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Disciplinary Focus

Disciplinary Focus

Applying for Funding in the Humanities: Advice from a Fellowship Adviser (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. With the spring semester in full swing, […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Humanities, Social Sciences, Understanding Award Types

On Fieldwork & Funding – Part Two (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Dissertation Research, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: American Institute of Indian Studies, fieldwork

On Fieldwork & Funding – Part One (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Dissertation Research, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: American Institute of Indian Studies, fieldwork, India

A Bronx Approach to Research and Funding (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Planning When to Apply, Social Sciences, Success Stories Tagged With: Anthropology, international research

Fulbright, Greece, and GradFund (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Humanities, Success Stories Tagged With: Classics, Fulbright

The Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program: Strategies for Writing a Competitive Application

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Teresa M. Delcorso-Ellmann

The Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program is a unique opportunity to apply to spend two years working with a public or private organization committed to advancing the public good and to hiring recent humanities PhDs.  Dr. John Paul Christy, Program Director for Public Programs at the ACLS, recently visited campus to talk about the program and […]

Filed Under: Humanities, Postdoctoral, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: ACLS/Mellon, alt-ac, Public Fellows

A Fellowship to Do Some Cool Things

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Teresa M. Delcorso-Ellmann

We typically write about fellowship and grant opportunities that are designed to support you and to advance your work on a scholarly project.  In this post, I want to share with you the benefits of a different type of fellowship:  one that will support you as you gain experience working in a profession. The Mellon/ACLS […]

Filed Under: Humanities, Postdoctoral, Social Sciences, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: ACLS/Mellon, alt-ac, Public Fellows, Public Humanities

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

Posted on February 13, 2017 by M. Hyacinth Gaynair

GradFund is a grant and fellowship application development service run by a staff of deans, Fellowship Advisors and Peer Mentors. We have a unique staff of graduate and post-doc students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. You may come from Comparative Literature, for example, and book an appointment with an advisor from Spanish, Political […]

Filed Under: Advice, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: collaboration, writing for a broad audience

Conducting Research in Private Collections and Archives

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Lauren Jimerson

I am a fourth year PhD candidate in art history and a Fulbright Scholar to France. In addition, I am a pensionnaire étrangère (foreign exchange student), at the École Normale Supérieur. I have been in Paris since September 2015 conducting research for my dissertation on female artists and their representations of the nude in early […]

Filed Under: Humanities, Success Stories Tagged With: archival research, Art History, Fulbright, international research

Coursework, Comps, Candidacy, and…Confusion: Knowing When You’re Eligible for a Doctoral Award

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Lytton McDonnell

So you are well on your way to developing an individual funding plan. Maybe you’ve created a list of all the awards for which you will be eligible during your doctoral degree. Great! The next step is determining when to apply for these awards. And this is not always an easy task. Different awards are […]

Filed Under: Disciplinary Focus, Dissertation Research, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Humanities, Planning When to Apply, Predissertation, Stage of Study Tagged With: Planning When to Apply, when to apply

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