Humanities Institute Advanced PhD Fellowships

Each department in the humanities, broadly defined, may nominate up to two candidates for the Fellowships, as selected by the department’s Director of Graduate Studies. Interested applicants should contact their DGS to determine the department's nomination protocol (at the discretion of the DGS). Directors should email their nominations to huminst@buffalo.edu.

• Notify your department’s Director of Graduate Studies of your intent to apply. Department Directors of Graduate Studies may nominate up to two (2) candidates. Nominations should be submitted by the DGS via email to huminst@buffalo.edu
• Nominated applicants will need to submit the following via the online application form.
  • 200-word dissertation abstract
  • four-page double-spaced application statement, including:
    • description of the dissertation and its intellectual contributions
    • plans for the fellowship year
    • timetable for completion
  • CV of no more than two pages
• Letter of support from Dissertation Director should be submitted by your Director via email to huminst@buffalo.edu

• Applicants must have exhausted their initial package of support from the home department;
  
• Applicants must be nominated by the Director of Graduate Studies of their department.

• The dissertation’s quality and scholarly potential;
• The dissertation’s importance and relevance beyond the applicant’s home discipline;
• The applicant’s professional accomplishments, including publications and presentations;
• The applicant’s prospects of finishing the dissertation in the fellowship year;
• The applicant’s demonstrated ability and desire to participate in HI programs.