The Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS) Dissertation Completion Fellowship provides one semester of full funding during either the Fall or Spring semester. Support will consist of a stipend equal to a 50% GPTI appointment paid out in monthly increments. Up to five dissertation hours of tuition, mandatory fees, and coverage under the student gold health plan are also included. All CU 色吧亚洲 doctoral students with demonstrable research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligible to apply.
Meet Our Current CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
Call for Applications: Opens February 15, 2024, and Closes April 1, 2024.
Deadline: April 1, 2024. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
Award: A stipend equal to a 50% GPTI appointment paid out in monthly increments. Up to five dissertation hours of tuition, mandatory fees, and coverage under the student gold health plan are also included.
Eligibility
Doctoral students from any campus-wide department or college who have advanced to candidacy (D status) and whose work demonstrably and significantly contributes to African studies, African American studies, and/or the African diaspora studies. Any eligible student may submit an application with the exception of recipients of other major fellowships in the current or next academic year.
Selection Criteria
The selection committee will base their decisions on the following criteria:
1. The quality of the applicant's research project.
2. The quality of the applicant鈥檚 CV (presentations, publications, awards, creative work, etc.).
3. Probability of completing the dissertation within the award period (the higher, the better).
4. Other teaching-free fellowships the applicant has already received (the fewer, the better).
Application Procedures
Applicants must submit #s 1-7 in a single .pdf by the deadline April 1, 2024 to the CAAAS Director, Reiland Rabaka, at rabaka@colorado.edu. Item #8 should be submitted directly by its author. Make 鈥淐AAAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship Application鈥� the email subject line when submitting application materials. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
1. Cover Letter (Please indicate which degree program you are currently in, note where you are in your program requirements, and why this fellowship would be timely.)
2. CV
3. A copy of CU 色吧亚洲 transcript (official or unofficial)
4. Proof of admission to Ph.D. candidacy (e.g., letter of admission to candidacy)
5. A synopsis of the dissertation (750 words maximum)
6. A timeline of the dissertation completion (one page)
7. A list of other research grants (internal or external) to which the applicant has applied and all other forms of financial support you have received since you have become ABD鈥� specifically any internal and external fellowships you received or will be expected to receive to aid you in your dissertation research and writing.
8. Letter of support including an evaluation statement of the dissertation and the likelihood it will be completed within the fellowship period. This should be written by a dissertation advisor or another key member of the dissertation committee and be submitted directly by its author to rabaka@colorado.edu. (750 words maximum)
Expectations
1. Recipients will be asked to submit a letter notifying the CAAAS upon completion of their dissertation. In addition, by May 1, please email rabaka@colorado.edu a 300-600 word summary (double spaced, 12-point font) of how the fellowship year aided in furthering your dissertation research.
2. Acknowledgment of the Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS) is required on all promotional/published materials for projects funded by the CAAAS. Use this language for credit: 鈥淭his project was supported, in part, by a grant from the Center for African & African American Studies at the University of Colorado 色吧亚洲.鈥�
