The College of Arts and Science invites applications for 2011-2012 Social Science Dissertation Fellowships.  These awards are designed to support innovation and excellence in graduate student research in the social sciences.  They will offer graduate students a service-free year of support to enable full-time work on the dissertation. 

Fellowships will be awarded to social science dissertation students from the departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science and Sociology.  Each award is for $22,000 (distributed as a stipend of $17,000-$21,000, and a research fund of $1,000-$5,000) and minimum tuition ($200 per semester) and graduate student health insurance premium.  The student in consultation with her/his dissertation adviser will determine the appropriate balance between the stipend and research fund.  Research expenses eligible for funding include costs associated with pilot interviews or surveys, focus group discussions, transcription, travel to archives or field sites, or software and other equipment for data collection and analysis.  Projects using qualitative methods, quantitative methods, or a combination of the two are eligible for the award.  The competition is open to those students in the social sciences whose dissertation director and Director of Graduate Studies approve a timetable for the dissertation’s completion.   The student will be eligible to receive the research funding to explore preliminary data collection during the summer of 2011.  The stipend will be available for the 2011-2012 academic year, following a successful defense of the student’s dissertation proposal.

Friday, February 4, 2011:             Applications due to Dean Russell McIntire 

Fellowship Information and Eligibility:

Fellowships will be awarded to social science dissertation students from the departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science and Sociology.  Each award is for $22,000 (distributed as a stipend of $17,000-$21,000, and a research fund of $1,000-$5,000) and minimum tuition ($200 per semester) and graduate student health insurance premium. Projects using qualitative methods, quantitative methods, or a combination of the two are eligible for the award.  The competition is open to those students in the social sciences whose dissertation director and Director of Graduate Studies approve a timetable for the dissertation’s completion.   The student will be eligible to receive the research funding to explore preliminary data collection during the summer of 2011.  The stipend will be available for the 2011-2012 academic year, following a successful defense of the student’s dissertation proposal.

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