IUPLR/Mellon Fellowship Program

Applications for the IUPLR/Mellon Fellowship are now invited. This is exclusively available for PhD students enrolled at UT-Austin, UCLA, CUNY, and UIC. Successful fellows will receive a stipend of $25,000. To apply, entries must be received no later than January 6, 2017.

Scholarship Description
The Inter-University Program for Latino Research offers IUPLR/Mellon Fellowship Program for academic year 2017-18. The program supports ABD doctoral students in the humanities who are writing dissertations in Latina/o studies. The fellowship will provide a stipend, travel support to attend IUPLR conferences and a required two-week summer institute in Chicago.

Award Value
Successful applicant may expect to receive stipend of $25,000, travel support to attend IUPLR conferences and a required two-week summer institute in Chicago.

Level and Area of Studies
PhD degree in Latino and humanity studies.

Place of Study
In the United States of America.

Eligibility and Criteria

  • Applications will only be accepted from PhD candidates enrolled at UT-Austin, UCLA, CUNY, and UIC. Applicants will be considered by the IUPLR center at their home institution.
  • Applicants must have advanced to candidacy (ABD status) and be completing a Latina/o Studies dissertation in the humanities or in a humanities-adjacent discipline.
  • Applications will not be accepted from candidates who have not yet defended their dissertation proposal. As this is a dissertation completion fellowship, all applicants should already have a significant portion of the dissertation drafted. Finally, applicants should be planning to pursue a career in teaching or research.
  • During the fellowship year, students must be enrolled at their home institution. Fellows will be expected to forego other employment during the year.

Applicants’ Nationality
The U.S students may apply this scholarship.

Application Instruction
The application package must be consisting the materials as follow:

  • A cover letter listing your name, university, department, the month and year that you advanced to candidacy (reached ABD status), the name and year of any dissertation completion fellowships you have already had (both internal and external), and a 50-word description of your project’s relationship and significance to the humanities
  • CV
  • Dissertation Prospectus, including chapter outlines
  • Completed chapters (preferably 2-3)
  • Writing plan that demonstrates ability to defend dissertation during fellowship year
  • Two letters of recommendation

Submission Deadline
January 6, 2017.