Duke Graduate School

In recognition of the significant disruption that the coronavirus pandemic has caused in the academic and research progress of many Ph.D. students, Duke is providing a mechanism for those students to apply for the following extensions to their standard funding package.

Through the generosity of the Charles G. and Susan Y. Armstrong Fellows Endowment Fund, this fellowship supports Ph.D. students in the English Ph.D. program and provides summer or academic-year tuition, fees, and a stipend at the school rate.

Through the generosity of the Charles K. Bradsher Memorial Endowment Fund, this fellowship supports Ph.D. students in the Chemistry Ph.D. program and provides summer or academic-year tuition, fees, and a stipend at the school rate. The recipients of this fellowship are selected by the Ph.D.

The Graduate School provides up to $525 for domestic and $700 for international travel for advanced students who have passed all parts of the preliminary examination and are presenting a paper or poster at a regional, national, or international conference. Due to current travel restrictions, The Graduate School will not award conference travel awards related to actual travel at this time until further notice, but will award funds to cover web-based conference registration expenses. The same guidelines regarding the expense and application process should be followed.

Through the generosity of the Gurney Harriss Kearns Foundation for Graduate Study in Religion Endowment Fund, this fellowship supports advanced-year students in the Religion Ph.D. program. It provides summer and/or academic-year tuition, fees, and a stipend at the school rate.

Through the generosity of the J.A. Scott Fellowship Fund, this fellowship supports Ph.D. students in the Romance Studies Ph.D. program, giving preference to those in French & Francophone Studies. It provides summer tuition, fees, and a stipend at the school rate.

Duke offers noncredit summer language courses for graduate students and other researchers who need to consult texts in French or German or need to satisfy reading knowledge requirements for graduate and professional programs.

Through the generosity of the Mellon Computational Media, Arts, and Culture Fellowship Fund, this fellowship supports Ph.D. students in the Computational Media, Arts & Cultures Ph.D. program and provides summer or academic-year tuition, fees, and a stipend at the school rate.

Through the generosity of the Mellon Graduate Fellowship in Visual Studies Fund, this fellowship supports Ph.D. students in the Art, Art History, & Visual Studies program and provides summer and/or academic-year tuition, fees, and a stipend at the school rate.

The Peter Walter Jeffs Fellowship Fund supports Ph.D. students in the chemistry Ph.D. program. Funds can be used to provide summer or academic-year tuition, fees, and stipend.