The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Deadline: November 15, 2012 11:59PM

Length: One Year

Comments: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. The Newcombe Fellows will receive $25,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing. At least 21 non-renewable fellowships will be awarded to candidates selected from among more than 500 applicants. Graduate schools will be asked to waive tuition for Newcombe Fellows.

Applicants for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship must:

• be candidates for Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees in an American doctoral program at a graduate school located in the United States. Candidates working on D.Min., law, Psy.D., and other professional degrees are not eligible.
• have all pre-dissertation requirements fulfilled by the application deadline November 15, 2012, including approval of the dissertation proposal
• be in the writing stage of the dissertation. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun by the time of the award.
• must expect to complete the dissertation during the tenure of the award and submit completed dissertations by August 2014.
• have never held a similar national award for the final year of dissertation writing. Applicants who have won such awards as the ACLS, AAUW, Ford, MacArthur, Mellon, Pew, Spencer, or Whiting fellowship are not eligible.
• plan to write on topics where ethical or religious values are a central concern.
• have never applied for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship before. Previous applicants may not apply.
  

URL:http://www.woodrow.org/higher-education-fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php