received by our staff and will be reviewed shortly. Please make sure to contact your recommenders directly and provide them with this link to the recommendation form: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/dissertation-completion. They will not be automatically contacted by this application." I was only subsequently contacted regarding a missing rec letter.


 * I emailed this year after submission to make sure my (already submitted) recommendation letters would be automatically matched with my application. They replied and said that they would be automatically matched. I assume they don't send out any further confirmation.

- Applied 19 Jan 2015. Any other applicants for the pre-dissertation version of this grant on here?

Danforth Center on Religion and Politics (Washington U. in St. Louis)

 * Announcement on H-NET
 * Deadline: 15 Jan. 2015.
 * applied (1/15)

Dartmouth College
Applied (x1)

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship

 * Received e-mail with invitation to interview (12/23). +1
 * Does anyone know if the interview requests are rolling, or if we haven't heard by now, better luck next year? (1/6)
 * Interviews happened on 1/24. Haven't heard anything since the interview. Has anyone else heard? (2/2)
 * I have not heard anything since we left DO. (2/2)

Five Colleges

 * Applied x9
 * Skype interview request 02/02/15

Ford Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied x8

I have a question. The instructions say to complete an annotated bibliography, one page double spaced. This is actually quite impossible, given that most citations take two lines--leaving NO space for annotation. What is everyone else doing about this issue? Transgress the page limit? I also have a question. The form is requiring that I put down a PhD institution in addition to my proposed fellowship institution. I'm fine entering it again, but it is asking for dates of attendance. I have already entered my expected graduation date in the proposed fellowship institution entry. Should I enter 11/2014 for the end date for the PhD institution as I am currently attending? Does anyone know if we'll receive some sort of status update before April?
 * In the instructions pdf, it says one page, double-spaced. In the "application components" website it doesn't specify, it just says two to three sentences each and no more than ten sources. But if you actually log on to your uploads page in the online application it says that it should be single-spaced. So mine (since of course I'm still working on it...) will be one-page, single-spaced.
 * Thanks for answering! I already uploaded mine, it is double spaced and doesn't go beyond 2 pages. I guess when you have three distinct sets of instructions for what to do, this is what happens. However, I wish I had done what you are doing!
 * I was also confused by that. I put 11/2014 as the end date for my current institution.


 * There are no updates before decisions. Winners are usually notified in late March or early April and alternates, honorable mentions, and everyone else shortly thereafter.

Fulbright IIE

 * applied x2
 * Gradcafe seems to think that notification of (non)recommendation will come out tomorrow, Jan 16, well in advance of the stated Jan 30 date. We'll see!
 * Got notification of recommendation. 10:12 AM on 16 Jan. Does anyone have a sense of the percentage they drop in the political vetting process?  "This letter is not notification of a grant since the number of recommended candidates exceeds the number of awards available. "
 * They say at the bottom of the info for recommended candidates that the screening committe typically recommends between 1.5 and 2 times the number of applicants as there are grants. I applied to Germany, which gives out about 80 grants annually, which means I'm one of roughly 120-160 who were recommended. http://us.fulbrightonline.org/information-for-recommended-candidates


 * Also notified of recommendation by e-mail, Jan 16   x7

Fulbright-Hays DDRA

 * DOE website says notices will go out before Sept 30th. I know in 2012 my school heard back at the end of August. If anyone hears, please post.
 * 9/17/14 - Just heard good news from my campus representative. Good luck!
 * 9/17/14 - Haven't heard from my campus representative yet.
 * 9/18/14: Just received bad news from my campus representative.
 * 9/18 - Received email from campus rep this afternoon. Seems that most people I know heard back today.
 * 9/19 - just met someone from UChicago who heard back (yes). I'm at UCSB and haven't heard anything yet.
 * You may want to contact your campus rep. The national deadline to accept/decline is 9/23.
 * Really? I thought they until the 30th to contact all the applicants. That's what the fed res says.
 * I believe that is only the date by which the DOE was required to make the annoucement. The form DOE sent out to principal awardees and alternates (it appears to be the same form for both) must be sent back to the DDRA director by Tues, 9/23 or the DOE can/will retract the offer.
 * Just heard back this morning- didn't get it. But congratulations to all who did!
 * 9/25/14 - For those of you who did get it/were designated as an alternate, did you receive confirmation that your acceptance/rejection form was received by the DOE?
 * 9/26/14 - Glad someone else was wondering this! I got it, sent in my acceptance/rejection form and haven't gotten any confirmation that it was received.
 * 9/29/14 - I did not receive a confirmation yet that my acceptance of alternate status was received. I know that at my university, there were 10 applicants. One made it through, and I was offered an alternate position.
 * 10/1/14 - Any alternates hear back yet if they were accepted?
 * 10/2/14 - I heard on 9/25 that I was moved from alternate to principal awardee
 * 10/10/14 - Any alternates hear back yet? Applications remain open until today.
 * 10/19  Anyone know what the cutoff was? I had 100 from one reviewer and 93 from another and didn't get it.

Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships, Williams College

 * Applied x8
 * Offers (include department)


 * Request for additional information (include department)


 * Interviews (include department)
 * already had an interview with department was nominated for fellowship, waiting to hear back. anyone heard anything?


 * Rejection Letter (include department)
 * received via email ​x1
 * received via email x1 (sociology) 2/3/2015
 * Recieved via email (political science) x1
 * Recieved via email (Art and WGS) 2/3 "220 applications for 2 jobs"


 * Does anyone know the application components for this fellowship?
 * Information available here: http://faculty.williams.edu/graduate-fellowships-2/graduate-fellowships/
 * I pulled this from one of the Interfolio pages for the fellowship : "Candidates should apply via Interfolio before November 15, 2014 with: a cover letter with a description of your teaching interests;  this letter should also explain how you fit the eligibility criteria for the fellowship; a full curriculum vitae; an official graduate school transcript (the grad school must upload to Interfolio) and three confidential letters of recommendation; PhD applicants: a copy of the dissertation prospectus, preferably limited to 10-15 pages and a timetable for completion of the degree. Post MFA applicants: project description, as described below:   Writers: 2-3 short stories, 10-15 poems, or novel passages not to exceed 50 pages; Visual Artists: 20 images; Theatre Artists: sample of design portfolio; Musicians: complete list of works or significant performances; Choreographers/Dances: documentation of performance; Film and Video: links to works."

Getty Library Research Grant

 * Applied
 * - Heard from from them in the positive in December by letter, but not by e-mail x2

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship

 * Applied x3

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
- Applied (x3)

- Anyone know how many applicants this award normally has? I just searched what they posted online on the 'past fellows' page, and there are 14 fellows for 2014 and 9 for 2013.

Heanon Wilkins Fellowship, Miami University of Ohio

 * This can be a dissertation year fellowship, but the very last line of the description indicates that the normal teaching load for a Heanon Wilkins Fellowship is 3-3. Anyone out there who's done this (and completed a dissertation during that time)?

IHR Mellon Fellowship

 * After this fellowship mysteriously disappeared from the IHR website, I contacted the Mellon Foundation and confirmed that this fellowship no longer exists.

Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship

 * Applied (x2)

Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship - DISCONTINUED

 * This has been discontinued. As stated on their website: "As a result, the Board of Directors decided to reduce the number of scholarships the Foundation offers by ending two graduate scholarship programs – the Graduate Arts Award and the Dissertation Fellowship. The last cohort for each program was selected in the spring 2014."

Josephine de Karman Fellowship
Applied x5

Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships

 * Florence
 * London - 2
 * Leiden
 * Munich
 * Paris- 2
 * Rome - 1

Any news?

Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
The Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports emerging scholars studying subjects related to faith and giving (philanthropy) in a variety of academic fields. Fellows: Applicants must:
 * Receive three stipend payments totaling $22,000;
 * Attend a meeting of the Lake Institute Advisory Board in fall 2015 and meet with the Research Committee;
 * Are invited to special research-focused Lake Institute engagements;
 * Have the opportunity to take advantage of the Lake Institute’s resources and expertise;
 * Participate in the Lake Institute Network of Emerging Scholars;
 * Actively engage with research teams and thought leaders within the field of faith & philanthropy;
 * And share their research through information on our website and citations in our seminars.
 * Be candidates for a Ph.D. degree at a graduate school in the United States;
 * Fulfill a pre-dissertation requirement by December 31 of the year applying, including approval of the dissertation proposal with the expectation that the dissertation will be completed no later than July of the year following the fellowship grant year;
 * Have not received a similar grant or fellowship for writing of the dissertation.
 * Acknowledge the role of Lake Institute resources when the dissertation is cited, published and/or presented;
 * Submit the full application packet, with all documentation, transcripts & recommendations by January 31, 2015
 * http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/lake-institute-doctoral-dissertation-fellowship
 * For more information contact Lake Institute at lfi@iupui.edu or igoodson@iupui.edu.

Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellowship (Kenyon College)

 * Applied.
 * Is it correct that the application is just employment and school history on their career site? No other info at time of application?
 * 2/5 Interviews have been conducted.
 * Did not receive an interview 1x

McNeil Center for Early American Studies Fellowships

 * When clicking on the submission link, I get the following error notice: "Thank you for your interest in this survey. Unfortunately, it is only available to participants coming from specific websites." Anyone else? (11/9)
 * applied (2/2)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowship Program

 * Applied x3

Miller Center Fellowship in Politics and History (UVA)

 * Applied (x2)

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

 * applied x5
 * Anyone know when decisions are made about the first round of cuts?
 * What about final announcement of awards?  Is it really as late as May?
 * I think so. A faculty member gave a talk at my university. I got a chance to meet with her, and she outed herself as an application reviewer. There are 2 rounds. In the first, they decrease the pool of ~400 applications to 60. In the second round, held at AERA (so mid-April this year), they select the fellows. It was unclear if there will be some sort of notification after the first round.

National Gallery of Art CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

 * Applied x3 (Twenty-Four-Month Chester Dale), x1 (Twelve-Month Chester Dale)
 * Applied Samuel H. Kress
 * Applied Paul Mellon
 * Interview phone calls have been (still being?) made
 * Good to know! Can you provide more information? Were you e-mailed or did you receive a letter prompting you to arrange interviews? (I want to know if I can go ahead and give up hope :) )
 * yes, date for this?
 * Website says candidates will be invited "in early February 2015 for interview" but the comment up there was posted in mid-Jan...
 * In the past few years, calls for interviews have gone out around 1/22.  However, it would be great to hear further confirmation that calls have already been made this time around.
 * Received emailed rejection, to be followed by a hard copy in the mail 1/29 x3

NIFA Postdoctoral/Dissertation Fellowship

 * The NIFA graduate fellowships have been defunded for 2015. See http://www.obpa.usda.gov/19nifa2015notes.pdf for more info

Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

 * Applied x2

RBS Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography

 * Applied x2
 * E-mail received on 1/29 about selection as a finalist
 * Still sending out e-mails on 1/30? I don't know...

School For Advanced Research Weatherhead Fellowship

 * Applied x2

SSRC Pre-Dissertation Fellowship
Applied x1

SSRC International Research Fellowship

 * applied x19
 * Based on previous years, some requests for transcripts should be coming out soon, maybe even within a week? (1/29)
 * refresh, refresh, refresh (2/5)
 * Transcript request via email (2/5 ).
 * Also recieved a transcript request via email (2/5) @ 3:02 pm MST
 * Also got a transcript request via email (2/5) at about 5:00 pm
 * Also received transcript request via email (2/5) at 5:02 pm EST x2
 * Transcript request via email (2/5) at 2:02 pm PST (same as above)
 * Sigh, no transcript request here. It was a long shot anyway. (2/5) Note: other years, some requests have come a couple days after the initial flurry.
 * Anyone know what the chances are for those sending transcripts? (2/6)
 * This is a quote from 2014-2014 wikia: "My understanding of the process, which is based on following message boards over the years and some conversations with professors who have served as SSRC reviewers, is that the pool is cut to around 200 at the "transcript request" stage. So the first cut is quite a significant one (they have received 1,100-1,200 apps in recent years) when compared to other agencies (Wenner-Gren, for instance, cuts about 50 percent in their first round.) The national panel meets in April to go over the remaining 200 or so apps that received transcript requests and they select the 75-80 winners.  The reviewer comments are generally useful and encouraging, but unless you crack that top 15-20 percent, you won't be getting them." Also that year there was 1185  applicants and SSRC awarded 80 fellowships. So, once you have received transcript request chances of winining are much beter than receiving transcript in the first place. Good luck!

University of California, Santa Barbara Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship

 * See details at Black Studies (UCSB) 2015-16 Dissertation Fellowship

University of Connecticut, Pre-doctoral In-Residence Fellowships

 * This program has been dismantled, per an email I received from the provost's office.  [I posted this a few days ago and someone deleted it.]

USF Ethnic Minority Dissertation Fellowship

 * Applied x3

Wenner Gren diss fieldwork research grant

 * applied x2

Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies

 * Information:
 * Deadline October 15th 2014
 * $5,000 fellowship
 * Notifications in February
 * applied x3
 * 1/12: Recieved email informing me that I am not a finalist. "Almost 200 applications were received this year for 10 awards." x5
 * 1/12: Received email confirming that I am finalist. 29 were selected to move on. x3
 * 2/5: Any news?
 * 2/6: Guess this means that "early February" means next week...

Yale University - International Security Studies - Predoctoral Fellowship
International Security Studies at Yale (ISS) awards up to two Smith Richardson Predoctoral Fellowships each spring. These fellowships begin each September with a term of one academic  year.

The Smith Richardson Predoctoral Fellowship is designed for advanced doctoral candidates from universities other than Yale. Awardees are given an opportunitiy to interact with the ISS community and take advantage of Yale's unique academic resources. The fellowship targets students in the field of security studies, with an emphasis on international, diplomatic, or military history.