3 awards granted each year. Applications considered in fall funding round only.

See below for more information. Please direct any questions to Rachel Arteaga, Simpson Center Associate Director, at rarteaga@uw.edu.

Eligibility

UW doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy by submittal date and who will receive no other funding during the term of the award. Residency during the fellowship term is required for participation in the Society of Scholars. Please contact the Simpson Center if you have questions about your eligibility.

Description

Graduate Fellowships support dissertating doctoral students in writing up and sharing their individual research in the multidisciplinary, bi-weekly forum of the Society of Scholars. 

Criteria

Awards will be based on the scholarly merit of the individual applications. Scholarship likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of colleagues especially encouraged.

Terms of Award

Graduate research fellows of the Society of Scholars receive two quarters of support, including benefits and tuition waivers.

Application Materials

• Proposal Narrative. Limit: 1,750 words (approximately six double-spaced pages). Proposal narratives should describe the research project in language clear to non-specialists in the field. Narratives should address:

1. Objectives
2. Significance (to the scholarship in and outside the field)
3. Methodology
4. Timeline (progress to date; what will be accomplished in the fellowship year)

• Bibliography. Limit 550 words. Select primary and secondary sources directly related to the project.
• CV. Please limit to five pages.
• Letter of Support: Request a letter of support from your dissertation advisor. The letter must address your eligibility for the award and the feasibility of your proposal’s timeline.
• NO BUDGET should be entered or attached. Applicants should enter 0 into the "Budget amount" field in the Proposal Information form.

Terms of Award: Summer Support

The explicit intent of this support is to allow fellows to devote themselves fulltime to research during the summer. Fellows must devote a minimum of six weeks to focused work on their dissertation, with no competing demands of teaching or other paid work. Fellows will meet weekly with other members of the Summer Society of Scholars to discuss their work and move their projects forward. The fellowship carries an award of $7500, with no benefits or tuition.

Funding is dependent on resources being available. Applicants selected for this summer fellowship will be notified by January 1, 2023.