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Apply for the Franke Graduate Fellowships by February 27

February 20, 2023
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Mon., February 27, 2023 (11:59 pm)
*With recommendation letter due the following day

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In partnership with The Graduate School, the Kaplan Institute offers Franke Graduate Fellowships for the most accomplished doctoral students in the humanities during their fourth or fifth year of study. NOTE: Due to pandemic considerations, students in their sixth year of full-time study in 2023-2024, the year of the fellowship, will also be eligible. Franke Graduate Fellows pursue independent research within a vibrant interdisciplinary collective, which includes multi-layered structured conversations among faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, internationally renowned visiting scholars, and distinguished visiting artists.  

Franke Graduate Fellowship highlights:

  • Time - The ability to devote two full quarters, full time, to shaping/writing your dissertation within an interdisciplinary cohort
  • Mentoring and teaching - The chance to receive interdisciplinary mentoring in shaping a course, and the experience of teaching that course in your home department
  • Dissertation working group – The opportunity to present chapters in progress to graduate fellows across different humanities fields

For the full academic year, Franke Graduate Fellows participate in Institute activities, including weekly lunch seminars, a dissertation working group, and the annual Future Directions Forum where they present their projects to Institute members. For fall and winter terms, Franke Graduate Fellows are granted time to cultivate their dissertation research. They also receive interdisciplinary mentoring about how to shape a dynamic course for undergraduates. In spring quarter, each Fellow offers—in their home department—the course that they have developed during their residency.

Franke Graduate Fellowships include two quarters of fully paid tuition, a monthly stipend, and $2,000 in research funds. Recipients of the fellowship have the possibility to extend their funding package (the option to "bank" their TGS funding for two quarters to be used in their sixth year).

Interested applicants can learn more and apply here by 11:59 PM CST on Monday, February 27, 2023. Letters of recommendation are due the following day, Tuesday, February 28. Please email Jill Mannor at jill.mannor@northwestern.edu with any questions. 

Categories: Humanities, Fellowships