Deadline: February 3, 2020

Amount: $25,000

Synopsis of Program: The Schomburg Archival Dissertation Fellowship will beawarded to astudent in any field of the humanities or social sciences who will significantly gain from an academic year in residency at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. While in residence, fellows will participate in bi-weekly seminar meetings of the Schomburg Scholars-in-Residence Program and will receiveaccess to office spaceand a computer. Of particular interest are interdisciplinary dissertations that treat some significant aspect of the African Diaspora, including the culture and history of African Americans, and that draw from specific collections of The Schomburg Center. Fellows will deliver a public lecture about their projects in the spring of theaward year. The fellowship provides a stipend of $25,000 and covers in-state tuition.

For additional information: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/CUNY_GC/media/CUNY-Graduate-Center/PDF/Provost/Fellowships/2020-21- CUNY-Schomburg-Dissertation-Fellowship-Guidelines-and-Instructions.pdf