Summary:
Fellowships for women pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks.
Application Open Date:
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Application Deadline Date:
Friday, November 22, 2024
Upper Limit Amount ($):
25,000
Academic Area:
Any
Description:
The program provides fellowships for women pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks. The purpose of the Dissertation Fellowship is to offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation.
American Dissertation Fellowships carry a stipend of $25,000 and are disbursed in two equal payments over the fellowship term, which runs from July 1 – June 30, annually. Stipends are made payable to fellows only.
Award Purpose:
Other
Year In School:
PhD
Post Doctoral
Eligibility Requirement - Gender:
Female
Eligibility Requirement - Citizenship:
US Citizen or Permanent resident
Eligibility Requirement - Residency:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Other:
- Applicants must be or identify as a woman.
- Applicants must have completed all coursework, passed all preliminary exams, have a prior-approved research proposal or plan and be engaged in completing the final year of their dissertation writing on a full-time basis from July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
- Applicants must be completing their first doctoral degree.
- Applicants must be enrolled at an institution accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Applicants pursuing doctoral studies in science, technology, engineering, or math fields; or those researching gender issues (preferred).
- Applicants who have demonstrated resilience in overcoming life challenges beyond their control, such as socioeconomic status, discrimination, limited academic resources or opportunities or other adverse circumstances (preferred).
- Applicants who were the first in their family to attain a bachelor’s degree (preferred).
- Applicants who hail from or lead single parent households (preferred).
- Applicants who hail from or intend to study in any of the following geographies: Arkansas, West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee or Indiana (preferred).
Specializations:
Business and the Environment
Climate Change Science and Solutions
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy Analysis
Forestry
Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry
People, Equity, and the Environment
Water Resource Science & Management
Urban
Date Updated:
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Recurring:
Annual - November
Eligibility - Citizenship:
US Citizens/Permanent Residents
Amount:
25000