Dissertation Fellowships 2015-2016

neThis page is for dissertation fellowships for 2015-16 (including research fellowships, dissertation completion fellowships, and other predoctoral opportunities).

• Last year's page: Dissertation Fellowships 2014-2015
• See also previous years' pages: Dissertation Fellowships 2012-13 AND Dissertation Fellowships 2013-14.

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AAUW Dissertation Fellowship

• application is the bane of my existence

• I concur with this sentiment. All of the dislikes x5

• I was not allowed to apply because I received a small, one semester fellowship already.  This is lame.  The decision of banning people with previous fellowships should be based on the amount and/or the length of time for those fellowships.
• Is anyone else having issues with the online application form for the AAUW International Fellowship? I have had several - starting from the registering process, and now some fields are not allowing the content I enter to be saved. It keeps giving "an error occurred" message. And I have been at it all day! I could have submitted my application long back, if things were working properly! Anyone else having similar issues? Please let me know. Thanks!
• I was also having issues before the deadline, and actually was unable to submit in time because of issues on their website. I also called them to try and figure out if there was anything they could do. I would just like to say that the people I spoke with in the tech department were extremely rude and mean. I spent hours working on the application and was unable to submit because of their technical problems. However, the people working there told me there was nothing they could do and that it was basically my fault. They were extremely rude. Honestly, they sounded like uneducated rednecks. I have lost all respect for AAUW.
• 1/18/15 -I didn't have any issues... I was actaully EXTREMELY grateful they extended the deadline 2 days. My advisor was dragging his heels to review my application for me before submitting it. Those 2 days were perfect. Now this waiting game is just torture. 2 months down.... 3 months to go :(
  • 1/18: I agree; AAUW was really generous. I'm abroad this year, but I managed to submit all materials (including to arrange for my department administrator to receive and scan an official transcript) by the deadline.
• Has anyone's status been updated in the portal?  On last year's wiki someone wrote: " My application status still says 'recommended.'" Curious to know when in the process those updates were made last year or if anyone has seen a similar update this year.
  • 3/16: no change here. Judging from the dates on last year's comments we might not see anything until April.
  • 3/19: My status says "submitted"... is that what everyone's say? x2
• 3/19: 26 days left according to the count down on my phone... I dont know why I keep checking.
• Applied (Dissertation Completion) - x7

ACLS / Luce Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

Applied x1

Does anyone know when we should be hearing news?

• Any time between now and the end of the month, according to past years (3/10).
• Received rejection via email (3/16).
• Received acceptance via email (3.16), accepted 3.19.
  • Research I 

ACLS / Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships

• applied x30
• Is it correct that there is no place to submit a CV? Just publications and funding.

• Correct!

• Informed about a week after the deadline that my application was being withdrawn because I wasn't humanities/social sciences enough.  The decision is based solely on the department that you belong to and not the work that you do.  :-(
• Anyone know when the various cuts and/or final award announcements are made?
• Last year it was mid-to-late March that award announcements started going out. According to the Wiki, it was on a rolling basis, with some rejections coming rather later, but awards coming earlier. (26 January 2015)

• Thanks.  Good to know,
• In reference to the mid-March announcements...that was true for last year, however, the year before many announcements began rolling in on the Friday of the first week of March. So, a week from today we can begin to frantically examine our in-box (and Spam folders) with purpose. (2/27)
• Do they usually notify those who get accepted first? (2/28)

• As I've read the earlier wiki, it seems that they let people know in order irrespective of whether of not they are accepted. (3/2)

• Is this week the week? (3/2)

• Could be. I emailed a few weeks back to inquire (I had a good reason) and the office replied, "Notifications will be sent via email in early March." Though how the office will define early March is anyone's guess. (3/4)

• Oh, good. Now I can check my email every five minutes for the rest of the week. (x3)

• My guess is that it's a bit early, but it's certainly possible according to the experience of past years. I think if any awards are announced this week it won't be until Friday. I still think we'll be waiting until next week, or the following. Patience is a virtue, right? (3/2)
• Does anyone know if the notifications come in the mail or via email? (3/3)

• Email only.

• Last year it looks like the majority were notified on or by 3/19. Even though I know it probably isn't going to be this week, I can't stop hoping I will have a notification waiting in my inbox (or spam).  (3/5)
• Ugh, I really thought today would be the day. (3/5)
• Is anyone here in a situation where you can finish a poor dissertation without the funding this year? (3/5)

• I am. Currently drafting my final chapter - can get revisions in for an August graduation. Would still greatly appreciate this fellowship so I can focus on publishing stuff, and padding the CV in the off chance I could actually land a job for 2016/17. (3/5) x3

• This may be a panicking question (because all my fellowship questions right now are tinged with panic), but does this award also include tuition remission? I assumed it does when I applied, but I'm unable to find anything that actually articulates that on their website. Anyone who has won this award in years past or knows anyone who has one it in years past know how this works? I haven't heard anything from the ACLS/Mellon people, but I was just curious. (3/6)

• The fellowship is awarded with a token 5k tuition payment to your university, with the understanding that your university will cover the rest of your fees. I have never heard of a university not covering the difference, but I suppose it could happen. But for most intents and purposes, yes: this fellowship includes tuition remission.
• Thanks so much! I thought that was probably the case, but I wasn't certain.

• This is really splitting hairs, but does anyone know whether they typically announce in the afternoon or morning? Or is there no pattern?

• If my neurotic memory is remotely accurate, I think most notifications for this fellowship in the past have been between about noon and 3pm....
• Two distinct upshots of not getting notified this afternoon. First, it saves me from being depressed all weekend in the statistically probable event that my application is rejected. And, second, it gives us obsessive types (maybe that's all of us) two days off when we know for a fact no one at ACLS is going to notify us of an award. Silver linings everywhere...
• Do you think at this point it's late enough we won't hear today?
• ACLS is in NYC, so another hour till 3pm (assuming they won't notify between 3 and end of business). Will take the silver lining for the weekend though. Do we know if they always notify on Fridays?

• No they do not always notify on Fridays. A couple years ago was a Tuesday, another year it was a Thursday. I'd tend to think at this point  (2:10 EST) we're not going to hear anything today. Happy weekend!

• Has anyone received any notification of any sort by today? (6 March 2015)

• No notification yet (3/6) x4

• Just called ACLS (3/6).  The committee will meet this weekend to review applications, and we should receive letters "within two weeks at most."

• Phew. Thanks for calling! I see from previous years that all applicants are notified together, albeit on a rolling basis. So I suspect they will start notifying earlier and continue for more than a couple of days.
• Same news was just confirmed by a faculty member in my department who is on the committee. (3/6)

• Is the faculty member in your department in the committee on the subject area or the more general level? (3/7)

• I don't know if I can wait two more weeks without my head/heart exploding. lol. Thanks for calling and finding out more than speculative information. 
• It's weird that the committee has not reviewed the applications yet. So from October to March, were our applications just with the program officers? (3/6)

• I think the applications go through more than one committee (first in your subject area, and then at a more general level)

• Thanks for sharing this. Any news on whether "meeting this weekend to review applications" means making final decisions or whether there are more rounds of meetings (more waiting) ahead?

• ^^Thanks for providing some Sunday evening entertainment, folks. Not to be a buzzkill, but you do realize that these fellowships are going to be awarded to people who have already published articles and secured prior Mellon/Fulbright fellowships?

• ^What, like it's hard?
• Your cynicism tastes pretty stale and is so uninspired. Not to mention that you're wrong. Sure, some awards will go to those who won awards before, attend the Ivy-top 10, or have published a bunch. But many do not. A colleague at a non-Ivy R1 institution who had never published and never received Mellon money won this award two years ago. The problem isn't that all the awards go to people who published and already had fellowship money -- the problem is there are 1200 applicants a year, a majority of whom present strong proposals, and only ~60-70 awards to give out. (x2)

• Come on - we've got to be kind to each other. I would guess that most of us think you're both right. The cynicism is well placed - most of the 60-70 awards DO go to Ivys/former Mellon grantees /publishing powerhouses. But at the same time, "you can't get a grant you haven't applied for," so yes, sometimes it goes to someone deserving who didn't do the above. In the end, MOST of us are probably deserving (and considering the length of the application, self-selected) but the money isn't there for more of us to get the necessary support, so why cut each other down (either as cynics, dreamers or a combo thereof)? 
• How would they even know if we published papers or not? It's not like we gave them a CV. They are definitely not going to Google us. Also, if it is true that they pre-screen the submissions based on previous achievements rather than the content and the execution, I would be disappointed at the organization as a whole.

• Wasn't there a spot to list publications and fellowships on the app? (I thought there was). If not, I did include them in the 'scholarly trajectory' section of the application. Also, have you looked at the CVs of past winners? They do suggest that prior fellowships and publications matter.  
• oh maybe there was... it's too long ago now and I have my first publication since. I still hope it's not a large factor for the consideration for the fellowship.
• Yes, there was a spot to list publications and previous awards around page 3 of the application. (Can still see my submitted application. This was after educational info and before the diss title and abstract - could list up to ten awards and up to eight publications.) 

• How exactly do they evaluate applications? Is it just publications and fellowships?

NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED:

• (x7) Acceptance received 4pm, 09 March via email

• Congrats! Anyone else heard anything? Nothing in my inbox or spam.

•   Nothing x5

• Congratulations. Do you know if all the acceptances go out at the same day/time? 
• Congrats! Which discipline are you? Music. Women's Studies. 

• Acceptance rec'd 4:04pm, 09 March via email - American Studies

• Were you the one who posted above?

• No, I just modeled my post after the first and included my discipline.
• Thanks! And congrats!

• Of course! And thank you!

• Gah - nothing here. Looks like the winners are being notified today! Congrats to you all.

• Don't forget--in the past, they've notified on a rolling basis, so all hope is not lost.

• He :) - I hope you are right! (I just can't help but be pessimistic on this one despite submitting what I think was a pretty strong application and strong professional record. Damn them! My name is at the end of the alphabet though. 
• I've looked at the past years of this wiki, and I didn't see anyone get an acceptance that came after the initial wave. (Some people got alternate notifications.) Looks like I have a date with some booze tonight!

• Acceptance here too - provisional on professor saying I'm still on track (thankfully am) - in history.

• Congratulations! Did you receive your notification at around 4pm, too?
• Yep, it seems like there was a batch that went out around the same time. Thanks! 

• Any sociologists receiving emails of acceptance?

• Yep-- received mine around 1pm PST/4pm EST.
• I guess it's time to accept defeat then. 
• To the sociologist who got accepted, are you from an Ivy or any of the top sociology schools--Berkeley, Michigan, Wisconsin, NYU?

• I'm from Berkeley

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKyaXkzVvc
• ^ Thank you for that. Congrats to all!
• Acceptance received 3pm (CST), but it got caught in my "social" folder in Gmail for some reason, so make sure to check there.  I'm in History (non-Ivy). 
• Congrats everyone! Looks like the rest of us will receive rejection letters tomorrow? Good times!
• Out of curiosity (win, lose, waitlist, whatever you are): is ACLS/Mellon the biggest humanities completion fellowship (in terms of numbers who apply) in the US? And if so, do any of you have an idea as to why? I applied because, while I already have funding, it always looks nice to have an external award on your CV - plus the stipend is generous as far as stipends go. Was just curious as to why it is this fellowship that elicits such a discussion every year...

• I think you've answered your own question. I'd always heard that Mellon/ACLS is the most prestigious and selective humanities completion fellowship in the US.

• Anyone in Modern Languages with an acceptance? Congrats to all
• Anyone in Art History? Congratulations!
• Any anthropologists?  Congrats to all of the recipients!
• Any news today? (3/10)

• I'm assuming there won't be until around 4pm on the east coast. 

• Notification of alternate status, 12:21pm EST (I imagine the chances of this turning into a fellowship are slim, right?)
• Any other alternates on here? Does anyone know how many alternates there typically are? And when do awardees have to accept? Congrats to all who won!

• Alternate (3/10), Anthropology. (R1 Public U, national fellowships but no publications). Condolences to all the rejections after that brutal application--I fully expect to join the ranks soon enough.
• I was lurking here and can speak to the alternate list; I was an alternate in 2012 and did evetually get the fellowship. I got the alt-list notification on 3/9/12 - the list wasn't ranked but I was told it was 'very short' or some such thing. I got the notice that I would, in fact, get the fellowship on 4/3/12. I am not certain exaclty what happened, but you have to assume that with ALCS being so competitive, at least some of the winners will also get job offers. Of course this may not happen for you, but I wanted to chime in to let you know that moving from the alternate list to the funded list can happen.
• Thanks so much for weighing in! It's mind blowing that the list isn't ranked.
• You're welcome. I misspoke - what I meant to say was that they did not indicate rank on the alternate list in their email to me, and I never asked, either. However, it's probable that the list is ranked, but that they don't make the rank order public.
• Makes sense. Thank you again! I really, really appreciate it.
• 3/18: Still no word here on alternate status (anthropologist above). Anyone hear anything? Another thanks to the poster above for further info. <-- I did get bumped up, so there's hope guys.
• Thanks for the news. Fingers crossed, but expectations low.
• Awarded alternate status:   x3
• Moved from alternate to awarded:   x1

• Rejection (3/10, 10:34 PST) (x3)
• Rejection (3/10, 1:34 EST), Political Science... is there any way to get reviewer's comments? Just curious to know what they thought of my project since I get almost no feedback at my home dept!

• I asked for reviewer's comments on my application, I just replied to the email I got (no response yet). 
• I followed your lead and recieved this enlightening reply:  "ACLS’s reviewing system allows evaluators to release comments to applicants at their discretion, but it does not require that they do so. Thus it is possible to not receive comments from all, or even any, of the reviewers who participated in the assessment of your application. In your case, unfortunately, reviewers did not designate any comments for release to the applicant."
  • I received the same response to my request for comments.  It was disappointing as I was hoping for comments at the least to help improve my grant writing.

• Rejection (3/10, 1:35PM  EST), Sociology, R1, non-Ivy
• Rejection (3/10, 1:44 EDT), Anthropology (FYI--I have multiple publications and earned a Fulbright & NSF for fieldwork; Ivy, R1) --> Oh wow, we're the same! (sociologist below)
• Rejection (3/10, 1:45 EST), Sociology (Non-Ivy, R1, 4 publications, Fulbright and NSF DDIG)
• Rejection (3/10, 1:45 EST), Modern Languages (Spanish). Non-ivy, private R1.
• Rejection (3/10, 10:40 PST), Modern Languages. Non-Ivy.
• Rejection, art history, from a big ten u
• Rejection (3/10, 5:40 GMT), without silver spoon in mouth.
• Rejection (3/10, 1:43 EST)
• Rejection, decided to quit graduate school to train for IronMan 2016. Let the ruling class shower their children with fellowships; I'll be running/biking/swimming. (x4)
• Rejection, Anthropology 3/10
• Rejection, History - already have a job lined up luckily #nomoreplanB
• Anyone else still heard nothing? I'm wearing my lucky fellowship news tshirt and everything <--Still nothing here, either, and it's approaching 4:00 pm EST. Are we to expect another round of rejections tomorrow? Still no news for me either. (2:40 PST)
• Rejection (3/10, 11.40 PST), History. (FYI - I am Ivy with multiple publications in top-ranked journals and previous Mellon fellowships...so there ya go, it's a tough one). 
• Rejection (3/10, 1:39 EST), English (Medieval)
• Rejection (3/10, 12:51 CST), History, private school (non-ivy), 1 publication.
• Rejection (3/10, 12:40 CST), Comparative Literature, private R1/top 20 university
• Can anyone clarify the order of notifications (e.g., based on past years)? Name, field, etc.? Congrats to the recipients!
• Rejection (3/10, 12:41 CST), History, Non Ivy League. 2 publications. Large midwestern state university. Congratulations to the winners.
• Hoping that posting my rejection here mitigates my sorrows. (x3)
• Alternate (3/10), History. Congrats to winners!
• Still no news here. I know two people in my field (Anthropology) who received rejections already.
• Nothing here, either (3/11 10:00 am CST) There has been one posted acceptance, one rejection, and one alternate for my field (History). I wonder what it means if we didn't hear Monday or Tuesday. Maybe there were so many applicants they have to space out the rejections over several days. :(
• how are you all seeing posted acceptances and rejections? <-- Sorry if my comment above was confusing. I was referring to the acceptances/rejections that people on this discussion board have "posted."

• FYI, I hadn't heard anything (despite checking spam folders religiously) and called. Rejection. BUT all notifications should have been sent out, so if you haven't heard you might want to call. (3/11, 4:20 EST)
• I also had not heard anything and called today (sadly, rejected). All notifications have been sent out so if you did not receive anything then you should contact ACLS (3/12, 3:33 CST). 

• Acceptance, art history, public R1. 
• March 16--Still haven't heard anything (history). Am I missing something?

POST-HYSTERIA:

• Rejected here. Asked for reviewers' comments and I got this response: "ACLS’s reviewing system allows evaluators to release comments to applicants at their discretion, but it does not require that they do so. Thus it is possible to not receive comments from all, or even any, of the reviewers who participated in the assessment of your application. In your case, unfortunately, reviewers did not designate any comments for release to the applicant." (3/12) (x2)

• After being rejected, I received a different message about the comments. Apparently, there is some variation here. But, if there are comments, it seems that they will not become available until later in April: "We received your request for feedback on your application to the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship program. ACLS’s reviewing system allows evaluators to release comments to applicants at their discretion. Hence, it is possible to not receive comments from all of the reviewers who participated in the assessment of your application. As we are still in the midst of the fellowship selection season, you will receive an email with the comments that reviewers provided on your application by late April." (x2)
• I got the same as the above (ie, we'll get them to you in April). I am thus wondering if there is some sort of internal process we are unaware of - ie, that, given the volume of applications, they cut some outright and they never go off for peer review, and therefore there are not any comments. The "semi-finalists" do go to peer review, so you'll get comments. It'd be interesting to know the reality of it, but my experience in the past with some of the big Mellon awards is that if I've won or been short-listed, I receive comments. If I was an early reject, no comments.  

American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize

• Applied x3
• Any word about interviews?
• Interviews (Skype or NYC visit - applicant's choice) were scheduled in Jan. for Feb. (2/6)
• Rejection via e-mail (3/16)

ASA Minority Fellowship

Applied (x1)

• Any idea if winners are notified earlier than non-winners?

Berlin Program for Advanced German & European Studies (Freie Universität)

• Applied x4
• Last year, announcements went out the second week of February, so we're not far away. 
• Awarded a fellowship Oct '15-Sept '16 (02/06) x2
• rejected 2/6. For the record, 63 applications total. Letter did not say how many awards. x2
  • From previous years, they accept btw 10-12 doctoral candidates & 2-3 post-docs, depending on funding levels.

Boren Fellowship

• Applied x1
• This is followed more closely on grad cafe, but it can also be a dissertation fellowship depending on when you apply in your grad career.
• Last year, offers went out on April 18.  Website says notification by late April.

Boston College - African and African Diaspora Studies Dissertation Fellowship

Applied (x4)

CAORC Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship

Applied x2

Any idea when notification letters go out?

I read April 15, 2015. Anyone know if you have a fighting chance for these general CAORC fellowships, if you're rejected for another fellowship by a specific AORC?  Just got a rejection a couple days ago from a CAORC research center, so not really holding out hope that CAORC headquarters will like my project if the research center I proposed working with, doesn't. 

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship

Applied x2

Carter G. Woodson Institute PreDoctoral Fellowship at UVA (African & African American)

• applied x2
• Got in - received a letter on 1/20 - very early decision!
• snail mail rejection, 3/4

Carter Manny Award

Applied x1

Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (Stanford) Predoctoral Fellowship

Applied 

• Rejected via email, 3/13/15.  Email noted only four fellowships were awarded.

Applied

• Anyone else heard anything from them? Have awardees been notified? (3/24)

Center for Jewish History, Graduate Research Fellowship

The application deadline for Graduate Research Fellowships starting in Fall 2015 is February 2, 2015.

The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center’s partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Preference is given to those candidates who draw on the library and archival resources of more than one partner institution. Fellows must be in residence at the Center from September 2015 through June 2016 and applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. It is required that each fellow spend a minimum of three days per week in residence in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room using the archival and library resources. Fellows must also participate in the Center for Jewish History Fellowship Seminar Program, attend bi-weekly meetings of the fellowship program cohort, deliver a minimum of one lecture based on research conducted at Center, and submit a report upon completion of the Fellowship describing her/his experience as a Center Fellow. Fellowships carry a stipend of $17,500 for a period of one academic year. Fellows from universities more than 125 miles away from New York City may be entitled to additional funding of up to $5,000 to offset moving expenses.

Eligibility- The fellowship is open to qualified doctoral candidates from accredited domestic and international institutions. - Fellows must be in residence at the Center from the beginning of September 2015 until the end of June 2016. - Applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. - For non-U.S. citizens, it is the responsibility of the applicant to have the appropriate visa for acceptance of the award during the ten-month fellowship term. The Center for Jewish History is not a visa-granting institution but it will help facilitate the visa application process.

Requirements for Application 1. Cover letter stating area of interest, knowledge of relevant languages, and how the project relates to the general mission of the Center for Jewish History 2. Curriculum Vitae, including contact information, education, publications, scholarly and/or museum activities, teaching experience, and any other relevant work experience 3. Research proposal of no more than four pages double-spaced, including specific reference to the collections at the Center and clearly stated goals for research during the period of the fellowship 4. A one-page bibliography of important secondary sources for the project 5. Graduate school transcript 6. Three letters of recommendation, which address the significance of the candidate’s work for his or her field, as well as the candidate’s ability to fulfill the proposed work. Please ensure that your application indicates the names and contact information of those writing letters of recommendation on your behalf. 7. Letters of recommendation should be sent under separate cover – preferably by email or dossier service – to the address below. 8. Please submit application materials 1-5 by email as one continuous PDF file. Transcripts may arrive separately to the below address or email address.

The schedule for the application process is as follows: - All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received by February 2, 2015 for consideration. - Announcement of grant recipients: April 2015 - Commencement of grant period: September 1, 2015 - Conclusion of grant period: June 30, 2016

To download the full application guidelines, please visit http://www.fellowships.cjh.org

Applications are to be submitted to: Christopher Barthel, Ph.D. Senior Manager for Academic and Public Programs, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011, United States of America. Email: fellowships@cjh.org

Center for Jewish History, Lapidus Summer Fellowship Program

The Center for Jewish History and the American Jewish Historical Society offer a six-week Fellowship to recent Ph.D.s and doctoral candidates conducting original research using the collections of the Center’s five partners: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Fellows will take residence at the Center for Jewish History in NYC from June 15, 2015 through July 24, 2015. Each Fellow will be required to spend a minimum of three days per week in residence, working with archival and library resources in the Center’s Lillian Goldman Reading Room. Fellows should plan to be in residence the full week of June 15, 2014 to participate in orientation/archival training sessions.

Up to six Fellowships will be awarded in summer 2015. Applicants should be recent Ph.D.s, ABD or in the process of writing their dissertations.

Application deadline: April 17, 2015

Full description and application guidelines are available at fellowships.cjh.org

CFD--Consortium for Faculty Diversity Pre and Post-Doctoral Fellowships

• Applied (x5)
• Contacted (list school and department)
  • Contacted by Denison, request to apply-Art (could you give more info? date contacted, nature of conversation?) Applied directly to job posting after being contacted, subsequently was not selected as a finalist for interview at CAA.
  • Yes, please give more info- btw has anyone every received this fellowship by being contacted by schools based on their application in the CFD system?  Seems like schools use this when they want to recruit a particular candidate, not to browse to fill a position.  Can anyone verify this?
  • Does anyone know how this fellowship works? Do most people contact the department they would like to be hosted by directly? What about the contact person at the college? Please help!
  • Was contacted by a college and told I was on a shortlist (Jan. 8) and asked if I was still interested and that they would make decisions around end Jan.  Said yes. Then no further contact.

Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship

• applied x9

• 11/11: I submitted my supplemental materials via email last Friday 11/7, but I have yet to receive confirmation of their receipt/inclusion in my applicatoin. Anyone else? 
• 11/12: I did not receive confirmation either, but when I checked the status of my application online it showed that everything had been received. 
• 11/14: I sent my stuff in yesterday, and it had not shown up in my account yet.  So, I emailed them, and they said that they actually convert the documents by hand and it can take up to 5 business days to do so.  As long as you emailed them in by the application date they will count as on time.

• 11/14: Thanks y'all. My documents are now appearing as received. Good luck everyone!

• 11/14: The list of selection committee does not list anyone for the field of performance studies, although applicants can select performance studies from the drop-down menu. Does anyone have a sense of how this will work? 
• 2/5/15: any word yet? it looks like in the past they have started to notify about finalists between 2/22 and 2/28, but you never know...
• 2/18/15: Any news?
• 2/18/15: Haven't heard anything yet.
• 2/18/15: Nothing yet. Based upon previous years, I am guesing that finalists should learn about advancing sometime between next Tuesday (the 24th) and Friday (the 27th). 
• 2/18/15 When I submitted this thing I thought I would just forget about it, but here I am.
• 2/19/15 Just found out I'm a finalist (x3)
  • 13% of >500 applicants are finalists.
• 2/19/15 Rejection received by email. Pretty general response - "over 500 applications were received this year for 22 awards." x5
• 3/7/2015: Has anyone heard anything else?
  • They're meeting on 3/20 to select winners. Notifications will go out the next week.
• 3/20/2015: According to the last email I received, the Selection Committee is meeting today to decide on winners.  Does anybody know about how quickly finalists are notified after the selection meeting with their final status?
  • In past years they haven't released results until the following Monday. Maybe we'll get lucky?
• 3/20/2015: Did anyone receive confirmation of final documents receipt?
• 3/21/2015: Any day now!  I believe decisions were made yesterday.
• 3/23/2015: Is today the day? If so, does anyone have any idea when they will send out emails?
  • I sure hope so.  The wait is agonizing.  I really have no idea what time the emails are sent out (if it even happens today).
  • Any news?
    • None so far.  There is a certain amount of relief finding out I'm not the only one without an email, but some sort of news would be better.
    • Maybe the notifications aren't coming today--it's almost 4 pm EDT...
    • Why is everybody convinced they must come today? Their email said: "Th[e] committee will be meeting on March 20th to decide this year’s Fellows. Word of their decisions will be sent by email the following week". That gives them until the 27th. Chill out everybody! (Or am I missing something?)
      • Because as far as I know, for the past few years the decisions have been emailed the Monday following the Friday the Selection Committee met (meaning today).  This obviously isn't carved in stone.
• 3/24/2015: Apparently it wasn't carved in stone, unless we were all no go's. Relax, we'll all hear soon enough. Obviously our projects are all good if we've made it this far--definitely something to remember going forward. Good luck everyone (including the lurkers who don't post) :)
• Rejection 11:15am EDT x3

I got an award offer at 11:07 AM EDT (3/24/15) x4

• I got the award offer this morning (and am one of the X's above). I just wanted to add something. The fact that I have gotten this fellowship while being rejected from all the myriad less selective ones that I applied for, for which my project was definitely a better fit than it is for the Newcombe, confirms in my opinion how almost entirely haphazard this whole process is. Sorry if this input is unwelcome.

(3/25/15 at 3:30 AM EDT) I am a finalist and I have not heard anything yet.  Someone please put me out of my misery. EDIT: I got no sleep last night and my award offer was in my junk mail. I can't believe it. Congrats to all of the finalists- applying for fellowships is such an ontological struggle and I'm just so happy right now I need to go get an ice cream. 

Chateaubriand Fellowship in the Humanities

Applied x 5

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Doctoral Fellowships

Doctoral candidates who are non-ROC citizens and who are enrolled in an accredited university in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America may apply for financial support for writing dissertations in the field of Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Citizens of the ROC should apply for Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad.

http://www.cckf.org/e-americaDD.htm

CLIR/ Mellon Fellowship

• applied x12
• Any word on this one yet? Or on when announcements are usually made? (2/16)
• They notify on April 1st, as per the email confirmation they send when you submit your application (2/17)
  • Technically yes, but they actually seem to notify successful candidates earlier than that. From last year's thread: "According to past forums, CLIR/Mellon notifications came on March 4 (2011), March 12 (2012), and March 20 (2013) by email. Those days were, respectively, the first Friday, the second Monday, and the third Wednesday of the month. Last year, rejection emails went out March 28." Although last year apparently nobody dropped a line to say if/when early acceptances had gone out. (2/17)
    • Last year (2014) final recipients were notified on April 1st; there were no "secret" early notifications.
      • Very interesting. Thanks for letting us know how it went last year. (3/19)
  • Does they do interviews for this? I'm thought they used to (though I may be confusing it with another grant)
    • I haven't heard of interviews for this, but this is my first time applying so I don't know much about the process. (3/2)
      • No interviews for this one (at least not within the past 10 years), nor a waitlist. Just a straight yes/no. (3/3)
• For the record, I applied for CLIR/Mellon fellowship in 2012-2013, and I was notified on March 27th, 2012 that I was not awarded a fellowship. The competition was for 17 awards out of 497 (17/497), and I seriously doubt they've been able to expand. As far as I know, there are not any waitlists or anything. Just yes/no.
• Has anyone got any news? (3/24)
• Acceptance went out today in the mid-afternoon. Told not to say anything. Decisions will be rolling out the rest of the week. (3/25) x2
  • Nothing here (3/24) x5
  • Thanks for posting to let us know and sparing me a lot of anxious waiting. And congrats on your acceptance! (3/26)

Columbia University GSAS Internation Travel Grant

• apply x1

Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine Dissertation Writing Fellowship

• applied x1

Council for European Studies (CES)/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Eligibility: Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships are intended to facilitate the timely completion of the doctoral degree by late-stage graduate students in the humanities working on Europe.  

To be eligible an applicant must: be ABD (year 5 and above); be a US citizen or green card holder; can have no more than one full year of dissertation work remaining at the start of the fellowship year as certified by his or her dissertation advisor; be enrolled at a higher education institution in the U.S. that is a member of the Council for European Studies Academic Consortium. Students whose universities are not currently members of the CES consortium may apply, but they are encouraged to apply early in the application season so that every effort may be made to enroll the institution in the CES member consortium and, thus, establish the student's eligibility by the application deadline.

The applicant must also have exhausted the dissertation completion funding normally provided by his or her academic department or university, and he or she must be working on a topic within or substantially overlapping European Studies.

- Applied, 26 Jan 2015. Anyone else? Bon courage! (x7) - Are we supposed to receive confirmation that all materials are received? Or only if something is missing?

• Last year I received the following message upon submission: "Your Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship Application form has been received by our staff and will be reviewed shortly. Please make sure to contact your recommenders directly and provide them with this link to the recommendation form: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/dissertation-completion. They will not be automatically contacted by this application." I was only subsequently contacted regarding a missing rec letter.
  
• I emailed this year after submission to make sure my (already submitted) recommendation letters would be automatically matched with my application. They replied and said that they would be automatically matched. I assume they don't send out any further confirmation.

- Applied 19 Jan 2015. Any other applicants for the pre-dissertation version of this grant on here?

- Here we can post updates about the Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the AY 2015-2016. Does anyone know when the successful applicants have been notified in the past? Rejections? Any news at all? (3/10/2015) 

- In years past, successful candidates have been notified in early April (last year was the 8th for most people), or the very end of March. It seems that rejections come after the dust settles regarding who accepts or declines the fellowship. So, I'd say we're probably at least 3 weeks away from any notification. My guess (purely speculative) would be the week after Easter weekend. (3/11)

- Just thought I'd like to ask... as anyone heard anything? (3/24)

DAAD

Applied x3

Last year, notifications went out last week of March. 

Status on DAAD Portal changed to "Application Rejected" (02.04) x2

Status on DAAD Portal reverted back to "application submitted" (03/09/15) x3

A user over at GradCafe emailed them and the New York office said that they do not know why the change int he Portal status, but final decisions have not yet been determined. 

Another user at GradCafe emailed 3/18 and was told decisions would go out "end of March/early April."

Danforth Center on Religion and Politics (Washington U. in St. Louis)

• Announcement on H-NET
• Deadline: 15 Jan. 2015.
• applied (1/15)

rejection email (2/18)

Dartmouth College

The goal of the Chavez/Eastman/Marshall fellowship program is to promote student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth, and throughout higher education, by supporting completion of the doctorate by underrepresented minority scholars (including African-American, Latina/o, and Native American scholars) and other graduate scholars with a demonstrated commitment and ability to advance educational diversity.

Application deadline: Feb. 1, 2015; Award announcement: April 1, 2015

Applied (x3)

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund

• Applied

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship

• Received e-mail with invitation to interview (12/23). +1
• Does anyone know if the interview requests are rolling, or if we haven't heard by now, better luck next year? (1/6)
• Interviews happened on 1/24. Haven't heard anything since the interview. Has anyone else heard? (2/2)
• I have not heard anything since we left DO. (2/2)
• So...still nothing? (3/4)
• From looking at the 2014 and 2013 threads, it should be coming this week...hopefully (3/4)
• I emailed to ask about a different DO fellowship (but they could be on the same timetable), and was told that candidates will be informed by the end of next week at the latest. I wonder if that means acceptances this week, rejections next week, but it should be soon. (3/5)
• I've heard through the grapevine that senior fellows were notified (3/10). Any word on junior fellowships?
• Junior Fellow acceptance (via email). Note: was never contacted for interview.
• To the person who got accepted (congratulations!), what program are you in? Has anyone received rejections?
• Rejection letter received via e-mail. (3/25)

Five Colleges

• Applied x13
• Skype interview request 02/02/15
• Anyone know if they have already picked their fellows? I'm trying to decide whether its still worth applying...
• Offer extended 02/13/15
• wow, that was quick! Are you the same person who had the Skype interview? Anyone else hear anything?
  • crickets as of 2/25
• I called the Five Colleges consortium. At least three colleges are still looking at the applications. Decisions have been delayed in part due to the weather. They expect to let people know in March, although the dates remain unclear. Decisions are made by committees specific to each college. (2/26)
• Thanks for calling!  It's nice to know they're still evaluating applications.  Fingers crossed...
  • I got sick of refreshing this page just to hear bad news... While they are still evaluating apps, I am not certain if they've made any shortlists already. Good luck to everyone!
• Oy. I hope I get this. . . I wonder which college did the skype interview? Congrats to that person. . . 
• Rejection. Notified via interfolio 3/11. Congrats to Winners. x5
  • did you get an email from interfolio? or was it posted there?
  • email from Interfolio
  • I haven't heard a peep. What gives?
  • I just heard this morning. Was on a short list but they awarded a candidate in another field. :( If you call they will update you on your standing.
    • Thanks for this. Just called, and was told that people who have not heard are very likely "still in the running" since 2 schools have not decided yet. No word on how short that list is though.

Ford Dissertation Fellowship

• Applied x15

I have a question. The instructions say to complete an annotated bibliography, one page double spaced. This is actually quite impossible, given that most citations take two lines--leaving NO space for annotation. What is everyone else doing about this issue? Transgress the page limit?

• In the instructions pdf, it says one page, double-spaced. In the "application components" website it doesn't specify, it just says two to three sentences each and no more than ten sources. But if you actually log on to your uploads page in the online application it says that it should be single-spaced. So mine (since of course I'm still working on it...) will be one-page, single-spaced.
• Thanks for answering! I already uploaded mine, it is double spaced and doesn't go beyond 2 pages. I guess when you have three distinct sets of instructions for what to do, this is what happens. However, I wish I had done what you are doing!

I also have a question. The form is requiring that I put down a PhD institution in addition to my proposed fellowship institution. I'm fine entering it again, but it is asking for dates of attendance. I have already entered my expected graduation date in the proposed fellowship institution entry. Should I enter 11/2014 for the end date for the PhD institution as I am currently attending?

• I was also confused by that. I put 11/2014 as the end date for my current institution.

Does anyone know if we'll receive some sort of status update before April?

• There are no updates before decisions. Winners are usually notified in late March or early April and alternates, honorable mentions, and everyone else shortly thereafter.
• I believe people starting hearing on 3/25/14 last year, so maybe we'll hear back next week? (3/17)
• As far as I can tell, most of the acceptance emails went out on a Friday, with the alternates/honorable-mentions/rejections going out the following Monday. If it follows last year's pattern exactly, that would mean acceptance emails will be going out this Friday. However, there seems to be variation throughout the years, so I don't think we have any good reason to think they'll be on the same timeline this year. (3/17) x2
• I agree with the poster above... last year the acceptances started going out on Friday of this week. One way to see an updated list as folks are offered and accept a fellowship is by clicking through to the 2015 directory. Nothing is on the page yet though. (3/17) 
• Last year was the first time in a while that decisions went out before the first week of April though.
• I think there's a good chance they could be out at the end of this week or next week.  The website says the decisions will be announced in March 2015 and they'll need at least a week to leave time for alternates.
• I called this the National Research Council Fellowship Office this morning, and they said announcements will be made "probably by early April." I'm not sure if the person I spoke to really knew since the Program Announcement clearly states March 2015 as the time awards will be announced. (3/19)
  • I applied to several fellowships last year, and almost all of them announced past their written dates, even if only by a few days.
• Award offer just received!! (3/23/15) - Congratulations!! Did you get an e-mail? What time / time zone?
• Thanks, it was an email at 12:25 pm EST.  Good luck to everyone!
• I have just read of another award offer on gradcafe - received at 12:45 p.m. EST. I guess the time is running out on us?
  • I find it so strange these are done individually or staggered in some way, given that its email. 
• Award offer received at 12:42pm EST via email.
• Congrats to the recepients! Do they notify all the winnners at once?
• Sigh* I guess there's always next year.  They'll probably notify the rest of us this this week.
• Congratulations! What fields have been notified? Anybody know? (3/23/15)
  • I've been wondering the same thing? Do they all go out at once?
    • Not sure about all areas, I'm in Sociology and found out today. x2  (+Geography)
    • American Studies 
    • Any news today? Hopefully, there are still some acceptances to be announced... (3/24/15)
      • No news here (3/24  1:20pm est)
      • I wish they would already just say it - rejection - so I could move on with my life! I mean it's been the whole day without any info... (1:30 PST)
      • I know how you feel, we already know, pretty much, but it helps to have it confirmed.  Holding out hope for an honorable mention as encouragement to re-apply next year! (3/24) (x2)
      • Have any anthropologists heard anything?
      • I am an anthropologist and have not heard anything. Have you now heard back? How many people have acceptances? Rejections? Honorable mentions? --Hi, it's me again, the anthropologist from above. I still haven't heard anything...
        • Me either (6:16pm EST) are you at the SfAA's? Glad I'm not alone!
      • I am a political science applicant for the diss fellowship, and have not heard anything.  I have not seen anything about notifications of alternates or honorable mentions here, or on gradcafe. I doubt the've been sent out yet (3/25 12:30pm EST)
• Anyone from Comparative Literature out there? I have not heard anything yet (03/25/2015, 9:30 PST), any ideas why it is taking them so long to notify people? It seems that the initial wave of acceptances was posted on Monday, but then there was nothing yesterday and so far there is nothing today. Such a drawn-out process... - it is all quiet here on the west coast - at this point I feel that any e-mail would already qualify as HM, I just want to receive any mention that my application is actually somewhere out there:)
  • I have this insane idea that I forgot something and my application was never even looked at.
• 3/25/2015--Talked to someone at Ford today (4:00 EDT). They're hoping to have all notifications by Friday. Also, over 2,500 applicants...That's a lot of people to notify!!! (Thank you for posting this!!! x2)
  • Did you ask if they were done notifying all accepted recipients?
  • Is it limited to 30 Diss awards?
• Congrats to the recipients! Best of luck to the rest of us! Maybe tomorrow I can stop obsessing? Please! (3/25) - Second that!!

Ford Predoctoral Fellowship

• Applied, so I thought I would start the conversation. Based on past years, it seems like decisions are being made sometime aroudnd this week (4 Mar), and notifications will go out in approx. 3 weeks.
• Still havent heard anything. Applied for predoctoral last year and got the rejection email 3/24/14 so im thinking this upcoming week might be the week we start hearing. Anyone alse heard? 3/22/15
• Haven't heard anything either. I applied for Predoctoral this year; the materials said March for notificatilon, so this week is sort of the end of the line for that scheduling. I also checked with friends who applied for Diss Fellowship—silence for them, too. (3/22/15)
• Just saw someone on gradcafe got it.  acceptance letters are being sent out...(3/23)
• What fields have been sent out already, do people know? (3/23)
  •  Grad Cafe announcement said Chemistry

Frederick Douglass Institute Predoctoral Fellowship

Applied

• Applied also.  Does anyone know when we're supposed to hear back?
  • People seem to have complained it was disorganized in past years, but looks like late March/early April
    • Ok, Thanks! No word yet.

Fulbright IIE

• applied x4
• Gradcafe seems to think that notification of (non)recommendation will come out tomorrow, Jan 16, well in advance of the stated Jan 30 date. We'll see!
• Got notification of recommendation. 10:12 AM on 16 Jan. Does anyone have a sense of the percentage they drop in the political vetting process?  "This letter is not notification of a grant since the number of recommended candidates exceeds the number of awards available. "
  • They say at the bottom of the info for recommended candidates that the screening committe typically recommends between 1.5 and 2 times the number of applicants as there are grants. I applied to Germany, which gives out about 80 grants annually, which means I'm one of roughly 120-160 who were recommended. http://us.fulbrightonline.org/information-for-recommended-candidates
• Also notified of recommendation by e-mail, Jan 16   x10
• As of 2/22, IIE still hasn't updated their statistics to show this year's numbers of applicants and precise award numbers... last year they were updated in January for study/research. Anyone have news on this​?
• Belgium and Luxembourg joint decisions (at least for ETA) went out 03/04. The decisions are finally beginning. 
• Japan decision received (3/13) x2
• GradCafe thread indicates notifications on 3/13 for:

• • Indonesia
  • Norway
  • Austria
  • Ireland
  • Ecuador
• Spain decision received (3/16)
• Andorra ETA decision received (3/16)
• Jordan ETA decision received today (03/17)
• Accepted to Germany Full Research Grant. Email received 03/18 at 13:22 EDT. Subject said: "Fulbright Application Status (P)"
• Notified of Alternate status for Germany, for Full Research Grant.  Subject line: "Fullbright Application Status (A)."  I'm curious, are all finalists who are not elected to "principal" status de facto alternates, or have some finalists indeed recieved final rejection emails?  Just wondering what the alternate field numbers are.
  • Some people will be rejected. The GradCafe thread indicates a few people were rejected at this stage in previous years. 
• "Alternate" Status for France (3/20)
• Has anyone selected as a principal figured out how to upload documents on the Student Service Portal? Nothing appears under "Programs" for me. (3/20)
  • Yes, it is working. There should be text on the "Programs" page, and near the bottom you should see your participant ID number. If you click on that it takes you to the page to upload.
  • In case anyone else runs into this, I had to put in a ticket through IIE to get this to appear. There was some problem with the system. (1/23)
• Financial info arrived today for country with commission (3/23)
• Anyone know what the dates of the orientation are?
  • It depends on the region/country, and not every country has one. (3/24)

Fulbright-Hays DDRA

• DOE website says notices will go out before Sept 30th. I know in 2012 my school heard back at the end of August. If anyone hears, please post.
• 9/17/14 - Just heard good news from my campus representative. Good luck!
• 9/17/14 - Haven't heard from my campus representative yet.
• 9/18/14: Just received bad news from my campus representative. 
• 9/18 - Received email from campus rep this afternoon. Seems that most people I know heard back today.
• 9/19 - just met someone from UChicago who heard back (yes). I'm at UCSB and haven't heard anything yet.
  • You may want to contact your campus rep. The national deadline to accept/decline is 9/23.
  • Really? I thought they until the 30th to contact all the applicants. That's what the fed res says.
    • I believe that is only the date by which the DOE was required to make the annoucement. The form DOE sent out to principal awardees and alternates (it appears to be the same form for both) must be sent back to the DDRA director by Tues, 9/23 or the DOE can/will retract the offer.
    • Just heard back this morning- didn't get it. But congratulations to all who did!
• 9/25/14 - For those of you who did get it/were designated as an alternate, did you receive confirmation that your acceptance/rejection form was received by the DOE?
• 9/26/14 - Glad someone else was wondering this! I got it, sent in my acceptance/rejection form and haven't gotten any confirmation that it was received.
• 9/29/14 - I did not receive a confirmation yet that my acceptance of alternate status was received. I know that at my university, there were 10 applicants. One made it through, and I was offered an alternate position.
• 10/1/14 - Any alternates hear back yet if they were accepted?
  • 10/2/14 - I heard on 9/25 that I was moved from alternate to principal awardee
• 10/10/14 - Any alternates hear back yet? Applications remain open until today. 
• 10/19  Anyone know what the cutoff was? I had 100 from one reviewer and 93 from another and didn't get it. 

Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships, Williams College

• Applied x8
• Offers (include department)

• Request for additional information (include department)

• ​

• Interviews (include department)

• already had an interview with department was nominated for fellowship, waiting to hear back. anyone heard anything?

• Rejection Letter (include department)

• received via email ​x1
• received via email x1 (sociology) 2/3/2015
• Recieved via email (political science) x1
• Recieved via email (Art and WGS) 2/3 "220 applications for 2 jobs"

• Does anyone know the application components for this fellowship?
• Information available here: http://faculty.williams.edu/graduate-fellowships-2/graduate-fellowships/

• I pulled this from one of the Interfolio pages for the fellowship : "Candidates should apply via Interfolio before November 15, 2014 with: a cover letter with a description of your teaching interests;  this letter should also explain how you fit the eligibility criteria for the fellowship; a full curriculum vitae; an official graduate school transcript (the grad school must upload to Interfolio) and three confidential letters of recommendation; PhD applicants: a copy of the dissertation prospectus, preferably limited to 10-15 pages and a timetable for completion of the degree. Post MFA applicants: project description, as described below:   Writers: 2-3 short stories, 10-15 poems, or novel passages not to exceed 50 pages; Visual Artists: 20 images; Theatre Artists: sample of design portfolio; Musicians: complete list of works or significant performances; Choreographers/Dances: documentation of performance; Film and Video: links to works."

Getty Library Research Grant

• Applied 
• - Heard from from them in the positive in December by letter, but not by e-mail x2

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Applied x6
• Any news on this one? In the past they have sent out notices the second week of February via email. x2
• Called the administrator and she expects the foundation to notify applicants end of this week or next.
• Thank you for calling!
• What date did you call? Thanks!

2/17/15 Havent heard anything  yet. x7 :( If someone is following and got a yes from the Getty, could you please post?

2/24/15 I heard through the grapevine that yes's have been called

2/25/15 No email notifications -either yea or nay- yet. 

2/25/15 Got officially turned down via email. x3

3/01/15: Is there anyone else who still hasn't heard anything elther way? yes (x6) Any speculation as to what is going on / why so many of us are still waiting? 

I think we're just the wait list; apparently they want a lot of insurance?

-Well then ... anyone know by what date first group of successful applicants needs to confirm acceptance?

3/02/15: Of those of us who have heard nothing, how many applied for predocs and how many for postdocs?

--predoc x2

--postdoc x 4

3/02/15: I'm wondering it if has something to do with the split between themes of the Research Institute and Villa this year -- those who are waiting, did you apply for RI or Viila?

--RI x 4

--Villa x2

3/03/15: Email Rejection 

3/23/15: Still no word either way! Waiting to hear about predoc app to the RI.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

- Applied (x4)

- Anyone know how many applicants this award normally has? I just searched what they posted online on the 'past fellows' page, and there are 14 fellows for 2014 and 9 for 2013. 

- I was curious about the number that applied, which I don't think is listed anywhere on the website. I'm just curious what kind of odds I'm up against - is it a 2% chance, or a 12%, or a 22% chance? I'm in History, and they seem to select roughly 5 history PhDs to fund a year - but I've got no idea how many apply. In the end, I suppose, it won't change the final outcome. (2/27)

• I don't think they publish that information. I couldn't find any at least. They didn't include it in rejections last year either. My guess, however, is ~100-300. General fellowships received ~400-600 in recent years, and since this one is topically-focused I have to think it attracts half as many (or less).

- When in June do they usually make announcements?

-- Last year announcements began on June 18. Oh the wait!

• I know! They announce later than almost every other fellowship program.

Heanon Wilkins Fellowship, Miami University of Ohio

• This can be a dissertation year fellowship, but the very last line of the description indicates that the normal teaching load for a Heanon Wilkins Fellowship is 3-3. Anyone out there who's done this (and completed a dissertation during that time)?

IHR Mellon Fellowship

• After this fellowship mysteriously disappeared from the IHR website, I contacted the Mellon Foundation and confirmed that this fellowship no longer exists. 

IHR Dissertation Fellowships

• applied (x1)

Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship

• Applied (x2) 
• Rejected 2/26, check your spam folder
• Is anyone still waiting to hear back?
  • Not anymore, rejection 3/2
  • Has anyone received an acceptance letter? 

Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship - DISCONTINUED

• This has been discontinued. As stated on their website: "As a result, the Board of Directors decided to reduce the number of scholarships the Foundation offers by ending two graduate scholarship programs – the Graduate Arts Award and the Dissertation Fellowship. The last cohort for each program was selected in the spring 2014."

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship Program

• Any news? Last year heard that they verified addresses for probables. x2
• Still nothing? x2
• Informal notification via snail mail 3/23
  • Acceptance? If so, congrats! Was it from the NYC offices or the Tokyo headquarters? 

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

Applied x9

Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships

• Florence
• London - 2
• Leiden 
• Munich - 2
• Paris- 3
• Rome - 1

Any news? 

Received rejection letter from INHA, Paris, 2/20/2015 

Received acceptance via email, ZIKG, Munich, 3/9/2015

Lehigh University Pre-Doctoral/Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies

Applied, but the application said they would be sending out interview requests in January. Anyone get one?

Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

The Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports emerging scholars studying subjects related to faith and giving (philanthropy) in a variety of academic fields. Fellows:

• Receive three stipend payments totaling $22,000;
• Attend a meeting of the Lake Institute Advisory Board in fall 2015 and meet with the Research Committee;
• Are invited to special research-focused Lake Institute engagements;
• Have the opportunity to take advantage of the Lake Institute’s resources and expertise;
• Participate in the Lake Institute Network of Emerging Scholars;
• Actively engage with research teams and thought leaders within the field of faith & philanthropy;
• And share their research through information on our website and citations in our seminars.

Applicants must:

• Be candidates for a Ph.D. degree at a graduate school in the United States;
• Fulfill a pre-dissertation requirement by December 31 of the year applying, including approval of the dissertation proposal with the expectation that the dissertation will be completed no later than July of the year following the fellowship grant year;
• Have not received a similar grant or fellowship for writing of the dissertation.
• Acknowledge the role of Lake Institute resources when the dissertation is cited, published and/or presented;
• Submit the full application packet, with all documentation, transcripts & recommendations by January 31, 2015
• http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/lake-institute-doctoral-dissertation-fellowship
• For more information contact Lake Institute at lfi@iupui.edu or igoodson@iupui.edu

• Has anyone else applied to this? Any ideas when decisions are usually made? (3/5)

Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

Any ideas when results are released?

• The webpage says that notifications go out in May.

Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fund Grants (for Nor-Cal schools only)

applied.

any news on this yet? looks like past years' acceptances came around this week or next week. (3/9-3/19)

Nothing, so far. I have been checking emails every fifteen minutes.

No news here either. I wrote the coordinator to gently enquire about when we might find out but didn't receive a response. 

Has anyone heard anything yet? No news here... (3/21)

no news here (3/21)

none here either 3/22

nothing yet. slowly going insane. (3/22) x2

Does anyone know how many fellowships are awarded each year? 

Still nothing? Did anyone hear back from the coordinator? 

No. No news from coordinator.

Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellowship (Kenyon College)

• Applied (x2).
• Is it correct that the application is just employment and school history on their career site? No other info at time of application?
• 2/5 Interviews have been conducted.
• Did not receive an interview 2x 

Marquette Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship

• applied.
• rejected, 2/24 x2
• campus interviews completed

McNeil Center for Early American Studies Fellowships

• When clicking on the submission link, I get the following error notice: "Thank you for your interest in this survey. Unfortunately, it is only available to participants coming from specific websites." Anyone else? (11/9)
• applied (2/2) x2
• Anyone know when this one is announced, either way? (3/20)
• The confirmation email said early April, but I heard the committee is meeting only in the second week of April. (3/20) x1

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowship Program

• Applied x7
• Rejection received by email (2/26) x3
• Has anyone received an acceptance yet? 
• I received an acceptance today.
• Is anyone else still waiting to hear either way? 
• Yes, still waiting to hear. When was acceptance received and was it by email?
• Has anyone still not heard anything? (3/8)
• Yes, original questioner about waiting to hear, I have still heard nothing (3/9).
• Those who have been accepted have until March 20th to return paperwork -- anyone on the informal waiting list (ie those of you who haven't heard yet) will most likely be informed after that date. Keep up hope!
• Is anyone still waiting to hear? (3/23)
• Yep, still waiting. (3/24)

Miller Center Fellowship in Politics and History (UVA)

• Applied (x4)
• Any idea on the number of applicants/awardees in recent years?
  • 2014-2015 had 124 applicants and 2013-2014 had 121 applicants, based on my lovely archive of rejection emails :) Seems like 8-10 fellowships are awarded every year.
    • Great info. Thanks. And good luck to both of us this year!
• Any idea when notifications go out? It seems that in previous years the Miller Center announced fellows in late April? (3/8)
  • They usually announce at the end of the first week of April. They did the past two years and four years ago at least. Three years ago they made announcements the third week of March though.
  • Thanks! Does the Miller Center conduct interviews for these fellowships? (3/8)
    • Not that I know of...
• Has anyone heard anything? I emailed the Miller Center early last week but never heard anything back (3/24)
  • Nothing yet here. I know someone who was notified last year on 4/1. Fingers crossed we hear this week, though!
• Accepted (3/25) 6:59 EST. The e-mail indicated that there were 128 applications this year.
  • Congratulations! Should those of us who haven't heard anything give up all hope?
    • I say we don't lose hope yet. I heard that last year they came out in waves over a couple of days. I'm mostly just amused thinking about someone in the office at UVA sending emails at 7am!
• Nothing here yet as of 10:15 EST (10/25) - anyone else hear of an acceptance today?
  • Nothing here. Would the person who received an acceptance mind sharing any details from the email? (3/25)
• I emailed them yesterday (3/25) to inquire whether all acceptances have been sent out. Their response was that all applicants will receive notifications within the next two weeks.' I feel it's a diplomatic answer to saying 'yes, all acceptance are sent already, and you will not be awarded a fellowship.' i really hope that I am wrong

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

• (3/18) I was notified today that I am a semi-finalist (one of 61).  Final decisions to be announced in May.  30-35 recipients will be chosen for the award.
• applied x9
• Anyone know when decisions are made about the first round of cuts?
  • (3/18) Just heard back - didn't make it to the finalist round. x2
• What about final announcement of awards?  Is it really as late as May?
  • I think so. A faculty member gave a talk at my university. I got a chance to meet with her, and she outed herself as an application reviewer. There are 2 rounds. In the first, they decrease the pool of ~400 applications to 60. In the second round, held at AERA (so mid-April this year), they select the fellows. It was unclear if there will be some sort of notification after the first round.
  • Thanks for the info.  That's helpful.
• Anyone heard anything? I know it should be any day now.
  • Probably later this year because the AREA conference is being held later.
• Has anyone viewed their application since they've submitted it? I went to check on mine today and the section I filled out on publications, conferences, and work experience is not listed in what appears when I click the "View Application" option. Everything else appears fine. I was wondering if anyone else has this problem?
  • Looks like mine is the same. x3
  • Thanks for checking and for letting me know! Since both of our applications are like this then it is probably ok.
• So...has anyone heard back yet?
  • Nope (3/14) x3
  • Nope (3/16) x4
  • Last year notifications went out one month before the AREA conferecne I think. This year's conference is April 16. 
  • I think the first round of notifications will start goin out March 20th.
    • They went out 3/18.
    • Email notification 3/18 2:35 PM CST--finalists have been identified for a second round of application reviews. I was notified that I am not among the finalists.

National Gallery of Art CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

• Applied x3 (Twenty-Four-Month Chester Dale), x1 (Twelve-Month Chester Dale)
• Applied Samuel H. Kress
• Applied Paul Mellon
• Interview phone calls have been (still being?) made
  • Good to know! Can you provide more information? Were you e-mailed or did you receive a letter prompting you to arrange interviews? (I want to know if I can go ahead and give up hope :) )
  • yes, date for this?
  • Website says candidates will be invited "in early February 2015 for interview" but the comment up there was posted in mid-Jan...
  • In the past few years, calls for interviews have gone out around 1/22.  However, it would be great to hear further confirmation that calls have already been made this time around.
• Received emailed rejection, to be followed by a hard copy in the mail 1/29 x3

NIFA Postdoctoral/Dissertation Fellowship

• The NIFA graduate fellowships have been defunded for 2015. See http://www.obpa.usda.gov/19nifa2015notes.pdf for more info

Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Graduate Fellowship

• rejected, 3/16

Predoctoral Fellowship for Excellence through Diversity (UPenn)

• Applied (x5)

Last year, applicants said they had to wait until may to hear on this? Anyone have further knowledge on this?

• Was third week of April last year.

Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

• Applied x2

RBS Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography

• Applied x2
• E-mail received on 1/29 about selection as a finalist
  • Still sending out e-mails on 1/30? I don't know...
• Finalists selected at the end of January. Interviews have been held.
• Phone call notification of award (2/23)--Were all phone calls made on 2/23?
• Not to give false hope, but: I noticed the above update was made by someone with an IP address from Antwerp, so just possibly the SC is notifying North American applicants some other time/way? I know a few finalists and one teacher at RBS and no one has heard anything one way or the other.
• I was also notified of acceptance by phone on 2/23. I am a North American applicant. 

School For Advanced Research Weatherhead Fellowship

• Applied x6
• Any news yet
• nothing in my inbox (3/12), (3/16)
• rejection 3/17, 12:23 PM CST
• rejection same time
• rejection (3/17 12:00pm PST)

SSRC Pre-Dissertation Fellowship

Applied x2

Anyone remember when notifications were supposed to go out on this?

-->the website states people will be notified in April. However, I received an email saying I didn't receive the fellowship today (3/11/15). They did say they would send out feedback from reviewers by next month.

SSRC International Research Fellowship

• applied x19
• Based on previous years, some requests for transcripts should be coming out soon, maybe even within a week? (1/29)
• Transcript request via email (2/5 ).
  • Also recieved a transcript request via email (2/5) @ 3:02 pm MST
  • Also got a transcript request via email (2/5) at about 5:00 pm 
  • Also received transcript request via email (2/5) at 5:02 pm EST x2
  • Transcript request via email (2/5) at 2:02 pm PST (same as above)
  • Transcript requested (2/5)
• Sigh, no transcript request here. It was a long shot anyway. (2/5) Note: other years, some requests have come a couple days after the initial flurry.
• Anyone know what the chances are for those sending transcripts? (2/6)
• This is a quote from 2013-2014 wikia: "My understanding of the process, which is based on following message boards over the years and some conversations with professors who have served as SSRC reviewers, is that the pool is cut to around 200 at the "transcript request" stage. So the first cut is quite a significant one (they have received 1,100-1,200 apps in recent years) when compared to other agencies (Wenner-Gren, for instance, cuts about 50 percent in their first round.) The national panel meets in April to go over the remaining 200 or so apps that received transcript requests and they select the 75-80 winners.  The reviewer comments are generally useful and encouraging, but unless you crack that top 15-20 percent, you won't be getting them." Also that year there was 1185  applicants and SSRC awarded 80 fellowships. So, once you have received transcript request chances of winining are much beter than receiving transcript in the first place. Good luck!
• Got my rejection letter in the mail. Good luck everyone! (2/7)
• I also got a rejection letter today (2/9). x3
  • Vague letter; over 1,000 applications submitted. Best of luck to all of you who are still in the running!
• Transcript request via email (2/9) around noon EST x2
• I wonder if they might be informing us about our fate in alphabetical order? I'm located towards the end of the alphabet, and I haven't yet received either a transcript request or a rejection (2/9).
• Finally! Rejected via snail mail (2/10)
• For those who received a transcript request and submitted transcripts, did IDRF confirm receipt?
  • No x5
  • Still no as of 2/22; doesn't seem like they're going to confirm
  • I specifically asked for confirmation, and they did confirm the same day
• Any previous winners (or any one in the loop) combine the IDRF with another grant? How smooth was the process?
  • I'm wondering about this too (especially about combining with Fulbright US Student). I remember hearing that it's difficult to combine two government-funded scholarships (and SSRC is "independent"), but do not know much beyond this.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellowships

Named as "Alternate to named fellowship" 3/13/2015

"Alternate" 3/13/2015

Stanford Humanities Center Fellowships (Whiting, Geballe, Mellon, Liebermann)

• This is in-house only.
• Received email notification of Geballe Fellowship (3/18)
• Received acceptance for Mellon Fellowship (3/18)

United States Institute for Peace (USIP) Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program

• Anyone applied to this?

University of California, Santa Barbara Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship

• See details at Black Studies (UCSB) 2015-16 Dissertation Fellowship
• rejected, 3/24 x3

University of Connecticut, Pre-doctoral In-Residence Fellowships

• This program has been dismantled, per an email I received from the provost's office.  [I posted this a few days ago and someone deleted it.]
• If this is in reference to the Vice Provost's diversity program, that's really unfortunate. It seemed like a good program. I definitely would have applied if it were still around.

USF Ethnic Minority Dissertation Fellowship

• Applied x4
• Email rejection, 3/10
• 3/25 Has anyone else heard back? I haven't gotten any response. The application site says my application is still under review. It's not really clear who to contact with questions.
• Have not heard back yet and my app also says still under review? Hope to hear soon though!

Wenner Gren diss fieldwork research grant

• applied x5
• Any news about the 1st round decisions?
• No news yet (2/16)
• Received notification of success at Stage One (2/17) x7
• Rejected, stage 1 (2/17)
• anyone else receive notification one way or the other since 2/17?

Winterthur Dissertation Fellowship

applied x1

Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies

• Information:
  • Deadline October 15th 2014
  • $5,000 fellowship
  • Notifications in February
• applied x3
• 1/12: Recieved email informing me that I am not a finalist. "Almost 200 applications were received this year for 10 awards." x5
• 1/12: Received email confirming that I am finalist. 29 were selected to move on. x3
• 2/5: Any news?
• 2/6: Guess this means that "early February" means next week...
• 2/9: Informed by email that I did not receive a fellowship. x1 

DEADLINE EXTENDED to FRIDAY, MARCH 27th, 2015**

International Security Studies at Yale (ISS) invites applications from advanced doctoral candidates for its Smith Richardson Predoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship offers the support and the unique resources of ISS at Yale to ABD scholars within one year of dissertation submission. Applicants will come from the field of security studies, with an emphasis on international, diplomatic, or military history. These fellowships begin each September with a term of one academic  year.

• For full details see http://iss.yale.edu/programs/fellowships.
• Please submit a vita, a 3-5-page research proposal (describing your work and how the fellowship will be used), transcripts, a short (no more than 50 page) writing sample, and three letters of reference (one should be from the applicant’s dissertation advisor) to: Igor Biryukov, Senior Administrative Assistant, International Security Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208353, New Haven, CT 06520-8353, or via email to igor.biryukov@yale.edu.
• Fellows must be in residence in New Haven or its environs during their fellowship year. Eligible candidates will have completed the archival research for their doctoral dissertation, and winners will be expected to use the award to make substantial progress in writing their dissertation. Applications from non-U.S. citizens are welcome, but successful applicants bear final responsibility for all immigration-related issues.