RAC Spring 23 Course Fellowship Opportunity in Applied History/Public History

The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the CUNY Graduate Center is offering up to eight $1,250 fellowships for participants in a Spring 2023 course developed in collaboration with the Rockefeller Archive Center on “Twentieth Century American Foundations.” Information about the Archive Center’s holdings and finding aid are available at https://rockarch.org/. Candidates should submit a one-page description of their research topic and how it relates to their more general research interests. Submissions should be sent as a single PDF file with materials arranged as follows: (1) cover sheet; (2) project description; (3) brief statement about why the applicant is interested in the fellowship in terms of their larger career goals; (4) a resumé or CV; (5) a writing sample or other documentation (if any). Proposals and questions should be sent via email to the Associate Director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Barbara Leopold, at bleopold@gc.cuny.edu.

Deadline: November 14, 2022

 

Short-Term International Fellowship in Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and RFCUNY International Fellowship for Research in Japan (short-term) provides opportunities for pre/post-doctoral researchers from the US to conduct under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. Covers cost of round trip-ticket and overseas travel insurance and provides a monthly allowance and research support stipend. More information can be found here.

Deadline: November 25, 2022

 

Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) Fellowship

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 advantage of mentoring, professional development, and editorial feedback on their dissertation projects while participating in a weekly seminar designed to keep the participants on a regular writing schedule. Fellows will receive a $5,000 stipend.  All participants are expected to attend the weekly seminar in person. More information can be found here.

Deadline: December 21, 2022, 4pm

 

Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship

The Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship Competition is a yearly competition for Level III students who plan to be at the writing stage during the following academic year. Students can apply for a number of different dissertation fellowships (both general and specialized) using the same application. Awards are made as funds become available. More information can be found here.

Deadline: January 17, 2023

 

ERI Knickerbocker Archival Research Grant in American Studies

The Early Research Initiative Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies is designed to support doctoral students whose projects necessitate work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) during the summer of 2023. Particular attention will be given to research projects that are interdisciplinary in nature. Students need not be members of the American Studies Certificate Program in order to apply, but their research must intersect with American Studies (broadly construed) in some discernible way.

The Early Research Initiative Award for Archival Research in African American and African Diaspora Studies will support doctoral students for work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) during the summer of 2023 that focuses directly on the history, society, and culture of Africans and persons of African descent.  Particular attention will be given to research projects that are interdisciplinary in nature.  In addition to the general requirements for Early Research Initiative Awards for Archival Research, successful candidates for the African American and African Diaspora Studies Award will be required to organize and participate in a roundtable discussion of “African Diaspora Studies and the Archive.” If you have questions, please contact Rachel Sponzo at rsponzo@gc.cuny.edu. ​​More information can be found here.

Deadline: January 31, 2023, 3pm

 

Doctoral Student Research Grant (DSRG)

Through the Doctoral Student Research Grant (DSRG) program, Graduate Center doctoral students in years 2 through 6 are eligible for individual awards of up to $1,500, which can be spent on expenses such as conference and research travel, compensation for human subjects, and more. This program is excellent preparation for any major grant opportunities you may apply for later in your career.

Deadline: January 31, 2023

 

CUNY/Schomburg Archival Dissertation Fellowship

The Schomburg Archival Dissertation Fellowship will be awarded to a student 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 receive access to office space and 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 the specific collections of The Schomburg Center.  Fellows will deliver a public lecture about their projects in the spring of the award year. Depending on developments with COVID-19, this fellowship could be partly remote.  The Schomburg award provides a financial aid fellowship of $25,000 and covers in-state tuition. More information can be found here.

Deadline: February 3, 2023, 5pm

 

Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship

This program seeks to facilitate the transition from coursework to advanced individualized research. It is geared toward Level II students and awards $4,000 to conduct summer research. Recipients will undertake such activities including, but not limited to, initial field work, preliminary data collection, travel related to research, supplementary training in methods or techniques, or specialized language instruction. This program does not support conference attendance. More information can be found here.

Deadline: February 6, 2023, 3pm

 

Connect New York Fellowship

These $4,000 fellowships will be offered to Graduate Center Ph.D. students from any program conducting research on New York City and its environs (including, but not limited to: the city’s natural and artificial environments; its architectural landscapes; its infrastructure; city planning; city politics; its prominence as a global and economic hub; the city’s political, cultural, and social histories; its foodways; its flows of population; its communities; its ethnoscapes, soundscapes, mediascapes, and ideoscapes; and its evolving urban ecosystems). More information can be found here.

Deadline: February 13, 2023

 

ERI/PublicsLab Summer Public Research Fellowship

These summer fellowships are offered to Graduate Center doctoral students from any program conducting research with a distinctive interdisciplinary turn whose main question is driven by public needs and priorities. More information can be found here.

Deadline: February 14, 2023

 

Art Science Connect Research Fellowship

These $5,000 fellowships are offered for Graduate Center Ph.D. students from any program conducting research whose main question is driven by an exploration of topics that intersect or overlap art and science. More information can be found here.

Deadline: February 15, 2023, 5pm