Note:
This is a guide to some available fellowships and awards; numbers and amounts are subject to change. Always refer to the call for applications or the Graduate Aide for the most up-to-date information about any fellowship, prize, opportunity, or award.
Description: The College of Arts and Science (CAS) honors graduate students for excellence in teaching. Based upon faculty and student nominations, six awards are given to graduate student instructors from across Arts & Science.
Dates: Award is announced in the spring.
Description: These awards honor outstanding classroom teaching by graduate students in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Based on teaching evaluations, departmental recommendations, and unsolicited written student testimonials, these awards are presented at the Graduate School's Convocation. Nominations are made by the Department Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and the Director of Language Programs.
Amount: $1,000
Application: The nominated student will be asked to collect letters of recommendation from the Department and to submit any unsolicited written student testimonials he or she may have.
Dates: Call goes out in early January. Applications due to Department of French in early February. Award announced in early May.
Description: Awarded to a graduate student in the Department who has passed the PhD Qualifying Exam with highest honors and shown excellence in the field of French language and literature. Amount: $1,000
Application: N/A
Dates: Recipient chosen in early April by Department Chair and Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), after consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee.
Description: Awards given to recognize the best completed doctoral dissertations in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences; one award is given in each division. Recipients of this award will be acknowledged at the May Convocation ceremony.
Qualifications: PhD must have been awarded in May, September, or January prior to application. Each department may nominate one student.
Amount: $1,000
Application: Upon being nominated, the candidate must submit application materials in both paper format—with original signatures—and electronic format to the Department. Please see the GSAS awards website <http://gsas.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/gsas/admissions/financialaid/graduate-school-prizes-and-awards.html> for application checklist. It is preferred that documents be submitted as Microsoft Word documents (.doc) and as Adobe PDF files (.pdf). Please label each page with your name and NYU ID number. (Generally, a header can be set up to automatically do this for all pages.) Incomplete applications will not be accepted. The GSAS Honors and Awards Committee will evaluate all nominations and make recommendations to the Dean.
Dates: Graduate Studies Committee nominates student in mid-January. Applications due to Department of French in early February. Award announced in early May.
Description: The Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science provides funds for travel to conferences to present invited papers or posters to graduate students in the social sciences, sciences, and humanities. The grant may be used for travel, lodging, and related expenses.
Requirements: Applicants must be matriculated students in good academic standing in a GSAS graduate program. They must be presenting a paper/poster at a scholarly or professional conference. Attendance only cannot be funded; presentations at graduate student conferences also cannot be funded. Students may apply while awaiting confirmation of acceptance from conference organizers; however, no grant checks will be issued without the receipt of this documentation. PhD students may not receive more than one grant per academic year and no more than two during their academic career at NYU. Master’s students may not receive more than one grant during their time at NYU pursuing that degree; should they continue in an NYU PhD program, the earlier grant will count as one of the two allotted for their career.
Amount: All grants are $500. 225 awards are available per year, 75 in each application period.
International students whose countries do not have a tax treaty with the U.S. will be taxed at 8% or 14% of the grant, depending on their visa type. Student Travel Grant funds may be used as the student sees fit to cover travel expenses related to the conference presentation. Grant recipients must make their own arrangements for travel and accommodations, including any passports, visas, and tickets.
Application: The Graduate School of Arts and Science awards grants three times per year for student travel during periods running from August to November, December to March, and April to July. All awards are made by a two-tiered lottery: PhD applicants who have never received a GSAS Student Travel Grant will be entered in the first round; if funds are still available, a second round for Master’s applicants and previous PhD grant recipients will be conducted. Graduate Enrollment Services (GES) will supervise both lotteries. Students may submit completed applications to GES in person, by regular mail, fax, or email, within the appropriate two-week window outlined on the application. Early applications, incomplete applications and late applications will not be accepted. Students may apply for a grant for only one conference per period.
Dates: GSAS is very particular about the dates. Check the website https://gsas.nyu.edu/financial-support/fellowships/dean-student-travel-grant-program.html for the latest information, as soon as you know when the conference is held. Please note that these dates will be updated as soon as the exact dates for 2021-22 AY are released:
Conferences Between |
Application Period (1) |
Notification of Award Sent (2) |
Checks Available Beginning (3) |
Confirmation Deadline (4) |
Period I Dec 1 – Mar 31 |
Oct 1 – 12 |
Nov 12 |
Dec 14 |
Feb 1 |
Period II Apr 1 – Jul 31 |
Feb 4 – 15 |
Mar 8 |
Apr 12 |
May 31 |
Period III Aug 1 – Nov 30 |
Jun 3 – 14 |
Jul 11 |
Aug 16 |
Sept 27 |
Description: The Department offers a number of travel grants per year (in the form of travel expense reimbursements) to help defray the costs of presenting a paper at an academic conference outside of New York City.
Amount: $100 - $500
Application: To receive a grant, students will submit an application form by one of four deadlines throughout the year.
No retrospective awards will be granted; the anticipated date of travel must fall after the deadline. Waitlists will be purged following each deadline. Priority for funding will be given to students applying for the first time; to students in their third year or beyond, and for travel to attend the MLA.
Description: The Research Institutes were created to support NYU full-time faculty and graduate students who wish to have NYU infrastructural support while conducting research abroad. GRI institutes have been established at NYU's sites in Athens, Berlin, Florence, London, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, Washington, D.C., and on the campus of Tel Aviv University. Most locations have capacity, on average, for five faculty and five graduate students. Applicants may request to spend one month or longer at a GRI Institute at any time during a fall or spring semester. Scholars may hold only one GRI fellowship per academic year.
Amount: Fellows are given office space, modest administrative support, one round-trip, economy ticket from New York to the site (to be booked through the GRI program), and a flat-rate perdiem subsidy intended to partially defray living costs. Regardless of the length of the fellowship, the per diem may not exceed 90 days.
Application: https://www.nyu.edu/research/provosts-global-research-initiatives.html
Dates: Applications for all institutes can be submitted on a rolling basis; fellowship notifications will be sent out three times a year (fall, early and late spring semester).
Description: Fifteen awards for the summer to visit research sites. Each department may nominate no more than two students.
Amount: $2,000
Application: Check the GSAS Awards website https://gsas.nyu.edu/financial-support/fellowships/gsas-summer-fellowships-and-graduation-prizes.html for a list of required documents. Student application materials must be submitted in both paper format with original signatures and electronic format to the Department. It is preferred that documents be submitted as Microsoft Word documents (.doc) or as Adobe PDF files (.pdf). The Graduate Studies Committee will select two nominees from amongst the applicants.
Dates: Call goes out in January. Applications due to Department in February. Awards announced in early May.
Description: Award for the summer to support the research and study abroad of graduate students in the humanities and social sciences. Eligible departments may nominate one student.
Amount: $2,500
Application: See application requirements for GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship (above). Please note that applicants who are not selected for nomination by the Department may be considered for nomincation for the GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship instead. Nominees not selected by GSAS for this award will automatically be considered for the GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship.
Dates: Call goes out in January. Applications due to Department in February. Awards announced in early May.
Description: Two awards for outstanding graduate students are available to support study and research in Africa. Doctoral student applicants should, within one year of the award, expect to complete remaining coursework and other requirements (qualifying, comprehensive and language exams). The awards support the research and study abroad of scholars in the humanities and social sciences and may be used for visits to research sites, such as archival resource facilities, libraries, and fieldwork locations that will be necessary for later sustained dissertation research. Award recipients are expected to make a presentation of the research as part of the Africa House programming.
Amount: $2,500
Application: See application requirements for GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship (above). Please note that applicants who are not selected for nomination by the Department may be considered for nomination for the GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship instead. Nominees not selected by GSAS for this award will automatically be considered for the GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship.
Dates: Call goes out in January. Applications due to Department in February. Awards announced in early May.
Description: Four awards for outstanding doctoral students to support study in the areas of love and sexuality, gender studies, or the psychology of love and sexuality. Although there is a preference for a focus on German traditions, the award is not limited to graduate students in the Department of German nor is it limited to those studying German literature or culture. Doctoral student applicants should, within one year of the award, expect to complete remaining coursework and other requirements (qualifying, comprehensive and language exams). The awards may be used for research and travel. Each department in which eligible work is being conducted may nominate one student.
Amount: $6,000
Application: See application requirements for GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship (above). Please note that applicants not selected for nomination by the Department may be considered for nomination for the GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship instead. Nominees not selected by GSAS for this award will automatically be considered for the GSAS Summer Predoctoral Fellowship.
Dates: Call goes out in January. Applications due to Department in February. Awards announced in early May.
Description: Cornell's School for Criticism and Theory (SCT) offers professors and advanced graduate students of literature and related social sciences a chance to work with preeminent figures in critical thought - exploring literature's relationship with history, art, anthropology, and the law; examining its role in ideological and cultural movements; and reassessing theoretical approaches that have emerged over the last fifty years. Participants work with the SCT's core faculty of distinguished theorists in one of four six-week seminars. Each faculty member offers, in addition, a public lecture and a colloquium (based on an original paper) which are attended by the entire group.
Application: The Graduate School of Arts and Science at NYU has traditionally supported one student's attendance of the SCT. If interested, please see the Director of Graduate Studies. If an applicant from the Department is chosen as an alternate candidate, the Department will do its best to help defray the costs of attendance. The online application and further details about the SCT can be found on Cornell's website at <http://sct.cornell.edu/>
Dates: Call goes out in the Fall. Applications due to Department in December. Online application for Cornell due on February 1st.
Description: Every other summer (summers in odd years), in late June and early July, Prof. Lawrence Kritzman runs a four-week Summer Institute in French Cultural Studies, held on the campus of Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire. Participants (who may be advanced graduate students or junior faculty) are provided with free housing and books (though they have to pay for their travel expenses). The Institute attendees participate in five three-hour seminars a week, attend guest lectures, and work on group projects (such as designing undergraduate course syllabi). Every Institute is organized around a central topic (the topic in 2011 was “Time”, in 2013 “Food”, and in 2015 “Culture and the Political”), with an emphasis on the pedagogical training of the participants for a successful entry into the academic profession. The Department will fund one student per year to attend the Institute.
Application: Once the Department receives the description of the following summer’s Institute topic, it will distribute it to all advanced graduate students. Those interested in attending should submit an application describing how the seminars will contribute to their thesis work and one letter of recommendation from their thesis director to the Director of Graduate Studies. The
Graduate Studies Committee will review the applications and choose the award recipient.
Dates: Applications are due in mid-March. Graduate Studies Committee announces award in April.
Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships cover the cost of tuition plus a stipend of approximately $2,500. Summer language awards must be used to attend intensive language study programs in the U.S. or overseas that meet language proficiency standards set by the U.S. Department of Education. Attendance at any particular summer program with a FLAS fellowship will be contingent upon the availability of matching funds beyond the $4,000 Department of Education tuition cap. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status.
For projects in Middle Eastern languages: <http://as.nyu.edu/neareaststudies/maprogram/scholarships-and-funding/foreign-language-and-area-studies-flasfellowships.html>
For projects in Latin American and Carribean languages:
<http://as.nyu.edu/clacs/academics/graduate/scholarships-and-funding/foreign-language-and-area-studies-fellowships-flas.html> Application: Refer to links above.
Dates: Variable.
Description: The Department awards competitive summer fellowships to graduates in good standing in our PhD program. Students can apply under one of three heads:
1. Study grants. These will be awarded for students attending a particular course of study outside NYU, and charging fees, such as a language course or summer program.
2. Research grants. Awarded for students pursuing research in a particular site or sites other than New York. Priority will be given to students who have made an application earlier this year to GSAS.
3. Writing grants. Awarded to students who commit to writing a significant portion of their dissertation over the summer months.
Students may be asked to submit a report at the end of the summer detailing the work completed.
4. Milestone preparation grants. This new category has been added at the request of FGSA, and is for students who commit to spending a significant period of their summer either preparing for their qualifying examinations, or working on their prospectus, with the aim of making faster progress towards their dissertation.
Requirements: PhD student in good standing; priority will be given to students who have applied to GSAS or other external sources of funding in the current academic year.
Application: Cover sheet, including name, category of application (study, research, or writing) name(s) of advisor(s), and a list of fellowships previously received or applied for while at NYU; Brief description of the work to be carried out (350 words); Budget Amount: Variable.
Dates: Applications are due March 30, 2020. Graduate Studies Committee announces award in April.
Description: Every year, one student from the Department has the opportunity to be a pensionnaire étranger at the École Normale Supérieure (on "rue d'Ulm" in Paris). The position includes: Lodging in a student residence (either in the Boulevard Jourdan Campus - next to the Cité Universitaire - or the Montrouge Campus, on the other side of the Périphérique, reachable by subway); attending classes, seminars and working closely with distinguished ENS professors; lifelong library privileges at one of the best libraries in Paris.
Students are expected to be mature and responsible, as well as intent on making the most out of this intellectual experience.
Application: Submit a statement of interest and curriculum vitae to the Director of Graduate Studies.
Dates: Call goes out in mid-March. Applications due in mid-April. Decision announced in early May. Academic year at the ENS starts in the 3rd week of September and lasts until the end of June.
Description: The Department has an agreement with the ENS to take one of our students for a year (as pensionnaire étranger) with the opportunity of participating in seminars, taking advantage of the three existing libraries, benefiting from a tutor, and living in the dormitory for a very modest fee of 300€ per month. This is a great opportunity for students who have completed their coursework to take seminars with top-notch professors. Lyon is a beautiful city and is only one and one-half hours from Paris by TGV. Course fees are paid by the ENS.
Application: Same as above.
Dates: Same as above.
These may be held post-MacCracken, but students may prefer to apply for a specific research purpose,
e.g. to study in France, and then return to New York to complete their dissertation with the benefit of the last year(s) of their MacCracken Fellowship. Consult the Director of Graduate Studies and Graduate Aide about how best to manage the financial options.
Description: Through its Georges Lurcy Fellowship Program, the Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust seeks to assist promising scholars and leaders at the graduate-school level in pursuing their education and careers and thereby to promote educational exchange and understanding between the United States and France. A Lurcy Fellowship Program has been established at New York University to be administered by the Department, although
students from other departments are encouraged to apply. One dissertation fellowship will be awarded for one year in an amount to cover adequately educational costs, expenses of travel, and living expenses in France. In awarding the Lurcy Fellowship the Lurcy Trustees are looking primarily at the quality of the students, which should be of the highest rank, and the fruitfulness of the research topic which should be uniquely French and available only in France. To that end, the Lurcy Trustees invite the broadest range of topics without exclusion of any field of study or preference as to any department. All Lurcy fellows will submit a report to the Lurcy Trustees concerning the results of their research in France upon return to the United States.
Qualifications: Candidates for the award must be currently enrolled advanced PhD students. Awards will be based on academic merit, but all qualities of leadership will be recognized.
Amount: $25,000 (2017 – 18 amount)
Application: The application dossier consists of: a 3-5 page statement describing the project, its scholarly importance, and the reason why research must be pursued in France; a curriculum vitae; three letters of recommendation; transcripts or academic reports of all graduate and undergraduate school work. Candidates must submit a dossier to the Department’s Lurcy Fellowship Committee, consisting of members of the Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture and a professor from the Institute of French Studies. The selected dossier will be subject to review by the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, after which it will be forwarded to the Lurcy Trustees for a final review and selection. Dates: Application deadline is March 30, 2020.
Description: The French Government awards about 20 scholarships a year to PhD candidates enrolled in an American university. The purpose of the Chateaubriand Fellowship is to foster FrancoAmerican academic partnerships and relationships. Your field of study at a French research institution may be any discipline in the humanities or social sciences.
Qualifications: Applicants must be enrolled in a post-graduate program at an American university and not be a citizen of France. Please note that the Department does not limit the number of applicants for this award.
Amount: A monthly stipend of 1500€ for a period of nine months; health insurance; a round trip ticket to France; an equivalent of over 30 days of per diem fees for traveling in France for research purposes.
Application: The Chateaubriand Fellowship has an online application:
<http://humanities.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/> You must submit: application form, typed; 3 - 5 page dissertation proposal, double-spaced and in 10 - 12 point font ; official transcript ; letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor ; letter of
recommendation / letter of support of your research from a professor in a French university or a researcher associated with an institution in France. If you have trouble finding a contact in France, please speak to your dissertation advisor for suggestions or search for the contact information of a French professor (a person employed by a French university or research institution) whose academic work you admire on <http://www.education.gouv.fr> or on <http://www.pagesjaunes.fr>
Dates: Call goes out in mid-October. Applications are due in early January. Awards will be announced in mid-April.
Description: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and administered by the Institute for International Education (IIE), the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers opportunities for recent graduates, postgraduate candidates, developing professionals and artists to conduct career-launching study and research abroad.
Application: For the Fulbright U.S. Student program website, please visit:
<http://www.fulbrightonline.org> Note: Current graduate students will apply through a NYU-wide institutional review process, outlined <http://gsas.nyu.edu/financialsupport/fellowships/fullbright.html> Alumni may elect to apply through NYU or at-large.
Dates: Applications open in May. NYU internal deadline is early-September. Application is due to mid-October.
Description: This program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for a period of 6-12 months. Note: Projects in Western Europe are not supported.
Amount: Discretionary grants ranging from $15,000 - $60,000, averaging $36,000 (2012 – 13 estimated amounts).
Application: <http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html> Initial application is made to GSAS for internal review <http://gsas.nyu.edu/financial-support/fellowships/fulbrighthays.html>. Please upload your application electronically, and then submit your signed hard-copy original and two copies to the GSAS Office of Academic and Student Affairs at 6 Washington Square North, 2nd Floor.
Date: NYU will have two internal deadlines, the first is for students who would like to receive feedback. The first deadline is late February and the second is early March. Applications due to the U.S. Department of Education mid-April.
Description: Fellowship awarded annually for study and research in France or Québec by the Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, be affiliated with an American college or university, become members of the SPFFA at the time of their application and have a sufficient command of spoken and written French to pursue their proposed studies and/or research. Applications in all disciplines are considered, but applicants in literature, art, music, history, social sciences and communications have priority. Candidates not yet having studied or pursued a research project in the country for which they are applying also have priority.
Amount: $20,000 (US). The exact stipend depends on the academic level of the proposed project and the length of stay requested; summer and one-semester fellowships are pro-rated accordingly and payable shortly before the beginning of the fellowship period.
Application: See <http://www.spffa-us.org/Bourses.html> for application procedure. To ensure candidates’ membership in the SPFFA, all 2014-15 Marandon Fellowship applications must be accompanied by a check for $20, payable to the SPFFA.
Dates: Call goes out in the Fall, applications are due in early December.
Description: The Walter J. Jensen Fellowship is awarded for at least six months of study in France. The
purpose of the award is to help educators and researchers improve education in standard French language, literature and culture and in the study of standard French in the United States.
Qualifications: Candidates must be U.S. citizens under the age of 40 who can demonstrate their career does or will involve active use of the French language. They must have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution with a 3.0 minimum GPA in French language and literature as a major. They must demonstrate superior competence in French, according to the standards established by the American Association of Teachers of French. The recipient must report to Phi Beta Kappa every two months in both English and French. At the end of the fellowship, the Fellow must submit a summary report in English and French, which may be submitted (preferably in French) to a scholarly publication such as The French Review. Preference may be given to members of Phi Beta Kappa and educators at the secondary school level or higher.
Amount: At least $10,000 stipend ($15,900 2017 amount), plus round-trip, economy-class ticket for the recipient to travel to France; some additional support may be available to those with dependents.
Application: See the Phi Kappa Beta website for the application procedures:
<https://www.pbk.org/Awards/Jensen>
Dates: TBA
Description: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships support graduate students who will study a modern language as an integral part of an academic program. FLAS applicants should have scholarly and professional interests that focus on a given geographic region and must demonstrate a strong commitment to the study of that region in their applications.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status.
Academic Year FLAS fellowships will consist of 24 points of NYU tuition remission and a stipend of at least $15,000. Academic Year FLAS fellowships are for students engaged in a domestic or overseas program of full-time language and area or international studies coursework.
For projects in Western European languages,
<http://cems.as.nyu.edu/object/cems.grad.fellowships> [not administered since 2010]
For projects in Middle Eastern languages: <http://as.nyu.edu/neareaststudies/maprogram/scholarships-and-funding/foreign-language-and-area-studies-flasfellowships.html>
For projects in Latin American and Carribean languages:
<http://as.nyu.edu/clacs/academics/graduate/scholarships-and-funding/foreignlanguage-and-area-studies-fellowships-flas.html> Application: Refer to links above.
Dates: Variable.
International Dissertation Research Fellowships <http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrffellowship/>for students enrolled in PhD humanities and humanistic social science programs at US universities, regardless of citizenship, to complete nine to twelve months of on-site research on non-US dissertation topics. Applications open mid-August; due in early November.
Description: Fellowships are available to advanced doctoral students in GSAS who are completing research and writing their dissertations. Preference will be given to those most likely to finish. These awards may not be used to cover tuition. Departments may nominate a maximum of three students for the Dean’s Dissertation Fellowships.
Qualifications: Nominated students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.3; have no more than two incompletes, N, or F grades; and meet the GSAS policy requirements for time to degree.
It is expected that students be actively engaged in dissertation research as certified by the DGS/Chair. The Department must check these requirements for each student the department nominates. It is expected that these awards will enable students to complete their dissertation and graduate at the end of the award year.
Amount: $28,145 stipend (2018-19 amount), a waiver of maintenance of matriculation fees, and 100% coverage of the NYU comprehensive health insurance plan for an individual.
Application: See GSAS Awards website, <http://gsas.nyu.edu/financial-support/fellowships.html>
for complete information. Submit to the Department an application form, CV, dissertation chapter (highly recommended), outline, project description, and three letters of recommendation, including one letter from the thesis advisor in electronic and paper formats. The Graduate Studies Committee will nominees from amongst the applicants.
Dates: Call goes out in mid-September. Applications due to the Department mid-October. Awards announced December or January.
Description: Each year, the Humanities Initiative offers two Research Fellowships to graduate students in the humanities and art disciplines, including but not limited to history, art history, music, philosophy, cultural studies, literary and language studies, religious studies, drama and performance studies, cinema studies, and gender studies. Fellows are expected to be present in New York within the University community for the entire year of their residency. They will meet on a weekly basis to discuss their work-in-progress and that of invited guests, and will participate in Initiative activities, including the planning of an annual humanities festival.
Amount: At least Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship amount + $2,000
Application: Please see <https://nyuhumanities.org/fellowships/> for a list of required documents.
Student applications should be submitted in both paper and electronic formats to the Department for nomination, who will forward selected applications to the Humanities
Initiative.
Dates: Applications due to the Department early November and at the Humanities Initiative mid November.
Description: The estate of the late Classics professor Lane Cooper of Cornell awards one fellowship to an advanced graduate student who is writing his/her dissertation and intends to pursue a teaching career in history, literature, philosophy or classical and medieval languages. Research may concern any period up to and including, but not later than, the Renaissance. Preference is given to students who must undertake research abroad. Recipients must submit a final progress report to the New York Community Trust.
Amount: Same as GSAS Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (see above).
Application: Same as GSAS Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (see above. Please note that the Graduate Studies Committee may choose only one nominee for the Lane Cooper).
Dates: Same as GSAS Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (see above).
Description: One-year* dissertation fellowship awarded to outstanding students of the Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture who have passed their PhD Qualifying Exam as well as the Doctoral Prospectus Exam. The award selection is made by the Graduate Studies Committee, which reserves the right to issue half-year awards.
Amount: $28,145 stipend (2018-19 amount), waiver of maintenance of matriculation fees, and 100% coverage of the NYU comprehensive health insurance plan for an individual.
Application: Interested students must submit the following to the Director of Graduate Studies: Dissertation prospectus; Bibliography; Description of work already done and program of work envisaged for the fellowship year; Chapter of the dissertation (if possible); Name(s) of the advisor(s).
Dates: TBA.
Description: One-year* dissertation fellowship awarded to outstanding students of the Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture who have passed their PhD Qualifying Exam as well as the Doctoral Prospectus Exam. The award selection is made by the Graduate Studies Committee, which reserves the right to issue half-year awards.
Amount: Same as Dulau Dissertation Fellowship (above).
Application: Same as Dulau Dissertation Fellowship (above).
Dates: Same as Dulau Dissertation Fellowship (above).
Description: One-year* dissertation fellowship awarded to outstanding students of the Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture who have passed their PhD Qualifying Exam as well as the Doctoral Prospectus Exam. The award selection is made by the Graduate Studies Committee, which reserves the right to issue half-year awards.
Amount: Same as Dulau Dissertation Fellowship (above).
Application: Same as Dulau Dissertation Fellowship (above).
Dates: Same as Dulau Dissertation Fellowship (above).
*The department reserves the right to award any of the above fellowships for a half rather than a full year.
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship
<http://woodrow.org/fellowships/newcombe/>
Dissertation completion fellowship for students working in the field of ethics or religion.
Eligibility: Must be candidates for PhD or ThD degrees in an American doctoral program at a graduate school located in the United States; have all pre-dissertation requirements fulfilled by the application deadline November 15, 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 and is expected to complete the dissertation during the tenure of the award and submit completed dissertations by August of the following academic year; have never held a similar national award for the final year of dissertation writing;plan to write on topics where ethical or religious values are a central concern; and have never applied for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship before.
<http://woodrow.org/fellowships/womens-studies/>
Dissertation completion fellowship that “encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries”.
Eligibility: Must be candidates for PhD or ThD degrees in an American doctoral program at a graduate school located in the United States; have all pre-dissertation requirements fulfilled by the application deadline October 15, including approval of the dissertation proposal; be in the writing stage of the dissertation; be working in the field of women’s studies; and expect to complete the dissertation during the tenure of the award and submit completed dissertations by August of the following academic year.
Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust <http://www.dekarman.org/> Dissertation completion fellowship of $25,000 (2018-19 amount) for students studying at programs in the US, preference given to the humanities. Applications due late January.
<http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/dissertationcompletion>Dissertation completion fellowship of $27,500 (2018-19 amount) for a topic within or substantially overlapping European Studies. US citizens or permanent residents. Application opens early September; due late January.
Description: The annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship, administered by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. The 2019 Fellowship will be for Greek Studies. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature.
Qualifications: Candidates must be unmarried women between the ages of 25 and 35 (inclusive) who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research. They must hold a doctorate or have fulfilled all the requirements for a doctorate except the dissertation, and they must be planning to devote full-time work to research during the Fellowship year. The award is not restricted to members of Phi Beta Kappa or to U.S. citizens. Periodic progress reports from the Fellow will be welcomed, and it is the hope of the Committee that the results of the year of research will be printed in some form.
Amount: $20,000 stipend. The stipend will be paid in two installments, the first on July 1 of the award year, and the second on the next January 1, unless the Fellowship Committee orders the stipend withheld because the Fellow has disregarded the purpose of the award as stated by the donor.
Application: See website: <https://www.pbk.org/Awards/Sibley> for complete information.
Dates: Call goes out in October 1st. Applications due in January. Awards announced in mid-May.
American Association of University Women <http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educationalfunding-and-awards/> completion fellowship for US citizen women. Applications open August 1; application deadline mid-November.
Ford Foundation Fellowships <http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/> dissertation completion fellowship for minority US citizens and US nationals. Applications open in September; due in mid-November.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation <http://woodrow.org/> Dissertation fellowships for students enrolled in PhD programs at US universities, including focus in Religion and Ethics and in Women’s Studies. Applications open late August; due in mid-November.
The MLA publishes an extensive listing of Fellowships and Grants in its September Directory issue. The Department Chair subscribes to the journal; photocopies of the Fellowships and Grants section will be on hand for interested students.
The Office of Academic and Student Affairs (OASA) at NYU has a collection of publications listing fellowship and grant sources. Though some material may be out of date, there is also useful information there for students willing to search for it. OASA is located at 1/2 Fifth Avenue, between Washington Square North and Washington Mews. The OASA also has information on its website: <http://gsas.nyu.edu/financial-support/fellowships.html>
<http://www.foundationcenter.org> This is an on-line source for over 10,000 grants and fellowships. It costs $19.95/month to have access to the service, or you can walk over to the Foundation Center headquarters on Fifth Avenue and 16th Street and use the service for free.
<http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/fellowships> has a searchable database of external fellowships, sortable by discipline, demographics, citizenship status, and other criteria.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid <http://www.fafsa.ed.gov>
Names of sources of post-doctoral opportunities: American Council of Learned Societies; Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship; Princeton Society of Fellows; Columbia Society of Fellows; Columbia INTERACT Institute for Comparative Literature and Society; Newberry Library Post-Doctoral Long-Term and Short-Term Fellowships; French Embassy Research in Paris program; NYU MAP Post-Doctoral lectureship; Department of French Post-Doctoral Language Lecturer