Fellowships

Nominees must be female citizens of countries in the area formerly known as the Orient (encompassing the large region extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and the Philippines in the east). In addition, nominees:
>must not be permanent residents or citizens of the United States and not married to permanent residents or citizens of the United States;
>must intend to devote themselves to a professional career in their native countries after graduation;
>must be enrolled full-time in a master’s or doctoral program at the University of Michigan;
>must have completed two full semesters of graduate work at the University of Michigan before beginning tenure as a Barbour Scholar;
>and must be in residence on campus as a full-time student during the tenure of the award.
Deadline: Middle of January.  MORE INFO

Nine different fellowship programs (David E. Finley Fellowship; Paul Mellon Fellowship; Samuel H. Kress Fellowship; Wyeth Fellowship; Ittleson Fellowship; Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship; Robert H. and Clarice Smith Fellowship; Chester Dale Fellowships (12mo & 24mo); plus Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fellowship for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad.  Eligible applicants must have completed all departmental requirements, including course work, residency, general and preliminary examinations, and certification in two languages other than English before the deadline.
 Deadline: November 15. MORE INFO

Pre-doctoral fellowships for U-M art history PhD students in any area of the Freer-Sackler Asian art holdings and archives. Applications are to be submitted to the Graduate Program Coordinator.
Deadline: early September.

The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies (CPPS) provides funding for the Copernicus Fellowship to be awarded to an incoming doctoral or master's level student at the University of Michigan who expects to focus his/her graduate work on Polish Studies. Students may not apply directly for this award but must be nominated by their admitting department or school at the University of Michigan. Departments are invited to submit nominations for the Copernicus Fellowship. CPPS will contribute up to $20,000 toward the first-year stipend and tuition. MORE INFO

The Dedalus Foundation Dissertation Fellowship is awarded annually to a Ph.D. candidate at a university in the United States who is working on a dissertation related to painting, sculpture and allied arts from 1940-1991, with a preference shown to Abstract Expressionism. The fellowship carries a stipend of $25,000. For more information, email grants@dedalusfoundation.org or visit their site. For more information, click here.

To attract and support students with outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study. Students must have outstanding undergraduate record, demonstrate financial need, be a US citizen, and be enrolled in an accredited graduate program. Fellowship will cover actual tuition costs plus $18,000 stipend for living expenses. Rackham deadline: mid November.  MORE INFO

These awards were established in the 20th century through generous donor support to honor the memories and contributions of Dr. Susan Lipschutz, Margaret Ayers Host, and Ella Smith Avery, who dedicated themselves to supporting women in academia. Recipients will be selected as part of the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship awarding process, as further outlined on the website.
Deadline: early January.  MORE INFO

Review CEW website for eligibility criteria and deadlines. 

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Fellowships will be awarded to students who will complete an outstanding dissertation in the year in which they hold the fellowship.

The fellowship will be preferentially awarded to nominees: (i) who are on track to complete their degrees in six years, excluding time spent on any Rackham approved leave of absence; (ii) who will hold the fellowship in the final year of their doctoral studies.

Fellowships include a generous stipend, candidacy tuition and required fees for twelve months. GradCare health and dental insurance will be provided during the fellowship period. 

Deadline is early January.  MORE INFO

The Kress Foundation is offering two-year fellowships for research and study abroad in association with specific foreign institutions in Ankara, Cairo, Florence, Jerusalem, Leiden, London, Munich, Nicosia, Paris, Rome, and Zurich. The stipends total $30,000 per year. Eligible applicants: Candidates with projects focusing on European from antiquity to the early 19th Century. Deadline:  November 30. Earlier if the 30th falls on a weekend. MORE INFO

Review website for criteria and deadlines. More information.

The Baldwin Fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to support a graduate student in a North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by sustained research in the archives and libraries of France. More Information

Fellowship applicants must be conducting student-designed research that is tied to degree requirements and focused on issues of importance to women.  Most CEW+ Fellowships range between $2,000 and $5,000. More Infomation

There are fellowships or grants available depending on the area of study.

For application information, email crees.fellowships@umich.edu and visit http://ii.umich.edu/crees/graduates/funding-resources.html

The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) is offered by the Cultural Services of the Franch Embassy.  The HSS program targets outstanding PhD students enrolled in U.S. institutions who seek to engage in research in France in any discipline of the Humanitites and Social Sciences.  The HSS Chateaubriand program is supported by Campus France which provides assistance to fellows on site. More Information

The Community of Scholars (COS) is a four-month summer fellowship program.  It is intended to support graduate students enrolled in any Rackham graduate program on the U-M Ann Arbor campus whi are engaged in scholarly research or other creative projects focusing on women, gender, and sexuality.

All awardees participate in a weekly seminar during May and June.  Research may be conducted outside of Ann Arbor during July and August.  Awardees will also present their work at a public symposium during the Fall semester following their award. More Information

The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship provides tuition and stipends to students designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies.  More Information  

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The Fellows Seminar brings together graduate student instructors (Graduate Fellows) and faculty (Faculty Fellows) from multiple disciplines who share a commitment to integrating writing in their courses.  The program is supported by the College of Literature, Science & the Arts, the Rackham Graduate School, and the Sweetland Center for Writing. More Information

The International Institute Student Fellowships (IISF) are designed to support University of Michigan students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research abroad.  For more information, click here.

IRWG offers a variety of internal grants and funding opportunities for faculty and graduate student scholarship, research collaborations, or creative activities that focus on women, ender, or sexuality. More Information

The fellowship is funded by the State of Michigan and is intended to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Applications are encouraged from minorities, women, people with disabilities, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations. The amount of the KCP Future Faculty Fellowship Award will depend on the student’s financial needs. The maximum available award for master’s students is $20,000 and for doctoral students is $35,000. Check the website for eligibility (note the Michigan residency requirement and an intended career in teaching). Applications are reviewed as they are submitted. More Information

Winterthur Research Fellowships are designed to support residencies, remote, and hybrid fellowships at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library for junior and senior scholars whose projects make use of Winterthur's collections.  Each fellowship provides a monthly stipend.  Deadline typically mid January.

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The purpose of the American Dissertation Fellowship is to offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be used 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.

Applications are open August 1–November 1.

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