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LEADERSHIP LAB:Focus Your Future Through Fellowship Applications
Friday, November 15, 2013
How to Find FellowshipsFeatured Fellowships and Fellowships Database
through the Office of Graduate Student Affairs: http://grad.uchicago.edu/fellowships_funding/
UCLA Fellowships Database: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/grpinst.htm (can sign up for emails as well)
Cornell Fellowships Database: http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/fellowships
Check with the professional organization in your field.
Area Centers on campus often offer fellowships.For internal fellowships, check with your
department and the Dean of Students Office.
Who Can HelpYour Faculty Adviser/Director of Graduate
StudyDepartment AdministratorDean of Students Office
In Social Sciences, see Kelly Pollock, Associate Dean of Students, [email protected]
Office of Graduate Student AffairsJessica Smith, Assistant Director, Fellowships, [email protected] Meghan Hammond, Manager of Graduate Student Outreach, [email protected]
Fellowships our Students Win Predoctoral Fellowships
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramFord Foundation Predoctoral FellowshipPaul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New AmericansForeign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
Dissertation Research FellowshipsFulbright U.S. Student Program FellowshipFulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad FellowshipSSRC International Dissertation Research FellowshipWenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Fellowships
Dissertation Write-Up FellowshipsAssociation of American University Women Dissertation FellowshipNational Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship ProgramCharlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation FellowshipJosephine de Karman Dissertation Write-Up Fellowship
General Fellowship Tips Start Early
Many fellowship applications are due a year in advance of the funding cycle. Be thinking ahead about what you will apply to.
Communicate with your faculty adviser(s) Make sure you’re on the same page about schedules/plans and that they are prepared to write letters for you.
Read the Application CarefullyBe sure you know the deadlines and requirements. Answer the questions they ask in the essays.
Write ClearlyKnow your readers and avoid jargon. There’s no room for flowery language in a 2-page essay. Be sure the reader doesn’t have to work to understand your project.
Use Positive LanguageSell yourself. But be sure to justify your fund-worthiness without tearing down others.
PresentersKatie Kinzler, Neubauer Family Assistant
Professor in PsychologyElizabeth Todd-Breland, History PhD
2010, Assistant Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Michal Ran-Rubin, PhD Student in the Department of Anthropology
Jessica Smith, Assistant Director of Fellowships, Office of Graduate Student Affairs
Kelly Pollock, Associate Dean of Students, Division of the Social Sciences
