Mellon Sawyer Seminar in Transpacific Thought Consortium Doctoral Fellowship – Applications Due May 15, 2024, 5pm

April 4, 2024 Amanda Rajnauth

Mellon Sawyer Seminar in Transpacific Thought Consortium Doctoral Fellowship

Doctoral students are invited to apply for a Mellon Sawyer Seminar in Transpacific Thought Consortium Doctoral Fellowship. Carrying a stipend of $4k, fellows will participate in the biweekly meetings and other seminar activities, including publication workshops, comprising the Seminar. A collaborative project of the CUNY Graduate Center and New York University, the Seminar will run from Fall 24-Spring 25. They expect to award five such fellowships, which are intended to help make active participation in the seminar possible. The fellowships do not carry tuition remission or other benefits.

More information about the Mellon Sawyer Seminar may be found here: https://transpacificsawyerseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Eligibility

Students must be matriculated to and in good standing in a doctoral program at one of the schools in the Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium (Columbia University (including Teachers College), CUNY, Fordham University, New School University, New York University (including Steinhardt School of Education), Princeton University, Rutgers–New Brunswick (State University of New Jersey), and Stony Brook (State University of New York)). Fellows are expected to be in residence in the New York metropolitan area and attend seminar activities in person.

Application

Students should supply the following material for consideration for this fellowship:

cover sheet (attached)
no more than 2-page letter of interest
c.v.
unofficial transcript

Applications should be submitted as a single pdf to https://www.dropbox.com/request/c7ovwfzZyr0KIFksG52u by 15 May 2024, 5pm. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 1 June 2024.

Please direct process questions to Kandice Chuh at kchuh@gc.cuny.edu or Thuy Tu at tnt2000@nuy.edu; They are unable to provide feedback as to application content.