Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: November 14, 2008

Through the Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship the Humanities Center offers $12,000 in support each year to one student in the final stages of writing his or her dissertation. The recipient receives the stipend over an eight-month period. The Center may offer additional awards, each worth up to $500, to deserving students who apply for the fellowship.

Applicants for this fellowship must be doctoral candidates writing dissertations in the humanities, arts, or related disciplines. These disciplines include philosophy, language, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, the arts, those aspects of social sciences that have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods, and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment.

To be eligible for the dissertation fellowship, an applicant must be enrolled in good standing as a PhD candidate in a humanities or arts discipline at WSU; must have the dissertation topic, outline, and prospectus approved by his/her dissertation committee, and by the Graduate School by the application deadline of November 14, 2008; and have completed all requirements for the PhD, except the dissertation.

The deadline to apply is November 14, 2008. Fellowship requirements may be downloaded or picked up at the Humanities Center at 2226 Faculty/Administration Building.

For more information, please contact the Humanities Center, (313) 577-5471.