CUNY/SCHOMBURG ARCHIVAL DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP for the 2023-2024 Academic Year Deadline for Applications: February 3, 2023, by 5pm The Graduate Center is pleased to announce the Schomburg Archival Dissertation Fellowship, offered in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The Schomburg Archival Dissertation Fellowship will be awarded to a student in any field… Read More


Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship Deadline for Applications: Monday, February 6, 2023, 3:00 pm  The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following pre-dissertation fellowship competition for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences.  These summer awards provide $4,000. This fellowship program has two objectives: To allow students to conduct pre-dissertation research and training following… Read More


Early Research Initiative (ERI) Archival Research Grants  Deadline for Applications: Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 3pm The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following summer research grant programs to support advanced doctoral student research and travel. The Early Research Initiative Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies is designed to support doctoral students whose… Read More


The CUNY Humanities Alliance seeks applications from Graduate Center students in any field for a Spring 2023 fellowship.   About the Humanities Alliance The CUNY Humanities Alliance, generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, exposes graduate students to the best ways to support humanities education in the community college context, while simultaneously expanding access… Read More


THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION FOR THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR  Applications Due: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, no later than 5:00pm Attached: 2023-24 GC Dissertation Fellowship Application and Guidelines 2023-24 GC Dissertation Fellowship Cover Sheet (word) GUIDELINES Eligibility Requirements Students must be officially advanced to candidacy (level III) before February 14, 2023. Dissertation Fellowships… Read More


IRADAC Fellows Program Fall 2023/Spring 2024 Purpose The IRADAC Fellowship provides institutional and intellectual support for seven Ph.D. candidates at the dissertation writing stage. Organized around an interdisciplinary seminar, the IRADAC Fellowship offers sustained support among scholars working on any area of the African Diaspora. During the academic year, fellows will have the opportunity to take… Read More


Invitation for applications for the IRADAC/Schomburg Digitization Fellowships Fall 2023/Spring 2024 Purpose Students will work closely with staff at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Located in Harlem, the Schomburg Center is recognized as one of the world’s leading research institutions focusing on African American, African Diaspora, and African experience. Throughout the fall semester, fellows… Read More


Grad student ethnographers: Did you present or publish a paper this year? Finish a thesis chapter? Are you working on a semester assignment? Please consider submitting for the inaugural American Studies Association Ethnography Caucus essay prize. The caucus has initiated this prize in order to support and highlight ethnography within the broad field of American… Read More


POSITION DESCRIPTION The Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for two Dissertation Fellowship Scholars for the academic year 2023-24. We seek Dissertation Scholars working in Interdisciplinary, Social Science, Humanities, and STEM disciplines whose research focus is specifically situated within Black Studies. The Department is especially interested in candidates… Read More