Deadline 15 October 2015
Social Science Research Council is inviting application for Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship program to formulate innovative dissertation research proposals. The program seeks young scholars who are currently matriculated in PhD programs at accredited universities in the United States those who are interested in strengthening their dissertation research plans through exposure to the theories, literatures, methods, and intellectual traditions of disciplines.
Award information
Applicants may request up to $5,000 to support summer research expenses, including travel, lodging, meals, and some necessary equipment and supplies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be from anywhere in the world who are currently matriculated in PhD programs at accredited universities in the United States.
- Applicants may be US citizens or noncitizens.
- Applicants must have completed at least two full years of graduate study (MA and/or PhD) by the end of June 2016.
- Applicants must be on track to obtain approval of their dissertation proposals after the September 2016 DPDF workshop but before the end of the 2016-2017 academic year.
- Applicants must commit to attend the spring and fall workshops in their entirety and to conduct at least six weeks of summer research away from their home institutions between the 2016 spring and fall workshops.
- Students who have already submitted dissertation research proposals to their departments for approval or to funding agencies for support of their dissertation research are not eligible to apply to the DPDF Program.
- Applicants must submit their unofficial transcript from all graduate schools the applicant has attended or currently attends.
Application Process
All applicants must submit their application through online application portal given on website.
For more information, please visit DPDF Fellowship program.
