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Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship Application

Applications due:

March 3, 2025

Applicants are normally notified of award decisions by one month following the application deadline.

 

Fellowship Overview

PURPOSE Support for research that will directly advance the student's program of research at any stage
AMOUNT $3,000 (with the potential for an additional $1,000)
OPEN TO Full-time graduate students

The Glasscock Center for Humanities Research annually funds a number of Graduate Research Fellowships up to $3,000 each. An additional $1,000 can be requested by students traveling for archival or field research as part of their project.

These fellowships are for the academic year.  However, to facilitate summer research, funding will be made available for activities between May 31st of the award year and August 31st of the following year.  (For example: May 31, 2025 to August 31, 2026).

ELIGIBILITY:

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. Glasscock Arrival Fellows are ineligible to apply during the first year of their Arrival Fellowship. Students who have received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the Glasscock Center must wait two years before reapplying.

ABOUT:

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, 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 (for which there is a separate Glasscock Center program), or tuition of any sort.  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:

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.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

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

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Name*
Current year in graduate program (select one):*
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To encourage students at various stages to apply, applicants are placed in two selection pools: ABD and non-ABD. Please select your status.*
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.
Colloquium*
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)*
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    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.
    Please check with the financial aid office to confirm that your financial aid will not be affected by receipt of this or other awards.*
    *Required Documents:
    • Your CV
    • Signature from your Department Head and Director of Graduate Studies.
      (Use *this* form to gather the necessary signatures.)
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    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.