Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship

Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship is sponsored by Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University. Offers fellowships to full-time graduate students at Texas A&M University for research in the humanities.

Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship Application – Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship Application Applicants are normally notified of award decisions by six weeks following the application deadline.

Support for research that will directly advance the student's program of research at any stage $3,000 (with the potential for an additional $1,000) Full-time graduate students The Glasscock Center for Humanities Research annually funds a number of Graduate Research Fellowships up to $4,000 each to support research in the humanities broadly defined, including humanistic research in the social sciences and digital humanities.

Funds will be made available on May 31 st and can be used until August 31 st of the following year. To be eligible, applicants must be full-time graduate students at Texas A&M University. Students may apply for both the Graduate Residential Fellowships and Graduate Research Fellowships, but, if a student is offered both, the student may only accept one or the other.

Students may not be awarded a Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship and Graduate Residential Fellowship in the same academic year. Students who have received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the Glasscock Center must wait two years before reapplying. The fellowships exist to support research that will directly advance the student’s program of research at any stage.

The primary outcome should be a dissertation or a thesis, a significant portion thereof, article, or research presentation at a professional conference. The budget might include fieldwork, travel to archives, acquisition of skills (such as in digital humanities or languages), and research materials.

Up to $1,000 of the funds may be used to support dissemination of the research, such as for travel to present at a professional workshop or conference. The budget may not include stipend/salary for the applicant, publication support (e.g., subvention or open access costs), or university tuition or fees. For any questions about how the funds may be used, please contact the Glasscock Center.

As this award is also intended to provide students with grant-writing experience, students are expected to work closely with their advisors on a project description, the rationale for the grant, and budget. Advisors are expected to provide feedback on a draft proposal and write a confidential letter directly to the Glasscock Center.

Glasscock Center Graduate Research Fellows will make up the community of scholars who populate the Graduate Colloquium Series. They are required to participate in the Glasscock Center’s Colloquium Series and use the experience as a tool to improve their own writing and projects and help each other to improve the quality of the work being produced as a group.

Please check with the financial aid office to confirm that your financial aid will not be affected by receipt of this or other awards. Students must have the approval of both their Director of Graduate Studies and the Department Head.

Selection for these highly competitive awards is made by a multi-disciplinary committee of Texas A&M faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who typically are members of the Glasscock Center’s Faculty Advisory Board. Faculty members who have a graduate student applying for a fellowship may not serve on the selection committee.

To encourage students at various stages to apply, applicants are placed in two selection pools: ABD and non-ABD. Student should complete the application and upload the signature form with approval from Director of Graduate Studies and Department Head . We recommend answering application questions in a Word document and saving it for your records before pasting it into our form for submission.

Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship Application " * " indicates required fields Current year in graduate program (select one): * To encourage students at various stages to apply, applicants are placed in two selection pools: ABD and non-ABD. Please select your status. * Non-ABD (including MA students) Expected date of graduation: * Does your planned research (or a portion of it) fall under the category of digital humanities?

* Briefly describe the digital humanities component to your project. * Previous financial support from Glasscock Center: Title of Program Term in which you received funding Students who have received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the Glasscock Center must wait two years before reapplying. I confirm that I am up-to-date on all GCHR grant reports for past awards.

* Grant Reports I acknowledge that, if I am awarded this Fellowship, I am required to participate in the Colloquium Series during my Fellowship year. I have shared a draft of my application with my advisor and received feedback. My advisor has agreed to write a letter of support directly to the Glasscock Center (glasscock@tamu.

edu) * Title of your doctoral dissertation/master's thesis: * Provide an abstract or short description of your dissertation/master’s thesis in language that a humanities scholar not working in your field might understand (200 words max) * Upload your project description: Please describe your current research to a scholarly audience in the humanities (but not necessarily in your discipline) and the expected outcome at the end of the fellowship period.

Limit 1000 words. * Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 50 MB.

The Glasscock Center supports humanities research in traditional humanities disciplines, which are usually grounded in qualitative methods. The Humanities are understood to include (but are not limited to) study in the following disciplines: modern and classical languages; linguistics; literature; history; political theory; jurisprudence; philosophy; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts.

The Center's grant programs encourage interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research that joins humanities inquiries with the humanistic social sciences and other research fields and methods. Research from non-humanities disciplines that takes an interpretive or qualitative approach to questions of meaning in human experiences and endeavors are also welcome.

Humanities inquiries are usually qualitative and address questions of meaning in the products of human culture and thinking. Research that is primarily quantitative and/or reliant upon the canons of scientific method usually falls outside the parameters of humanities research and thus may not be eligible for funding.

If you are not sure whether your research contributes to the humanities, or for other questions about writing your application, please feel free to consult with the director, associate director, or a member of the Center's advisory committee. Provide as detailed a budget as possible so that we can assess how the funds will be used.

* Provide a list and brief description of any outlets (publications, conferences, seminars, or workshops) through which you have or hope to disseminate research. Also, please list any grants (if appropriate to your field) you have received or plan to apply to support your graduate research. Upload Required Documents * *Required Documents: Signature from your Department Head and Director of Graduate Studies.

(Use * this * form to gather the necessary signatures.) Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Upon form submission, you should be redirected to a confirmation screen and receive an automatic confirmation email. If you do not receive either of these, there may have been a problem with your form and you will need to resubmit. If you have any questions, please call (979) 845-8328 or email glasscock@tamu.

edu. Applications will be considered incomplete until all information has been received, at which time an e-mail confirming receipt will be sent to you. Applicants are normally notified of award decisions by one month following the application deadline.