Featured Fellowships
GSA administers external fellowships such as the Fulbright, FLAS and NSF. The listings below marked with an asterisk (*) are University of Chicago institutional awards, and only available to current UChicago students. Regardless of your fellowship status within the University, we highly encourage all grad students to apply for any funding for which you are eligible. Not only is it a boost to your CV (both for future grant applications and for jobs!), but writing these applications will also help you hone your grant-writing skills and winning a prestigious award may even provide additional networking opportunities down the road.
Featured Fellowships
Please double-check deadlines with funding agency.
Rolling/Ongoing Deadlines
*Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship
*International House Residency Fellowships: Three deadlines available in March, May, and July
Fall Quarter Deadlines
Fulbright Fellowships Fulbright IIE internal deadline September 28, 2012. Fulbright-Hays DDRA internal deadline JUNE 1, 2012.
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Internal deadline: September 28, 2012.
Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust Fellowship for Doctoral Research in France Internal deadline: September 28, 2012.
Hertz Foundation Fellowship Deadline: October 31, 2011.
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Deadline: November 3, 2011.
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Projects Autumn and Spring deadlines: November 1, 2011, and May 1, 2012.
*Nicholson Fellowship for Research in the British Isles: Autumn and Spring deadlines: November 18, 2011, & April 13, 2012.
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship Deadline: November 1, 2011
NSF Graduate Fellowship Deadlines varies by field; November 14 - 18, 2011. GSA Information Sheet
Critical Language Scholarships Deadline: November 15, 2011.
AAUW Fellowship Deadline for US Citizens: November 15, 2011; for Non-US Citizens: December 1, 2011; deadlines vary for other fellowships.
Newcombe Fellowship Deadline: November 15, 2011.
CIC/Smithsonian Institute Fellowships Deadline: November 15, 2011.
Winter Quarter Deadlines
NSEP/NFLI (National Flagship Language Initiative): Deadline January 12, 2012
FLAS Fellowship: Deadline: January 18, 2012
Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Dissertation Research Fellowships: Deadline January 17, 2012
NSEP Boren Fellowship: Deadline: January 31, 2012 GSA Information Sheet
Josephine de Karmen Fellowship: Postmark deadline: January 31, 2012
SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship: Deadline: February 1, 2012 GSA Information Sheet
Diversifying Faculty in Illinois: For more information, contact Ronnie Rios, Sr. Assoc. Dir., Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
Spring Quarter Deadlines
*Hanna Holborn Gray Dissertation Fellowship 2012 Deadline: April 11, 2012
UPenn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence Through Diversity: Deadline: April 15, 2012
*Fuerstenberg Fellowship: Deadline: April 16, 2012
*Italian Alumni Club Fellowship: April 16, 2012
* Indicates an internal University of Chicago award.
