Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)

Social
Science Research Council is accepting applications for Mellon International
Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF). Fellowships offer nine to twelve
months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social
sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and
conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Fellowship amounts vary
depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $21,000.

The
SSRC’s varied fellowships and prizes share a core commitment to improving
conditions for social science knowledge production worldwide. Programs engage
themes ranging from global issues facing the United States and Japan to
security in Africa and Latin America.

The
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a U.S.-based independent nonprofit
organization dedicated to advancing research in the social sciences and related
disciplines. Established in Manhattan in 1923, it today maintains a
headquarters in Brooklyn Heights with a staff of approximately 70, and small
regional offices in other parts of the world on an as-needed basis.

Scholarship Description:

Application
Deadline: November 7, 2018
Course
Level: Fellowships are open to students
enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation
research on non-US topics.
Study
Subject: Fellowships are awarded in
the area of humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Scholarship
Award: Seventy fellowships are awarded
annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a
per-fellowship average of $22,000. The fellowship includes
participation in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop upon the
completion of IDRF-funded research.
Number
of Scholarships: Sixty-eight fellowships are
awarded annually.
Nationality: Applicants
who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States, regardless of
citizenship
Scholarship
can be taken in USA or Abroad

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

Eligible
Countries: Applicants who are enrolled in PhD
programs in the United States, regardless of citizenship are eligible for
these fellowships.
Entrance
Requirements:
The program is open to graduate
students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences—regardless of citizenship—enrolled
in PhD programs in the United States. Applicants to the 2019
IDRF competition must complete all PhD requirements except on-site
research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2019, whichever
comes first.
The program invites proposals for dissertation research conducted, in
whole or in part, outside the United States, on non-US topics. It
will consider applications for dissertation research grounded in a single
site, informed by broader cross-regional and interdisciplinary perspectives,
as well as applications for multi-sited, comparative, and transregional
research. Proposals that identify the United States as a case for
comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that focus
predominantly or exclusively on the United States are not eligible.
Applicants from select disciplines within the humanities (Art History,
Architectural History, Classics, Drama/Theater, Film Studies, Literature,
Musicology, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Theory, and
Religion) may request three or more months of funding for international
on-site dissertation research in combination with site-specific research
in the United States, for a total of nine to twelve months of
funding. All other applicants (for instance, those in Anthropology, Geography,
History, Political Science, and Sociology, among others) must request nine
to twelve months of on-site, site-specific dissertation research with a
minimum of six months of research outside of the United States. Research
within the United States must be site-specific (e.g., at a particular
archive) and cannot be at the applicant’s home institution unless that
institution has necessary site-specific research holdings. Please note
that the IDRF program supports research only and may not be used for dissertation
write-up.
Applicants who have completed significant funded dissertation research in
one country by the start of their proposed IDRF research may be ineligible
to apply to the IDRF to extend research time in the same country.
Eligibility will be at the discretion of the IDRF program, depending on
completed research time and funding. The IDRF program expects fellows to
remain at their research site(s) for the full nine- to twelve-month
funding period. The IDRF program will not support study at foreign
universities, conference participation, or dissertation write-up. The
program does not accept applications from PhD programs in law, business,
medicine, nursing, or journalism, nor does it accept applications in
doctoral programs that do not lead to a PhD.

Application Procedure:

How
to Apply: The IDRF application must be filled out
online and can be accessed through the SSRC Online Application Portal.
Applicants will also use this portal to contact their referees and language
evaluator(s), complete the research relevance section, upload research proposal
and bibliography, and send reminders to referees and language evaluators.

Application Form

Scholarship Link