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Media studies phd receives nyu's outstanding dissertation award.

Harris Kornstein, who completed their PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication in Fall 2021, has received the highly competitive university-wide NYU Award for Outstanding Dissertation on the Topic of Inequality .

Kornstein's dissertation, "Queer Enchantment: Contours, Cruising, Crystal Visions, and Other Queer Tactics for (Not) Being Seen," examines the intersections of queerness and surveillance capitalism, proposing “queer enchantment” as a set of for avoiding, mitigating, and directly challenging observation. Drawing on digital media theory and queer studies, Kornstein documents creative queer/trans cultural practices like drag performance, queer-run transportation networks, and mystical spiritual practices like tarot and astrology that counter both social and digital forms of control. Contrary to traditional discourses of privacy or transparency, queer enchantment techniques operate less by withholding data or opting out, and rather by taking advantage of the paradoxical hyper- and in-visibility that many queer and trans people playfully modulate through affect, play, and allure—ultimately overwhelming both the senses and the sensors.

Harris Kornstein is currently an Assistant Professor of Public & Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona.

Photos from Kornstein's dissertation, on using drag makeup techniques to confound facial recognition algorithms.

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January 2024 graduation - Doctoral Dissertation Submission Checklist

         Preliminary dissertation deadline: December 1, 2023

         Final dissertation deadline: January 12, 2024

May 2024 graduation - Doctoral Dissertation Submission Checklist

         Preliminary dissertation deadline: March 29, 2024

         Final dissertation deadline: May 3, 2024

September 2024 graduation - Doctoral Dissertation Submission Checklist

         Preliminary dissertation deadline: August 2, 2024

         Final dissertation deadline: September 6, 2024

Note: GSAS submission deadlines are earlier than University Graduation Deadlines .

Please Note: The Office of the Registrar takes up to a month AFTER  the graduation date to fully process all degrees.  DO NOT  count on being able to demonstrate completion of your degree on or soon after the graduation date simply because you turned everything in by the deadline. If you need proof of degree completion, please plan to get all your materials submitted and defend your dissertation well before the final deadline. Please also contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs at the email address below so we are aware that you may need your degree requirements reviewed in an expedited manner. If you wait to tell us until after the deadline, we will not be able to do much to help speed the process for you.

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Dissertation Submission In Six Steps:

The following guide presents the necessary steps involved in a doctoral candidate's dissertation submission as required by the Graduate School of Arts and Science. All candidates should check with their dissertation advisor and department administrator regarding additional departmental requirements.  Some additional helpful information regarding these steps and other graduation related issues that we are frequently asked about may be found in this document .

• The candidate must meet with his or her dissertation advisor to discuss research goals, timeframes, and scheduling of an oral defense. If an outside reader is being considered as part of the dissertation committee, the candidate's department must complete and sign the Outside Dissertation Reader Approval Form to include in the candidate's graduation file. 
• The candidate is required to register for graduation on Albert at least 3 months prior to the expected date of graduation. Application deadlines may be found here . Preliminary Dissertation Filing Steps
• One copy of the Title Page, unsigned. If you will need to have this electronically signed, please also submit to us the name and official University email address of your advisor and we will have this done. If you are gathering a physical signature, then only the unsigned Title Page is needed.
• Survey of Earned Doctorates, submit the completion certificate
• Dissertation Publishing Agreement submitted on the ProQuest site when you submit your preliminary dissertation. We do not need to receive a separate copy.
• Dissertation Abstract submitted on the ProQuest site when you submit your preliminary dissertation. We do not need to receive a separate copy.
• A candidate must upload his or her dissertation to ProQuest by the preliminary dissertation submission deadline . The preliminary dissertation submission will be reviewed for adherence to the formatting requirements, not content. (The dissertation advisor oversees content review.) Once the preliminary dissertation is reviewed, the candidate will receive an email notification that details formatting changes that need to be made before final submission. However, candidate do not have to wait for the preliminary dissertation review email, and should upload any new revision to their ProQuest account when it's ready. The latest revision on ProQuest will be reviewed.  Final Dissertation Filing Steps
• The candidate is advised to take the Doctoral Thesis Oral Defense Form to the oral defense. The dissertation committee Chair and members sign the Doctoral Thesis Oral Defense Form according to the result of the oral defense in the spaces provided and return it to the department administrator,  by the final dissertation deadline . You may not handle this form once committee members begin to sign. If gathering some or all physical signatures is not possible, the department administrator will help gather the remaining digital signature(s). The department administrator will then forward the Doctoral Thesis Oral Defense Form to Office of the Registrar. If revisions to the dissertation are required by dissertation committee member(s), the Chair will retain the form until the revisions are made. 
• After editing the text to ensure it is consistent with the comments made during the defense and and any comments you may have received from the review of the preliminary dissertation upload, the candidate must upload a final dissertation to ProQuest by the final dissertation deadline , using the link provided after the preliminary dissertation review or by login to your ProQuest account. Occasionally such a large volume of dissertations may be submitted that we are unable to review the formatting for everyone before the final deadline date. The final dissertation filing date is for content only, so whether or not you have received formatting revisions, make sure you have uploaded the final version of your dissertation in regards to content by this date. If you and your committee are satisfied with the content of your initial upload, then there is no need to upload again until you have made any requested formatting corrections. You will have plenty of time to correct any formatting issues after the final deadline should you need it. If you elected to get a physical signature on your Title Page, you must also submit a signed copy at this time. Steps beyond dissertation submission
• The candidate should check with his/her department to ensure all degree requirements have been met, and the department have submitted the signed Doctoral Thesis Oral Defense Form  to the Office of the Registrar by the graduation deadline .
• The candidate should contact the Office of the Bursar to confirm that his/her account is not in arrears.
• The candidate should review his/her permanent address on Albert . Diplomas will be mailed to this address, unless the candidate indicated a specific diploma address. You may also elect to have your official or preferred name on your diploma at this time.

Note: Completion of these steps does not guarantee conferral of a candidate's degree. The final conferral decision rests with the Graduate School of Arts and Science and New York University's Office of the Registrar. After completing the final dissertation submission, candidates should contact the Office of the Registrar at [email protected] if there are any questions regarding graduation status or degree conferral.

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Each spring, New York University recognizes the best dissertation of the academic year , focusing their search on a handful of categories: Arts & Humanities, Public Health & Allied Health, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences, as well as on the Provost's current priorities and cross-school initiatives (such as aging, inequality, and urban studies).

This year, two 2020 Tandon grads garnered prizes, with Junaid Farooq’s "Cyber-Physical Dynamic Decision Mechanisms for Large Scale Internet of Things Systems & Networks" taking top honors in the Technology and Applied Science subcategory of Science & Technology, and Zhengbo Zou’s "Towards Emotionally Intelligent Buildings: An Integrated Approach to Quantify Human Emotions in Designed Spaces" chosen from among all the Urban entries.

The awards’ committee praised their work’s scholarly rigor, writing quality, and potential for academic and social impact and noted that their accomplishments were all the more noteworthy given the challenges of 2020.

Farooq and Zou were both pleased to receive the news, and they had happy news of their own to report: each had landed a professorship at a highly regarded school and embarked on what will undoubtedly be a long, satisfying career.

We talked to them to find out about their graduate school experience, their research, and their new jobs.

Junaid Farooq

My academic journey began at the National University of Sciences and Technology in my native Islamabad, Pakistan, and after earning my bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering there, I entered the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, where I undertook my master’s studies.

Then I started working as a research assistant at a private research and development organization in Doha focused on emerging mobility and wireless technologies, and I was considering remaining in Qatar to pursue a career in industry. That changed, however, after I spoke to Professor Quanyan Zhu , who heads the Laboratory for Agile and Resilient Complex Systems at NYU Tandon. He is so passionate about his field and he conveys his excitement so well that I immediately knew that I wanted to work with him.

Some of the research I conducted in his lab involved developing decision-making methods in mission-critical Internet of Things (IoT) applications, for example, emergency and first responder systems. In the future, you will see a new generation of 911 systems, where your smoke detector might be able to directly send help to your home, rather than relying on you to wake up and hear the alarm. That’s just one example of what’s possible when machines can communicate amongst each other and request services without human intervention.

This emerging IoT technology’s scope spans healthcare, energy, transportation, and manufacturing. However, the IoT itself is not a standalone system; it’s made up of a variety of different systems and components such as endpoint devices, communication networks, cloud computing systems, and user devices. Furthermore, the footprint of the IoT is massive and the constituent components are often operated and controlled by completely different entities. Therefore, to effectively manage and allow for the autonomous operation of IoT’s components, we must develop policies and decision frameworks  that are implementable on machines at scale.

In my dissertation I took an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on my understanding of the physical layer of communications, networking technologies, control systems, and operations research to unleash the power of the IoT. The dissertation set forth the theoretical foundations of decision and management science in IoT network design and operation. In it, I leveraged tools and theories from a diverse range of systems sciences such as mathematical epidemiology, spatial point processes, stochastic processes, optimal control theory, and optimization to address the challenges and problems at multiple levels across the IoT stack. In a nutshell, I attempted to close the gap between the theory of dynamic mechanism design, and wireless and IoT systems. The class of decision algorithms that I developed will enable the realization of future smart and connected cities with features including resilient communications infrastructure, next generation emergency response, critical infrastructure security, sensing and data markets.

I’m now working as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and I owe a lot of my success to Professor Zhu and NYU Tandon.

Zhengbo Zou

I earned my bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2014 from Tongji University, in Shanghai, and the following year, I received my master’s degree in Advanced Infrastructure Systems from Carnegie Mellon, where Semiha Ergan used to teach and had left her mark. She studies building informatics, the quantification of human experience in the built environment, and infrastructure information modeling and visualization — all in an attempt to make buildings healthier and more efficient. When I heard she had started her new career at NYU Tandon, I knew that was where I wanted to earn my doctoral degree. I share her goal to improve the built environment; it plays an essential role in our day-to-day lives since people spend more than 85% of their times indoors.

There have been studies at the intersection of neuroscience and architecture that have revealed the impact of architectural design features on human emotional experience. Specifically, well-designed facilities can result in faster recovery in hospitals (up to 30%), better learning in schools (up to 25%), and higher productivity in offices (up to 25%) depending on factors like the amount of natural daylight, windows, and ceiling height. On the other hand, poorly designed buildings can have a negative influence on the residents’ physical and psychological well-being, as seen in Sick Building Syndrome (SBS).

I sought to fill a gap in the field: previous studies of human emotional experience of built environments mostly involve soliciting occupants’ feedback of the designed spaces using post-construction surveys that are qualitative and after-the-fact, which means these results can’t be used to help shape design decisions and may contain biased or incomplete questions.

Drawing on my interdisciplinary background in construction management, sensing, and advanced visualization technologies like virtual reality, I developed a novel alternative method: presenting design alternates as virtual environments and conducting experiments to gauge subjects’ physiological responses while navigating the virtual environments. My dissertation, set out to (1) propose a mechanism to quantify design features’ impact on human emotional experience using an integrated approach that combines biometric sensing and virtual environments; (2) identify a set of biometric sensors and their signal features that are effective in quantifying human emotional experience; and (3) propose an algorithm to accurately classify human emotional experience in design alternates using biometric sensing data.

I am now working as an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. I miss NYU Tandon, but it’s very exciting to be in Canada with new colleagues.

Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Quanyan Zhu

“I am unequivocally proud that Junaid has been recognized with the NYU dissertation award, which I believe will be a splendid harbinger of many other awards for him in the future. His work is the best attestation to his tremendous energy, astounding creativity, and relentless dedication.”

Associate Professor of Civil & Urban Engineering and associated faculty member at the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) Semiha Ergan

“Zhengbo is a stellar researcher and well deserves such a recognition. His technical know-how and determination to do societally important work are all hallmarks of a true change-maker. I am sure we will hear great news about Zhengbo in years to come.”

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Dr. Yangjin Park, a 2022 graduate of NYU Silver’s PhD Program who is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, has received NYU’s 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences category for “Multiple Risk Patterns and Bullying Perpetration and Victimization among Children.” A Research Assistant at NYU Silver’s Center on Violence and Recovery during his doctoral studies, Dr. Park is committed to reducing violence and trauma among vulnerable populations.

Dr. Park’s award-winning dissertation uses a person-centered approach to examine the complex, underlying risk factors that make some children more susceptible to bullying perpetration and victimization; explores the association between internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing (e.g., conduct issues, impulsivity) behavior problems and bullying perpetration and victimization across risk groups; and evaluates whether family strength has a buffering effect. The three-paper dissertation is based on a secondary analysis of data on children aged six to ten from the 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health.

While prior research has established that multiple risk factors are associated with bullying perpetration and victimization, it has generally taken a cumulative risk approach, leading to one-size-fits-all interventions. By contrast, Dr. Park explored and disaggregated the underlying risk factors, providing insight into how they are experienced in children’s lives. He also found new evidence of a nuanced relationship between children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors and bullying perpetration and victimization. He further discovered that while family-based interventions are effective for children at low risk of bullying perpetration and victimization and those whose risks are primarily within the family domain, they are less effective for children who are exposed to either individual and environmental risks or multiple risks. “Although many children end up experiencing bullying,” Dr. Park wrote, “the present study offers a clearer picture of the distinctive patterns of risks and the pathways that led children to this outcome, suggesting the need to consider different prevention and intervention efforts across these groups.”

Associate Professor and PhD Program Director Rohini Pahwa welcomed the news of Dr. Park’s prestigious honor. “Jin is a skilled quantitative and qualitative researcher committed to violence prevention among children and families. His rigorous, well-written scholarship on the pressing issue of child bullying has relevance for social workers, clinicians, teachers, and policymakers.”

Dr. Park expressed appreciation to NYU Silver’s PhD Program and his dissertation committee. “I am deeply grateful for the unwavering support, constructive feedback, and warm-hearted mentorship provided by my advisor, Dr. Kathrine Sullivan. My statistical methods mentor, Dr. James Jaccard, provided invaluable guidance and encouragement and I cannot thank him enough. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Marya Gwadz for her emotional and academic support throughout my doctoral program. I am grateful to Dr. Briana Barocas and my CVR family, for the intellectually challenging environment, support, and love over the past five years. Finally, I feel deeply honored to have been a part of the NYU Silver’s PhD program. I could not have made it through without my cohort mates, Cora, Laura, Lynden, Ning, Pa, and Sejung, and I thank Dr. Pahwa for this incredible opportunity.”

Outside Funding Sources

This list is divided into three categories: IFA-Nominated Fellowships & Awards, Open-Application Fellowships, and Open-Application Grants & Awards. Please scroll to see all. All opportunities under each category are listed by their traditional deadline date.

IFA-NOMINATED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

Gsas summer fellowships.

All applicants must be nominated by the department.

GSAS Predoctoral Summer Fellowship: Fifteen awards of $2,000 are available to outstanding doctoral students who, within one year of the award, expect to complete any remaining coursework and requirements other than the dissertation. These awards are to be used for visits to research sites, such as archival resource facilities, laboratories and fieldwork locations that will be necessary for later sustained dissertation research.

Andrew Sauter Fellowship: One award of $2,500 is available to an outstanding doctoral student who, within one year of the award, expects to complete any remaining coursework and requirements other than the dissertation. The award supports the research and study abroad of graduate students in the humanities and social sciences and may be used for visits to research sites, such as archival resource facilities, libraries, laboratories and fieldwork locations that will be necessary for later sustained dissertation research.

Patricia Dunn Lehrman Fellowship: One award of $3,000 is available to an outstanding doctoral student who is working towards a dissertation in the field of arts in American society. Doctoral student applicants should, within one year of the award, expect to complete any remaining coursework and requirements other than the dissertation.

Robert Holmes Travel/Research Award for African Scholarship: Two awards of $2,500 are available to outstanding graduate students to support study and research in Africa. Doctoral student applicants should, within one year of the award, expect to complete any remaining coursework and requirements other than the dissertation. Exceptional Master’s students, proposing research contributing to their theses, are eligible to apply.

Traditional Deadline: Early-February

GSAS DEAN’S DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP

Dean's Dissertation Fellowships are available to eligible GSAS doctoral students in all departments who will be entering the final year of writing their dissertations. Departments may nominate up to two students for this award.

Traditional Deadline: October

GSAS JAMES ARTHUR FELLOWSHIP

Available to eligible GSAS doctoral students in all departments who will be entering the final year of writing or researching their dissertations. Departments may nominate one student for this award.

NYU CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP

Each year, fellowships are awarded to three advanced doctoral students in the humanities whose dissertation research shows particular promise. Fellows are expected to be in residence in New York within the University community for the entire year of their residency. Fellows receive a nine-month stipend of approximately $28,145, comprehensive health insurance, maintenance of matriculation and registration fees, and a research award of $2,000.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-November

CASVA FELLOWSHIPS

The stipend for predoctoral dissertation fellowships is $30,000 per year. Fellows in residence are provided with housing in apartments near the Gallery, subject to availability. In addition, predoctoral fellows receive allowances for travel, the amount depending on the terms of the fellowship.

David E. Finley Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 36 months. The first two years of the Finley Fellowship are intended for research and travel abroad to visit collections, museums, monuments, and sites related to a well-advanced dissertation in Western art. During this two-year period, residency abroad is expected, for which travel funds are available. The third year is to be spent in residence at the Center to complete the dissertation and to perform curatorial work. Part of the year in residence will be devoted to a research project, designed to complement the subject of the dissertation, at the Gallery or other Washington-area collections. A primary requirement for this fellowship is that the candidate have a significant interest in curatorial work.

Paul Mellon Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 36 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in European art and to enable a candidate to reside abroad for two years to develop expertise in a specific city, locality, or region related to the dissertation. The third year is to be spent in residence at the Center to complete the dissertation.

Samuel H. Kress Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in European art on a topic before the early nineteenth century. The Kress Fellow is expected to spend the first year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad and the second year at the Center to complete the dissertation, devoting half time to Gallery research projects designed to complement the subject of the dissertation and to provide curatorial experience.

Wyeth Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation that concerns aspects of art of the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. The Wyeth Fellow is expected to spend the first year of the fellowship period on dissertation research in the United States or abroad, and the second year at the Center to complete the dissertation. A new initiative of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art provides up to $5,000 in publication subvention for first-time authors who have held a Wyeth Fellowship.

Ittleson Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in the visual arts in a field other than European or American art. The Ittleson Fellow is expected to spend the first year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad, and the second year at the Center to complete the dissertation.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in a period through the twentieth century and on a topic other than European or American art. Cross-cultural topics will also be considered, provided that at least one area of focus is a culture outside the European and American traditions. The Andrew W. Mellon Fellow is expected to spend the first year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad, and the second year at the Center to complete the dissertation.

Robert H. and Clarice Smith Fellowship: One fellowship is awarded annually for 12 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement or completion of either a doctoral dissertation and a resulting publication in Northern European art between 1400 and 1700. For a candidate preparing a publication based on the dissertation, the date of graduation may be as early as fall 2018. The Smith Fellow may use the fellowship to study either in the United States or abroad; there are no residence requirements at the Center.

Chester Dale Fellowships: Two fellowships are awarded annually: one for 24 months, the other for 12 months. The Twenty-Four-Month Chester Dale Fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in any area of Western art, with a preference for modern and contemporary topics. The two-year Dale Fellow is expected to spend the first year on dissertation research either in the United States or abroad; the second year is to be spent in residence at the Center to complete the dissertation. The Twelve-Month Chester Dale Fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in Western art. The one-year Dale Fellow may use the fellowship to study in the United States or abroad; there are no residence requirements at the Center.

SAMUEL H KRESS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP

Six pre-doctoral Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art will be awarded each year. The fellowship award is $30,000 per annum. Each fellowship provides for a two-year research appointment hosted by one of the following European art history research centers:

Florence Kunsthistorisches Institut / Institute for Art History

Leiden Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS)

London Courtauld Institute of Art & Warburg Institute of Art (jointly administered)

Munich Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte / Central Institute for Art History

Paris Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA) / National Institute for the History of Art

Rome Bibliotheca Hertziana

Traditional Deadline: Late-November

THE DEDALUS FOUNDATION DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP

The Dedalus Foundation Dissertation Fellowship is awarded annually to a Ph.D. candidate at a university in the United States who is working on a dissertation related to painting, sculpture and allied arts from 1940-1991, with a preference shown to Abstract Expressionism. The fellowship carries a stipend of $25,000. Candidacy for the fellowship is by nomination only.

OPEN-APPLICATION FELLOWSHIPS

Moma fellowships, the metropolitan museum of art fellowships.

Art History Fellowship : For qualified graduate students at the predoctoral level, postdoctoral researchers, and senior museum professionals.

Conservation Fellowship and Scientific Research Fellowship : For qualified graduate students at the predoctoral level, postdoctoral researchers, and senior museum professionals.

Leonard A. Lauder Fellowships in Modern Art : For doctoral and postdoctoral scholars studying Cubism.

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship : For postdoctoral scholars interested in curatorial training.

Curatorial Research Fellowship : For those who have recently completed their PhD and are interested in research and cataloguing.

Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation : For early career conservators in the field of photograph conservation.

Museum Education and Public Practice Fellowship : For museum educators.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIPS

A variety of fellowships for students and scholars at several stages of their careers are offered through the Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships.

NYU GLOBAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE

The GRI Research Institutes were created to support NYU graduate students who wish to have NYU infrastructural support while conducting research abroad. GRI institutes have been established at NYU's sites in Athens, Berlin, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, and Washington.

Traditional Deadline: March, September, January

DOLORES ZOHRAB LIEBMANN FELLOWSHIP

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship was established to “support students with outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study.” The amount of each fellowship will cover tuition costs plus an additional $18,000 annual stipend. The Fellowship accepts applications from graduate students in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences.

Traditional Deadline: Early-January

SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY BAIRD SOCIETY RESIDENT SCHOLAR PROGRAM

The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program, funded by the many annual donors to the Smithsonian Libraries, was established to support the study of some of the Smithsonian Libraries’ rare books and Special Collections. Stipends of $3,500 per month for up to six months are available for individuals working on a topic relating to these collections. These collections are located in in Washington, DC and New York City.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-January

FREER|SACKLER J.S. LEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP

This fellowship facilitates the international exchange of curatorial expertise and contributes to the professional development of Chinese art curators and academics. Fellows may choose to be based at the Freer|Sackler or at a number of other museums worldwide.

BOREN FELLOWSHIP

Boren Fellowships provide a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study in world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East). Boren Fellows can receive up to $24,000 for overseas study or up to $30,000 for a combination of overseas and domestic study.

Traditional Deadline: Late-January

THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP

Junior Fellowships are offered annually to scholars in the advanced stages of their doctoral research in the field of British art and architectural history to pursue further study in the UK based at the Paul Mellon Centre. The fellowships are for three months. Each fellow receives £7,500.

DOCTORAL STUDENT PUBLIC HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP

During the course of the Fellowship, Fellows are also eligible for project funds from Humanities New York to support public programs developed during the course of their Fellowship. Fellows are encouraged to work collaboratively with HNY to identify community partners, explore public humanities methods and programs, and share findings as their research progresses.The Fellowship stipend is $8,000, plus a $500 travel and research stipend.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-February

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED STUDIES (ACLS) FELLOWSHIP

The ACLS Public Fellows program allows PhDs to gain valuable, career-building experience in fields such as public policy, development, conservation, arts and culture, and digital media. ACLS seeks applications from recent PhDs who aspire to careers in administration, management, and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Fellows receive a stipend of $68,000 per year, health insurance coverage for the fellow, a relocation allowance, and up to $3,000 in professional development funds over the course of the fellowship.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-March

GEORGES LURCY FELLOWSHIP

The Lurcy Fellowship Program has been established at New York University to be administered by the Department of French, although students from other departments are encouraged to apply. One dissertation fellowship will be awarded for one year in an amount to cover adequately educational costs, expenses of travel, and living expenses in France.

THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

Moore Curatorial Fellowship in Drawings and Prints: This one-year appointment, eligible for a one-year renewal, provides the opportunity to gain firsthand experience and professional training in curatorial work and in the study and connoisseurship of old master and nineteenth-century drawings.

Edith Gowin Curatorial Fellowship: This full-time, one-year fellowship, eligible for one-year renewal, was established for recent graduates to gain curatorial experience, researching works in the permanent collection and potential acquisitions, contributing to the planning and execution of exhibitions and museum publications, accessioning new collection objects, and pursuing special projects. There is a $42,000 annual stipend, plus modest provisions for annual travel and research expenses.

Traditional Deadline: Early-April

SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM HILLA REBAY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

This multisite ten-month fellowship offers an opportunity for one graduate student to undertake in-depth professional training at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. The fellow will spend a minimum of three months at each site and will gain exposure to museum operations through departments including Curatorial, Education, and Registration. Each fellow receives funding of USD $30,000 (subject to taxes).

Traditional Deadline: Mid-May

THE FRICK COLLECTION FELLOWSHIPS

The Anne L. Poulet Predoctoral Curatorial Fellowship: Applicants for this position should be doctoral candidates who wish to pursue a curatorial career in an art museum and are within two years of completing their dissertation. The appointment is for two years. The Curatorial Fellow, whose time will be divided between completing their degree and gaining museum experience, will work closely with the Curatorial department on projects, exhibitions, and symposia.

Center for the History of Collecting Fellowship: The Center provides support for both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral research. Fellowship proposals may address wide-ranging aspects of the history of collecting in the United States from Colonial times to the present as well as in Europe. Proposals may focus on individual collectors, dealers, developments, or trends in the art market.

The Interpretive Fellowship: The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for early-career museum professionals to study and practice the art of teaching in an art museum.

Traditional Deadline: Early-September

THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Each year the Renaissance Society of America awards a number of fellowships supporting research projects and publications that aim to advance scholarly knowledge about the Renaissance (must be a member to apply).

Traditional Deadline: Mid-September

THE GETTY FOUNDATION PREDOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual research theme. Fellows are in residence for nine months from late-September to late-June and receive a stipend of $25,000 (predoctoral) or $30,000 (postdoctoral).

Traditional Deadline: Early-October

THE MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA SCHALLEK  FELLOWSHIP

The Schallek Fellowship provides a one-year grant of $30,000 to support Ph.D. dissertation research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500). Applicant must be a member of the Medieval Academy.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-October

HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN AMERICAN ART

Graduate students in any stage of Ph.D. dissertation research or writing on a topic in the history of the visual arts of the United States are eligible to apply. The total award of $38,000 includes a stipend and additional funds for travel and research.

AAUW AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP

The program provides fellowships for women pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks. The award amount is $20,000. Traditional Deadline: Early-November

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME FELLOWSHIP

Artists and scholars live and work in the Academy community in Rome, pursuing their own projects and participating in its collaborative, interdisciplinary environment. Winners of half-term and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $28,000, respectively. Winners of the two-year fellowships receive $28,000 annually.

Traditional Deadline: Early-November

DAAD DEUTSCHER AKADEMISCHER AUSTAUSCHDIENST RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

DAAD research grants provide foreign doctoral candidates and young academics with an opportunity to carry out research and continue their education in Germany. The duration of funding is 7 to 10 months. The monthly stipend is €850 for graduates and €1,200 for doctoral candidates.

THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM (SAAM) FELLOWSHIP IN AMERICAN ART

The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in the art and visual culture of the United States. Fellowships are residential and support full-time independent and dissertation research. Predoctoral applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary examinations for their doctoral degree and must be engaged in dissertation research. Postdoctoral fellowships are available to support specific research projects by scholars who have earned a PhD or equivalent. The stipend for a one-year fellowship is $36,000 for predoctoral scholars and $50,400 for postdoctoral and senior scholars, with an allowance of up to $4,000 available for short research trips.

THE SMITHSONIAN POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN CONSERVATION OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS PROGRAM

This fellowship program is offered by the Smithsonian Institution to provide opportunities for recent graduates of masters programs in art and archaeological conservation or the equivalent or conservation scientists, including those at the postdoctoral level, who wish to conduct research and gain further training in Smithsonian conservation laboratories for conservation of objects in museum collections. There is an annual stipend of $36,000 with a research allowance of up to $4,000. Stipends are pro-rated for periods of less than twelve months.

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Smithsonian Institution Fellows conduct independent study and research related to SI collections, experts, or facilities in cooperation with at least one Smithsonian advisor.

Graduate Student Fellowships are typically 10 weeks in length with a $7,500 stipend.

Predoctoral Student Fellowships are typically 3 to 12 months in length with a $36,000 stipend and research allowance of up to $4,000.

Postdoctoral Student Fellowships are typically 3 to 12 months in length with a $50,400 stipend and research allowance of up to $4,000.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN HARRY RANSOM CENTER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

The Ransom Center offers fellowships to support short-term residencies for research projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,500 per month. Travel stipends and dissertation fellowships provide stipends of $2,000.

THE MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA BIRGIT BALDWIN FELLOWSHIP

The Baldwin Fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to support a graduate student in a North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by sustained research in the archives and libraries of France. Applicant must be a member of the Medieval Academy.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-November, biannually

COUNCIL ON LIBRARY & INFORMATION RESOURCES (CLIR) FELLOWSHIPS

As part of its Mellon Fellowship program, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offers fellowship awards to support original source dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences.

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources : The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year in amounts up to $25,000. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from 9-12 months.

CLIR/Library of Congress Fellowship : The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offers a fellowship award to support original source dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences at the Preservation Research and Testing Division of the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The maximum award amount is $31,000.

Traditional Deadline: Early-December

FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

Awards will be made for study in research-based PhD programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, cultural studies, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. The one-year stipend is $25,000.

Traditional Deadline: Mid-December

ANNE VAN BIEMA FELLOWSHIP

Established to promote excellence in research and publication on the Japanese visual arts. Awards are made to scholars at the post-doctoral or senior levels for periods of two to nine months. The maximum stipend of $37,800 for nine months will be prorated for shorter terms. The fellowship includes round-trip travel at US government rates from the fellow’s residence to Washington, DC.

GLADYS KRIEBLE DELMAS FOUNDATION VENETIAN RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Foundation awards travel grants to individual scholars to support historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for the study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Maximum grant amount is $20,000 for a full academic year.

THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR FAR EASTERN ART STUDIES DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

The Metropolitan Center supports projects that reflect advanced scholarship and offer new insights into East Asian art. Grants to doctoral candidates generally cover overseas travel and living expenses at a maximum of $22,000 per annum.

Traditional Deadline: Late-December

OPEN-APPLICATION GRANTS & AWARDS

Gsas dean’s student travel grant program.

Available to eligible graduate students in the humanities, social sciences and sciences for travel to professional meetings and conferences to present invited papers or posters.

Traditional Deadline: October, February, and June (for Fall, Spring, and Summer sessions)

NYU CONFERENCE FUNDING APPLICATIONS

The Student Government Assembly (SGA), with the generous assistance of the Senior Vice-Provost for Research, has established a fund to support students traveling to conferences to present a project. The Conference Fund is available to all students, both undergraduate and graduate, who are looking for funding to attend a conference related to their academic or professional goals. There is a limit of one travel award per academic year. The award is not guaranteed, and requests are considered on a first-come, first-served basis. All grant recipients will be asked to present a Colloquium held at the end of each academic year.

Traditional Deadline: Rolling

THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART RESEARCH GRANT

Research Support Grants are offered in Spring and Autumn each year to assist with research travel costs. They are offered to scholars already engaged in research involving the study of British art or architectural history. The maximum award given in this category is £2,000.

THE MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA SCHALLEK  AWARD

Schallek Awards support graduate students conducting doctoral research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350 - 1500). The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses such as the cost of travel to research collections and the cost of photographs, photocopies, microfilms, and other research materials. Applicant must be a member of the Medieval Academy.

WALTER READ HOVEY MEMORIAL FUND

The Pittsburgh Foundation offers one or more scholarships per year to advance the professional career of young persons of talent in the field of art history and related fields. Awards are up to $3,000. Applicants must have completed at least one year of graduate school coursework by the time the award is given.

Traditional Deadline: Late-February

LEMMERMANN FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT

The Lemmermann Foundation awards a limited number of awards to master's students and doctoral candidates in order to support their cost of research in the classical studies and humanities in Rome. Topic of research must be related to Rome and the Roman culture of any period, from the Pre-Roman period to the present day time. The monthly stipend is €750.

Traditional Deadline: Late-March

NYU CENTER FOR ANCIENT STUDIES ANTONIA S. RANIERI TRAVEL GRANT

These grants are intended to support academic travel abroad by Arts and Science undergraduate or graduate students in any department or program who are studying any aspect of the ancient world. Grants are generally under $2,000 and may be taken in conjunction with other awards.

FULBRIGHT U.S. STUDENT PROGRAM

Over the course of 8-12 months, Fulbrighters are immersed in the culture and daily life of the country of their choice. Successful applicants to this program will show an interest in promoting cultural ambassadorship, and will have limited prior experience in their particular country of application. For Masters students only. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program includes the following grants:

Study/Research Grants Critical Language Enhancement Award (Supplemental)

Three NYU Faculty Awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

A composer, a visual artist, and an art historian are among the 188 individuals from 84 academic institutions who have been awarded the prestigious fellowships.

A genre-busting composer, a multimedia visual artist whose work ranges from site-specific installations to photography, and an art historian interested in how art shapes human thought are the three NYU faculty awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships.

NYU’s Julia Wolfe, Shadi Harouni, Alexander Nagel, and 185 other scholars and artists have been selected from more than 3,000 applicants by John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for this year’s awards. The 2024 Fellows represent 52 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields and range in age from 28 to 89.

“Humanity faces some profound existential challenges,” said Edward Hirsch, award-winning poet and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. “The Guggenheim Fellowship is a life-changing recognition. It’s a celebrated investment into the lives and careers of distinguished artists, scholars, scientists, writers, and other cultural visionaries who are meeting these challenges head-on and generating new possibilities and pathways across the broader culture as they do so.”

The 2024 Fellows include scholars, artists, novelists, poets, historians, choreographers, environmentalists, and data scientists. They are engaged in a broad range of issues, including climate change, community, identity, democracy, disability activism, and incarceration.  Since its founding in 1925, the foundation has awarded more than $400 million to some 19,000 Fellows.

This year’s NYU Faculty Guggenheim Fellows are:

Shadi Harouni is an assistant professor and head of photography and video in the Department of Art and Art Professions at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. As an artist and filmmaker, Harouni’s work is centered on histories of dissent, chiefly in the traditional Kurdish homelands, connecting quiet personal acts of resistance to global mass movements. Her art has been exhibited in museums and biennials worldwide. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies including the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Harpo Foundation in New York and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Italy.

Courtesy of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation.

Alexander Nagel , the Craig Hugh Smyth Professor of Fine Arts at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, has wide-ranging research interests, mostly concerned with how art allows humans to think through time and find orientation in the world. He is the author or editor of 10 books, including Amerasia (Princeton University Press, 2023), co-written with Elizabeth Horodowich, The Expanded Field of Conservation (Yale University Press, 2023), co-edited with Caroline Fowler, and Medieval Modern: Art Out of Time (Thames & Hudson, 2012).

Julia Wolfe is an internationally renowned composer who is professor of Music Composition and artistic director of Music Composition in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at NYU Steinhardt. Wolfe won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music and is a 2016 MacArthur Fellow. Her most recent compositions include unEarth , commissioned and premiered last June by the New York Philharmonic, and Her Story , a semi-staged work for orchestra and women’s choir. Co-founder of the music collective, Bang on a Can, she has worked with giants of art, theater,

Photo by Peter Serling

and music and her work has been performed around the world.

A complete list of 2024 Guggenheim Fellows may be found on the Guggenheim Foundation’s website .

Editor’s Note: Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the world’s foremost research universities (with more than $1 billion per year in research expenditures, it is ranked seventh among private research universities) and is a member of the selective Association of American Universities. NYU has degree-granting university campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai; has 13 other global academic sites, including London, Paris, Florence, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, and Accra, and US sites in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, CA, and Tulsa, OK; and both sends more students to study abroad and educates more international students than any other U.S. college or university. Through its numerous schools and colleges, NYU is a leader in conducting research and providing education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, engineering, education, nursing, the cinematic and performing arts, music and studio arts, public administration, social work, public health, and professional studies, among other areas.

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Congratulations to Dr. Juan R. Barrera, recipient of a ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Honorable Mention

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• Loveleen Brar receives the 2023 Graduate Student Essay Prize from the Ethnography Caucus of the American Studies Association!

More wonderful news to celebrate: our alumnus, Dr. Juan R. Barrera (2023), now a newly minted assistant professor, has been chosen for Honorable Mention among those that were nominated for the Rackham Graduate School’s 2023 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards! 

This award marks recognition of scholarly excellence from among the many students who completed doctoral degrees last year at the University of Michigan. Nominees are among a select group who represent the best scholarly work published in Rackham dissertations across a broad range of disciplines.

Professor Rodríguez Barrera is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University. He completed his PhD in American Culture, in August 2023 with a stellar dissertation titled “ Bronzeville’s Tribunes: Sociology, Marxism, and Literary Afro-Modernism in the Midwest Metropolis, 1936-1947 .” His dissertation focuses on the Black Chicago Renaissance, an African American cultural movement that spanned the 1930s and 1940s. Professor Rodríguez Barrera wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Alan M. Wald, H. Chandler Davis Collegiate Professor Emeritus of English Literature and American Culture and former director of the Program in American Culture.

Congratulations to Juan and his Dissertation Committee!

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Teddy Davenport, Ph.C., receives Susan Hanson Dissertation Proposal Award from Feminist Geography Specialty Group

Congratulations to Teddy Davenport, Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography, whose dissertation proposal “Understanding the Political Potential of Care through Digital Spaces of Trans Belonging” has been selected for the Feminist Geography Specialty Group ’s (FGSG) Susan Hanson Dissertation Proposal Award! Teddy will be recognized at the hybrid Business Meeting of the group during the AAG meetings on April 18 at 12:10 pm Hawaii Time (3:10 pm Pacific). The meeting will be open to all FGSG members, including those who are not registered for the AAG conference. Visit the link below for full announcement of Teddy's award!

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Don't miss our Spring 2024 Funding Forecast

Spring Quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! Check out this sample of upcoming deadlines of funding opportunities for postdoctoral, doctoral, graduate, research, and other short-term awards or travel grants. Various deadlines listed. Consult websites for current details and application information.

Spring quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! So, if you are looking for financial support for the coming year or next, remember to routinely look at funding postings so you get an idea of what topics or issues are getting funded. Spring and summer are also great times to prepare your fellowship application materials - personal statement, research statement, and academic CV.

Below is a sample list of upcoming deadlines. Regularly inform your faculty adviser about your current research ideas and progress as this is very important when requesting letters of recommendation. Also, be sure to check the program websites regularly for the most updated information on important dates and submission details. Good luck!

NOTE: Please report any broken links to Funding Peer Liliana Garcia

Jump to information about: Postdoctoral Fellowships Dissertation Support Graduate and Doctoral Support Research Support Other (Travel, Short-Term, Award, Summer, etc.)  

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Mar 15  The Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship (history of technology)

Apr 1 German Historical Institute Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Apr 1 SHOT- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (history of space technology)

Apr 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aerospace History

Apr 1 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships

Jul 15 David B. Larson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health and Spirituality

Sep 15 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowships in Israel for U.S. Citizens 2020/2021

Sep TBD American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowships

Oct 1 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program INVEST Drug Abuse Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Oct 15 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships

Oct 18 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

On-going Incorporating Benefits & Costs of Environmental Regulation in Computable General Equilibrium Models Research with the US Environmental Protection Agency

Various deadlines Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Scholars - list via Harvard website

Various deadlines Postdoctoral opportunities in medical research - via Stanford website

Various deadlines Minority Postdoctoral Opportunities List

Various deadlines Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Postdoctoral Fellowships

Various deadlines Special Programs for Postdoctoral Fellows - via National Science Foundation

Various deadlines Post-doctoral Opportunities List - from the National Institute of Health

Various deadlines - Postdoctoral Positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  

DISSERTATION SUPPORT

Feb 25  Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship (history of technology)

April 1 Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Apr 1 Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Dissertation Research Grants

May 1 North American Conference on British Studies Dissertation Research Fellowship

May 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)

Jul 17 Linguistics Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

Jul 20 Biological Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

Aug 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)

Aug 15 Cultural Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

On-going Research Opportunities at the US Forest Service Research and Development (R&D)

On-going Archaeology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Arch-DDRI) - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

On-going Documenting Endangered Languages Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research

On-going Geography and Spatial Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (GSS-DDRI) , National Science Foundation (NSF)

Various Deadlines Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Opportunities  

GRADUATE & DOCTORAL SUPPORT

Apr 1 Batten, First Union, and Peter Nicolaisen International Fellowships

Apr 1 SHOT- NASA Predoctoral Fellowship (history of space technology)

Apr 10  National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships

Apr 15 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Graduate Fellowship (National Deadline; local chapter deadline is usually 2 weeks earlier)

Apr 15 BHW Group Women in STEM Scholarship

Apr 30 Government of the Slovak Republic approved the establishment of the National Scholarship Programme

May 8  Google India PhD Fellowships

May 8  Google China/Hong Kong/Japan/South Korea Phd Fellowship Program

May 11 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship

Jun 15  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students

Sep 7 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships

TBD American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) Graduate Student Scholarship

TBD PEO International Peace Scholarship (IPS) - also open to international students studying in the US

Various Deadlines Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Fellowships and Grants  

On-going Gerda Henkel Foundation Ph.D. Scholarships in the Historical Humanities   

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Apr 1 Research Fellowships in Aerospace History

Apr 1 Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grants Program Apr 10  National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Apr 12 Horton Hydrology Research Grant from American Geophysical Union

Apr 13 Project Management Institute's Research Grant Program for the study of project, program or portfolio management

Apr 15 Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund

Apr 19 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development

Apr 19 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Audiology

Apr 24  Japan-US Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

Apr 30 International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) - Graduate Fellowship Program

Apr TBD Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program

May 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)

May 1  US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) Graduate Student Research Program

May 2 National Institute of Justice Graduate Fellowships in STEM

May 15 Deutsches Akademisches Austaauschdienst (DAAD) Short-Term Research Grants (for research in Germany)

Jul 15 The Leakey Foundation Grants for Research Related to Human Origins

Aug 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)

Sep 15 Fulbright Canada-American Scholars Awards

Sep 15 Kluge Fellowships (humanities and social science research)

Oct 15  Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grants Program

TBD UCHRI Grants and Fellowships

TBD Graduate Fellowship for Research in Japan

TBD Merck KGaA Research Grant Competition

Various Opportunities New York Public Library Research Fellowships

Various Deadlines Smithsonian Institute Fellowships

Various Deadlines Metropolitan Museum of Art Research Fellowships

Various Deadlines Center for Disease Control (CDC) Fellowships

On-going Dirksen Congressional Research Grant

On-going The Spalding Trust Grants for the Comparative Study of Religions

On-going Statistics Fellowship with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

On-going OCS ORISE Fellowship with the Food and Drug Administration

On-going Digital/New Media Fellowships with Dept of Health and Human Services

On-going Dept of Energy Opportunity in Fuel Cell Research

On-going National Institute of Health Individual Graduate Partnerships Program

On-going Title VIII Research Scholar Program American Councils - in-country, independent research for three consecutive months to nine consecutive months in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe  

OTHER (Travel, Short-Term, Award, Summer etc.)

Mar 31 Sara Finney-Johnson Scholarship - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Apr 1 Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery

Apr 7 Short-Term Carter Center Graduate Assistantships in Atlanta

Apr 8 Charles Koch Institute Summer Internship

Apr 10  National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships

Apr 28 Mary Murphy Graduate Scholarship - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Apr TBD Interfaces Graduate Training Program at UCSD - in biological, engineering, physical and health sciences

Apr TBD Lupus Foundation of America Summer Fellowships

May 1  Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting (no citizenship requirements)

May 1 James P. Danky Fellowship in Print and Digital Culture

May 15 Catherine Prelinger Award (women's history)

May 31 PSA/Journal of Postcolonial Writing Postgraduate Essay Competition

Jun 5  SACNAS Travel Fellowships

Jun 26  LGBT Studies One-Month Research Fellowship at Yale University

July TBA  National Air and Space Administration (NASA) Internships *NOTE: Select opportunities are also open to citizens from countries participating in the NASA International Internship Program.

Sep 1 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Conservation Grants Programs

Sep 1 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Art History Digital Art History Grant Programs

Fall TBD Presidential Management Fellows Program US Office of Personnel Management

Rolling Deadline - Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks

Dr. Laura Carter-Stone: 2024 April Student Spotlight

Apr 10, 2024, 5:00 PM

Congratulations Laura!

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2024 McLeod Summer Award Recipients

Maria Ingersoll, Biology PhD candidate in the Davies and Gilmore Labs, and Muhan Chen, a Biology PhD student in the Davies Lab , received the 2023 McLeod Summer Award.

Her research provides a substantive contribution to the fields of evolution (characterizing immune systems in basal Metazoa), cell biology (describing the transcriptomic profiles of cell types in previously unexplored taxa), and conservation biology (informing how cnidarian holobionts respond to environmental stress).

To address this overarching objective, she will use the sea anemone Aiptasia (Exaiptasia pallida) and its endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae as a model system for cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Building upon this Aiptasia-Symbiodiniaceae framework, she aim to integrate bacteria to create a more complex system encompassing cnidarian-symbiont- bacteria interactions. In the upcoming summer of 2024, her primary focus will be on characterizing ex hospite interactions between free-living Symbiodiniaceae and their associated bacteria. She will examine variation in symbiont physiology, microbial composition, and gene expression profiles between axenic Symbiodiniaceae strains and their xenic counterparts.

Results of her proposed research will elucidate the intricate interplay among microscopic symbiotic partners within the cnidarian holobiont. These endeavors hold the potential for invaluable insights, reshaping our understanding of symbiosis with potential future applications for bioengineering in corals, particularly in light of challenges posed by climate change.

The Warren-McLeod Graduate Fellowship in Marine Science was established by Patricia Warren (the granddaughter of BU’s 1st President, William Fairfield Warren) in 1990 to support graduate students in the BU Marine Program (BUMP). Guy McLeod was Patricia’s brother-in-law and the long-time director of research at the New England Aquarium. He was a marine biologist, whose scholarship focused on the role of iron, vanadium, and other metal ions on the physiological ecology of marine animals. 

Congratulations Maria and Muhan!