Dissertation Fellowships

The听CHA offers听two campuswide听dissertation听fellowships open to any 兔子先生传媒文化作品 Ph.D.听candidate听working in the听humanities听and arts.

Award

  • The fellowship听covers tuition for up to 5 dissertation hours听per semester
  • Mandatory student fees, student health insurance, and a stipend equal to that of a 50% Graduate Part-Time Instructor.

听听Deadline: January 26, 2025

Eligibility

Doctoral students from any department at 兔子先生传媒文化作品 who have advanced to candidacy (D status) and are working in the arts and听humanities听may apply in the Spring prior to their final year, which means applicants should be defending their dissertation in the Spring semester in which they receive the fellowship. Doctoral applicants who come from units outside of traditional arts and humanities fields should amply demonstrate how their project engages with multi- and inter-disciplinary arts and humanities methods and archives. Any eligible student may submit an application with the exception of students who have already received yearlong fellowships and/or funding, whether from 兔子先生传媒文化作品 or external sources.听Recipients may not hold another appointment such as a teaching or research assistantship during the fellowship period but may hold a 0% appointment such as a grader or reader.听Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Please note that starting January 1, 2025, this fellowship appointment may affect your financial aid package. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Financial Aid.

Selection Criteria

The selection committee will base their decisions on the following criteria:

  1. The quality of the applicant's research project
  2. The connection of the applicant鈥檚 research to arts and/or humanities methods and archives.
  3. The quality of the applicant鈥檚 CV (presentations, publications, awards, creative work, etc.)
  4. Probability of completing the dissertation within the award period (the higher, the better)
  5. Other teaching-free fellowships the applicant has already received (the fewer, the better)鈥

Application Procedures

Complete the Application Form. Upload the Application Packet听in a single听pdf file (12pt font, single or double spaced):

  1. Cover Letter: Please indicate which degree program you are currently in, note where you are in your program requirements, and why this fellowship would be听timely.
  2. Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  3. Synopsis:听A synopsis of the dissertation (750 words maximum)
  4. Timeline:听A timeline of the dissertation completion (one page)
  5. Sources of Funding:听Information concerning other research grants (internal or external) to which the applicant has applied and听all other听forms of financial support you have received since you have become ABD鈥攕pecifically any internal and external fellowships you received or will be expected to receive to aid you in your dissertation writing and research
  6. Letter of Support:听Letter of support including an evaluation statement of the dissertation and the likelihood it will be completed within the fellowship period. This should be written by a dissertation advisor or another member of the dissertation committee.听 Letter of support can be included with the application OR听sent directly to听chagrants@colorado.edu听

Expectations

  • Recipients will be asked to submit a letter notifying the CHA upon completion of their thesis, capstone project, or dissertation. In addition, by May 1, please email chagrants@colorado.edu听a 300-600 word summary听of how the fellowship year aided in furthering your dissertation or thesis research. We鈥檇 like to know the impact of the award on your research and possibly include quotations on our website or other CHA materials. If you do not want this information shared with anyone outside of the CHA, please indicate that this information is for CHA eyes only.
  • Acknowledgment of the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) is required on all promotional/published materials for projects funded by the CHA.听Use this language for听credit: 鈥淭his project听is supported, in part, by a grant from the Center for Humanities & the Arts鈥
  • Download the Center for Humanities & the Arts logo听

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Questions? Email听chagrants@colorado.edu