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

Deadline: June 1, 2020, 11:59 p.m

Amount: $1,000

Synopsis of Program: 

This award, which honors the memories of Monette, a poet and author, and his partner, Horwitz, an attorney, will be given for the best dissertation in LGTBQ Studies, broadly defined, by a PhD candidate within the City University of New York system. The dissertation should have been defended in the previous year. Adjudicated by the CLAGS fellowships committee.

For additional information: http://clags.org/fellowships-and-awards3/#PaulMonette

Deadline: June 1, 2020, 11:59 p.m

Amount: $2,000

Synopsis of Program: 

An award to be given annually for a graduate student, an academic, or an independent scholar for work on a dissertation, a first book manuscript, or a second book manuscript. The CLAGS Fellowship is open to intellectuals contributing to the field of LGBTQ studies. Intended to give the scholar the most help possible in furthering their work, the fellowship will be able to be used for research, travel, or writing support. Adjudicated by the CLAGS fellowships committee.

For additional information: http://clags.org/fellowships-and-awards3/#clagsfellowship