Competitive Fellowships for Continuing Students
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Fellowship for Undergraduate Instruction - The Bass Undergraduate Instructional Program is an endowment to support the Graduate School’s mission to train the educators and professionals of the future. This award, funded by the generosity of Anne T. and Robert M. Bass, provides an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. Each recipient will also receive a $5,000 stipend supplement. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Phillip Jackson Baugh Fellowship for Graduate Students in Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, Sociology - This one-year fellowship is for the promotion of careers and interest in the areas of aging and human development. The Baugh Fellowship provides an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Myra and William Waldo Boone Fellowship for Canadian Graduate Students - The Graduate School is offering three competitive fellowships for Canadian students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. This support provides an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Evan Frankel Fellowship for Ph.D. Students in the Humanities - The Frankel fellowship will be awarded to advanced students in the write-up stage of their dissertation to doctoral students in the humanities. This support provides an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
E. Bayard Halsted Scholarship in Science, History or Journalism - Recipients of this award must be graduate students who earned their undergraduate degree from any department at Duke University and who are, or shall be at the time of receipt of this scholarship, pursuing advanced studies at Duke University in the areas of Science, History, or Journalism. The Halsted Scholarship provides an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
International Research Travel Fellowship - The IRT Fellowship supports advanced level graduate students, providing an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Pre-Dissertation and Dissertation Research Travel Award - Provides funding for Ph.D. students to travel outside the continental United States. Award amounts vary from $500 to $3,000 depending on the research project and the number of proposals funded (the average award for the 2012-13 academic year was approximately $1,700). Funding generally includes travel costs, some living expenses, and direct research expenses. All students enrolled full-time in a graduate school program at Duke are eligible. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Julian Price Graduate Fellowship in Humanities and History - The Price Fellowship provides Humanities and History students an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan.. Each recipient will also receive a $5,000 award to be used exclusively to cover expenditures for research. These expenditures can include travel for research purposes or attendance at conferences, and/or purchase of supplies or equipment necessary to the research project. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Special Collections Library Internships for Advanced Graduate Students - Four Special Collections Library internships (Reference Intern, Archival Processing Intern, Advertising History Intern, and African American Studies Intern) are made available by the Graduate School and the Perkins Library. These are 9-month internships that each provide a stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Katherine Goodman Stern Fellowship - The Stern Fellowship provides to students in their final year of dissertation research an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health, and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Summer Research Fellowship - These fellowships are available to students in the Humanities or Social Sciences. Applicants must be in their second academic year of study or beyond. Preference will be given to students who did not receive a Summer Research Fellowship last year. In addition to summer tuition and fees, the fellowship awards a summer stipend of $5,000. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
The Graduate School gratefully recognizes the following contributors for their generosity in providing funds that support Summer Research Fellowships:
Bertha and Richard G. Alexander Fund
Alix Family Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
Arcapita Graduate Fellowship Fund for Islamic Studies
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Fellowship Fund
Black Family Fellowship Fund
Clinical Faculty Arts and Sciences Scholarship/Fellowship Endowment Fund
Davidson Family Endowment Fund
Walter L. and Isobel Craven Drill Enrichment Fund
Feibusch Family Fellowship Endowment Fund
Foster-Coomes Scholarship Fund
John Hope Franklin Fellowship Fund
Graduate Research Patent Royalties Fund
Graduate School Annual Fund
Graduate School Arts and Sciences Fellowship Fund
Graduate School Fellowship Endowment Fund
John T. Grigsby Fellows Endowment Fund
Stuart Irwin Harris Fellowship Endowment Fund
Alice Blackmore Hicks Fellows Endowment Fund
M. Anne Hill Fellowship Endowment Fund
William and Janet Hunt Graduate Fellowship Fund
Jess and Minnie Brady Jaffrey College Scholarship Fund
Jenkins Family Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
Gurney Harriss Kearnes Fellowship Fund
Kline Family Fellowship Fund
Cookie and Henry Kohn Fellowship Endowment Fund
William McCormick Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
John Hawkins Noblitt Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
Dr. James W. Plonk Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
William R. Poole Fellowship Fund
Pope Family Fellowship Fund
Professor Robert S. Rogers Fellowship Fund
Alice M. and Fred J. Stanback, Jr. Fellowship Fund
Robert K. Steel Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
Fred and Barbara Sutherland Fellowship Fund
Allen and Joyce Temple Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
Ray J. Tysor Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund
Samuel G. Wiener and Marian P. Wiener Fellowship Endowment Fund
Gene L. and Alice Stroude Winegardner Endowment Fund
James and Roberta Wilson Woodress Memorial Endowment Fund
Judy C. Woodruff Fellowship Endowment Fund
Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Fellowship - This fund was created to assist graduate students in funding miscellaneous projects associated with their research, and provides small grants. Eligible projects include the purchase of microfilm, photographic development of slides, and graphic reproduction. Travel and typing costs will not be considered for this award. The Graduate School will award up to $500 per project. 2013-2014 applications will be available mid-September 2012.
Jo Rae Wright Fellowship for Outstanding Women in Science - Created in memory of our dear friend and colleague, Jo Rae Wright, who served as dean of the Graduate School from 2006 until 2011. The fellowship is funded through an endowment given in her name to recognize one Ph.D. student in the biomedical sciences and one in the natural sciences whose research shows particular creativity and promise. The two recipients will each be awarded a $5,000 supplement to any existing funding that they may possess.