The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY and Humanities New York announce the call for applicants for the 2019-2020 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship. The Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship was developed by Humanities New York in partnership with nine New York research universities to bring humanities scholarship into the public realm,… Read More


The Office of Career Planning & Professional Development at the Graduate Center is seeking to hire a College Assistant to help with the implementation of the Enhancing STEM Career Development project, funded by the CUNY Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Programs via the Career Success Initiative. (Read more about this initiative here: http://www.naceweb.org/career-readiness/best-practices/initiative-boosts-career-competitiveness-of-cuny-grads/.) The… Read More


For students who will graduate/have graduated during the 2018-2019 academic year. It’s a terrific opportunity for a master’s or doctoral student to start a career in policy at the state level. Last year’s fellow, Jonathan Hill, a history PhD alumnus, is currently working at the Department of Transportation, Policy & Planning Division in Albany. Graduate Center… Read More


The Graduate Center Library: Deadline to submit: Monday, December 17th, 2018, midnight Open Pedagogy Fellowships The Library seeks applications for up to ten Open Pedagogy Fellows for the Spring 2019 semester, each carrying a $2500 stipend. The Fellowship experience will enhance participants’ understanding of open pedagogy and their ability to employ elements of open pedagogy… Read More


The Carnegie Foundation initiative on doctoral education uses the label “steward” to convey a role for scholars that transcends accomplishments and skills: it has an ethical and political dimension. “Self-identifying as a steward,” Chris Golde of Stanford says, “implies adopting a sense of purpose that is larger than oneself” or one’s own discipline.  Students and… Read More


Graduate Center Early Research Initiative/Digital Initiatives Connect New York Fellowships Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 5pm Located in the heart of Manhattan, the Graduate Center has long been a central hub for intellectual and scholarly conversations in New York City. Moreover, it has a long history of fostering and producing scholarly work focused on… Read More


Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship  Deadline for Applications: Wednesday, February 6th, 2019, 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: Monday, February 4th, 2019, 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