Women's and Gender Studies Dissertation Fellowships

Description
This is a fellowship for doctoral students writing dissertations on topics related to women's and gender studies. Students who are enrolled in the WGS Ph.D. Portfolio Program are eligible. $750 will be divided among one or two awards, as determined by the selection committee. The awards will be announced at the Women's and Gender Studies Spring Awards Reception in late April/early May, date TBA.

Eligibility
To be eligible, an applicant must be in doctoral candidacy no later than August 15th 2012 and register as a WGS Ph.D. Portfolio student by March 30th 2012.  Information on the WGS Portfolio Program is available online. Applicants must be full-time graduate students in good standing at The University of Texas-Austin.  Applications and letters must be submitted online by 11:59pm on April 15th 2012.

Selection Criteria
Preference will be given to those completing their dissertation by August 2013. Applications will be reviewed on the following criteria:

1. Letter of recommendation from dissertation chair;
2. Contributions of the project to the field of Women's and Gender Studies;
3. Soundness of research design;
4. Ability of the student to complete the project as a dissertation; and
5. Quality of the proposal.

Application Process
For questions, please call the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies: 471-5765.

Requirements:

• Application form (submitted online)
• A 50-word summary description of the dissertation project, including tentative title (800 char. max; submitted online)
• A one- to two-page vita (100 lines max, submitted online)
• A two-page description of the dissertation project (75 lines max, submitted online)
• Letter of recommendation from the dissertation adviser emphasizing why this dissertation topic is relevant to Women's and Gender Studies, your ability to carry out the project, and the faculty member's working relationship with you on the project. The letter will be submitted via the online application.  The online application system is limited in the description used for letters of recommendation. Therefore, it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that their references know what to include in their letter regarding the dissertation fellowship.

Double-spacing is not needed.  A word of caution: the website's interpretation of 100 lines may differ from 100 lines in a word processing program. Applications and letters must be submitted online by 11:59pm on April 15th 2012.  When submitting to the online system, double-check formatting as punctuation may be lost.  Do not wait until the last minute to apply!  The server may become overloaded due to traffic and your browser might receive an error! Staff may not be available to assist with errors on April 15th. We advise you test your ability to save and work online as early as possible.  Please submit questions or report any glitches you find in advance to the CWGS office.

Applications are available online through UT Direct: http://tiny.cc/wgs-awards

If the shortened link does not work for you, please try: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/scholarship/student/menu.WBX?s_scholarship_owner=LWGS&s_user_role=S

Applications will open in February 2012.

The awards will be announced at the Women's and Gender Studies Spring Awards Reception in late April/early May, date TBA. Award recipients should be present.