THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION

FOR THE 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

 

Applications Due: Friday, January 14, 2022, no later than 5:00pm

 

GUIDELINES

Eligibility Requirements

• Students must be officially advanced to candidacy (level III) before February 17, 2022.
• Dissertation Fellowships are intended for students who expect to complete the dissertation during 2022-2023 award year; the applicant’s likelihood of completing the dissertation during this period may be taken into consideration in the selection process.
• Students must be registered or on an approved leave of absence during the 2021-2022 academic year to be eligible to apply.
• Students who have previously received a dissertation fellowship of more than $10,000 from the Graduate Center are not eligible.
• All applicants will automatically be considered for all relevant dissertation awards, with the exception of those listed as special focus awards in the award description section.  Students wishing to be considered for a special focus award should check off the award(s) for which they are eligible on the online portion of the application.
• Students must use their Graduate Center email address to submit the application.

 

Combining Dissertation Fellowships with Other Awards

• A student holding a five-year fellowship from the Graduate Center (e.g., Graduate Center Fellowship) may not hold a dissertation fellowship concurrently with the five-year award.  A student with a five-year award may apply, but if selected for a dissertation fellowship the student will have to choose between the five-year fellowship funding and the dissertation fellowship funding.
• Students who are in year five or beyond may apply, even if they have previously held a five year fellowship.
• A student holding Graduate Center funding that is not part of a five-year award (such as a freestanding Graduate Assistantship A, B, or D or financial aid fellowship) may apply for the dissertation fellowships but, if offered an award, the total funding (combined Graduate Assistant salary and financial aid fellowships) may not exceed $50,000.

 

Terms of the Fellowship

• Fellowship recipients are required to be registered during the award year.
• Dissertation Fellowships of more than $10,000 may provide NYSHIP health insurance eligibility.
• Students who qualify for the Ph.D. in time for an October 2022 degree are not eligible to receive funding.
• If you are planning any travel as part of your research, the university requires you to have travel insurance.  Please see the International Travel Requirements Page for complete details.
• Students must have met Human Subjects Research Protection guidelines and CUNY Research Compliance guidelines.

 

 

APPLICATION COMPONENTS

 

1. Cover sheet
2. Proposal
3. 9-page project description including a 150 word abstract (the abstract should be single-spaced at the top of page one).  The project description should include discussion of the background, relevant literature, methodology, data, projected results, and a time-line/description indicating expected progress.
4. 1-page selected bibliography

• The text describing the dissertation project should be double-spaced using a 12-point font with numbered pages and a 1-inch margin.  The abstract and bibliography can be single-spaced.
• Students are advised to keep in mind that the review committees are interdisciplinary and grouped by cluster (sciences, social sciences, and humanities).

1. Two-page curriculum vitae.
2. Current Graduate Center transcript.  (Students may submit the unofficial student copy that can be printed from CUNYFirst.)
3. One letter of reference to be submitted electronically by your adviser (see instructions page).

 

 

Please see the attached guidelines for complete submission instructions and award descriptions.

 

If you have any questions please contact rsponzo@gc.cuny.edu.

2022-23 GC Dissertation Fellowship Cover Sheet (pdf) 2022-23 GC Dissertation Fellowship Application and Guidelines