Lake Institute Dissertation Fellowship

The Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at the Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University will offer a one year doctoral dissertation fellowship of $22,000 for the academic year. This doctoral dissertation fellowship will be given to a scholar whose primary research focus is in the area of religion and philanthropy or faith and giving. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of dissertation writing. The fellowship stipend will be paid in three installments: $10,000 at the beginning of the academic year; $10,000 at the mid-point of the academic year; $2,000 upon the successful completion of the dissertation

Applicants for the Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship must:

*be candidates for the Ph.D. degree at a graduate school in the United States.
*fulfill all pre-dissertation requirements by December of the application year, including approval of the dissertation proposal with the expectation that the dissertation will be completed no later than June 1 of the year following the fellowship.

*have not received a similar grant or fellowship for the writing of the dissertation. Please note that Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellows may not accept other awards that provide similar benefits in the same academic year. Smaller awards and/or those involving limited opportunities to teach may be permitted, at the discretion of the Research Advisory Committee of the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.