The University of Pennsylvania is pleased to invite applications for the 2024-25 Provost’s Predoctoral Fellows. These awards are designed to provide mentorship and access to Penn’s resources for doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences, enrolled in graduate or professional programs at universities other than Penn, as they complete their dissertations. The Fellowships are intended to support talented scholars with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
These residential Fellowships support graduate students in the final stages of dissertation research or writing at Penn for an academic year, normally September through August. They offer an opportunity for scholars who plan an academic career to take advantage of Penn programs and faculty expertise and afford access to libraries and the resources of the Philadelphia region. Each scholar will be selected and hosted by a department or school and assigned a faculty mentor. Recipients will be in the stage of advanced dissertation research or writing.
The Fellowship provides a stipend, health insurance, library privileges, and a research and travel fund. The application cycle for the 2025-2026 academic year will open on November 18, 2024.
Readings and Resources for Academics – A list created by Lindsey Cameron, Ph.D. Professor Cameron is Assistant Professor of Management in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and also a member of the 2017-2018 Provost’s Predoctoral Fellows cohort.
Candidates for the fellowship must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, enrolled in a PhD program in the humanities or social sciences at an accredited university graduate or professional school other than Penn. Candidates must have passed any PhD qualifying examinations and be in an advanced stage of research and writing on an approved dissertation topic. Candidates must be students of exceptional academic merit, who pursue academic research that produces new understandings about cultural, societal, or educational topics as they affect particular under-researched populations.
Applicants should submit:
Questions can be addressed to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty at provost-fac@upenn.edu.
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