January 19 The Council for European Studies Mellon- CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships
The Council for European Studies (CES) invites eligible graduate students to apply for the 2013 Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, each fellowship includes a $25,000 stipend as well as assistance in securing reimbursements or waivers for up to $3500 in eligible health insurance and candidacy fees.
Winners of the Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships are also expected to participate in a number of professional development activities organized by the Council for European Studies for the benefit of its fellows and designed to support early career development.
Eligibility: Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships are intended to facilitate the timely completion of the doctoral degree by late-stage graduate students focused on topics in European Studies. To be eligible for the award each applicant
- must be ABD and have no more than one full year of dissertation work remaining at the start of the fellowship year as certified by his or her dissertation advisor;
- must have exhausted the dissertation completion funding normally provided by his or her academic department or university;
- must be working on a topic within or substantially overlapping European Studies;
- must be enrolled in an institution that is a member of the CES Academic Consortium. (A full list of Academic Consortium member institution is provided on our website.)
Deadlines: Application period opens September 2, 2013. Applications are due, along with all supporting materials, on or before January 19, 2014.
