To aid emerging UConn scholars, UCHI offers, with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of The Graduate School and the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Fellowship Fund, up to four residential graduate dissertation fellowships.
Humanities Dissertation Scholars receive a full academic year fellowship to enable dissertation fellows to concentrate solely on completion of their Ph.D. dissertation. Graduate students must have completed qualifying exams, the prospectus, and sufficient research by the start of the fellowship period so that they can complete the dissertation during the year-long fellowship. Students scheduled to defend in the Fall semester are not qualified for the fellowship. Teaching during the fellowship year is prohibited. Humanities Dissertation Scholars will have an office and are expected to be in continuous residence at UConn for the term of the award. They are expected to participate in Institute activities including fellows’ teas, colloquia, and related scholarly events, and to offer a public lecture on their research during the course of the fellowship year. Finally, Humanities Dissertation Scholars are expected to acknowledge the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute in publications resulting from work supported by the Institute.
Application
Applications for 2024–25 fellowships must be submitted via Interfolio by February 1, 2024.
Applicants are required to submit:
- a project proposal (3 page)
- a bibliography (1 page)
- a CV (2 page)
Applicants must also request three signed letters of reference submitted directly by the referee through Interfolio, including one from their major advisor.
All application materials must conform with our application guidelines.pdf.
Apply
For more information, contact: Humanities Institute at uchi@uconn.edu