The Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality (IRWGS) has two funding opportunities that may be of interest to your doctoral and undergraduate student populations. Please find more information on each below and in the attached:
Elaine Combs-Schilling Memorial Graduate Fellowship (March 15 Deadline): The Elaine Combs-Schilling Memorial Graduate Fellowship provides the recipient a $2,000 stipend to pursue summer archival research and travel in support of their doctoral work. Priority will be given to Ph.D. students in the humanities, social sciences, or sciences who are at the dissertation research and writing stage, whose work involves feminist or queer methodologies, and who have completed or are in the process of completing the IRWGS graduate certificate.
IRWGS Undergraduate Research Prizes (March 22 Deadline): IRWGS honors undergraduates with three annual prizes recognizing outstanding intellectual achievement:
- The Queer Studies award, inaugurated in 1994, honors an undergraduate for excellence in research and writing in Queer Studies.
- The Women’s and Gender Studies award, inaugurated in 2007, honors an undergraduate for excellence in research and writing in the fields of women and gender studies.
- The Feminist to the Core Undergraduate Essay Prize, inaugurated in 2017, is awarded annually to the undergraduate who is judged by the IRWGS prize committee to have written the best essay on any topic in Feminist or Queer Studies in one of the following Core courses:
- Literature Humanities
- Contemporary Civilization
- Art Humanities
- Music Humanities
We are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Warmly,
Ryan
Ryan G. W. Grubbs
Associate Director | Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
1200 Amsterdam Ave
763 Schermerhorn Extension, MC 5508
212-854-7374
