Deadlines
The application period for 2023-25 Mellon Fellowships for placement in the Department of English and Creative Writing (apply.interfolio.com/110920 ) and the Department of German Studies (apply.interfolio.com/110329 ) will begin on Monday, August 8, 2022 and will close on Monday, September 19.
Applications for Mellon Fellowships are to be submitted via Interfolio. Please do not submit materials via email or postal mail; only information submitted via Interfolio will be considered. Materials to be submitted by the deadline include the application and all required documents listed in Interfolio. Incomplete dossiers will not be reviewed.
Initial application requirements include a completed application form; CV; and a personal statement (of no longer than 2,000 words) outlining completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, and any other information relevant to the candidacy. (Three confidential recommendation letters and academic transcripts will be requested at a later date for finalists.)
All documents are required electronically via Interfolio by Monday, September 19, 2022 at 12 midnight EST.
Please note that even if you have begun the submission process before the deadline, Interfolio will cut you off from further submissions after that date and time. We will only review files that are complete by our stated deadline.
Application Requirements
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of English and Creative Writing (apply.interfolio.com/110920 )
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of German (apply.interfolio.com/110329)
Please submit the following documents electronically via Interfolio by Monday, September 19, 11:59pm EST:
- Application form, including the titles of two potential courses.
- Personal statement (of no longer than 2,000 words) outlining completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, and any other relevant information.
- CV.
All materials must be uploaded by Monday, September 19, 2022, 11:59pm EST. Please note that the system will close at this time even if an application is incomplete. Only applications completed with all required documents by the deadline will be reviewed. Please do not submit materials via email or postal mail; only information submitted via Interfolio will be considered. Recommendation letters will be requested at a later date for finalists.
Applicants should hold a PhD conferred no earlier than January 1, 2021 or be ABD with PhD expected by June 30, 2023. Applicants must focus on materials customarily associated with research in the humanities or employ methods common in humanistic research. There is no requirement that fellows be U.S. citizens, but the Mellon Foundation does prefer that fellowships be awarded to individuals who seem likely to make their careers in the United States.
Fellowship applications will be evaluated by the Leslie Center's Advisory Committee, in consultation with the appropriate Associate Deans of the Faculty for the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary & International Programs.
There is no requirement that the fellows be U.S. citizens, but the Mellon Foundation does want to see the fellowships awarded to individuals who seem likely to make their careers in the United States.
Please contact us with any questions.
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