Andrew W. Mellon Graduate Research Fellowship (Deadline: April 3, 2009)
For the academic year 2009–2010, Penn Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to participate in the Graduate Humanities Forum through the Andrew W. Mellon Graduate Research Fellowship program of the Penn Humanities Forum.
Release Date: 02/17/2009
Call for Applications, 2009–2010
Topic: CONNECTIONS
For the academic year 2009–2010, Penn Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to participate in the Graduate Humanities Forum through the Andrew W. Mellon Graduate Research Fellowship program of the Penn Humanities Forum.
Ten $1000 Mellon Research Fellowships are being offered across the disciplines to cultivate the importance of humanistic inquiry and exchange. Applications are invited from graduate and professional students in all humanities-related areas who are interested in pursuing research related to the Forum’s 2009-2010 theme, Connections.
At biweekly meetings of the Graduate Humanities Forum (GHF) during the year, Fellows will present their research (in the form of pre-circulated papers). In addition to presenting their own research, Fellows will also be asked to respond to the work of their peers. The members of the Forum will also generate a select bibliography of readings related to the theme that they will read in common throughout the year.
Fellows will also work in conjunction with the GHF RA and the GHF Faculty Advisor to invite speakers and plan colloquia, and to organize and run the GHF annual spring conference. GHF Mellon Research Fellows will have the opportunity to select and invite a keynote speaker for this conference.
These fellowships are awarded competitively. To apply, students should submit:
1. Cover letter expressing interest in the fellowship
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Project proposal (500 words) describing the research to be carried out during the course of the year and its relation to the 2009-2010 theme, Connections
Questions?
Email or call Jennifer Conway, 215.898.8220
Please send all application materials to
Jennifer Conway, Associate Director
Penn Humanities Forum
Room 207, 3619 Locust Walk/6213