This page contains the descriptions for each of the GSAS Dissertation Fellowships, 2010-11. Submission instructions are on the bottom of the page and below is the link to the
information and forms page.
Dissertation Writing Fellowships
Each carries a stipend, a waiver of maintenance of matriculation fees, and 100% coverage of the NYU comprehensive health insurance plan for an individual. The stipend for the Dean's Dissertation and James Arthur Fellowships will reflect the GSAS minimum stipend for 2010-2011. In 2009-2010 the minimum stipend was $22,440. The stipend for the Horizon Fellowship is $25,000. It is expected that these awards will enable students to complete their dissertation and graduate at the end of the 2010-2011 year.
Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship
The Dean's Dissertation Fellowships are available to eligible GSAS doctoral students in all departments who will be entering the final year of writing their dissertations. Departments may nominate no more than two students.
James Arthur Fellowship
One award is available to a GSAS student whose dissertation concerns the measurement, meaning or conceptualizing of time. This could include current or past technologies, subjects like cosmology, relativity theory, carbon dating, anthropological, psychological, historical, linguistic or literary perspectives, or many other areas of inquiry. The Dean’s Office reserves the final decision whether a nominee’s research meets the topic requirement. Departments in which eligible work is being conducted may nominate one student. Students nominated but not selected for the James Arthur Fellowship will automatically be considered for the GSAS Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship. Recipient must submit a final progress report by September 1 after the award year to GSAS Office of Academic and Student Life (OASL).
Horizon Fellowship
Two awards, of $25,000 each, are available to outstanding GSAS doctoral students from the departments of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Departments may nominate one student. Students nominated but not selected for the Horizon Fellowship will automatically be considered for the GSAS Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship. Recipient must submit a final progress report by September 1 after the award year to GSAS Office of Academic and Student Life (OASL).
Dissertation Research Fellowships
Each carries an annual stipend, a waiver of maintenance of matriculation fees, and 100% coverage of the NYU comprehensive health insurance plan for an individual. The stipend will reflect the GSAS minimum stipend for 2010-2011. In 2009-2010 the minimum stipend was $22,440.
Elaine Brody Fellowship for the Humanities
One award is available to a GSAS student whose planned dissertation research requires extended research abroad. The student should have completed all coursework, have an approved dissertation proposal, and is planning to travel abroad to complete his or her dissertation research. The project description should clearly indicate the need for extended research outside of the United States and its territories. Departments in which eligible work is being conducted may nominate one student. Students nominated but not selected for the Elaine Brody Fellowship will automatically be considered for the GSAS Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship. Recipient must submit a final progress report by September 1 after the award year to GSAS Office of Academic and Student Life (OASL).
Lane Cooper Fellowship
One award is available to a GSAS student who intends to pursue a teaching career in history, literature, philosophy or classical and medieval languages. Research may concern any period up to and including, but not later than, the Renaissance. Departments in which eligible work is being conducted may nominate one student.
Torch Prize Fellowship
Three Torch awards are available for GSAS doctoral students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. International students who are not permanent residents are also eligible to apply as long as their country of proposed research is not the country indicated on their student visa. Awards are to be used to conduct the student’s final year of dissertation research abroad. Special consideration will be given to students who plan to conduct research in the region or country that has a demonstrable and significant connection to the student’s family of origin, as this program seeks to encourage scholars to “give back” to the land of their heritage. The research must be conducted in, and related to, a country or region outside the United States. There is no age limit for individuals applying for the Torch Prize Fellowship. A small stipend will also be awarded to the host institution at which the recipient will conduct the research. Departments in which eligible work is being conducted may nominate one student. Recipients must submit a final progress report to the GSAS Office of Academic and Student Life (OASL) by September 1 after the award year.
Submission Instructions and Deadlines
Students are nominated for these awards through their department. Students should check with their departments for internal application deadlines.
Departments must submit ALL original paper documents for nominated applicants no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. It is recommended that student and department submitted material be double-spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12 point, for text and Times New Roman, font size 10 point, for headers and footers. Furthermore, a single scanned PDF of the entire application should be uploaded to the GSAS Fellowships and Awards Blackboard site by the Department Administrator no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.
Note: The submission guidelines have changed since the last academic year. The Office of Academic and Student Life is no longer accepting the various documents included in the application separately from the application itself. If you have questions concerning this process please feel free to contact Kristofor Larsen at kristofor.larsen@nyu.edu.
GSAS Office of Academic and Student Life
One-half Fifth Avenue, Garden Level
(between Washington Square North and Washington Mews)
(212) 998-8060
gsas.studentlife@nyu.edu
Additional information and forms for students and departmental administrators
