dissertation fellowships 2022

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

This award opportunity is made available through the Ford Foundation Fellowships administered by the Fellowships Office .

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research. Practice-oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.

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2023 Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardees and Honorable Mentions

Predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral scholars have been awarded fellowships in the 2023 Ford Foundation Fellowships competition administered by the Fellowships Office.

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Description

Scope of the award.

Dissertation Fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research. Practice-oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.  

Award Details

Fellowships can be held at any fully accredited not for profit U.S. institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible discipline. A limited number of dissertation fellowships will be awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year and will include these benefits:

• One-year stipend: $28,000 
• An invitation to attend the 2024 Conference of Ford Fellows, a unique national conference of a select group of high-achieving scholars committed to diversifying the professoriate and using diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students
• Access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons  (PDF, 132 KB) , a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current Fellows
• Access to other networking and mentoring resources   
• Application deadline:  December 12, 2023 at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) 
• Supplementary materials deadline: January 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST

Application and supplementary materials deadlines: The online application system will close promptly on the deadlines stated above. All required materials must be successfully submitted online by these deadlines in order for an application to be considered for review. Applicants should take the time zone into account if they or their letter writers will be submitting materials from a different time zone. It is strongly recommended that applicants and letter writers submit their materials well in advance of the deadline. Out of fairness to all applicants, we regret that we cannot consider requests for extensions for any circumstances for anyone (applicants or letter writers) who is unable to successfully submit their materials by the stated deadlines.

• Notification of 2024 awards: March 2024
• Expected fellowship tenure start date: June 1, 2024 (for 12 months) or September 1, 2024 (for 9 or 12 months)  

Eligibility

All applicants must:

• Confirm holding a previous Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship;
• U.S. citizen or U.S. national
• U.S. permanent resident (holder of a Permanent Resident Card)
• Individual granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, 1 Indigenous individual exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, individual granted Temporary Protected Status, asylee, or refugee
• Demonstrate an intent to pursue a career that includes teaching and research at a U.S. institution of higher education; 
• Be enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. program at a not for profit U.S. institution of higher education.
• Expect to complete the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in a period of 9-12 months during the 2024-2025 academic year; 2
• Have completed all departmental and institutional requirements for their degree, except for writing and defense of the dissertation by December 12, 2023;
• Upload a signed Verification of Doctoral Status Form  (PDF, 92 KB) by the January 9, 2023 Supplementary Materials deadline ;
• Provide evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors, or other designations); and
• Not have already earned a prior doctoral degree at any time, in any field.

Receipt of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing satisfactory documentation that they meet all the eligibility requirements.  

Dissertation fellowship awards will not be made for work leading to terminal master’s degrees, the Ed.D. degree, the degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) or Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), or professional degrees in such areas as medicine, law, and public health, or for study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D. This program does not support the Ph.D. portion of a joint/concurrent/articulated program.

[1] Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA. 

[2] Dissertation Fellows are expected to spend the majority of their time working on the writing and defense of the dissertation. Applicants enrolled in a program that requires an internship in addition to completion of a dissertation are not eligible for the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship if they plan to participate in a full-time paid or unpaid internship during the fellowship year . Applicants who undertake internships required for degree completion  after  completion of the dissertation are eligible to apply. On the Eligibility page of the online application, applicants should enter the date they expect to complete all requirements for the dissertation, and in the Proposed Plan essay, they should clarify, for the reviewers’ benefit, the timeline for their dissertation work during the fellowship year and the subsequent requirement for an internship.  

Conditions of the Fellowship

Dissertation Fellows are expected to be enrolled in a full-time program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible discipline. Dissertation awards are intended to support Fellows who will be spending the majority of their time writing and defending the dissertation during the fellowship year. Participation in full-time paid or unpaid internships or other paid activities, even if required for degree completion, should not be undertaken during the fellowship year.

Those who accept a dissertation fellowship must agree to the stipulations in the Terms of Appointment for Ford Foundation Fellows that accompany the award notification.  

How to Apply

Application process  .

The deadline for online application submissions is December 12, 2023 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• To ensure a complete application, applicants should carefully follow the  Application Instructions  (PDF, 202 KB) .
• Applicants can also follow step-by-step instructions for navigating the online application (PDF, 435 KB) .
• Applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail once their application has been successfully submitted.  

Required Supplementary Materials

The deadline for the online submission of required supplementary materials is January 9, 2024 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• Applicants will be able to upload transcripts and the  verification form  (PDF, 92 KB)   only after they have submitted the main portion of their online application . Letter writers will be able to upload letters as soon as they have received the notification link sent by the applicant up until the Supplementary Materials deadline.
• To ensure their application will be considered for review, applicants should carefully follow the instructions for required supplementary materials  (PDF, 168 KB) .
• Applicants may share the instructions for the expected content of letters  (PDF, 171 KB)  with their letter writers. These instructions will also be available to letter writers once they gain access to the online application. Applicants must send request notifications to their letter writers through the online application.
• Applicants will not be required to re-submit their application by the Supplementary Materials deadline. After the deadline has passed, applications will be checked for completeness to determine if they can be forwarded to the review panel.

All application materials become the property of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and will not be returned. Applicants should retain copies of all submitted application materials for their personal records.

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Selection process.

Applications will be evaluated by review panels of distinguished scholars selected by the National Academies. The review panels will use all materials included in the application as the basis for determining the extent to which applicants meet the eligibility requirements and the selection criteria.  

Selection Criteria

The following will be considered in choosing successful applicants: 

• Evidence of superior academic achievement
• Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers 
• Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds 
• Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level 
• Likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship 
• If applicable, how experience as a member of an underrepresented group through discrimination, inspiration, resilience, etc. may inform participation in the fellowship
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American Fellowships

Funding:  $8,000–$50,000 Opens:  August 1 every year Deadline: November 15 every year EXTENDED Now Accepting Applications through November 30

The American Fellowship program began in 1888, a time when women were discouraged from pursuing an education. It is AAUW’s largest fellowship program and the oldest non-institutional source of graduate funding for women in the United States.  

AAUW American Fellowships support women scholars who are pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated based on scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.  

Dissertation: The purpose of the American Dissertation Fellowship is to offset a scholar’s living expenses while they complete their dissertation. F ellows must use the award for the final year of writing the dissertation. Applicants must have completed all course work, passed all preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plans by the preceding November. Students holding fellowships for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowships year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering , and math fields or those researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.  

Postdoctoral: The primary purpose of the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship is to increase the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and to promote equity for women in higher education. This fellowship ’s purpose is to assist the candidate in obtaining tenure and further promotions by enabling them to spend a year pursuing independent research. Tenured professors are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering , and math fields or those researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.  

Publication: The Short-Term Research Publication Grants provide support to scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication. AAUW’s funding priority is for applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final writing and editing in response to issues raised in critical reviews. These fellowships can be for both tenure-track and part-time faculty, and to new and established researchers. The purpose is to assist the candidate in obtaining tenure and other promotions. Tenured professors are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering , and math fields or those researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.  

Award Amount

Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000

Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000

Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000

August 1, 2023 Application opens.

November 15, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Deadline for online submission of application, recommendations, and supporting documents.

April 15, 2024 Notification of decision emailed to all applicants. AAUW is not able to honor requests for earlier notification.

July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025 Fellowship year

When a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the date will be observed on the following business day.  

Eligibility

Applicants of all American Fellowships must meet the following criteria:  

• Members of the AAUW Board of Directors, committees, panels, task forces and staff, including current interns, are not eligible to apply for AAUW’s fellowships and grants. A person holding a current award is eligible for election or appointment to boards, committees, panels and task forces.  
• American Fellowship candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.  
• Fellowships are open to women, including people who identify as women, in all fields of study at an accredited institution of higher education. AAUW will make final decisions about what constitutes eligible institutions.  
• Applicants may not apply for another AAUW national fellowship or grant in the same year.  
• Distance learning/online programs: Fellowships support traditional classroom-based courses of study at colleges or universities. This fellowship program does not provide funding for distance learning or online programs or for degrees heavily dependent on distance learning components. Final decisions about what constitutes distance learning under these fellowships will be made by AAUW. AAUW will accept applications from applicants who are temporarily studying remotely due to COVID-19 precautions at their institution.  
• American Fellowships are not open to previous recipients of any AAUW national fellowship or grant (not including branch or local awards or Community Action Grants).

A pplicants of Dissertation Fellowships must also meet the following criteria :  

• The American Dissertation Fellowship must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation. Applicants must have completed all coursework, passed all preliminary exams, and had the dissertation research proposal or plan approved by November 1, 2023 . The doctoral degree/dissertation must be completed between April 1 and June 30, 2025 . Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2025 .  
• Dissertation Fellows are not required to study in the U.S.  
• Students already holding a fellowship or grant for the purpose of supporting their final year of writing or completing the dissertation the year before the fellowship year are not eligible to apply for the American Dissertation Fellowship.  
• The Dissertation Fellowship is intended for applicants who are completing their first doctoral degree.  
• Applicants may apply up to two times for a fellowship for the same dissertation project.  

A pplicants of Postdoctoral Fellowships must also meet the following criteria :  

• American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship applicants must hold a Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H. at the time of application.  
• Tenured professors are not eligible.  

Applicants of Publication Grants must also meet the following criteria :  

• American Short-Term Research Publication Grant applicants must hold a Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H. at the time of application.  
• Tenured professors are not eligible.
• American Short-Term Research Publication Grants are for tenure-track, part-time, and temporary faculty, as well as new and established researchers at universities. Scholars with strong publication records should seek funding elsewhere. Applicants must have time available for eight consecutive weeks of final manuscript preparation. While many recipients, especially full-time faculty members, will use the award s during the summer, recipients may use the funds at any time during the award year. Applicants must demonstrate that the support will result in a reduction of their ongoing work-related activities during the eight-week period .  
• American Short-Term Research Publication Grants are not for preliminary research. Activities undertaken during the grant period can include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts; replicating research components; responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication.  
• The grantee must be listed as the sole author, senior author, first author, or an author of equivalent significance.  

Selection Criteria and Application Review

The panel meets once a year to review applications for funding. Awards are based on the criteria outlined here. The panel’s recommendations are subject to final approval by AAUW. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis according to funds available in a given fiscal year.  

To ensure a fair review process, AAUW does not comment on the deliberations of the award panels. AAUW does not provide evaluations of applications. No provisions exist for reconsidering fellowship proposals.

Applications and supporting documents become the sole property of AAUW and will not be returned or held for another year.  

In selecting fellowship recipients, the following criteria will be considered:  

• Applicant’s scholarly excellence.  
• Quality of project design.  
• Originality of project.  
• Scholarly significance of project to the discipline.  
• Feasibility of project and proposed schedule.  
• Qualifications of applicant.  
• Applicant’s commitment to women’s issues in the profession/community.  
• Applicant’s mentoring of other women.  
• Applicant’s teaching experience.  
• Potential of applicant to make a significant contribution to the field.  
• Applicant is from an underrepresented racial/ethnic background.  
• Applicant will be in an underrepresented area of the country and/or type of university other than a top-level research institution during the award year.  
• Financial need.  

The primary criterion for fellowship awards is scholarly excellence. Applications are reviewed by distinguished scholars and should be prepared accordingly.  

American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship and American Short-Term Research Publication Grant: When comparing proposals of equal merit, the review panel will give special consideration to women holding junior academic appointments who are seeking research leave, women who have held the doctorate for at least three years, and women whose educational careers have been interrupted. Preference will also be given to projects that are not simply a revision of the applicant’s doctoral dissertation and applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance.  

Regulations

American Fellowships funds are available for:  

• Educational expenses (American Dissertation Fellowship and American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship only).  
• Living expenses.  
• Dependent child care.  
• Travel to professional meetings, conferences, or seminars that does not exceed 10 percent of the fellowship total (American Dissertation Fellowship and American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship only).  

Additionally, American Short-Term Publication Grant funds are available for:  

• Clerical and technical support.  
• Research assistance related to verification (not basic research).  
• Office supplies, postage, copying and related expenses.  
• Journal fees.  

American Fellowships funds are not available for:  

• Purchase of equipment.  
• Indirect costs.  
• Research assistants.  
• Previous expenditures, deficits, or repayment of loans.  
• Publication costs (except for American Short-Term Publication Grants).  
• Institutional (overhead) costs.  
• Tuition for dependent’s education.  
• Tuition for coursework that is in addition to credits required for maintaining full-time status while completing a dissertation.  
• Extended field research (applicable to American Dissertation Fellowships only).  

Additionally, American Short-Term Research Publication Grants funds are not available for:  

• Salary increase.  
• Doctoral dissertation research or writing.  

AAUW regards the acceptance of a fellowship as a contract requiring fulfillment of the following terms:  

• All American Fellowship recipients are required to sign a contract as acceptance of the award. Retain these instructions as they will become part of the fellowship contract if the applicant is awarded a fellowship.  
• An AAUW American Fellow is expected to pursue their project full time during the funding period (July 1–June 30). No partial fellowships are awarded. Fellowships may not be deferred.  
• American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellows and American Short-Term Research Publication Grantees cannot pursue a degree during the award period.  
• Any major changes in plans for the award year must have prior written approval from AAUW.  
• AAUW must be notified promptly of any change in the status of an application resulting from acceptance of another award.  
• Stipends are made payable to fellows, not to institutions.  
• The determination of whether there is a tax obligation associated with the receipt of an AAUW award is the sole responsibility of the applicant. Specific questions regarding income tax matters should be addressed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the applicant’s financial aid office or a personal tax adviser. AAUW cannot provide tax advice. AAUW is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity founded for educational purposes.  

Required Components*

Start the application process by clicking the Apply Now button below to access the application and create an account through our vendor site. Complete all required components in the following tabs.  

• Recommendations: Standardized or form-letter recommendations are discouraged. AAUW does not accept references from dossier services such as Parment or Interfolio.
• Dissertation Fellowship applicants: Applicant must provide two recommendations from the applicant’s advisers, colleagues or others well acquainted with the applicant, their project and their teaching. One of the two recommendations must be from the applicant’s dissertation advisor.
• Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship applicants: Provide two recommendations from the applicant’s advisers, colleagues or others well acquainted with their project or work.
• Short-Term Research Publication Grant applicants: Provide two recommendations from the applicant’s advisers, colleagues or others well acquainted with the applicant, their project/work and their teaching.
• Dissertation Fellowship applicants: Submit transcripts for all graduate work and courses listed in the application. Transcripts must show grades for coursework transferred in. If the transcript shows transfer courses and credits without grades, a transcript from the institution where the courses were taken is required. If you studied at an institution that does not require coursework or provide transcripts, an institutional letter stating that is required.
• Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship and Short-Term Publication Grant applicants: Proof of degree: Submit transcript(s)** or original letter showing proof of a Ph.D., Ed.D., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.B.A., D.S.W., or M.P.H. degree.
• Dissertation Fellowship applicants: Dissertation certification form: Submit the form verifying the completion of all required coursework and qualifying examinations for the doctorate and approval of your dissertation research proposal (plan of research) signed by an institutional officer. No substitutions for this form will be accepted.
• Dissertation applicants: If you will conduct your project at an institution other than your own during the fellowship year, submit the form that indicates you have approval from the institution and the authority with whom the work will be done to conduct the research, laboratory or office space, and library privileges during the fellowship year. No substitutions for this form will be accepted. If you will conduct your project at your home institution, no project institution form is needed.
• Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship and Short-Term Publication Grant applicants: Submit the form that indicates you have approval from the proposed institution and the authority with whom the work will be done to conduct the research and have institutional affiliation, laboratory or office space, and library privileges during the fellowship year. No substitutions for this form will be accepted.

*A certified English translation is required for all components provided in a foreign language. Translations must bear a mark of certification or official signature that the translation is true and complete.

**All transcripts provided must include the applicant’s full name, the school’s name, all courses and all grades, as well as any other information requested in in the application instructions.  

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Meet a Recent American Fellow

Sarah Biscarra Dilley ’s research is focused on matrifocal and gender-expansive governance from northern villages of yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini to Mokupuni o Hawai‘i, rooted in shared land and kinship-based epistemology. Her written, visual and material practice is grounded in collaboration across experiences, peoples and place, connecting extractive industries, absent treaties and enclosure to emphasize movement, embodied protocol and possibility. Her aspirations are toward cultural resurgence and the return of land to her families’ stewardship.

Our Alumnae

Ayana Johnson

2010–11 American Fellow and marine biologist, policy expert and conservation strategist. She is the founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv and founder of Urban Ocean Lab.

Melissa Harris-Perry

2001-02 AAUW American Fellow and Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, a columnist for the Nation, editor-at-large for ZORA, author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America , and former host of The Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC.

Kimberly Ennico-Smith

1997-98 AAUW American Fellow and staff scientist with NASA who served as deputy project scientist for NASA’s New Horizons Mission, the historic project responsible for capturing unprecedented photos of Pluto.

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Google PhD fellowship program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

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Application status, how to apply, research areas of focus, review criteria, award recipients.

Applications are currently closed.

Decisions for the 2024 application cycle will be announced via email in July 2024. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

• Launch March 27, 2024
• Deadline May 8, 2024
• Winner selected by July 31, 2024

The details of each Fellowship vary by region. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and application instructions.

PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications should be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Australia and New Zealand

Canada and the United States

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After the university's nomination is completed, either an official representative of the university or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

India and Southeast Asia

PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Latin America

The 2024 application cycle is postponed. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

Google PhD Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the fields listed below. Note that region-specific research areas will be listed in application forms during the application window.

Algorithms and Theory

Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing

Health and Bioscience

Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization

Machine Intelligence

Machine Perception

Natural Language Processing

Quantum Computing

Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention

Software Engineering

Software Systems

Speech Processing

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.

In Canada and the United States, East Asia and Latin America, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

What does the Google PhD Fellowship include?

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If students wish to apply for a job at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

• Up to 3 year Fellowship
• US $12K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Google Research Mentor
• 1 year Fellowship
• AUD $15K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
• Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
• US $10K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Yearly bursary towards stipend / salary, health care, social benefits, tuition and fees, conference travel and personal computing equipment. The bursary varies by country.

Early-stage PhD students

• Up to 4 year Fellowship
• US $50K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Late-stage PhD students

• US $10K to recognise research contributions, cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• US $15K per year to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Southeast Asia

• US $10K per year for up to 3 years (or up to graduation, whichever is earlier) to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Is my university eligible for the PhD Fellowship Program?

Africa, Australia/New Zealand , Canada, East Asia, Europe and the United States : universities must be an accredited research institution that awards research degrees to PhD students in computer science (or an adjacent field).

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia : applications are open to universities/institutes in India, Latin America (excluding Cuba), and in eligible Southeast Asian countries/regions (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).

Restrictions : All award payments and recipients will be reviewed for compliance with relevant US and international laws, regulations and policies. Google reserves the right to withhold funding that may violate laws, regulations or our policies.

What are the eligibility requirements for students?

All regions

• Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
• Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
• Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to a PhD program. The awardee must separately apply and be accepted to a PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) at an eligible institution.
• Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institution where the awardee registers for the PhD program.

Nominated students in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the United States, East Asia and Europe.

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

• Africa: Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the academic award year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
• Australia and New Zealand : early-stage students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).
• Canada and the United States : students who have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
• East Asia: students who have completed most of graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.
• Europe: Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

Direct applicant students in India, Latin America and Southeast Asia

• Latin America : incoming or early stage-students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).

What should be included in an application? What language should the application be in?

All application materials should be submitted in English.

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file:

• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
• Short (1-page) resume/CV of the student's primary PhD program advisor
• Available transcripts (mark sheets) starting from first year/semester of Bachelor's degree to date
• Research proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee''s work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: What impact would receiving this Fellowship have on your education? Describe any circumstances affecting your need for a Fellowship and what educational goals this Fellowship will enable you to accomplish.
• Transcripts of current and previous academic records
• 1-2 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)

Canada, East Asia, the United States

• Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. (See FAQ "What are the eligibility requirements for students?")
• Short (1-page) CV of the student's primary advisor
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)
• Research / dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)

Students will need the following documents in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file in order to complete an application (in English only):

• Student applicant’s resume with links to website and publications (if available)
• Short (one-page) resume/CV of the student applicant's primary PhD program advisor
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the applicant's work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)
• Applicant's essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Applicant's essay response (350-word limit) to: What are your long-term goals for your pathway in computing research, and how would receiving the Google PhD Fellowship help you progress toward those goals in the short-term?

How do I apply for the PhD Fellowship Program? Who should submit the applications? Can students apply directly for a Fellowship?

Check the eligibility and application requirements in your region before applying. Submission forms are available on this page when the application period begins.

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia: students may apply directly during the application period.

Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States : students cannot apply directly to the program; they must be nominated by an eligible university during the application period.

How many students may each university nominate?

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia : applications are open directly to students with no limit to the number of students that can apply from a university.

Australia and New Zealand : universities may nominate up to two eligible students.

Canada and the United States : Universities may nominate up to four eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage additional nominees who self-identify as a woman, Black / African descent, Hispanic / Latino / Latinx, Indigenous, and/or a person with a disability.

Africa, East Asia and Europe : Universities may nominate up to three eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage the additional nominee who self-identifies as a woman.

*Applications are evaluated on merit. Please see FAQ for details on how applications are evaluated.

How are applications evaluated?

In Canada and the United State, East Asia and Latin America, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee's status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

Research should align with Google AI Principles .

Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

How are Google PhD Fellowships given?

Any monetary awards will be paid directly to the Fellow's university for distribution. No overhead should be assessed against them.

What are the intellectual property implications of a Google PhD Fellowship?

Fellowship recipients are not subject to intellectual property restrictions unless they complete an internship at Google. If that is the case, they are subject to the same intellectual property restrictions as any other Google intern.

Will the Fellowship recipients become employees of Google?

No, Fellowship recipients do not become employees of Google due to receiving the award. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If they are interested in working at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

Can Fellowship recipients also be considered for other Google scholarships?

Yes, Fellowship recipients are eligible for these scholarships .

After award notification, when do the Google PhD Fellowships begin?

After Google PhD Fellowship recipients are notified, the Fellowship is effective starting the following school year.

What is the program application time period?

Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024 for all regions. Refer to the main Google PhD Fellowship Program page for each region’s application details.

A global awards announcement will be made in September on the Google Research Blog publicly announcing all award recipients.

How can I ask additional questions?

Due to the volume of emails we receive, we may not be able to respond to questions where the answer is available on the website. If your question has not been answered by a FAQ, email:

Africa: [email protected]

Australia and New Zealand: [email protected]

Canada and the United States: [email protected]

East Asia: [email protected]

Europe: [email protected]

India: [email protected]

Latin America: [email protected]

Southeast Asia: [email protected]

See past PhD Fellowship recipients.

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Academic Fellowships

The ford foundation dissertation fellowship.

The Ford Dissertation Fellowship provides one year of support for graduate students working to complete their PhD or Sc.D dissertations. The Fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation. Awards are made to students who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise for future achievement, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. 

The Academic Fellowships Team is here to support you through all steps of the application process. If you are interested in connecting with us to learn more, please contact us at [email protected] .

Eligibility 

• US citizens, US national, and US permanent resident, or DACA students
• Evidence of superior academic achievement
• Must be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the US
• Enrolled in a dissertation-required PhD program
• Will complete dissertation in a period of 9-12 months during the 2024-2025 academic year, but no later than Fall 2025
• Individuals who, by Dec. 13, 2023, have completed all departmental and institutional requirements for their degree, except for writing and defense of the dissertation
• Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field

Application Timeline

• National Deadline : Dec. 12, 2023
• Ford Dissertation Fellows receive a $28,000 stipend for 1 year.
• An invitation to attend the Conference of Ford Fellows. 
• Access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons — a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current Fellows — and access to other networking resources.

How to Apply

• Contact Academic Fellowships to set up a meeting to discuss the application process and strategy.
• Write a personal statement (up to 2 pages).
• Write a Statement of Previous Research and Scholarly Productivity (up to 3 pages)
• Write an Abstract of your dissertation (up to 1 page)
• Write a Proposed Plan for Completion of Dissertation and timeline describing your long-range career goals (up to 3 pages)
• Request 3-5 Letters of Reference  from professors that can attest to your academic and personal character. 
• Upload unofficial transcripts  to the application portal.
• Request a Verification of Doctoral Degree Status Form signed by your graduate advisor or department chair. 

What Makes a Ford Dissertation Fellow?

• Evidence of superior academic achievement.
• Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers.
• Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds.
• Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level. 
• Member of an underrepresented group.

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• Your Academic Fellowships Team: Meredith and Elizabeth are here to help you through each step of the process, from exploring the different application components, to choosing your recommendation letter writers, to providing feedback on your essays. Email [email protected] to schedule a meeting with us!
• Ford Fellowship FAQs: The Ford Foundation has compiled a list of frequently asked questions and their answers. This is a great place to further explore the eligibility requirements, application advice, and more. 
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2021-2022 Doctoral Dissertation Fellows

The graduate school is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 ddf fellowship recipients.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021-2022 DDF Fellowship! The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year.

Jessica Friedman

Epidemiology Influences of parity, caregiving, and COVID-19 on depression in women Advisor(s): Susan Mason & Darin Erickson

Marissa Milstein

Veterinary Medicine The risk of zoonotic disease transmission from primate bushmeat in Guyana Advisor(s): Tiffany Wolf & Peter Larsen

Theatre Arts Voices from the Margins of a Heterosexual Black Dance Form: A Study of the Hmong Experience and Queer Blackness in the Twin Cities Break(danc)ing Scene Advisor(s): Ananya Chatterjea

Chelsea Cervantes de Blois

Geography Modeling Human Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards in Azerbaijan Advisor(s): Steve Manson

Cole Pulice

Comparative Studies In Discourse and Society Fight Fantasies: Combat Sports, the Alt-Right, and the Crisis of Modern Masculinity Advisor(s): Alice Lovejoy & Sumanth Gopinath

Stephen Heinsch

Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology (All-University) Decoding the mechanisms of disease-suppressive soils Advisor(s): Michael Smanski

Biomedical Engineering 3D Bioprinting Pre-aligned and Pre-vascularized Microtissues for Tissue Engineering of the Gastroesophageal Junction Advisor(s): Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari

William Peria

Physics Magnetic damping in ferromagnetic thin films and multilayer structures Advisor(s): Paul Crowell

Zachary Levonian

Computer Science Facilitating online relationships between health peers Advisor(s): Loren Terveen & Lana Yarosh

Dominique Ebbenga

Entomology Understanding the Biology and Management of Japanese beetle in Minnesota Fruit Crops: Influence of a Changing Climate Advisor(s): William Hutchison

Carlie Cervantes de Blois

History of Science, Technology and Medicine Damming Indonesia: Contested Progress in Cold War Development Advisor(s): Susan Jones

Upasana Arvindam

Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Overcoming mechanisms of immune suppression to improve natural killer cell-based cancer immunotherapy Advisor(s): Jeffrey Miller

Pang Chaxiong

Educational Psychology Hmong Parent Beliefs about Autism and Identification Experiences Advisor(s): Jason Wolff & Rose Vukovic

Andrew Zhou

Pharmaceutics Insulin resistance promotes blood-brain barrier dysfunction during aging, type-II diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease Advisor(s): Karunya Kandimalla

Nicholas Heller

Computer Science An Open Science Approach to Kidney Tumor Segmentation Advisor(s): Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos 

Timothy Rose

Pharmacology Inhibitory signaling in the prefrontal cortex: plasticity, regulation, and addiction-related behavior  Advisor(s): Kevin Wickman

Corrie Nyquist

Entomology Effects of environmental temperature on dynamics of cold-adapted midges from Minnesota and Iceland Advisor(s): Leonard Ferrington

Jacob Wittman

Entomology Harnessing the power of numbers to inform management practices of a devastating invasive insect, emerald ash borer Advisor(s): Brian Aukema

Elise Toedt

Education, Curriculum and Instruction "It's Really Hard to Pump as a Teacher!": An Inquiry into the Embodied Experiences of Lactating Teachers Advisor(s): Timothy Lensmire 

Megan Smith

Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Development of Novel Screening Methods to Identify and Study Beta-Lactone Producing Bacteria and Genes Advisor(s): Lawrence Wackett

Elizabeth Howard

English Borrowed Grief: The Patchwork of Nineteenth-Century Consolation Verse Advisor(s): Andrew Elfenbein

Magaly Ortiz

Hispanic and Luso Literatures, Cultures and Ling The Iberian Veil: Veiling Practices in Medieval and Early Modern Texts Advisor(s): Michelle Hamilton & Raúl Marrero-Fente

Comparative Studies In Discourse and Society Virality, Feminism, and Neocolonial South Korea Advisor(s): Travis Workman

Tessa Cicak

Anthropology Examining the role of competition in primate dietary morphology and isotopes Advisor(s): Kieran McNulty

Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Understanding the impact of pharmacogenetic differences in drug-drug interactions (DDIs): A model-based approach to predict differences in drug exposure Advisor(s): Richard Brundage & Mahmoud Al-Kofahi

Rafa Della Coletta

Plant and Microbial Biology  Structural variation and genomic prediction in maize Advisor(s): Candice Hirsch 

Laise Moreira

Applied Plant Sciences Phenotypic and genetic characterization of flavor and aroma compounds in cold-hardy grapes Advisor(s): Matthew D Clark

Medicinal Chemistry Targeting N-Myc with Selective Aurora Kinase A Degraders Advisor(s): Dan Harki

Collin Calvert

Epidemiology The Role of Policies in Cancer Pain, Health Disparities, and Substance Use Advisor(s): Rhonda Jones-Webb & Darin Erickson

Angelica Maier

Art History Toxic Matter: American Sculpture, Materials Science and Cultural Fear, 1962-1979 Advisor(s): Jane Blocker

Jose Manuel Santillana

Feminist Studies Racial Motherhood Ecologies: Towards a Mapping of Social Life, Violence & Resistance in the Southwest Borderlands, 1980-Present Advisor(s): Zenzele Isoke & Edén Torres

Alexandra Klapperich

Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development Contending Purposes of Pre-Kindergarten: A Comparative Case Study of Early Childhood Education Policy in Minnesota Advisor(s): Roozbeh Shirazi 

Abraham Seda

History A Contested Ring: African Boxing, Social Control and "Subversive Culture" in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890 to 1980 Advisor(s): Allen Isaacman & Helena Pohlandt-McCormick

Mara McPartland

Geography Characterizing the persistent effects of drought in North American forests Advisor(s): Scott St. George

Surabhi Talele

Pharmaceutics Optimizing chemo- and radio-sensitizing drug regimens that inhibit DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms for brain tumor therapy Advisor(s): William Elmquist

Gian Pujakusuma

Music Music for Aurally Diverse Audiences; Inclusive Design in Composition Advisor(s): Alex Lubet

Jacqueline Patz-DiPiero

English In the Air: Atmospheric Tonality and the Death of Plot Advisor(s): Timothy Brennan

Andrew Hardt

Mathematics Lattice models, Hamiltonians, and Generalized Free Fermion Conditions Advisor(s): Ben Brubaker

Ozge Ersan Cinar

Educational Psychology Advances in Item Selection and Test Adaptivity to Improve Measurement in Computerized Adaptive Testing Advisor(s): Michael Rodriguez

Gerardo Rodriguez Orellana

Biomedical Engineering Investigating Ultrasound Effects on the Auditory System for a Novel Hearing Aid Advisor(s): Hubert Lim

Business Administration Guaranteeing the Right to Health: The Role of Supply Chains and Access to Care Advisor(s): Kevin Linderman

Morgan Brisse

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics The RIGI/MDA5 pathway as a source of innate protection against arenaviruses in mice Advisor(s): Hinh Ly

Amber Hamilton

Sociology Doing Race Online: An Exploration of Race-Making on Social Media Platforms Advisor(s): Joyce Bell & Michael Walker

Alyssa Palmer

Child Psychology Promotive and Protective Influences of Early Childhood Mental Health in the Context Rural Poverty Advisor(s): Ann Masten & Dan Berry

Amanda Shopa

Education, Curriculum and Instruction Exploring the Life and School Histories of First-Generation College Graduate Teachers Advisor(s): James Bequette 

Dmitry Chichinadze

Physics Competing instabilities in the particle-hole channel and superconductivity in strongly-correlated electronic systems Advisor(s): Andrey Chubukov

Natalie Dollison

Theatre Arts The Paradoxical Twenty-fifth”: Performance, Race, and Conditional Belonging on the American Imperial Frontier, 1870-1935 Advisor(s): Margaret Werry & Cindy Garcia

Aamod Zambre

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Dynamics of sexual signal divergence Advisor(s): Emilie Snell-Rood

Vidya Chhabria

Electrical Engineering Machine-learning-based Open-source Chip Design Tools for Power Management Advisor(s): Sachin Sapatnekar

Keira Leneman

Child Psychology The Psychophysiology of White Fragility Advisor(s): Dan Berry & Megan Gunnar

Katherine Pierpont

History The Public Body: Sex Work in 12th and 13th Century Southern France Advisor(s): Kathryn Reyerson & Ruth Karras

Sarah Hammarlund

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior The Ecological Stability of Microbial Mutualisms Advisor(s): William Harcombe

Rachit Shrivastava

Electrical Engineering Regulation of Intracellular Transport by Molecular Motors: Theory, Instrumentation and DNA based Single Molecule Methods Advisor(s): Murti Salapaka

Caroline Doenmez

Anthropology Water Carriers: Indigenous Women Reclaiming Birth along the Red River Advisor(s): Hoon Song & Jean O'Brien

Aditya Dhumuntarao

Physics Applications of Holographic Models and Black Holes Phase Transitions Advisor(s): Joseph Kapusta

Brendan Cook

Mathematics Poisson learning: A new approach to semi-supervised learning with very limited data Advisor(s): Jeff Calder

Clementine Hamelin

Earth Sciences How does material flow in the depth of continents? Advisor(s): Donna Whitney & Christian Teyssier

Elizabeth Hazel Rickard

Theatre Arts Material Spirits: Race and Performing Objects in Nineteenth-Century American Spiritualism Advisor(s): Margaret Werry

Chemistry Enzymatically lipidated chemically self-assembled nanorings for cell-based cancer immunotherapy and targeted drug delivery Advisor(s):  Mark Distefano & Carston Wagner

Rafid Mahbub

Physics Primordial black hole formation in the inflationary universe Advisor(s): Joseph Kapusta

Diana Chandara

Education, Curriculum and Instruction Complicating Racialized Femininity: An Exploration of Lao and Cambodian American Girls Advisor(s): Bic Ngo

Tristan Truttmann

Materials Science and Engineering Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Group-IV-Based Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors Advisor(s): Bharat Jalan

Allison Steinke

Mass Communication The Institutionalization of Solutions Journalism Advisor(s): Valerie Belair-Gagnon & Matthew Weber

Pearl Han Li

Child Psychology Acquiring Moral Knowledge: Children’s Use and Evaluations of Moral Testimony Across Two Cultures Advisor(s): Melissa Koenig

Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology (All-University) Developing next-generation methods for analyzing CRISPR genetic screens Advisor(s): Chad Myers

Isabella Stallworthy

Child Psychology Infant-parent physiological and affective synchrony in the context of technological distraction Advisor(s): Daniel Berry & Jed Elison

Civil Engineering Advancing Satellite Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and Vegetation Water Content Advisor(s): Ardeshir Ebtehaj

Sijin (Cathy) Chen

Psychology Sex-modulated strategy in Value-based Decision making Advisor(s): Nicola Grissom

Mohammad Reza Zamani Kouhpanji

Electrical Engineering Introducing novel and cost-effective approaches for large-scale fabrication and characterization of multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles Advisor(s): Bethanie Stadler

Rashad Williams

Public Affairs Twin Cities, Split Politics: Reparations and the Politics of Recognition and Redistribution Advisor(s): Edward Goetz

Sang Min Lee

Economics Globalization, Innovation, and Economic Growth Advisor(s): Timothy Kehoe

Cedric Ndinga Muniania

Plant and Microbial Biology  Effect of ecological context on the evolution of plant-symbiont interactions Advisor(s): Georgiana May

Christopher Warkentin

Chemistry Understanding Plasmon-Mediated Chemistry and Photophysical Processes in a Selection of Plasmon-Molecule Systems Advisor(s): Renee Frontiera

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Kedar Nawathe

Mechanical Engineering Effects of Aero-thermal Interactions among Different Coolants on Vane Passage Surface Cooling in a Gas Turbine Advisor(s): Terrence Simon

Jae Shin Yoon

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Sarunas Verner

Physics No-Scale Supergravity and Inflation Advisor(s): Keith Olive

Cristian Aguilera Arellano

Economics The China Shock and Job Loss in Mexico Advisor(s): Mariacristina DeNardi

Aaron Morris

Conservation Sciences Elephant carcass effects in savanna ecosystems and how ivory poaching reshapes carrion ecology Advisor(s): Joseph Bump

Mathematics Scattering of the Colinear Three-Body problem Advisor(s): Richard Moeckel

Chemistry Development of Small-Molecule Inhibitors and Biophysical Methods for the Epigenetic Protein BPTF Advisor(s):  William Pomerantz

Yangzesheng Sun

Chemistry Machine learning in conjunction with molecular simulations for nanoporous materials discovery Advisor(s): Ilja Siepmann

Einar Gunnarsson

Industrial and Systems Engineering Modeling genetic and non-genetic heterogeneity in cancer: From the evolution of premalignant mutant fields to drug resistance driven by phenotypic switching Advisor(s): Kevin Leder & Jasmine Foo

Sagar Tamang

Civil Engineering Advancing the Predictability of the Earth System Processes: Insights from Optimal Mass Transport Theory Advisor(s): Ardeshir Ebtehaj

Samuel Reed

Natural Resources Science and Management Compounding Disturbances, Ecological Resilience, and the Turbulent Forest Advisor(s): Peter Reich & Lee Frelich

Cydney McGuire

Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration Pathways to Participation: Health and Structural Racism as Determinants of Individual Political Behavior Advisor(s): Sarah Gollust

Zhichen Shi

Chemical Engineering Strategies for selective and stable conversion of methanol to light olefins Advisor(s): Aditya Bhan

Neil Razdan

Chemical Engineering Mechanism, site requirements, and thermodynamic barriers of catalytic CH4 dehydroaromatization Advisor(s): Aditya Bhan

Andreas Mueller

Materials Science and Engineering Origins of Low Symmetry Particle Packings in Diblock Copolymer Melts Advisor(s): Mahesh Mahanthappa & Frank Bates

Sarah Anderson

Biomedical Engineering The Role of Cell Migration in Glioblastoma Progression Advisor(s): David Odde

Robert Alvarez-Quinto

Plant Pathology Study of the vertical transmission and activation of the plant pararetrovirus - Pelargonium  vein banding virus Advisor(s): Benham Lockhart

Julia Brokaw

Entomology Maximizing the potential of prairie restoration and policy to benefit wild bees Advisor(s): Daniel Cariveau

Isaiah Tolo

Conservation Sciences A new tool for an old problem: Investigating koi herpesvirus as a biocontrol tool for common carp Advisor(s): Nicholas Phelps

Anna Bennett

Plant and Microbial Biology  Hidden in plain sight: uncovering the diversity, distribution and functional potential of phototrophic Chloroflexi in Yellowstone hot springs  Advisor(s): Trinity Hamilton

Rehabilitation Science The Feasibility of Tele-Music Therapy on Children with Autism - A Concurrent Mixed Methods Study Advisor(s): Peggy Martin

Ilya Slizovskiy

Veterinary Medicine THE AGRICULTURAL ‘LABOR-OME’ PROJECT: Profiling the resistome and mobilome shared between pigs and agricultural workers Advisor(s): Noelle Noyes & Jeff Bender

Hon Ki Cheung

Music Different Uses of Chinese Musical Traditions and Their Sociocultural Implications in Contemporary Chinese American Music Advisor(s): Sumanth Gopinath

Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries

Earth Sciences Glacier change in Southern Patagonia: observations, forcings and feedbacks Advisor(s): Andrew Wickert & Emi Ito

Maria Ramirez

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Forces in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Advisor(s): James Ervasti & Wendy Gordon

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The MCEAS Dissertation Fellowship Program

The application deadline is 1 february 2022..

Since 1978, some 300 advanced graduate students from universities across North America and Europe have received dissertation fellowships from the McNeil Center. At least eight new fellows will be appointed for the 2022-2023 academic year, most for nine-month terms. Nine-month fellows will receive a stipend of $30,000, office space in the Center's home on the University of Pennsylvania's campus and library, computer, and other privileges at the University. Limited travel funds for research will also available. All fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the terms of their appointments in order to participate fully in the Center's programs.

Doctoral candidates from any PhD-granting institution who are in the research or writing stage of the dissertation are eligible. As outlined below, some fellowships are targeted at specific areas, but any project dealing with the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered. Proposals dependent on the use of Philadelphia-area archives and libraries are particularly welcome. Applications are encouraged from students of all relevant disciplines, including Africana Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Comparative Literature, Economics, English, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Latinx Studies, Law, Music, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Political Science, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, Urban Studies, and Women’s Studies. The McNeil Center is strongly committed to the University of Pennsylvania’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence and to creating a more inclusive campus community, where all feel welcomed, supported, and have equal access to networks for mentoring and research. (For more information see: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n02/diversityplan.html .) The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

TO SUBMIT YOUR DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION ONLINE: CLICK HERE

How to Apply

A single online application suffices for all fellowships. Categories and duration of awards are determined by the selection committee. The following items must be prepared for uploading as pdf files:

• A curriculum vitae;
• A proposal not to exceed 1,500 words, double-spaced, describing the general scope of the project and the specific work proposed for the fellowship term
• an unpublished writing sample related to the project, double-spaced, limited to 7,500 words exclusive of notes.
• two letters of recommendation should be uploaded through Interfolio or submitted by email to [email protected] Please ask recommenders to address the specifics of this application. Do not send generic letters from placement dossiers.

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Welcome 2022 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Development Awardees

May 26, 2022

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships and Research Development Awards. These programs provide funding and professional development to early-career researchers whose projects address critical issues in the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education, at the national and international levels.

The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship provides $70,000 to early-career scholars to focus on their research and attend professional development retreats. This year, the 25 postdoctoral fellows were selected from a pool of 258 applicants.

The 35 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellows — selected from a pool of 353 applicants — will receive $27,500 for a period of up to two years to complete their dissertations and also attend professional development retreats.

The Research Development Awardees have been chosen from the pool of 2022 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship semi-finalists. The award will provide these scholars with a research stipend and will fund them to attend the 2022 NAEd/Spencer Fall Fellows Retreat and Annual Meeting, the 2023 NAEd/Spencer Spring Fellows Retreat, and the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting.

According NAEd President Dr. Carol Lee, “The NAEd/Spencer Fellowships represent an important investment in the future leaders in education research. In these times of uncertainty, the continued support of future leaders in education research is of paramount importance, and our fellows will play an important role in shaping that future. We face challenging questions around how research can inform new understandings of learning and development and the systems that support them.  I look forward to working with and supporting our fellows and awardees in the coming year.”

Please click on the links below for information on the recipients and their research:

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Phi Kappa Phi Announces 2022 Dissertation Fellows

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi today announced the recipients of a 2022 Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship. The $10,000 fellowships are designed to support active Society members in the dissertation writing stage of doctoral study.

This year’s class of fellows represents a group of 10 students spanning a number of academic disciplines from science and technology to arts and humanities.

The 2022 Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellows are:

• J.A. Barron, Texas State University
• Mukulika Bose, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Nicole Breault, University of Connecticut
• Hannah Clipp, West Virginia University
• Kimson Johnson, University of Michigan
• Morgan Maly, North Carolina State University
• Molly Miranker, Texas State University
• Uyen H. "Carie" Nguyen, Texas Tech University
• Lindamarie Olson, University of Houston
• Mark D Zuppichini, The University of Texas at Dallas

“In its mission to support academic excellence and engage the community of scholars in service to others, Phi Kappa Phi created its Dissertation Fellowship to enable doctoral students to have the necessary resources to support the dissertation writing phase of their studies. By providing financial assistance to these doctoral students, Phi Kappa Phi helps to support their continued academic excellence and service journey,” said Society Executive Director and CEO Bradley Newcomer. “We are proud to support these scholars and look forward to seeing their completed dissertations.”

The recipients were selected based on a number of criteria including how the fellowship will contribute to the completion of the dissertation, the significance of original research, and endorsement by the dissertation chair.

Established in 2014, the dissertation fellowships are part of the Society’s robust awards portfolio, which gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.

To learn more about the Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship Program and this year’s recipients, please visit www.phikappaphi.org/dissertation .

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Dissertation Completion Fellowships support Harvard doctoral students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and MIT doctoral students in the social sciences as they complete their dissertations. The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) considers applications by doctoral students in law, design, government, and education in exceptional circumstances, and proposals must have the support of a CES Resident Faculty member or Faculty Associate .

Four graduate students from Harvard University and MIT were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year. For a list of recipients, see here .

How to Apply

Applications for graduate students seeking funding for the 2024-2025 academic year have now closed.

Application Overview

• The fellowship allows students to spend a final year dedicated to writing. The dissertation must focus on modern or contemporary Europe (1750 – present).
• Students must have completed two draft dissertation chapters and submitted them to the dissertation advisor at the time of application (or for students in fields where the dissertation consists of three articles, the existence of one article in draft).
• Applications will be judged by their overall merit, the importance of the topic, the clarity of the proposal, the potential for scholarly contribution, and the likelihood of timely completion.
• CES matches its stipend levels to the GSAS standard annual Dissertation Completion Fellowship stipend. The fellowship cannot be deferred and must be used within the ten-month period for which it is awarded. During the Dissertation Completion Fellowship, recipients are expected not to teach, hold other employment, or pursue other projects during this time, as students are expected to complete their dissertations during the period of the award. Students who have previously received writing/completion grants from other sources are not eligible.
• The fellowship also covers Harvard facilities fees and individual health insurance (HUSHP Basic and Supplemental) fees; MIT students will be issued the equivalent funds and may apply them to their institutional tuition and fees.
• Students must apply via the Harvard University Common Application for Research and Travel (CARAT) .
• Download the Faculty Confirmation Form.

Before applying, applicants are encouraged to:

• Download the Application Guidelines .

Past Dissertation Completion Fellowship Recipients (2013-2022)

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2022-2023 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University. See here for a listing of recipients .

In addition, 14 graduate students were recipients of a new grant introduced by CES to help them resume travel and access important resources when their research plans were disrupted during the pandemic. See here for a listing of the 2022 Disrupted Dissertation Grant recipients.

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2020-2021 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University. See here for a listing of recipients .

Five graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2019-2020 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University. See here for a listing of recipients .

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2019-2020 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Hayley Fenn (Music) – "Breath, Gravity, Giants, and Death: Towards a Theory of Puppetry and Music" 
• Ben Goossen (History) – "The Year of the Earth (1957-1958): Cold War Science and the Making of Planetary Consciousness" 
• Ian Kumekawa (History) – "The Imperialization of the British State, 1914-1948" 
• Joseph LaHausse de Lalouviere (History) – "Enslavement and Empire in the French Caribbean, 1793-1851"

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2018-2019 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Stefan Beljean (Sociology) – “Social Reproduction, College Admissions, and the Schooling Experiences of Upper-Middle-Class Adolescents in Germany and the United States” 
• Elissa Berwick (Political Science, MIT) – “Sub-state Nationalism in the United Kingdom and Spain” 
• Charles Clavey (History) – “Of Happiness and Despair We Have No Measure: Quantifying Alienation in German Thought, 1920-1970” 
• Dominika Kruszewska (Government) – “Dissident Successor Parties: Pro-democracy Movements and Party Formation in New Democracies”

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2017-2018 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Brandon Bloch (History) – “Faith for This World: Protestantism and the Reconstruction of Constitutional Democracy in Germany, 1933-1968”
• Lulie El-Ashry (Religion) – “Crossing Continents: A European Sufi Muslim Convert Communities Journey of Geographic Relocation and Identity Renegotiation”
• James McSpadden (History) – “In League with Rivals: Parliamentary Networks and Backroom Politics in Interwar Europe”
• Liat Spiro (History) – “Drawing Capital: Depiction, Machine Tools, and the Political Economy of Industrial Knowledge, 1824-1914”

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2016-2017 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Elizabeth Cross (History) – “The French East India Company and the Politics of Commerce in the Revolutionary Era”
• James Conran (Political Science, MIT) – “The Comparative Political Economy of Working Time and Inequality”
• Tomasz Blusiewicz (History) – “Return of the Hanseatic League of how the Baltic Sea Trade Washed Away the Iron Curtain”
• Jessica Tollette (Sociology) – “Noticeably Invisible: A Study of Race, Policy and Immigrant Incorporation in Present-Day Spain”

Five graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2015-2016 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• James Martin (History; honorary) – “Governing the World Economy: Economic Expertise and the Reshaping of Global Order, 1914-1948”
• Aline-Florence Manent (History) – “The Intellectual Origins of the German Model: Rethinking Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany”
• Noam Gidron (Government) – “The Transformation of the European Center-Right, 1980-2015”
• Jasmine Samara (Anthropology) – “The Social Afterlife of an International Treaty: Debating Law, Coercion and Violence in a Greek Borderland”
• Carolin Roeder (History) – “Horizontal Networks and Vertical Pursuits: A Transnational History of Mountaineering, 1865-1974”

Five graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2014-2015 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Dzavid Dzanic (History) – “The Civilizing Sea: Indigenous Networks, Napoleanic Offers, and the Origins of the French Mediterranean Empire, 1792-1848”
• Megan Formato (History of Science) – “Writing the Atom: Niels Bohr and the Communication of Quantum Theory, 1911-1927”
• Seth Peabody (Germanic Languages and Literatures) – “Environmental Fantasies: Mountains, Cities, and Heimat in German Cinema”
• Sarah Shortall (History) – “Soldiers of God in a Secular World: French Catholic Political Theologies, 1905-1962”
• Jacob Stulberg (English) – “The Unstaging of the Air: BBC Radio and Modern British Drama”

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2013-2014 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Hannah Callaway (History) – Liberty, Equality, Property: The Seizure of Private Property in Paris during the French Revolution
• Charlotte Cavaille (Social Policy/Government) – The Demand for Government Provided Income Protection in the Age of Permanent Austerity (1970s-2012)
• Yascha Mounk (Government) – Luck, Choice and Responsibility in Philosophy and the Popular Imagination
• Stephen Walsh (History) – Austria on Ice: Polar Exploration, Liberalism & Habsburg Central Europe, 1865-1948

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2022-2023 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) award winners

Three Ph.D. students working with CS&E professors have been named Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for the 2022-2023 school year. The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is a highly competitive fellowship that gives the University’s most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year. The award includes a stipend of $25,000, tuition for up to 14 thesis credits each semester, and subsidized health insurance through the Graduate Assistant Health Plan.

CS&E congratulates the following students on this outstanding accomplishment:

• Sahar Aseeri (Advisor: Victoria Interrante and Evan Suma Rosenberg )
• Arun Sharma (Advisor: Shashi Shekhar )
• Kshitij Tayal (Advisor: Vipin Kumar )

 Sahar Aseeri

Sahar Asseeri has made a remarkable set of diverse, independent, original contributions to the fields of virtual and augmented reality and human-computer interaction, as evidenced by her multiple publications. Her total number of publications is better than average for a Ph.D. student in her specialty area, but what really stands out is the quality and breadth of her contributions. Her papers have appeared in the very top venues in her field, and her contributions span both core technical achievements (i.e. advances in computer systems implementations) and important theoretical contributions, achieved via careful human subjects experimentation. In addition to this, her research has a clear interdisciplinary focus, and the excellence of her interdisciplinary work reflects her deep attention to closely collaborating with domain experts in related fields outside of computer science. This broad skill set is unusual among computer science students in general and among students in her research area, and it puts Sahar in a very strong position among her peers in her field.

Arun Sharma

Arun’s thesis investigates emerging spatial big data and their potential to solve problems that could not be solved before. For example, he has investigated computational structure of identifying possible rendezvous despite gaps in trajectory data. This problem is important due to societal use cases such as monitoring of open seas and oceans to discourage illegal fishing and cargo exchange. It leverages space-time modeling of trajectory gaps to reduce the potential area for further analysis by review of satellite imagery. Traditional space-time prisms provide a loose upper bound for the area of possible rendezvous and Arun is exploring ways to tighten the upper bound to reduce the human effort to review satellite imagery.

Kshitij Tayal

Kshitij's research focuses on advancing data-driven approaches (aka machine learning) for scientific problems. ML systems often fail to generalize when the training data is noisy/incomplete, crashing in spectacular ways when tested outside the purview of training examples. Kshitij key contribution is in building novel machine learning methods that are robust to noise, missing values, and are able to learn from highly variable data. Kshitij is exploring innovative machine learning (ML) methods to model the dynamics of water temperature in water bodies such as lakes and rivers. Data for training these ML models comes from earth-orbiting satellites and in situ sensors. Along with other computational challenges, such data contains both space and time components and are plagued with noise/uncertainty due to frequent instrument malfunctions. In his research, Kshitij is addressing these issues by developing novel techniques that accurately capture variability in the data, and are robust to uncertainty and noise.

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The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF), now closed, offered six to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research about US Indigenous or non-US cultures and societies. The IDRF program especially highlighted applicants from underrepresented institutions. Sixty fellowships were awarded annually. Fellowship amounts varied depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $23,000. The fellowship included participation in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop upon completion of IDRF-funded research.

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The Graduate Division extends its congratulations to the recipients of 2022's Dissertation Completion Fellowships. As the name implies, the Dissertation Completion Fellowship is intended for students who will complete their dissertations during the fellowship year. DCF awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, as evaluated by members of the SAS Committee on Graduate Education. 

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Fellowships Awarded to 54 Scholars

May 13, 2024 - Harry Ransom Center

The Ransom Center has awarded 54 fellowships for the upcoming year to postdoctoral, dissertation and independent researchers studying a wide array of topics, from a women’s history of modernism told through clothing to the imprisoned writer in the international imagination and more.

Since 1990, the Ransom Center Fellowship Program has supported more than 1,400 research projects requiring extensive onsite use of the Ransom Center’s collections and resulting in the publication of books, journal articles and doctoral theses. Fellowships are awarded for projects that span the Center’s collections in literature, performing arts, film, photography, and art.

Fellowship types vary, including one- to three-month fellowships, travel stipends and dissertation fellowships. Several individual donors and organizations fund the program.

The 2024-2025 fellows reflect the global stature of the collections, representing 14 U.S. states and 13 countries.

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Gardner Fellowship on Higher Education 2024 - 2025

The Gardner Fellows represent a diverse community of early career researchers in higher education within the University of California system. This is a $3,000 fellowship for doctoral students. Applications for 2024-2025 will be accepted between May 1 - June 15, 2024. Apply now!

OVERVIEW CSHE sponsors this one-year fellowship, named after UC President Emeritus David P. Gardner, for doctoral students who represent multiple academic disciplines and write dissertations on one or more issues in higher education. This broad range of seminar participants creates a unique community of early-career higher education researchers within the University of California system.

DEADLINE Applications for 2024-2025 will be accepted May 1 - June 15, 2024.

AWARD $3,000 fellowship for doctoral students

ELIGIBILITY

UC-registered doctoral students from all disciplines are eligible to apply. Applicants should emphasize how their dissertation focuses on one or more issues in higher education. Priority will be given to PhD candidates who are at the advanced stage in their graduate programs. Doctoral students from underrepresented UC campuses and minority backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. International students are also encouraged to apply. 

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UC registered doctoral students from all disciplines are eligible to apply. Applicants should emphasize how their research focuses on one or more issues in higher education. Successful applications usually have a clear description of research questions, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies.

Priority will be given to PhD candidates who are at the advanced stage in their graduate programs. 

Doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds and campuses are especially encouraged to apply. International students are also encouraged to apply. 

Learn more about the application here .