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30 Dissertation Research Fellowships for Doctoral Students

Last updated June 1, 2024

Dissertation research fellowships provide financial support to doctoral students who are in the stages of conducting research and writing their dissertations. Funding can be used to support travel, fieldwork, supplies, language training, and even living expenses. Often these dissertation fellowships have “no strings attached” – their intention is simply to support scholars completing original research in a particular field of study. Discover these 30 unique dissertation fellowships for domestic and international doctoral students enrolled in U.S. universities.

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Kress History of Art Institutional Fellowships

The Kress History of Art Institutional Fellowships are intended to provide promising emerging art historians with the opportunity to experience just this kind of immersion. Six pre-doctoral Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art will be awarded each year. Each fellowship provides a two-year research appointment hosted by European art history research centers. The fellowship award is $30,000 per annum. Restricted to pre-doctoral candidates in the history of art and related disciplines. Nominees must be U.S. citizens or individuals matriculated at an American university. Dissertation research must focus on European art from antiquity to the early 19th century and applicants must be ABD by the time their fellowship begins.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards recognize promising researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation examining a salient aspect of violence. The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences or allied disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. The highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what prevents or reduces it. The award is $25,000 for one year.

Gettysburg College Dissertation Fellowship

The Consortium for Faculty Diversity invites applications for dissertation fellowships from candidates who will contribute to increasing the diversity of member colleges by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity, and/or increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of students. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of U.S. citizenship or unconditional permanent residency status at the time of hire. Scholars will receive a salary. Dissertation Scholars will teach one course per academic year at the sponsoring college or university and contribute to other campus activities. Mentoring on teaching, scholarship, and professional life at liberal arts colleges will be provided.

AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program

The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grants for doctoral candidates. This program supports dissertation research that addresses AHRQ’s mission and priorities and welcomes any areas of health services research as dissertation project topics. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and full-time academic students in good standing, who are enrolled in an accredited research doctoral program in such fields as behavioral sciences, health services research, nursing, social sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, health informatics, engineering, and mathematics. The award project period minimum of 9 months up to 17 months and the award budget is up to $15,000 in direct costs and a stipend.

World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship

The World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship program is an annual grant competition to support Ph.D. dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and military history. The fellowship’s objective is to support the research and writing of policy-relevant dissertations through funding of fieldwork, archival research, and language training. In evaluating applications, the Foundation will accord preference to those projects that could directly inform U.S. policy debates and thinking. The Foundation will award up to twenty grants of $10,000 each.

AAUW American Dissertation Fellowships

Dissertation Fellowships provide $25,0000 to offset a woman scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Open to applicants in all fields of study.

USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship Program

Each year, the United States Institute of Peace awards approximately 18 Peace Scholar Fellowships to students enrolled in U.S. universities who are researching and writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to international conflict management and peacebuilding. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. Fellowships last for 10 months, starting in September. Peace Scholar Awards are currently set at $20,000 for 10 months and are paid directly to the individual.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grant

The program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from large-scale, national, and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies. Grants of up to $27,500 are available for advanced doctoral students in education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program. Non-U.S. citizens enrolled in a doctoral program at a U.S. institution are also eligible to apply.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing on ethical and religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Awards are based on a rigorous national competition, winners receive a stipend of $31,000. These fellowships are supported by the Newcombe Foundation and are administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies

The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. In each round, ten Fellows will receive $5,000 to be used for expenses connected with completing their dissertations, such as research-related travel, data work/collection, and supplies.

ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG)

The ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) program supports theoretically grounded empirical investigations to advance understanding of fundamental social processes. Up to 25 awards of a maximum of $16,000 will be given each year. Any doctoral student at an institution accredited and having a campus in the U.S. who is working on a scientifically rigorous project that is grounded in sociology and will help advance sociology is eligible to apply. Proposals must be submitted by a research scholar with support from a research sponsor. Grant funds can be used for costs directly associated with conducting research including living expenses and dependent care.

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (HEGS-DDRI)

The Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program supports basic scientific research about the nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales. Projects about a broad range of topics may be appropriate for support if they enhance fundamental geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns. HEGS expects to recommend a total of 20 to 30 doctoral dissertation research improvement (DDRI) awards. DDRI awards supported by HEGS may not exceed $20,000.

Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program

The annual C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program invites applications from doctoral students, mainly at U.S. universities, who are writing theses in fields that address the Institute’s primary interest areas in valuation and taxation, planning, and related topics. Fellowships of $10,000 each support the development of a thesis proposal and/or completion of thesis research.

National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $27,500 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Applicants need not be citizens of the United States; however, they must be candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States.

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

These fellowships are designated for graduate students in any stage of Ph.D. dissertation research or writing in a department of art history in the United States. Fellowships are for one year and provide a $38,000 stipend and $4,000 travel allowance. The fellowships may be carried out in residence at the Fellow’s home institution, abroad, or another appropriate site for the research. The fellowships, however, may not be used to defray tuition costs or be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant.

Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi annually awards ten Dissertation Fellowships of $10,000 each to active members who are doctoral candidates and are completing dissertations. The fellowship supports students in the dissertation writing stage of doctoral study. Awards are for 12 months of dissertation writing. All pre-dissertation requirements should be met by the application deadline, including approval of the dissertation proposal. The Dissertation Fellowship is open to all active (dues current) Phi Kappa Phi members who attend a U.S. regionally accredited, doctoral-granting institution of higher education.

Kerstin Leitner Berlin Fellowships

The Berlin Program offers up to one year of dissertation or postdoctoral research support at the Freie Universität Berlin. It is open to scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on German and European history since the mid-18th century. The fellowship offers a stipend of EUR 1550-1800 per month and a travel reimbursement. Applicants must be enrolled as full-time graduate students in a Ph.D. program in a humanities or social science discipline at a university in Africa or China.

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

ACLS invites applications for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, which provides a year of support for doctoral students preparing to embark on innovative dissertation research projects. Fellowships support graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who show promise of leading their fields in important new directions. The fellowships are designed to intervene at the formative stage of dissertation development before research and writing are advanced. ACLS will award up to 45 fellowships in this competition. Award $40,000 stipend for the fellowship year, plus up to $8,000 for project-related costs. Applicants must be PhD students in the humanities or social science department in the United States.

Dissertation Completion Fellowship Program

The FINRA Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship program seeks to expand the pipeline of researchers from racial and ethnic backgrounds whose underrepresentation in the U.S. professoriate has been severe and longstanding. To achieve that goal, the fellowship will provide an award of up to $40,000 to advanced doctoral candidates within their last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing to support the completion of their dissertation research and writing. The program will support doctoral candidates who are pursuing dissertation research centrally concerning financial services and the capital markets. Graduate study may be in any academic discipline.

John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship

The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university or an exceptional American doctoral student abroad who is completing the dissertation. Fellows must be admitted to candidacy, have completed all other coursework, and be prepared to devote full time for 12 months – with no teaching obligations – to dissertation research and writing. The award is for $28,000 and above.

David Center for the American Revolution Predoctoral Fellowship

The 12-month fellowship is intended for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation. The caliber of the project, the need to use the collections of the David Center for the American Revolution at the APS Library & Museum and other research institutions in the Philadelphia area, and evidence that the project will be completed on time, are the three most important criteria for selection. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals. Applicants will receive a stipend of $25,000 to support twelve months of work on projects about the American Revolution and the Founding Era.

Horowitz Foundation Grants for Social Policy

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy supports emerging scholars as they work on projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences. The foundation supports projects with a social policy application on either a global or local level. Grants are worth a total of $10,000; $7,500 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project. Applicants must be current Ph.D. candidates who are working on a department-approved dissertation. Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required.

Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship

The Dissertation Fellowship program is designed to support the final year Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertation writing for students engaged in research about North American Christianity, especially projects with the potential to strengthen the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions, including seminaries, while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological scholarship. Applicants must be candidates for the Ph.D. or Th.D. degree in an accredited graduate school in the U.S. or Canada. Dissertation Fellowships will provide a stipend of $35,000 for 12 months.

Center for Engaged Scholarship Dissertation Fellowships

Our dissertation fellowships are for Ph.D. students in the social sciences whose work is of high quality and that has the potential to contribute to making U.S. society less unequal, more democratic, and more environmentally sustainable. Each fellowship winner will receive $25,000 over a nine-month period. Students enrolled in a U.S. PhD program in the following areas of study may apply anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, social psychology, and sociology. This includes foreign nationals and undocumented individuals.

AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research

The Council of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) established the fellowship program to provide support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by outstanding minority graduate students, and to improve the quality and diversity of university faculties. This fellowship targets members of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders). Eligible graduate students for the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research will be at the writing stage of their dissertation by the beginning of the fellowship. Include a $25,000 stipend to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topic.

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship

The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Applicants for the F31 must be candidates for the PhD degree and have identified a dissertation research project and sponsor(s). The fellowship may provide up to five years (typically 2-3 years) of support for research training which leads to the PhD or equivalent research degree, the combined MD/PhD degree, or another formally combined professional degree and research doctoral degree in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences.

ASF Fellowships for Americans in the Nordic Countries

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers year-long fellowships of up to $23,000 and short-term (1-3 months) fellowships of up to $5,000 to graduate students (preferably conducting dissertation research) and academic professionals interested in pursuing research or creative-arts projects in the Nordic region (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sámpi, and Sweden). ASF’s award program for study and research abroad has been the Foundation’s most long-standing commitment to educational exchange. Awards are made in all fields.

Josephine De Karman Fellowships

DeKarman fellowships are open to PhD students in any discipline, including international students, who are currently enrolled in a California-based partner university (see website for list). Approximately six dissertation fellowships of $25,000 for doctoral students will be awarded for the regular academic year. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities.

American Academy in Rome Prize

For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Prize recipients are invited to Rome, Italy for five months or eleven months to immerse themselves in the Academy community. Each Rome Prize winner is provided with a stipend, meals, a bedroom with a private bath, and a study or studio. Those with children under 18 live in partially subsidized apartments nearby. Winners of half-term and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $30,000, respectively.

Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship

The Stephen F. Cohen–Robert C. Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship (CTDRF) Program for Russian Historical Studies supports the next generation of US scholars to conduct their doctoral dissertation research in Russia. The program will provide up to six annual fellowships, with a maximum stipend of $25,000, for doctoral students at US universities, who are citizens or permanent residents of the US, to conduct dissertation research in Russia. The Program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th – early 21st-century Russian historical studies.

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History of science dissertation fellowship in history of science and allied fields.

We invite applications for History of Science Dissertation Fellowship Grant in the History of Science, and allied fields such as history of medicine, technology, and environment, the history of the philosophy of science, and contemporary study of science, technology, and medicine that also has a historical component. This grant will specifically fund dissertation writing and research for up to one year. Priority is given to students in their final year of graduate study, but we will also consider partial funding for students who are in the early stages of writing and still completing dissertation research.

Please send a 3-4 page proposal describing your dissertation, including the stage you are at with writing and research, and three letters of recommendation. Applications should be submitted to Rosemary Rogers (rrogers at stanford.edu) starting March 1 and due by April 16th. (Not offered 2024)

History of Science Research Grants

We invite applications for History of Science Research Grant in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology. Grants will specifically fund pre-dissertation research, conferences and language training essential for the completion of doctoral work in the above mentioned fields. Amounts awarded will range from $1000 to a maximum of $2500.

Please send a one-page proposal describing the project you wish to undertake with an itemized budget. Applications should be submitted to Rosemary Rogers (rrogers at stanford.edu) starting March 1st and due by April 16th. Awards will be announced by May 1st.

John McCaskey Undergraduate Fellow

The John McCaskey Undergraduate Fellowship was established in 2011 with a generous gift by previous History and Philosophy PhD student John McCaskey for undergraduate students who wish to get involved in current research projects, working with HPST faculty, postdocs and graduate students the fields of History of Science or Philosophy of Science. Awards of up to $1000 will be announced by May 1st.

Award applications should be submitted to Rosemary Rogers (rrogers at stanford.edu) starting in late December and before March 15 of the following year.

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Jefferson Fellowship

In order to better meet the challenges facing graduate students today and in response to changes in the landscape of higher education, the Jefferson Fellows Program will provide up to two years of dissertation completion and postdoctoral support for students pursuing Ph.D.s in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ( GSAS ).

The focus of the Jefferson Fellowship, developed in close partnership with GSAS administration, is designed to ensure that outstanding graduate students at UVA have the opportunity to complete ambitious dissertations, gain independent teaching experience, and launch distinguished careers in an increasingly challenging academic job market. Jefferson Fellowships will bridge the dissertation completion year and the postdoctoral year, choreographing the Fellows’ transition from graduate student to careers as faculty, professional researchers or public intellectuals.

Fellowship Overview

In year one of the program, Jefferson Fellows will:

• Be relieved of departmental teaching requirements
• Attend in-person course design workshops with the Engagements staff and other College Fellows 
• Complete their dissertations

In year two, Jefferson Fellows will join the College Fellows as an Engagements Post-Doctoral Fellow. Post-Doctoral Fellows will:

• Be responsible for developing up to two courses in one (or two) of the Engagement domains, teaching a total of six sections of these courses (2-credits each) in the 2026-27 academic year. 
• Students in the lab sciences will continue to be paired with their disciplinary mentor during the second year; flexible accommodations will be considered for those who desire to combine their Engagements teaching with an active lab affiliation.

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Review the information below to inform your application for a Jefferson Fellowship. All application materials are due by December 16 .

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• Be a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences who has made substantial progress on their dissertation and can commit to completing the Ph.D. by the May graduation deadline of the initial fellowship year.
• Be in their fifth year of financial support from GSAS offered upon admission. If you would like to apply on an earlier timeline, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies for your department regarding eligibility.
• Demonstrate a commitment to knowledge discovery with a broader audience through achievements in teaching and academic outreach.

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• Statement from the department chair or director of graduate studies confirming that the applicant is on track to receive their Ph.D. by May of the initial fellowship year. Applicants applying in 2024 are confirming for May 2026.
• Academic plan and timeline towards completion of dissertation.
• Abstract from dissertation (one page single-spaced)
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Description for two proposed courses using the parameters listed below. Include a description of the course and a paragraph of rationale for offering the course, not a full syllabus:

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2. An Engagements course that would be offered in the second year of the program as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Learn more about the Engagements Curriculum and the existing courses offered by the College Fellows and consider the scope of this program in your course design.

• One letter of recommendation from a faculty member familiar with the applicant’s experience and potential as a teacher, and the strength of the dissertation research
• Sample chapter from the proposed dissertation is strongly recommended, but not required

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The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS) provides a dissertation completion fellowship (DCF) for one academic year to eligible PhD students in the humanities and social sciences who anticipate completing their dissertations within the year. Eligibility for the DCF extends to students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences humanities and social sciences programs and most humanities and social science programs in partnership with other Harvard Schools. The DCF represents the final year of eligibility for Harvard Griffin GSAS tuition grants and fellowships. 

Students in business administration, business economics, and organizational behavior typically complete their programs using guaranteed funding that excludes the DCF. Prior to applying, they must consult with their program’s director of graduate studies to determine if the DCF is appropriate for their individual circumstances. 

Eligibility 

Dissertation completion fellowships are available to students who have: 

• completed all departmental requirements 
• completed an approved dissertation prospectus
• completed two draft dissertation chapters (or one draft article for students in fields where the dissertation consists of three articles) confirmed by two faculty advisors, one of whom is the principal dissertation advisor. 

To receive a DCF, students must review the Dissertation Completion Fellowship and Instructions for Dissertation Completion Fellowships sections of the Harvard Griffin GSAS website and apply for all internal and external completion fellowships for which they are eligible, either from a Harvard source, such as a research center or department, or from an external funding source. 

• Students who receive funding from a source external to Harvard Griffin GSAS must accept that award in lieu of DCF funding. In the event that the amount of the alternate award is less than that provided by the DCF, Harvard Griffin GSAS will provide a supplement to make up the difference. In some cases, an external award bonus may be offered. 

Conditions 

• Students should plan to utilize their DCF funding during their G5 or G6 year and no later than their G7 year. While DCF requests from students beyond the G7 year will be considered on a case-by-case basis with the recommendation of a faculty advisor, awards are not guaranteed. Students beyond the G7 year should contact Academic Programs to determine eligibility. 
• While students ordinarily take the DCF over one academic year, Harvard Griffin GSAS will consider requests to take a DCF split between the spring term of one academic year and the fall term of the subsequent academic year; students interested in this possibility should contact the Academic Programs for guidance. 
• While on a DCF, students may not hold a teaching appointment or other form of employment. 
• Students ordinarily may not take classes while on a DCF. 
• Students who secure external completion fellowship funding should contact their financial aid officer to discuss the coordination of their external award and the Harvard Griffin GSAS DCF. Students who secure external awards may be eligible for an external award bonus. 
• Students may not hold research fellowships and DCFs concurrently. Research fellowships awarded to DCF recipients will be considered alternate completion funding, triggering a reduction to the DCF award and rendering the student ineligible for DCF funding in future years. Students interested in pursuing research fellowships are advised to withdraw their DCF applications. 
• Students are expected to complete their dissertations during the completion year. 
• Students who do not complete their dissertations during the DCF year may register for no more than one additional academic year of post-DCF study. During this time they are ineligible for Harvard Griffin GSAS tuition and fellowship support. They may, however, hold teaching and research appointments, apply for Emergency Funding and Parental Accommodation and Funding Support , or apply for educational loans. 

Tuition and Fees 

Students awarded a DCF receive grant support to cover the Harvard Griffin GSAS tuition and Harvard University Student Health Program fees. 

Stipend 

Stipend amounts vary and are noted in the Notice of Financial Support. Once a student has been awarded a DCF, the stipend amount can be viewed in the Student Aid Portal. Stipends are disbursed on or around the first day of the month, August through May. 

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Stanford Dissertation Fellowships

The Stanford Humanities Center and the School of Humanities and Sciences collaborate to administer two Stanford humanities dissertation fellowships: the Stanford Humanities Center Dissertation Prize and Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowships. Stanford students submit one application to be considered for one or both of these fellowships. Applicants for these fellowships are typically in the 5th or 6th year of their doctoral program.

(You can find more information about the Stanford Humanities Center Next Generation Scholar fellowships, which are open to students in year 7 or above only,  linked here .)

Applications for the 2025–2026 year will be available on October 1 and must be received by 11:59 p.m. on February 1, 2025.

Eligible applicants may apply to the SHC Dissertation Prize/Mellon Dissertation fellowships  or  Next Generation Scholar fellowship, but not  both  NGS and DP/Mellon in the same application cycle. 

Fellowship Opportunities

The SHC Dissertation Prize Fellowships, endowed by Theodore and Frances Geballe, are awarded to doctoral students whose work is of the highest distinction and promise. The fellowship stipend includes three academic quarters of funding (fall/winter/spring). In 2023-24 the funding amount was $38,700; the exact amount for 2024-25 will be announced pending final budget confirmation by January 2024. The recipients of these fellowships have offices at the Humanities Center and take part with other graduate as well as undergraduate and faculty fellows in the Center's programs, promoting humanistic research and education at Stanford. The SHC Dissertation Prize Fellowships also provide an additional $2,000 in research funding.

The Mellon Dissertation Fellowships, which are generously funded by the Mellon Foundation, are awarded to advanced doctoral students whose work is of the highest quality and whose academic record to date indicates a timely progression toward completion of the degree. The fellowship stipend includes three academic quarters of funding (fall/winter/spring). In 2023-24 the funding amount was $38,700; the exact amount for 2024-25 will be announced pending budget confirmation in January 2024.

Frequently Asked Questions

The SHC Dissertation Prize and Mellon Dissertation Fellowships are awarded to advanced graduate students, based on accomplished work of the highest distinction, and on the promise of further outstanding achievements in the humanities. Applicants must have:

• advanced to candidacy;
• completed all requirements for the doctoral degree with the exception of the dissertation and the University Oral Examination (when a defense of the dissertation);
• an approved dissertation reading committee;
• a dissertation proposal approved by their committee;
• a strong likelihood of completing the degree within the tenure of the fellowship;
• reached TGR status by the beginning of autumn quarter of the fellowship year;
• completed supervised teaching, if required by their department, before the tenure of the fellowship.
• Outside employment must be aligned with university policy and approved by the home department (including the Humanities Center for SHC fellowships). Please be in close contact with your home department, H&S office, and/or the SHC before confirming any teaching assistantships or accepting other employment or fellowships.
• SHC DP fellows are expected to take part in the daily life of the Center for the duration of their fellowship (i.e. attend lunches and weekly seminars). Next Generation fellows are encouraged but not required to be in regular physical residence at the Center.
• Mellon fellowship: there is no on-campus requirement akin to the expectations for SHC fellows. However, Mellon dissertation fellows are subject to University residency expectations and departmental residency requirements—i.e., having a Mellon does not exempt a student from these residency expectations.
• Applicants who have previously held one of these fellowships are not eligible to reapply for that same fellowship.
• Applicants who have not previously held a Stanford dissertation fellowship will be given the most serious consideration.
• SHC Dissertation Prize Fellowships are open to applicants from the School of Education.
• The fellowships provides tuition support at the TGR rate regardless of whether a student has moved to TGR status. If the student is not yet TGR at the start of the fellowship, the department may provide supplemental funds to cover tuition shortfall.
• Students who are TGR or in a graduation quarter status must enroll in the appropriate zero unit TGR course.
• These fellowships awards are not deferrable to future years or to the summer quarter  

Applications must be submitted via our online application system and must be in English. Access to the system opens in the fall quarter and closes on February 1, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific time. We discourage the submission of additional materials with the application and cannot circulate these to the committee or return such materials.

Applicants will be notified when their applications have been received, and will be notified of the fellowship competition outcome in late March/early April.

• Contact and biographical information about the applicant
• A curriculum vitae (C.V.)
• Current unofficial transcript (download from AXESS)
• Detailed timetable for the completion of the degree (e.g. dissertation outline detailing status of each chapter)
• Statement of the dissertation’s scholarly significance: Provide a concise explanation of the ways in which the project is a significant contribution to its area of study. Assume the audience to be academics who are not specialists in the field. (250 word maximum)
• A brief description (no more than 1,000 words) of the dissertation
• Two reference letters - one should be from the applicant’s advisor: Please ensure that faculty recommenders have reviewed the proposal and timetable (including status of chapters) in advance and are well prepared to discuss this in their letters. Referees are encouraged to submit letters through our online application system. Referees who wish to submit their letter of reference via email may send them to  [email protected] . Reference letters must be received at the Center by the application deadline - consideration of letters received after that date cannot be guaranteed.

A selection committee representing humanities departments and programs will review and rank the applications on the basis of the following criteria:

• the evidence of intellectual distinction;
• the quality and precision of the dissertation proposal;
• the applicant's timely progress toward the degree;
• the likelihood of completing the degree within the tenure of the fellowship;
• in the case of SHC applicants, the likelihood of the applicant contributing to, as well as benefiting from, the programs of the Humanities Center.

For more information contact  Kelda Jamison , the Humanities Center fellowship program manager.

The application deadline for 2025–26 will be 11:59 pm Pacific time, February 1, 2025.

For more frequently asked questions, click  here .

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Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation

Newcombe doctoral dissertation fellowships, this fellowship supports doctoral candidates in their final year of writing, who are working in areas of religion, ethics, values, or morals. .

Funding : $31, 000

Opens : August 1 every year

Deadline : November 1 every year

Use Program Key: CWNF

Now in its fifth decade, the Newcombe Fellowship has become a nationally recognized award that distinguishes recipients within their fields. Fellows receive a $31,000 stipend to complete the writing stage of their dissertation. The Newcombe Fellowships have supported over 1400 graduate students who have written dissertations which respond to and participate in, deep and meaningful conversations within religion, values, and ethics. The conversation may be from the ancient past, with modern relevance; it may be a unique perspective on a well-known topic; it may revolve around culture, art, societies, or identity. Those awarded a Newcombe Fellowship are often at the forefront of creative and original scholarship, proposing new insights and ground-breaking work in the questions and conversations surrounding religion, ethics, and values.

Candidates are evaluated based on scholarly excellence; quality and originality of the project; and commitment to research that advances religious understanding, ethics, and values.            

The purpose of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is to offset living expenses while the dissertation is completed. Fellows must use the award for the final year of writing the dissertation. Fellows’ graduate schools will be asked to waive tuition and fees while maintaining health insurance for Newcombe Fellows.

Applicants must have completed all course work, passed all preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plans by the November deadline.

The application is open primarily to fields of study in the humanities and social sciences. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math fields may apply provided questions of religion, ethics, or values are central to the dissertation.

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The fellowship.

• $31,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing (No deferments, half-year, or partial awards)
• Fellows’ graduate schools will be asked to waive tuition and fees while maintaining health insurance for Newcombe Fellows

Eligibility

Applicants must:.

• be candidates for Ph.D. degrees in any field of study in the humanities and social sciences at accredited graduate schools in the United States. Candidates working on D.Min., JD, Psy.D., Ed.D. and other professional degrees are not eligible. Students in science, technology, engineering, and math fields may apply provided questions of religious understanding, ethics, or values are central to the dissertation.
• be ABD, and have completed all pre-dissertation requirements fulfilled by the application deadline, including approval of the dissertation proposal.
• be in the writing stage of the dissertation. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun by the time of the award.
• expect to complete the dissertation between April 1 and August 31, the year of the tenure of the award.
• have never held a similar national award for the final year of dissertation writing.

The program of study must:

• be campus-based at the institution. This Fellowship Program does not provide funding for distance learning or online programs, or for degrees heavily dependent on distance learning components (research travel excluded).

Additional eligibility notes:

• Fellows are not required to live in the U.S. during the tenure of the award.
• The Dissertation Fellowship is intended for applicants who are completing their first doctoral degree.
• Open submission application opens: August 1
• Open submission application closes: November 1
• Open submission applications under review: November 15 – January 15
• Finalist notification and status notification to other applicants: January 15 – January 21
• Finalist submission of application, full proposal, and recommendations: January 23 – February 13
• Finalist reviews begin: February 17
• Finalists and chosen Fellows notified of status: the first week of April

Selection Criteria and Application Review

Scholarly merit and originality.

• Does the proposal display outstanding scholarly merit?
• Does the proposal display originality?
• Does it promise to add a new dimension and significance to the body of knowledge within its field?
• What is the overall quality of this proposal?

Student Qualifications

• Does the student have the necessary qualifications for carrying out the proposal?
• Are there any glaring gaps in this student’s background, knowledge, or literature pertaining to this subject?
• Is the timetable reasonable?
• Is the applicant on a trajectory to complete the dissertation between April and August of the Fellowship year?

Relevance to religion, ethics, morals, and/or values

• Does the proposal contribute to the scholarly understanding of ethics, or religion, or values as they relate to this subject?
• Are values questions central to its purpose?

Application Required Components

Start the application process by clicking Apply Now (Use Program Key: CWNF) to create an account through our vendor site and access the application.

There are two rounds of application submission. The initial round opens with the application available to all candidates on August 1 and closes November 1.

First-round applicants are required to submit:

• basic demographics and contact information
• description of the project’s engagement with religion, ethics, or values
• description of the candidate’s career goals
• personal statement
• description of the project including abstract, design and methodology, timeline, and short proposal
• name and contact information for two recommenders (no letters need to be submitted at this time)
• curriculum vitae
• transcripts (official or unofficial)

These initial applications will be evaluated, and finalists will be selected for additional review.

Finalists will be required to submit:

• a full proposal
• two letters of recommendation

View the text transcript of the Newcombe 40th video

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American Dissertation Fellowship

AAUW’s proud tradition of funding women pursuing higher education is anchored in its American Fellowship Program — AAUW’s flagship initiative. The American Dissertation Fellowship Program, in particular, offsets scholars’ expenses during their final year of dissertation writing and deepens AAUW’s impact by accelerating diversity, equity and inclusion in academia. The program is open to women in all fields of study, though those engaged in science, technology, engineering and math fields, or those researching gender issues, are especially encouraged to apply. AAUW American Fellowships are the oldest non-institutional source of graduate funding for women in the United States. The program began in 1888, at a time when women were discouraged from pursuing an education.

Award Details

American Dissertation Fellowships carry a stipend of $25,000 and are disbursed in two equal payments over the fellowship term, which runs from July 1 – June 30, annually. Stipends are made payable to fellows only.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be or identify as a woman.
• Applicants must have completed all coursework, passed all preliminary exams, have a prior-approved research proposal or plan and be engaged in completing the final year of their dissertation writing on a full-time basis from July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
• Applicants must be completing their first doctoral degree.
• Applicants must be enrolled at an institution accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Applicants pursuing doctoral studies in science, technology, engineering, or math fields; or those researching gender issues (preferred).
• Applicants who have demonstrated resilience in overcoming life challenges beyond their control, such as socioeconomic status, discrimination, limited academic resources or opportunities or other adverse circumstances (preferred).
• Applicants who were the first in their family to attain a bachelor’s degree (preferred).
• Applicants who hail from or lead single parent households (preferred).
• Applicants who hail from or intend to study in any of the following geographies: Arkansas, West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee or Indiana (preferred).

Citizenship & Immigration Status

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Disqualifying Factors

The following are not eligible for consideration:

• Members of the AAUW Board of Directors
• Employees of AAUW, including paid or unpaid, part-time or temporary employees, consultants, interns and contract employees
• Review Panelists
• Immediate families (i.e., spouses and dependent children) of individuals described in the points above
• Applicants for another national AAUW fellowship or grant, in the same year
• Previous national AAUW fellowship or grant recipients (excluding Community Action Grants or branch or local AAUW awards)
• Applicants cannot be working on a Master’s degree during their fellowship year

Selection Criteria

• Scholarly excellence, as demonstrated by academic records and achievements, recognition from peers, professors, and/or institutions, and other forms of distinction
• Dissertations that are original in design and will make significant contributions to the relevant field
• Feasibility of dissertation plan and the proposed timeline
• Applicant’s teaching experience
• Demonstrated commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions or fields of research
• Financial need

How To Apply

How to apply.

International Scholarship & Tuition Services (ISTS) serves as the application portal for AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship. Please follow the steps below to start the application process:

• Review the eligibility criteria to ensure you are eligible.
• Click the Apply Now button below to access the application and create an ISTS account. If a program key is requested, please use the following program key: AAUW-ADF
• Follow the instructions provided in the Applicant Guide.

For any inquiries related to the application process or if you encounter technical issues, please contact [email protected] or call (866) 795-4892.

Application Requirements

In addition to a narrative application, all applicants are required to submit the following:

• Letters of Recommendation: Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation. One must be from the applicant’s dissertation advisor, and the second may be from an individual of the applicant’s choosing, provided they are well acquainted with the applicant, their scholarly work and their teaching. Note: AAUW does not accept references from dossier services, such as Parment or Interfolio, and standardized or form-letter recommendations are discouraged.
• Transcripts : Transcripts for all graduate, credit coursework. All transcripts must include the applicant’s full name, the school’s name, and all graduate credit coursework and grades. Transcripts must also include the name of coursework and grades from transfer courses, if applicable. If transcripts reflect transfer courses without grades, a transcript from the institution where courses were taken is required. Applicants who studied at an institution that does not require coursework or provide transcripts must provide an institutional letter affirming the same.
• Dissertation Certification Form : This form can be found in AAUW’s application portal and must be signed by an institutional officer to confirm completion of all required coursework, qualifying examinations and approval of your dissertation research proposal. No substitutions for this form are accepted.

A certified English translation is required for all components provided in a foreign language. Translations must bear a mark of certification or official signature that the translation is true and complete.

Applicants are responsible for the submission of all required documents. Incomplete applications will be reviewed and considered at the discretion of AAUW.

Review Panels & Process

Review panels.

Applications to the American Dissertation Fellowship Program are reviewed by sub-panels of distinguished scholars in the following broad discipline fields:

• Arts & Humanities
• Natural & Physical Sciences
• Social Sciences

Review Process

Review panels meet once a year to review applications for funding. Awards are based on the criteria outlined here. The panel’s recommendations are subject to final approval by AAUW. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis according to funds available in a given fiscal year.

To ensure a fair review process, AAUW does not comment on the deliberations of the awards panels. AAUW does not provide written or oral evaluations of applicants. No provisions exist for reconsideration of fellowship proposals. Applications and supporting documents become the sole property of AAUW and will not be returned or held for another year.

Full-Time Requirements

American Dissertation Fellows are required to devote 100% of their working time and intellectual effort to the completion of their dissertation.

Changes to Applicants’ Institution or Areas of Study

Applicants recommended for an award, but whose discipline or institution of study is different than envisioned at the time of application will be disqualified.

Use of Funds

Fellowship awards may be used for tuition, fees and course-required expenses like books and supplies, as well as housing, food, and other living expenses (including childcare). Awarded funds may not be expended on costs incurred prior to the fellowship term start date or after the fellowship term end date.

Tax Liability

Funds received may or may not be taxable depending on how they are used. It is incumbent on award recipients to determine any tax related obligations. AAUW does not report American Fellowships to the Internal Revenue Service and cannot provide tax-related forms or advice to recipients. Specific questions regarding income tax matters should be addressed to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the applicant’s financial aid office or a personal tax advisor.

Are fellows required to study in the U.S.?

No, Dissertation Fellows are not required to study in the U.S.

Is it possible to be notified of my award status prior to April 15th?

No, AAUW is not able to honor requests for earlier notification.

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Dissertation Fellowships

American Academy in Rome Dissertation Fellowships (link is external)

The Academy offers 11-month and two-year pre-doctoral fellowships in Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance/Early Modern Studies, and Modern Italian Studies. Pre-doctoral fellowships are meant to provide scholars with the necessary time to research and complete their doctoral dissertations.

American Council of Learned Societies  (link is external)

Dissertation fellowships of up to $25,000 for writing dissertations in Southeast European Studies. Also provides Southeast European language training grants.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (link is external) The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner.

Council on Library and Information Resources (link is external) The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from nine to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.

DePauw University Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges (link is external) The Consortium invites applications for dissertation fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships from U.S. citizens or permanent residents who will contribute to increasing the diversity of member colleges by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity and/or increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of students.

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) (link is external) This program provides academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education to assist graduate students in foreign language and either area or international studies. Students can use the Summer FLAS internationally or domestically. Apply through UC Berkeley.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (link is external) Provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. Proposals focusing on Western Europe are not eligible.

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship (link is external) The Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships at Williams College are designed to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging students from underrepresented groups to complete a terminal graduate degree and to pursue careers in college teaching.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships  - Now HFG Emerging Scholars Awarded to scholars whose work can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence.

Huntington Library Fellowships (link is external) Short-term residencies (up to $2300/month) at the library are available for Ph.D. students at the dissertation stage.

IHR Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities (link is external) $5,000 for pre-doctoral fellows and $25,000 for doctoral fellows will be awarded for archival history research in the United Kingdom.

International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) (link is external) The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to 12 months of support to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research outside of the United States. IDRF promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region but is also informed by interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. 

Mabelle McLeod Lewis Fellowships (link is external) Provides grants to advanced doctoral candidates in the humanities for completion of a scholarly dissertation project on which significant progress has already been made.

National Gallery of Art Dissertation Fellowships (link is external) The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Artshosts an annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism. Each of the nine fellowships have specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research, and for post-doctoral research.

Samuel H. Kress Dissertation Fellowships in Art History (link is external) Competitive Kress Fellowships administered by the Kress Foundation are awarded to art historians and art conservators in the final stages of their preparation for professional careers, as well as to art museum curators and educators.

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships (link is external) Offers approximately 30 fellowships of $20,000 to support dissertations bringing "fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world."

Soroptimist International Founder Region Women’s Fellowship (link is external) The mission of the Founder Region Fellowship is to advance the status of women. This will be accomplished through financial support to women in the last year of their doctoral degree. Competition is open to any outstanding graduate woman who is working toward a doctoral degree, preferably in the last year of study but permissibly during the last two years. She must be enrolled in a graduate school within Founder Region, Northern California.

Templeton Dissertation Fellowship at University of Notre Dame (link is external)   “The Problem of Evil in Modern and Contemporary Thought.”   The Center for Philosophy of Religion at University of Notre Dame invites doctoral candidates working in the areas of early modern philosophy of religion and/or theology to apply for a one-year fellowship. The program aims at encouraging Ph.D. students to pursue research in this area while in residence as dissertation fellows in the Center for Philosophy of Religion. 

The Erksine A. Peters Dissertation Year Fellowship at Notre Dame (link is external) The Peters Fellowship will enable two outstanding African American doctoral candidates (at the ABD level) to devote their full energies to the completion of the dissertation, and to provide an opportunity for African American scholars at the beginning of their academic careers to experience life at a major Catholic research university. Administered by both the Office of the Provost and the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Peters Fellowship invites applications from African-American doctoral candidates in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and theological disciplines who have completed all degree requirements with the exception of the dissertation.

United States Institute of Peace Dissertation Fellowships (link is external) One-year stipend ($17,000) supports students who have completed all requirements for their degree, except the dissertation, by the start of the fellowship. Dissertation must advance the state of knowledge about international peace and conflict management. 

IRiSS Dissertation Fellowship

About the program.

The program supports dissertation writers with TGR status, within the six social science departments of the School of Humanities & Sciences. Particular encouragement is provided to graduate students whose research crosses disciplinary boundaries, relies upon computational social science methods, and/or analyzes large, complex data sets.  Due to high demand, we are only able to accommodate students enrolled in departments under the School of Humanities & Sciences.

Funding and Research Support

IRiSS Dissertation Fellows receive a stipend of $5,500 per quarter for not more than two quarters. They will have access to research support services within IRiSS, and will be expected to participate in monthly fellows’ lunch conversations throughout the academic year. Shared office space may be provided to allow fellows to participate in activities at the Institute.

Eligibility

Applicants must have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy, have TGR status by Autumn Quarter of their fellowship year, and have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. other than the dissertation. They must have a dissertation proposal approved by their committee. Strong preference will be given to applicants with a clear likelihood of completing the degree within their tenure as an IRiSS fellow.

Dissertation Fellows must be continuously enrolled throughout their time at IRiSS, and are required to submit a one-page report at the end of their fellowship.

Applications for the 2024-25 academic year are due on March 1, 2024. Appointments will be announced by early April.

Applications for a fellowship must include:  

• Name, contact information, department, and expected date of completion
• Faculty advisor name and contact information
• 1–2-page outline of research focus of the dissertation (in a readable 10pt font or larger)

Important note: This fellowship cannot be held concurrently with a full fellowship. Examples include the SIEPR Graduate Fellowship, the King Center Fellowship.

Please apply here: IRiSS Dissertation Fellowship

Questions about the fellowship may be directed to IRiSS program director ybarra [at] stanford.edu (Carolyn Ybarra) .

Social Data Initiative Social Data Research and Dissertation Fellowships

Ongoing work at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) over the past several years, including our 2018  “To Secure Knowledge”  report, has identified the importance of access to socially-relevant data in order for researchers to address large issues that inform, empower, and protect the public interest. Much of this data, including social media and the algorithms that determine how information is shared, is proprietary, held by private companies and inaccessible for independent research projects. While social media platforms are beginning to engage the broader research community, critical questions of public importance–such as the role of social media in democratic politics–need to be addressed now with available tools that meet the highest scientific and ethical standards.

The  Social Data Research Fellowship  and the  Social Data Dissertation Fellowship , new endeavors of the Social Science Research Council, with support from Omidyar Network, seek to encourage multifaceted pathways for the collection and analysis of social data, with the larger aim of cultivating robust research on technology and society. In particular, we are interested in supporting research that makes creative use of available social data to investigate how social media interact with democracy and elections. Expanding ethical scholarly access, use, and analysis of a range of social data is critical to understanding the complex ways that social media and other technologies impact political life and processes.

SSRC invites proposals from scholars in the social sciences and related fields for the  Social Data Research Fellowship  and the  Social Data Dissertation Fellowship . These fellowships will support research projects of up to 12 months in length that are focused on two key areas:

• Advancing scholarly research on the role of social media in elections and democracy, with an emphasis on the 2020 US elections,  including local, state, and/or national primary or general elections. Topics may include (but are not limited to) disinformation, polarization, election integrity, political engagement, political advertising, microtargeting, voter suppression, forms of algorithmic bias related to elections, the impact of news reporting and changes to the media ecosystem, or other related areas. Research that explores more than one social media platform or the relationship between social media platforms is particularly welcome, as is research that explores the disproportionate effects on the political participation of women and under-represented groups.
• Expanding best practices and methods for accessing and analyzing relevant data that can inform our understanding of the impact of social media on democracy,  including (but not limited to) new methods of data collection and sharing; exploring implications for data privacy and ethics; alternative proxy data to inform our broader understanding of proprietary social media data; and ethnographic, journalistic, or other qualitative approaches to data collection.

Covid-19:  The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly changed the policy, electoral, and media landscapes related to the 2020 US elections. This grant opportunity’s primary emphasis is related to social media and the 2020 elections, as described above; however applications that investigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it intersects with the core themes outlined above are particularly encouraged. For example, explorations of policy debates, news, or disinformation circulated via social media on topics relevant to the 2020 US elections and amplified by circumstances related to Covid-19–such as vote-by-mail debates, health care policy, Covid-19 disinformation campaigns related to the election, and so on–are welcome.

Eligibility

The  Social Data Research Fellowship  program is open to researchers who hold a PhD in a relevant discipline and are based at an institution of higher education (college or university) or a non-profit focused on social research. These awards may not exceed $50,000 US.

The  Social Data Dissertation Fellowship  program is open to PhD students who are actively enrolled in a PhD program, who may apply for awards of up to $15,000 US in support of dissertation research. Applicants to the program should have completed all PhD coursework by the beginning of the fellowship term.

Proposal Information and Resources

The full Request for Proposals, including a detailed list of proposal requirements and complete eligibility requirements, is available as a PDF  here .

• The SSRC application portal will be open to accept applications beginning April 27, 2020.
• The Data Management Plan Guidelines are available  here.
• Frequently Asked Questions

Review Process and Selection Criteria

Proposals will be reviewed according to the highest standards of academic research. All proposals are carefully reviewed by SSRC staff to ensure that the proposal meets basic eligibility requirements and that the application fulfills all submission requirements. Each application is then reviewed by persons outside of SSRC who are knowledgeable in the particular fields, methods, or approaches represented by the proposal. The selection committee, or some portion thereof, will meet to discuss proposals and their review, and produce a slate of recommendations for support.

Applications recommended for support will undergo additional ethics and privacy review. Each finalist proposal will be read by ethics reviewers, and any concerns or requests for changes will be shared with the PI via written report. Reports will focus on flagging potential concerns and recommending best practices to mitigate potential harms.

Review Criteria:

• Intellectual merit: the intellectual significance of the proposed project and its capacity to advance scholarship, scientific understanding, and/or public knowledge, as well as the degree to which the project offers thoughtful and generalizable models or new pathways for studying the impact of social media on democracy.
• Feasibility: the appropriateness of the proposed activities, methods, planned activities, and budget to accomplish the stated aims of the proposed project.
• Qualifications: the degree to which the participants have the expertise, skills, and knowledge to accomplish the stated aims of the proposed project.
• Ethics and Privacy: the commitment to and stated plan to meet or exceed standards for the ethical use of data, including the protection of individuals and their privacy.

This research is funded by Omidyar Network.

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2022 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2021. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented.

• Amanda d’Urso , Northwestern University
• Anirvan Chowdhury , University of California Berkeley
• Apekshya Prasai , Massachussetts Institute of Technology
• Changwook Ju , Yale University
• Don Grasse , Emory University
• Jacob Turner , University of Notre Dame
• Jasmine English , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jasmine Smith , Duke University
• Jingyuan Qian , University of Wisconsin-Madison
• John Minnich , Massachussetts Institute of Technology
• Jongyoon Baik , University of Chicago
• Kaiyu Li , University of Illinois at Chicago
• Kara Hooser , The Ohio State University
• Lindsey Pruett , Cornell University
• Marco Alcocer , University of California, San Diego
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• Nadia Eldemerdash , University of Nevada Las Vegas
• Natan Skigin , University of Notre Dame
• Rachel Hulvey , University of Pennsylvania
• Sabrina Axster , Johns Hopkins University
• Stephen Roblin , Cornell University
• Xiren Chen , University of Arizona
• Yunus Orhan , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Changwook holds an M.A. and M.Phil. in Political Science (en route to a Ph.D.) from Yale University. Before Yale, Changwook earned his M.P.P. from the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. He also spent two years in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, beginning as a private and then becoming a sergeant, and has dual undergraduate degrees in public policy and political science from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.

Methodologically, Jasmine is interested in the potential for synergy between positivist and interpretive methodological approaches. Her coauthored research with Bernardo Zacka is forthcoming in the American Political Science Review. Jasmine’s work has been supported by APSA and MIT GOV/LAB, and she is a recipient of a Walter A. Rosenblith Presidential Fellowship at MIT. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jasmine graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with degrees in political science and economics.

Additionally, her other projects examine the historical development of armies within colonial French West Africa, with a focus on how ordinary people responded to conscription, with ramifications for the development of state-capacity and sub-regional integration. Lindsey received her undergraduate degree from Colby College, and she currently serves as a graduate fellow at the Gender and Security Sector Lab.

First, the dissertation finds that government crackdowns meant to contain and dismantle COs can backfire and push COs to expand their geographic presence, leading to increased levels of criminal activity and violence. Second, it provides a theory outlining how COs establish themselves successfully in new territories by building networks with different types of government officials. The dissertation then tests the electoral and policy implications of the theory using original datasets on COs and explores the mechanisms linking COs to electoral and policy outcomes through in-depth qualitative case studies.

The dissertation contributes to the growing literature on the links between COs and politics, a phenomenon affecting countries around the world. It also contributes more broadly by creating new systematic datasets on COs that other scholars can use to advance our understandings of the causes and effects of COs.

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Jessica Pisano is Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research. She writes and teaches about contemporary and twentieth century politics and political economy in Eastern Europe. Her work focuses on the enclosure of public resources, the constitution of material and social power, and political and social processes of dispossession. She asks how shifts in political economy affect people's lives, and how those effects translate into changes in local, national, and global politics. Her research is interdisciplinary, drawing on archival sources as well as a variety of immersion-based methods, including participant-observation research. She writes and lectures in English, French, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Professor Pisano is the author of Staging Democracy: Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond (Cornell University Press, 2022) and The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth (Cambridge University Press, 2008), which received the Harvard University Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies in 2009. She is writing a book about place and belonging under fascism, state socialism, and neoliberal democracy on a single street in Eastern Europe between 1938 and 2014. Her public-facing work on American, Ukrainian, and Russian politics has appeared in Politico and The Washington Post , among others. She is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow.

More information is available at Professor Pisano's personal website . 

Degrees Held

PhD 2003, Yale University

AB 1994, Harvard College

Professional Affiliation

Trustee, Kharkiv Karazin University Foundation, Ukraine, 2022-Present

Founding faculty director, Decolonizing Eastern European Studies research group, 2017-Present

Center associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, 2004-Present

Recent Publications

Staging Democracy: Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond .  2022. Cornell University Press.

The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth .  2008.  Cambridge University Press.  Winner of the AAASS (ASEEES) Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies. 

Articles and Book Chapters

“ Ethnography ,” in Jennifer Cyr and Sara Wallace Goodman, eds. Doing Good Qualitative Research. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

"De la polarisation à une communauté nationale résiliente: Changements au sein de la société ukrainienne en temps de guerre," in Le Canada à l'aune du conflit en Ukraine (Québec Presses de l'Université Laval, 2024).

"Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Vision of Ukrainian Nationhood," Journal of Peace and War Studies , October 2022, pp. 187-198.

" How Zelensky Has Changed Ukraine ," Journal of Democracy, July 2022.

“Post-Soviet or Eurasian Lands? Rethinking Analytic Categories in the Ukraine-EU and Russia-China Borderlands” (with André Simonyi), in Tone Bringa and Hege Toje, eds. Eurasian Borderlands : Spatializing borders in the aftermath of state collapse" (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016) , pp. 27-57.

"Pokazukha and Cardiologist Khrenov: Soviet Legacies, Legacy Theater, and a Usable Past,” in Mark Beissinger and Stephen Kotkin, eds. Historical Legacies of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe . (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. 222-242.

“Opting Out under Stalin and Khrushchev: Post-War Sovietization in a Borderlands Magyar Village,” Problems of Post-Communism , 58:1 (January-February 2011), pp. 58-66.  

“The Social Life of Borders: Political economy at the edge of the EU” (with A ndré Simonyi) in Joan DeBardeleben and Achim Hurrelmann (eds.), Transnational Europe: Promise—Paradox—Limits (Palgrave, 2011), 222-238.   

“Social contracts and authoritarian projects in post-Soviet space: The use of administrative resource” Communist and Post-Communist Studies , 43:4 (2010), pp. 373-382. 

“Legitimizing facades: Civil Society in post-Orange Ukraine” in Paul D’Anieri (ed.), Orange Revolution and Aftermath: Mobilization, Apathy, and the State in Ukraine (Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), pp. 229-253. 

“From Iron Curtain to Golden Curtain: Remaking Identity in the European Union Borderlands,” East European Politics and Societies , 23:2 (May 2009), pp. 266-290.  Winner of Hungarian Studies Association Mark Pittaway prize.

“How to Tell an Axe Murderer: An Essay on Ethnography, Truth, and Lies,” in Edward Schatz (ed.), Political Ethnography: What Immersion Contributes to the Study of Power (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009), pp. 53-73.  Co-recipient of American Political Science Association Giovanni Sartori Award.   

“Property: What is it good for?” Social Research , 76:1 (Spring 2009), pp. 175-202.

“The Two Faces of Petr Arkad’evich: Land and Dispossession in Russia’s Southwest, ca. 2000,” International Journal of Labor and Working Class History , (Spring 2007), pp. 70-90.

“ Klychkov i Pustota : Post-Soviet Bureaucrats and the Production of Institutional Facades,” in Thomas Lahusen and Peter Solomon (eds.), What is Soviet Now? Identities, Legacies, Memories (London: LIT Verlag, 2007), pp. 40-56.

“‘Friendship of Peoples’ After the Fall: Violence and Pan-African Community in Post-Soviet Moscow” (with Eric Allina-Pisano) in Maxim Matusevich (ed.), Africa in Russia, Russia in Africa: 300 Years of Encounters (Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 2006), pp. 175-198.

“Sub Rosa Resistance and the Politics of Economic Reform: Land Redistribution in Post-Soviet Ukraine,” World Politics ,56:4 (July 2004), pp. 554-81.

“Land Reform and the Social Origins of Private Farmers in Russia and Ukraine,” Journal of Peasant Studies , 31:3 (July 2004).489-514.

“Agrarnye reformy v Rossii i na Ukraine: sravnitel’nyi analiz,” Otechestvennye zapiski , 4:1 (March 2004), 1-12.

“Reorganization and its Discontents: A Case Study in Voronezh oblast ’,”in David O’Brien and Stephen Wegren (eds.), Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia (Washington, D.C. and Baltimore: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), pp 298-324. Essays and Shorter Pieces

" The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End. On Jessica Pisano's Staging Democracy and the function of political theater ," Public Seminar , March 28, 2023.

" Notes on Kharkiv. An ethnographer's reflections on communication in wartime ," Public Seminar February 23, 2023.

" Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a More Complex Leader Than Most People Know ," Politico Magazine , February 23, 2023.

" Why didn't Putin invade under Trump? It wasn't personal ," Politico Magazine , March 2, 2022.

" Yes, Putin cares about Trump’s impeachment trial–but not for the reason you might imagine ,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post , January 24, 2020.

“W hy Ukraine’s president said there had been ‘no pressure’ from Trump ,” Impeachment Inquiry and The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post , November 22, 2019.

"T rump says he was looking for corruption in Ukraine — where President Zelensky was known for mocking corruption in Ukraine ,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post , November 14, 2019.

"Teatr po prinuzhdeniiu. Pochemu podderzhka vlasti na Ukraine i v Rossii imeet malo obshchego c demokratiei ili avtoritarizmom. Poteria obshchego iazyka v razgovorakh o politike proiskhodit ne tol’ko v rezul’tate ideologicheskikh usilii vlasti” [Theatre under duress: Why support for the authorities in Ukraine and Russia has little in common with democracy or authoritarianism. The loss of a common language in conversations about politics is occurring not only due to the ideological efforts of the powers that be], Republic (Moscow), April 25, 2019, https://republic.ru/posts/93616 .

"Potemkin Villages,” in The Global Encyclopedia of Informality . Alena Ledeneva, ed. University College London Press, 2018, Volume 2, pp. 278-280.

"Tug of War: Notes from the Battlefield of Reflexivity,” Cultural Anthropology , November 2014.

Research Interests

Politics and political economy in the twentieth and twenty-first century; approaches to land and belonging; ethnography and qualitative research methods; the politics of concepts.

Primary research languages: English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian.

Awards And Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship, 2024.

Robert Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies Fellowship, The New School, 2021.

Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography, and Social Thought, The New School, Fellowship, 2018.

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Fellowship, 2017 (declined).

Robert Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies Fellowship, The New School, 2017.

Distinguished University Teaching Award, The New School, 2017.

Institute for Advanced Study Senior Fellowship, Central European University, 2016 (declined).

Hungarian Studies Association Mark Pittaway biennial prize for the best scholarly article relating to Hungary for “From Iron Curtain to Golden Curtain: Remaking Identity in the European Union Borderlands,” in the Spring 2009 issue of   East European Politics and Societies , 2011.

Fulbright Scholarship Board, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright award to the Russian Federation (declined), 2011. 

American Political Science Association, Giovanni Sartori Award for the best book in qualitative and multi-methods research for Political Ethnography , co-recipient, 2010.

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences Research Chair in the Politics of Property, 2010.

AAASS Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies for best book published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography, for The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village , 2009.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant, 2008-2012.

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research Grant, 2007-2009.

Harvard University Ukrainian Institute Shklar Research Fellowship, 2006.

Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005 and 2006.

American Political Science Association Small Research Grant, 2006.

Colgate University Picker Research Grant, 2006.

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Research Scholarship, 2004.

Social Science Research Council Eurasia Program Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004-2006.   

Colgate University Dean’s discretionary research grant, 2004.   

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Research Scholarship (declined), 2002.   

Yale University Dissertation Fellowship, 2000.   

Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1998.   

IREX Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Research Grant, 1998.   

Yale University Ukrainian Initiative dissertation research grant, 1998.   

Yale Center for International and Area Studies Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1997.   

Fox International Fellowship, Yale University and Moscow State University, 1997.   

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1996-2001.   

Yale University Graduate School Fellowship, 1995.   

Harvard University prizes for “Constructed Lives: Author as Saint in the Soviet Literary Biographical Museum,” 1994: Thomas P. Hoopes Prize; Edward Chandler Cummings Prize for best senior essay in History and Literature; George B. Sohier prize for best senior essay in English, Comparative Literature, Slavic or Romance Languages          

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The Conodont Biofacies Model of Shallow Paleoenvironments in the Frasnian (Late Devonian)

• Published: 13 June 2023
• Volume 78 , pages 34–45, ( 2023 )

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• V. M. Nazarova 1 ,
• E. M. Kirilishina 2 ,
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• E. V. Karpova 1 &
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This article considers various criteria for distinguishing conodont biofacies and principles of reconstruction of conodont paleoecological models. The proposed model of conodont biofacies is based on the distribution of these animals in the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the Voronezh anteclise (central regions of the Russian Platform).

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The authors are grateful to G.M. Sedaeva for advices and encouragement and to N.V. Goreva, E.L. Zaitseva, N.G. Izokh, and A.N. Plotitsyn for useful criticism and comments.

This work was performed within the framework of state assignment no. AAAA16-116042010088-5 (Evolution of Geodynamic Environments and Global Natural Processes) of the Museum of Earth Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University and no. AAAA16-116033010097-5 (Paleontological and Stratigraphic Characteristics of Phanerozoic and Late Proterozoic Deposits in Russia and Adjacent Areas) and no. AAAA16-116033010120-0 (Dynamics of Sedimentary Rock Formation Processes (Modern and in the Geological Past) under Various Structural and Geological Conditions and Their Evolution) of the Faculty of Geology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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Nazarova, V.M., Kirilishina, E.M., Kononova, L.I. et al. The Conodont Biofacies Model of Shallow Paleoenvironments in the Frasnian (Late Devonian). Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 78 , 34–45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875223010167

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