The Futures Initiative is seeking applications from Graduate Center doctoral students in any field for a 2022-2023 fellowship. Our Doctoral Fellows are at the heart of the Futures Initiative, and the work we do is designed to support our mission and the professional goals of every Fellow. Our past fellows have gone on to do meaningful, inspiring work, both in the academy and beyond. There is one new opening for CUNY Peer Leaders Facilitator.

This is a one-year position, and may possibly be renewed for one additional year (two additional years for students who have not received five-year GC fellowships). Doctoral students who have backgrounds underrepresented in the academy are especially encouraged to apply. Futures Initiative Fellowships offer a minimum total compensation of approximately $28,861, NYSHIP eligibility and in-state tuition remission for Fellows who are within their first 10 registered semesters of study. Fellows are required to work 450 hours for the academic year (225 hours per semester). This translates into 15 hours of work per week during each 15-week semester. Determinations of re-appointments are made on an annual basis depending on individual eligibility, GC needs, and available funding.

In Fall 2022, the Provost’s Office will present a $1,000 Excellence in Teaching Award to a Graduate Center doctoral candidate in each of the three clusters, and a $1,000 Excellence in Mentoring Award to a Graduate Center faculty member in each of the three clusters.

A doctoral program may nominate one student for the teaching award. To be considered, each student must submit:

• a one to two-page statement reflecting on teaching at CUNY;
• a CV;
• a syllabus for a recent course;
• a sample assignment, with a short description of its role in the course;
• a copy of observation report;
• names and contact info for three current or former students.

All currently matriculated GC doctoral students are eligible for this award.

Deadline: May 2, 2022

As part of a new Mellon Foundation-supported consortium, Crossing Latinidades: Emerging Scholars and New Comparative Directions, the Graduate Center invites pre-candidacy doctoral students who plan to work on Latino studies dissertations to apply to participate in a summer institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. The selected students will also be considered for $30,000 research fellowships.

We are also helping faculty at the Graduate Center and across CUNY apply for the program’s Collaborative, Cross Institutional Research Working Groups in Latino Humanities Studies, which come with a $310,000 award. Graduate Center faculty are invited to apply for this opportunity. Learn more about Crossing Latinidades and how to apply for the funding opportunities here.

Victoria Stone-Cadena, Ph.D., associate director of CLACLS and a member of the Crossing Latinidades Initiative advisory committee, is available to answer questions and can be reached at vstone@gc.cuny.edu.

Deadline: Monday, January 31, 2022.