AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research Award--$19,000--Apply by late Septmeber
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: http://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Minority-Dissertation-Fellowship-Program
Eligibility:
- Applicants should be in the writing stage of their dissertation.
- This program is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are members of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders).
American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grant--$25,000--Apply by late September
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: http://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Grants-Program/Dissertation-Grants
Eligibility:
- Should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage, usually the last year of study.
- Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program. Non-U.S. citizens enrolled in a doctoral program at an U.S. institution are also eligible to apply.
- Project must include analysis of large-scale dataset.
- Project should assess STEM policies/practices.
American Sociological Association (ASA) Minority Fellowship Program--$18,000/one year--Apply by January 31
Visit the website for more information:
https://www.asanet.org/career-center/grants-and-fellowships/minority-fellowship-program
Eligibility:
- Must be enrolled (and have completed one full academic year) in a sociology Ph.D. program.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship--$20,000--Apply by early November
Visit the website for application deadline and more information:
Eligibility:
- 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). Members and officers of the AAUW Board of Directors are not eligible to apply for fellowships and grant awards. AAUW staff or volunteers with decision-making authority who wish to apply for an award must recuse themselves from the decision-making process.
- American Fellowship candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
- American Fellowships are open to women scholars in all fields of study.
- 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 application deadline.
- 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.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Dissertation Fellowship--$20,000--Apply by mid-November
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information:
Eligibility:
- International fellowships are not open to previous recipients of any AAUW national fellowship or grant (not including branch or local awards or Community Action Grants). Members and officers of the AAUW Board of Directors are not eligible to apply for fellowships and grant awards. AAUW staff or volunteers with decision-making authority who wish to apply for an award must recuse themselves from the decision-making process.
- Unsuccessful applicants may reapply.
- Have citizenship in a country other than the U.S. or possession of a nonimmigrant visa if residing in the U.S. Women who are currently, or expect to be during the fellowship year, a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or dual citizen with the U.S. and another country are not eligible.
- Hold an academic degree (earned in the U.S. or abroad) equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree completed by November 15, 2019.
Barbara Rosenblum Dissertation Scholarship for the Study of Women and Cancer--$2,500-- Apply by Apirl 1, 2020
The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage doctoral research in sociology, anthropology, psychology and related fields on women’s experience of breast cancer and other reproductive cancers and the prevention of these cancers. Another goal of the scholarship is to encourage scholars to make this type of research accessible to the public through speaking and publishing for lay audiences.
Contact:
Chair, Ana Porroche-Escudero: a.porroche-escudero@lancaster.ac.uk
2020 Selection Subommittee: Nona Gronert, Melissa Day, Susan Ferguson
Deadline: April 1, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Visit website for more information: https://socwomen.org/awards/swsrosenblumaward/
Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship-- $18,0000-- Apply by April 1, 2020
This scholarship is awarded to a dissertation writing PhD student who has studied for at least one full academic year at a two-year college in the U.S., before transferring to complete a BA.
Contact: Chair, Sarah Bruch sarah-bruch@uiowa.edu
2020 Selection Subcommittee: Myra Marx Ferree, Nancy Naples, Denise Copelton, Mairead Moloney, Toni Calasanti, and Gul Marshall
Deadline: April 1, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET
View website for more information: https://socwomen.org/awards/bethhessmemorialscholarship/
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship--$25,000--Apply by mid-November
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://woodrow.org/fellowships/newcombe/
Eligibility:
- Be candidates for Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees in an American doctoral program at a graduate school located in the United States. Candidates working on D.Min., law, Psy.D., Ed.D. and other professional degrees are not eligible.
- Have all pre-dissertation requirements fulfilled by the application deadline, including approval of the dissertation proposal.
- Be in the writing stage of the dissertation. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun by the time of the award.
- Must expect to complete the dissertation between (check website for timeframe as it changes every year).
- Have never held a similar national award for the final year of dissertation writing. Applicants who have won such awards as the ACLS, AAUW, Ford, Mellon, NAEd/Spencer, or Whiting fellowship are not eligible.
- Be in a humanities or social science department, writing on topics where ethical or religious values are a central concern.
- Have never applied for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship before. Previous applicants may not apply.
Cheryl Allyn Miller Award--$500--Apply in October
This award recognizes a sociology graduate student, or a recent doctorate, whose research or activism constitutes an outstanding contribution to the field of women and work.
Contact: Chair, Tre Wentling: twentlin@uccs.edu
2020 Selection Subcommittee: Kumiko Nemoto, Mary Virnoche
Deadline: October 1, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Visit website for more information: https://socwomen.org/awards/cherylallynmilleraward/
Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green Dissertation Scholarship--$18,000--- Apply by April 1, 2020
Visit the website for more information: https://socwomen.org/awards/chowgreenscholarship/
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship--$24,000/year for three years--Apply by mid-December
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171962
Eligibility:
- All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program1, political asylees, and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors, or other designations),
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level,
- Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based (dissertation-required), program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education,
- Individuals who as of the fall semester require a minimum of three years of study to complete their Ph.D./Sc.D. degree, and
- Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship--$25,000/one year--Apply by early-December
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171939
Eligibility:
- All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program1, political asylees, and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors, or other designations),
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level,
- Individuals enrolled in an eligible research-based (dissertation-required) program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education who will complete the dissertation in a period of 9-12 months during the 2020-2021 academic year,
- Individuals who, by early December, have completed all departmental and institutional requirements for their degree, except for writing and defense of the dissertation, and
- Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
Fulbright US Student Program--round trip travel to host country + cost of living in host country--Apply by October
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/fulbright-us-student-program
Eligibility:
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national at time of application.
- Must have completed a bachelor’s degree at the start of the grant.
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships-- $35,000 + funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000--Apply by mid-October
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/
Eligibility:
- Be Ph.D. candidates in a humanities or social science department in the United States.
- Have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation (i.e., obtained ABD status) by the application deadline.
- Be no more than six years into the degree program at the time of application. This includes time spent earning an MA within that program.
- Not currently hold or have previously held a dissertation completion fellowship.
- Have not previously applied for this fellowship more than once.
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program--$27,500--Apply by early October
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-dissertation-fellowship-program/
Eligibility
- Must be a candidate for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States.
- Proposed project must be an education research project. NAEd/Spencer funds studies that examine the efficacy of curriculum and teaching methods; however, the initial development of curriculum or instructional programs will not be funded.
NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program--$70,000--Apply by mid-November
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/
Eligibility:
- Must have doctoral degree between specific timeframe (check on website).
- Does not have to be affiliated with a university.
- Non-U.S. and non-residential citizens are eligible to apply for the postdoctoral fellowship.
NSF Sociology Program-Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Soc-DDRI)--monetary support for dissertation data collection--Apply by mid-October and late February
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505118
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)--~$23,000/9-12 months--Apply by early November
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/idrf-fellowship/
Eligibility:
- Be enrolled in a Ph.D. program in humanities and humanistic social sciences in the United States.
- Must request nine to twelve months of on-site, site-specific dissertation research with a minimum of six months of research outside of the United States. Research within the United States must be site-specific (e.g., at a particular archive) and cannot be at the applicant’s home institution unless that institution has necessary site-specific research holdings. Supports research only and may not be used for dissertation write-up.
Society for the Study of Social Problems Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship--$15,000---Apply by February 1
Selection Criteria:
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A person identified as either American Indian or Alaska Native, Arab/Middle Eastern/North African, Asian/Asian-American, Black/African American, Hispanic/ Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from one of the aforementioned groups, accepted into an accredited doctoral program in any one of the social and/or behavioral sciences so as to expand their perspectives in the pursuit and investigations into social problems.
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Submission of a dissertation proposal of 15 or more double spaced pages is required. The student’s dissertation advisor’s letter should note that s/he expects the student to have defended the dissertation proposal and have achieved advanced status in the doctoral program (completed course work, examinations, and approval of their dissertation prospectus) by the end of the Spring 2020 academic year.
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A grade point average or equivalent of at least 3.25 in one’s current graduate program [of study].
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Evidence of a commitment to a career of scholar activism as demonstrated by: course and academic work and research, activism in school and/or community, career plans, mentoring members of marginalized populations, and volunteering and organizing around social justice issues as a scholar activist.
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Statement of financial need as expressed by the applicant and Graduate Program Director or Advisor.
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With the exception of DACA students, who are also eligible, applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
Contact Dr. France Winddance Twine, Chair, Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship Committee with questions concerning the fellowship: winddance@soc.ucsb.edu
Visit the website for more information: https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/261/Racial/Ethnic_Minority_Graduate_Fellowship/
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies--$5,000--Apply by mid-October
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://woodrow.org/fellowships/womens-studies/#about
Eligibility:
- Must have completed all pre-dissertation requirements.
- Research issues should be related to women, gender, women’s studies or feminist/gender/LGBTQ theory.
- Must be enrolled in a humanities or social science Ph.D. program in the U.S.
UC MEXUS-CONACYT Doctoral Fellowships for Mexican Students--$1,100 - $1,375/month for five years + tuition and fees--Apply by April
Visit the website for application deadline and for more information: https://ucmexus.ucr.edu/funding/prospective-fellows-info/doctoral_prospective.html
Eligibility:
- Must be Mexican.
- Must be doing their doctoral studies at one of the 10 UC campuses.
