Inter-University Program for Latino Research is now accepting applications for the IUPLR/Mellon Fellowship Program
Below please find an announcement for a fellowship that may be of interest to your doctoral students. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Ramona Hernandez directly at rhernandez@ccny.cuny.edu, or Dr. Edwin Melendez at edwin.melendez@hunter.cuny.edu. In addition, please CC me in your emails at sfermin@ccny.cuny.edu.
Best Regards,
Shaday Fermin
Executive Assistant
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
The City College of New York
Call for Applicants
IUPLR/Mellon Fellowships
The Inter-University Program for Latino Research is now accepting applications for the IUPLR/Mellon Fellowship Program (academic year 2016-17). The program supports ABD doctoral students in the humanities who are writing dissertations in Latina/o studies. Doctoral students in the social sciences whose research uses humanities methods may also be considered. The fellowship facilitates completion of the dissertation and provides professional development, job market support, and mentoring for students who will graduate in Spring 2017.
With support from the Andrew G. Mellon Foundation, IUPLR will select fellows through five designated research centers:
- The Center for Mexican American Studies and the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
- The Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA
- The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, The City College of New York
- Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter College, CUNY
- The Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago
The fellowship includes a $25,000 stipend and travel support to attend IUPLR conferences and a required two-week summer institute in Chicago. Matriculation fees and health insurance will be paid by the home institution, provided that the fellow is in residence.
Who is eligible?
Applications will only be accepted from PhD candidates enrolled at UT-Austin, UCLA, CUNY, and UIC. Applicants will be considered by the IUPLR center at their home institution (see list above).
Applicants must have advanced to candidacy (ABD status) and be completing a Latina/o Studies dissertation in the humanities or in a humanities-adjacent discipline. Applications will not be accepted from candidates who have not yet defended their dissertation proposal. As this is a dissertation completion fellowship, all applicants should already have a significant portion of the dissertation drafted. Finally, applicants should be planning to pursue a career in teaching or research.
During the fellowship year, students must be enrolled at their home institution. Fellows will be expected to forego other employment during the year.
Application Materials
When applying, please prepare a dossier of the following materials:
- A cover letter listing your name, university, department, the month and year that you advanced to candidacy (reached ABD status), the name and year of any dissertation completion fellowships you have already had (both internal and external), and a 50-word description of your project’s relationship and significance to the humanities.
- CV
- Dissertation Prospectus, including chapter outlines
- Completed chapters (preferably 2-3)
- Writing plan that demonstrates ability to defend dissertation during fellowship year
- Recommendation letters from the dissertation chair and a Latina/o Studies faculty member. The letter from the dissertation chair should confirm that the applicant has defended the proposal and will be able to graduate by Spring 2017. Letters must be sent directly to the contact person below by the recommenders, not the applicant.
You should send your dossier of materials in either Word or PDF form, preferably as a single document. If your materials contain images please send a zip file.
Deadlines and Important Dates:
Application materials must arrive by January 8, 2016.
Decisions will be made by January 29, 2016.
Selected fellows will attend the Latino Art Now! Conference in Chicago, April 7-9 (mandatory).
Fellows will attend the IUPLR/Mellon Summer Institute in Chicago, June 2016 (mandatory).
Fellowship stipends will begin June 15, 2016.
Send all queries and application materials (Word or PDF) to the IUPLR/Mellon program coordinator, Dr. Meghan Marie Hammond (hammondm@uic.edu), AND the appropriate IUPLR Center director(s). See below for contact information specific to each eligible IUPLR Center:
University of Texas at Austin
The Center for Mexican American Studies
Dr. Domino R. Pérez, director
The Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
Dr. Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández, chair
N.B. UT-Austin applicants should send materials to both names listed above.
UCLA
The Chicano Studies Research Center
Dr. Chon Noriega, director
CUNY
The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, The City College of New York
Dr. Ramona Hernández, director
rahernandez@ccny.cuny.edu
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter College, CUNY
Dr. Edwin Meléndez, director
edwin.melendez@hunter.cuny.edu
N.B. CUNY applicants should send materials to both names listed above.
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Latin American and Latino Studies Program
Dr. Amalia Pallares, director
amalia@uic.edu
