Dissertation-Year Funding

Full-year Fellowships

American Fellowship from the AAUW (American Association of University Women)

• Twelve months of funding, specifically for women who will be completing their dissertation between July of the current year and June of the next, with a stipend of $20,000
• Mid-November application submission deadline
• Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW Educational Foundation fellowship year are not eligible for the American Fellowship

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

• One-year stipend of $21,000 (tenure is to be no less than 9 months, and no more than 12). The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
• Expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows
• Early-November application submission deadline
• Only citizens of the United States or native residents of a possession of the United States are eligible. U.S. permanent residents who are citizens of another country will not be considered.

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

• Nine months of funding for students who will be completing their dissertations by the end of June in the year following conferral of the fellowship, with a stipend of $22,000. Study must be carried out only in the United States and all funds must be expended only within this country. 
• Application requests must be received by the end of December
• Late January application receipt deadline

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

• Final dissertation writing year (the recipient must be no later than 7th year in the program while funded by this fellowship)
• Recipients are supported with a stipend of $25,000 + $5,000 in University fees and $3000 for research, the term of which begins in the summer following conferral of the fellowship
• Early November online-application submission deadline

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

• Twelve months of dissertation writing, funded with a stipend of $23,000. All doctoral requirements except the dissertation must be completed by December of the year preceding the Fellowship award
• The graduate scholar must be preparing a dissertation in which ethical or religious values are a central concern
• November application submission deadline

Partial-year Fellowships and Grants

Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies

• $3,000 grant to be used to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation. These may include, but are not limited to, travel, books, microfilming, taping, and computer services.
• The graduate scholar must be preparing a dissertation related to women's studies and must be anticipating completion by the summer following application submission
• early-mid October application submission deadline

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