Summer Public Research Fellowships
Know before you apply
- Graduate Center Ph.D. students
- Researchers in public scholarship
- Doctoral candidates developing dissertation chapters
- Only Graduate Center Ph.D. students eligible
- Must be registered Spring 2027
- Blog post and presentation required
The Early Research Initiative (ERI) and PS2 (Public Scholarship Practice Space) at the Center for the Humanities invite applications for research fellowships for Summer 2027.
These $4000 fellowships will be offered to Graduate Center Ph.D. students from any program. This year we’re prioritizing proposals that build on the GC’s rich history of public scholarship* in the following areas:
Archives and/or Oral Histories
Digital Humanities
Participatory Action Research
Pedagogy and Education
LGBTQ+ Studies
Race and Ethnic Studies
Interdisciplinary STEM
Awardees are expected to:
produce original research––including but not limited to a dissertation proposal or chapter––by the end of Fall 2027
produce a reflective 300-400 word blog post for Distributaries on the Center’s website by September 2027,
and attend PS2’s semesterly Sip n Chat celebration in late Fall 2027 to present their work