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Fellowships and Competitions
Graduate Initiative Project
Nicholson Graduate Fellowships
Nicholson Undergraduate Travel Grants
Senior Essay Prize
Past Fellowship Winners
Other fellowship links
Nicholson Graduate Initiative Project
The next competition will be held during Spring Quarter, 2009; the application deadline is Friday, April 24, 2009.
The Nicholson Center for British Studies invites applications from interested graduate students for its Spring 2009 Graduate Initiative Project. Projects should be related to British Studies broadly conceived (including topics related to the former colonies), and should be targeted toward graduate students: possibilities include, but are not limited to, conferences, colloquia, bag lunches, and lectures by external visitors. The Nicholson Center is especially interested in funding events that, across departmental and divisional boundaries, bring at least two workshops into conversation with one another, through an event or conversation or series of conversations that promise to be of interest to more than one disciplinary constituency at the University.
All graduate initiative events funded by the Center are to be planned and organized by the students. Submit a one-page letter of intent via e-mail attachment to Kristin Lueke at klueke@uchicago.edu. Contact Kristin by phone at (773) 834-3403.
Nicholson Graduate Fellowships
Fall Quarter Deadline: November 14, 2008
Spring Quarter Deadline: April 17, 2009 The Nicholson Center for British Studies at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce its competition for Nicholson graduate fellowships for research in the British Isles.
Eligibility
University of Chicago Ph.D. students from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Divinity School, and Law School are eligible. At the time of application, students who plan to travel for three months or less should have passed their exams, but need not have completed the dissertation proposal. Students who plan to travel for more than three months should have been admitted to candidacy.
Scope
The Nicholson Center supports students in the Law School conducting historical research, and doctoral students in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Divinity School who require dissertation research in Britain or in Ireland for periods of up to nine months. Although the research projects themselves need not focus on Britain , Ireland , or the former British Empire , those that do may be given preference. All applicants must demonstrate the need to conduct research in the British Isles or in Ireland .
Application
Applications must be submitted no later than 5pm on Friday, April 17, 2009 to Kristin Lueke, Classics Building, Room 114 (klueke@uchicago.edu, 773-834-3403). Applicants should submit both paper and electronic copies of the application. Paper copies may be mailed or dropped off; electronic copies should be e-mailed as Word attachments to klueke@uchicago.edu.
The application materials include:
- Nicholson Cover Sheet
- Three-page project proposal
- Two-page discussion of the materials or data to be examined in the British Isles, and a detailed estimate of how long it will take to complete the research
- Rough budget covering the entire trip, including the total amount being requested (the Center generally awards between $1500 and $2000 per month of travel.)
- Current CV
- E-mail from the student's departmental Chair of Graduate Studies stating that the student has passed all departmental exams, or, if the research trip is to last longer than three months, that the student has advanced to candidacy.
In addition, those planning trips lasting longer than three months should submit:
- Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the dissertation supervisor (paper copy only, unless electronic is available)
- Copy of one outside application for funding (paper copy only, unless electronic is available)
Students planning trips lasting longer than three months may also be interviewed before final award decisions are made.
Award
Fellowship decisions will be made by December 1; normally, travel should begin within the three consecutive academic quarters (including summer) after the award has been made. The number of awards given and the amount of each award will be based on the needs of the strongest applicants.
Nicholson
Undergraduate Travel Grants
The Nicholson Center for British Studies at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce its sixth competition for Nicholson fellowships for undergraduate BA thesis research in the British Isles. This year we will award one 1-month fellowship funded at $2,500.
Eligibility
University of Chicago undergraduate students from the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions and the New Collegiate Division are eligible. Students should be completing their degree between December 2009 and December 2010.
Scope
The Nicholson Center is happy to support a senior project proposed by any Humanities, Social Sciences, or New Collegiate Division undergraduate who is within a year of graduating, provided that the student requires research – whether in the form of archival, visual, or oral materials – in the British Isles to complete his/her senior thesis. Applicants need not have the British Isles themselves as the subject of their research. We will happily support work on Africa , South Asia , East Asia , North America , the Middle East , or the West Indies that requires substantial research in the British Isles . Research in and projects on Ireland also meet our requirements. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate their need to conduct research on their senior project in the British Isles .
Application
Applications must be submitted to no later than 5pm on Friday, May 1, 2009 to Kristin Lueke, Classics Building , Room 114 ( klueke@uchicago.edu , 773-834-3403). Applicants should submit BOTH paper AND electronic copies of the application. Paper copies may be mailed or dropped off,, electronic copies should be e-mailed as Word attachments to klueke@uchicago.edu. The application materials include:
- Nicholson UNDERGRADUATE Cover Sheet (click here to download)
- Letter of recommendation from a University of Chicago faculty member or lecturer who is familiar with the student's project (hard copy only, unless electronic copy is available)
- CV or resume
- 4-page statement of purpose, which includes a description of the unique materials to be examined in the UK
- Transcript (hard copy only)
Award
Fellowship decisions will be made by May 15, 2009 . Applicants will be expected to spend the grant money during Summer 2009.
Nicholson B.A. Thesis Prize
The Nicholson Center for British Studies is pleased to announce a $200 prize for the best senior B.A. thesis based on the use of primary materials in the area of British Studies in any concentration or discipline. For the purposes of this competition, British Studies is broadly defined to include the British Isles or any of its former colonies. In the latter case, topics should involve the former colonial relationship in some way.
Applicants should submit BOTH paper AND electronic copies of their senior essays, and should include their name, department, expected graduation date, phone number, and e-mail address on the title page. Paper copies may be mailed or dropped off, electronic copies should be e-mailed as Word attachments to klueke@uchicago.edu by Friday, May 1, 2009. The winner will receive a check for $200. University of Chicago seniors who will graduate between December 2008 and August 2009 are eligible. Please contact Kristin Lueke at klueke@uchicago.edu or 773-834-3403 with questions.
Click here for a list of all past Nicholson fellowship and senior essay winners.
Other Fellowship Links
University of Chicago's Office of Graduate Affairs, Fellowship Kiosk
Office of the Dean of the College, Undergraduate Fellowships & Scholarships
Marshall Scholarships
Newberry Library Fellowships
John H. Daniels Fellowship (National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia)
Department of Anthropology, Fellowship Directories
Divinity School, Financial Aid
Center for East Asian Studies, Fellowships & Scholarships
France Chicago Center, Fellowships and Grants
Center for Gender Studies, Fellowships, Grants, Awards & Prizes
Department of History, Fellowships and Funding
Office of International Affairs
Office of Minority Student Affairs, Opportunities
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