Sakıp Sabancı Center Summer Fellowships for Doctoral Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies is pleased to announce up to 5
competitive Summer Fellowships for doctoral students in any area of Turkish Studies, including the
study of Turkish-speaking peoples from ancient periods to the modern as well as the study of cultures
and civilizations in the former territories of the Ottoman Empire and within the borders of the modern
Republic of Turkey. Each fellowship carries a $3,000 stipend and is designed to support library,
archival, and collection research in Turkey of no less than one month during the summer of 2019.
Language training in Turkey may be supported if qualified research needs can be demonstrated. The 5
fellowship recipients will be known as Sakıp Sabancı Center Summer Fellows. All first through sixthyear PhD students in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University are eligible to apply as long as they are in good academic standing.
Students who wish to apply for a Sakıp Sabancı Center Summer Fellowship should submit to Sharon
Kim (sakipsabancicenter@columbia.edu), administrative coordinator for the Sakıp Sabancı Fellowship
Program: their CV, a statement (500–1500 words) explaining their research project, and a detailed
research schedule describing the library, archival, or collection resources to be consulted and outlining
the timetable for the project’s completion. The deadline for the submission of the application is
Friday, March 15, 2019. The successful applicants will be notified by mid-April.