Appendix: Dissertation Writing Fellowship

 Dissertation Writing Fellowships 

This is a call for applications for the Graduate School-SBS Fellowships. The department receives funds from the Graduate School and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. In consultation with graduate students, we decided to use the funds for up to two dissertation writing fellowships. The successful applicant will demonstrate a significant record of achievement that is broad, diverse, impressive, and interesting. Students who have been in the department for some time and are in good standing are much more likely to be successful because they will have built a record of publications, conference presentations, grants, teaching experience, and the like. We will award two one-semester fellowships  (each equivalent to a 20-hour TA-ship in remuneration but not in benefits as this is a non-working fellowship).  

Please submit the following by [first Friday in April], noon, to the Graduate Program Assistant: 

1. Personal statement (not more than three pages, in a font not smaller than 12-pt and with reasonable margins). Please be sure to include a timeline for finishing your dissertation. 

2. Curriculum Vitae (not more than three pages, in a font not smaller than 12 points and with reasonable margins).  

3. Letter of support from your advisor (sent separately to Graduate Program Assistant) 

The Graduate Studies Committee will review the applications, and awards will be announced promptly sometime in late March.