Graduate Fellowships at University of Notre Dame 2024

Eligibility criteria:

• The applicants for Graduate Fellowships can be of any discipline like engineering, arts, law, social sciences, etc.
• The candidates should have outstanding scholarly records, research, or artistic achievements.
• The fellows should submit projects that have clarity and touch the integrative, normative questions as they involve the Catholic tradition.
• The applicants should be able to interact with the other fellows and participate in collegial discussions.
• The fellows for Graduate Fellowships should not have any other commitments and should be devoted to the fellowship.

Selection criteria:

• The candidates applying for Graduate Fellowships are evaluated based on their proposal strength, objectives, relevant methodologies, and project organization explained in the proposal.
• The applicants are assessed based on their capability of addressing major issues, doing research, and ability to contribute to society.
• Thematic Fit: The Fellow’s interests fit with the “Good Life” theme structuring the 2024-2025 Faculty Fellowship program and the Signature Course Fellowship.

Documents required:

• A curriculum vitae (less than 4 pages)
• An abstract of the proposal (less than 400 words)
• A research proposal (less than 6 pages)
• Bibliography (two pages)
• A letter of reference

Benefits of the scholarship:

The candidate will receive a stipend of up to $39,000, along with fringe benefits, distributed over 12 months. This stipend supplements their regular financial support for Notre Dame Ph.D. studies during the fellowship year. It's important to note that this stipend level is applicable only for the year.

Application Deadline:  March 7, 2024.