Funding Opportunities

GREL Fellowships

Dissertation writing fellowships (either during the academic year or during summer)
Major Fellowships: Major fellowships cover conference travel and research stipends- highest priority is travel to two major conferences in your field during the dissertation-writing period. For in-state conferences up to $500 may be awarded, for out of state or international conferences typically up to $800 may be awarded.
Special Academic Support Fellowships: Special one-time support for coursework or research expenses. Exceptional or critical need. Open to all REL students.
The Catherine Coudert Gottesman Distinguished Graduate Fellowship: Supports Summer work on a distinctively cross-disciplinary research project, normally leading to a dissertation on that topic. It can be granted to a Religious Studies graduate student in their second or any subsequent year.
Mini-Fellowships: Mini-fellowships cover expenses for specialized skill building. (Travel for coursework vital to your individually tailored training, meetings demonstrably important to network-building and career development including with potential recommenders and collaborators and travel to useful workshops and colloquia. Award is for $500-$1000.