Students: Graduate Information
Current Students: Fellowships & Grants
This is a list of both internal and external fellowships. The external fellowships listed below are by no means an exhaustive list. For further information, you might consult the "Fellowships and Grants" section of the MLA's annual Directory or on-line at http://www.mla.org/.Departmental Fellowships
The Corbett Fellowship is a one-quarter departmental fellowship (winter or spring 2008) for a dissertation student (someone who has completed the dissertation prospectus colloquium and has an approved prospectus). A stipend is paid that is the equivalent of a 50% GTA appointment. Students in their first year without funding are also eligible for the award. Students who have been awarded and/or are applying for another departmental dissertation fellowship (Summer, Estrich, and Departmental Dissertation Fellowship) are also eligible to apply. Students being nominated for the Graduate School's Presidential Fellowship are also eligible to apply for the Corbett Fellowship, but a student may not hold both fellowships. Information about the application process may be found in the English graduate studies Handbook. Deadline: October 12, 2007.
Departmental Dissertation/Thesis Fellowships. These quarter-long fellowships (winter or spring 2008) are for Ph.D. students who have fully drafted two chapters of the dissertation or their equivalent, and for M.F.A. students who have fully drafted one-third of the thesis or its equivalent. Students who are in their first year without funding are also eligible to apply. However, students who have held this fellowship in the last two years are ineligible. Ph.D. students being nominated for the Estrich Fellowship or applying for the Corbett Fellowship may compete for and be awarded the Dissertation Fellowship as well. Students being nominated for the Graduate School's Presidential Fellowship are also eligible to apply for the Dissertation/Thesis Fellowship, but a student may not actually hold both fellowships. Fellowship recipients will receive a stipend of the equivalent of a 50% GTA appointment. Information about the application process may be found in the English graduate studies Handbook. Deadline: October 12, 2007.
The Robert Estrich Fellowship is a one-quarter departmental fellowship (winter or spring 2008) for a dissertation student (someone who has completed the dissertation prospectus colloquium and has an approved prospectus). Students who have been awarded and/or are applying for another departmental dissertation fellowship (Summer, Corbett, and Departmental Dissertation Fellowship) are also eligible to apply. Students being nominated for the Graduate School's Presidential Fellowship may also be nominated for the Estrich Fellowship, but a student may not hold both fellowships. A stipend is paid that is the equivalent of a 50% GTA appointment. Information about the application process may be found in the English graduate studies Handbook. Note: Students must be nominated by their dissertation director. Deadline: October 12, 2007.
The Mary Lundie Stewart Vorman Scholarship Fund provides funding for at least one quarter for a student working on a dissertation on or including the study of literature from the British/Irish Celtic Fringe. The first preference is for literature of the Scottish Highlands, but the Graduate Studies Committee will also consider projects including the study of other Celtic, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh literature. To apply, submit a letter outlining the project, a copy of your approved dissertation prospectus, a letter of support from your adviser, and a brief CV no later than the end of the sixth week before the quarter in which you hope to be funded. For more information, please contact the Graduate Program and Policy Committee Chair.
University Fellowships
The Presidential Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of $1,800 for 12 months to Ph.D. students entering the final phase of their dissertation research and writing. M.F.A. students entering their third year of study and the final stages of their terminal degree projects are also eligible. Note: Students applying for the fellowship must be nominated by their director. The Graduate Studies Program & Policy Committee then decides which applicants to forward to the Graduate School for the university-wide competition. Guidelines are available in the English Graduate Studies Program Office (425 Denney Hall) or from the Graduate School http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/Content.aspx?Content=48&itemid=2. Please note that students need to have at least one letter of reference from an external reviewer. Departmental Deadline: October 5, 2007. For spring quarter, check the Graduate School's web site for the deadline.
The Ray Travel Award of the Council of Graduate Students (formerly the Professional Development Fund) awards up to $450 to reimburse or partially reimburse the expenses incurred by graduate students during travel to conferences and meetings to present original research. The PDF does not fund discussants or respondents, only those students presenting original research. Eligibility and application information is available at http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/ray.aspx. Deadline: TBA (usually early October). This is a quarterly competition; check the CGS web site for the deadline for winter and spring quarter deadlines.
The Graduate School's Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship Program awards up to $2000 for research support to doctoral candidates and MFA students working on their theses. Further information and application materials are available on line: http://www.gradsch.osu.edu (click on the link to "Financial Support"). Autumn 2007 Deadline: October 12, 2007. For spring quarter, the deadline is usually early April. Check the Graduate School's web site for up-to-date information.
External Fellowships
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowships are available to women who will complete their dissertation writing between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposal or plan by November 15, 2007. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW Educational Foundation fellowship year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study, except engineering. Scholars engaged in researching gender issues are encouraged to apply. The annual stipend is $20,000. For applications, see the AAUW Web site at http://www.aauw.org/. Deadline: November 15, 2007.
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships offer 28 fellowships that award $23,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing. The fellowships are designed to "encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences," including religious or ethical issues reflected in literature. Information about the application process can be found on-line at http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe. Deadline: November 5, 2007.
Huntington Library Fellowships. Grants of up to $2500/month are available for short-term residences at the Huntington Library. For further information, see the Library's Web site at http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html. Deadline: December 15, 2007.
MLA Graduate Student Travel Grant. Each year the MLA offers $100 travel grants to advanced graduate students as partial reimbursement of expenses for travel to and attendance in pre-convention workshops, sessions in their areas of scholarly interest, meetings with job counselors, or interviews at its annual convention held in December. Students must be current members of the MLA (the deadline to join the association or renew membership in order to qualify for the grant was 30 June 2007) and must meet all the requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation. For additional information or details on how to apply, please refer to the MLA Web site at http://www.mla.org/resources/awards/award_finasst/conv_travel_assist. Deadline: November 1, 2007.
The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. The Spencer Foundation offers approximately 30 fellowships of $25,000 to support dissertations bringing "fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world." For further information, consult http://www.spencer.org under "Grant Programs," then "Fellowship Awards." Deadline: November 2, 2007.
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies are designed to encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Recent winning topics in English studies include "Indexing Gender in Computer-Mediated Classrooms" and "Relations of Power: Femme/Butch Articulations with the Political." Fifteen grants of $3,000 will be awarded. Applicants must have an approved prospectus by the grant deadline date. Applications may be requested from wswh@woodrow.org or on-line at http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/. Deadline: October 9, 2007.
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants. The Keats-Shelley Association of America, Inc., awards two $2,500 grants annually to support research in the field of British Romanticism. Named in honor of the Association's most generous benefactor, the Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants support the work of advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and untenured faculty. The awards honor the late Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., a past President of the Association and among its most vigorous advocates. He also headed The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, Inc., long distinguished for funding scholarship centered on early nineteenth-century English literature. Applications are solicited for this year's $2,500 Research Grants, which will be announced in December 2007. Winners will be guests of the Keats-Shelley Association at its Annual Awards Dinner, held during the MLA annual convention. . Form more information visit: http://www.rc.umd.edu/ksaa/grants.html Deadline: November 1, 2007.
Institute of Historical Research Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities. The Institute of Historical Research offers fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for both pre-dissertation and dissertation research in the humanities using original sources. The purposes of this fellowship programme are to: help doctoral candidates in the humanities who may otherwise not have opportunities or encouragement to work with original source materials in the United Kingdom; help doctoral candidates in the humanities to deepen their ability to develop knowledge from original sources; provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed most helpfully in the future. Applications forms and further details can be downloaded from the Web site: http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/. The closing date is January 15, 2007.
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships. Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. For more information, visit: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/. Predoctoral Fellowship Application Deadline: November 15, 2007.
The Five College Fellowship Program for Minority Scholars and the Ford Foundation Fellowships for Minorities provides year-long residencies at one of the member campuses for doctoral students completing dissertations. The chief goal of the program is to promote diversity in the Academy while familiarizing Fellows with the five institutions. The program's intention is to support scholars from under-represented groups, and/or scholars with unique interests and histories, whose engagement in the Academy will enrich scholarship and teaching. The selection of Fellows is carried out by the hosting institution where each Fellow will reside within an academic department and be provided with a stipend, office space, and other benefits. Date of Fellowship: September 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009 (non-renewable); Stipend: $30,000; Review of Applications Begins: December 3, 2007; Awards will be announced by March 2008. Questions about the program may be directed to: Nate Therien (ntherien@fivecolleges.edu) or Nancy Eckert (neckert@fivecolleges.edu) at Five Colleges Incorporated.
The Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship in Lesbian and Gay Studies supports research by a junior scholar (graduate student, untenured university professor or independent researcher) and a senior scholar (tenured university professor or advanced independent scholar) into the impact of lesbians and/or gay men on U.S. society and culture. Scholars conducting research on lesbians are especially encouraged to apply. It is open to researchers both inside and outside the academy and is adjudicated by the Joan Heller—Diane Bernard Fellowship committee in conjunction with the City University of New York Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. The winner may be asked to participate in the City University of New York Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies colloquium series the following academic year to present her/his research project. Award: Two awards each in the amount of $5,000. Deadline: November 15, 2007.
