WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies

Overview

Fellowships for Graduate Students

Citizens & Scholars offers four Fellowships for Graduate Students

WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies

The Women’s Studies Fellowships are provided to Ph.D. candidates at institutions in the United States who will complete their dissertations during the fellowship year. The most competitive applications include not only a clear, thorough, and compelling description of the candidate’s work, but also evidence of an enduring interest in and commitment to women’s issues and scholarship on women and gender.

Elevating Perspectives on Women & Gender

Women’s Studies Fellows shape how we understand women and gender in history, society, politics, and more. Fellows are late-stage Ph.D. candidates completing original, interesting, and interdisciplinary dissertations that address issues involving women and gender. Fellows demonstrate a commitment to the study of women and gender, and they go on to shape their fields of study and teach new generations of scholars and citizens.

The WW Women’s Studies Fellowship, founded in 1974, was the first national fellowship program to support doctoral dissertations on women and gender. Today, Fellows from previous years often serve as advisors to the program and select new classes of Fellows. They work together across generations and, in many cases, refer the next generation of applicants—their own students. The longest-standing program at Citizens & Scholars, the Women’s Studies Fellowship has been pivotal in building the field of women’s studies and continues to support trailblazing research on women, gender, and sexuality.

* The Challenge: Ensuring support for emerging scholars focused on issues involving women and gender, whose work is still too often marginalized
* The Fellows: 600 scholars have received funding since 1974
* The Impact: Broader perspectives on and greater understanding of gender in society and culture—crucial to a thorough knowledge of many contemporary concerns.

From the Beginning, An Imprint on Women's Studies

Since 1974, the WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies has been the only national program supporting original, significant, interdisciplinary doctoral dissertations on women’s and gender issues. See how the Citizens & Scholars program has supported generations of scholars and helped shape the field.

Dissertation Support is Vital for Emerging Scholars

The WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies has been supporting outstanding Ph.D. candidates since 1974. These Fellows, conducting original, significant, interdisciplinary research on women’s and gender issues, have gone on to grow and shape the field of women’s studies

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Before deciding to apply to the Women’s Studies Fellowship, please consider the following questions to be certain that you are eligible:
* Have you completed all pre-dissertation requirements?
* Are you writing on issues related to women, gender, women’s studies or feminist/gender/LGBTQ theory?
* Are you enrolled in a graduate school in the United States?
* Is your area of study in the humanities or social sciences?
* Do you expect to complete the Ph.D. by the specified time?
* If the answer to all of these questions is YES, you are eligible to apply for a WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies.