As I transition from writing my thesis to having a month or so of “downtime” before starting a PhD (I REALLY hope) I’ll be engaging with this blog more and more intentionally. Please share if you find it helpful, and feel free to comment on your experiences.
So here’s what I’ve learned lately about scholarships and fellowships:
The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship for humanities has, unfortunately, been suspended due to the federal budget cuts in education. A lot of websites still list it as a resource. Also, most of the NIH and Mellon fellowships are for people further on in graduate school or who are post-doc.
The Ford Fellowship is incredibly difficult to get, and it’s only for U.S. based institutions granting PhDs. If you still want to apply, make sure you have multiple people review your essays, and that you have a clearly written and well developed plan for increasing diversity in higher education. Don’t forget to email them asking for feedback if you don’t get it – infofell@nas.edu
Consider post-baccalaureate programs or an M.A. (if you don’t already have one) to improve your applications if a funded PhD at first seems too lofty a goal. There ARE funded post-baccalaureates!
Some other resources include: the Soros fellowship for New Americans, the Marshall and Rhodes scholarships (dependent on age requirements and tenable only in the UK), and, if you are interested in studying in Ontario, Canada, the Ontario Trillium Scholarship for international students – which I recently received – and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, which is (mostly) for Canadian citizens and permanent residents, though there is some availability for international students.
Finally, soon I’ll be posting on programs and fellowships specific to those interested in an English PhD with science fiction and fantasy as research interests.
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