Funding Opportunities
Travel, Foreign Study and Research
At the University of Chicago, excellent opportunities for extended periods of study and research abroad exist in Barcelona, Bologna, Madrid, Oaxaca, Paris, Pisa, Rome, and Toledo. Year-long exchange programs are also available with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, the University of Bologna, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra. In the near future, the Paris Center will provide research opportunities for graduate students. Endowment funds are also available to assist graduate students with travel grants and dissertation research. Our students successfully compete for national and international fellowships such as the Chateaubriand and the Fulbright and for a variety of University-sponsored dissertation fellowships. For example, the Franke Institute for the Humanities regularly awards grants for dissertation research, organizing student conferences, and other projects.
For information on funding opportunities for students in Humanities at the University of Chicago, please contact Sarah Tuohey, Assistant Dean of Students, stuohey@uchicago.edu, and see the Humanities Division's website for Prospective and Current graduate students as well as the funding website for College undergraduates.
Departmental Fellowships
MA/Ph.D. and Ph.D. students are usually awarded teaching/research fellowships, renewable for five years based on satisfactory progress, which include tuition remission, competitive annual stipends, as well as two summer stipends, and University student health insurance. Graduate fellowship recipients are not required to teach during their first year, and thereafter serve as drill/conversation session leaders (lectors) - allowing ample time to focus on, and complete course work. Advanced fellowship recipients then gain invaluable professional experience as instructors (lecturers) in the College's language program. Graduate students can also receive funding as research assistants for faculty projects, preceptors for the undergraduate language program, and as workshop organizers, as the need arises.
For information on departmental funding opportunities, contact Juanita Denson jden@uchicago.edu or the graduate advisors.