American Studies Summer Dissertation Writing Funds (up to $3,500) are available to ABD American Studies students for summer 2010 if they have not received the funds previously. Deadline for requests: April 15, 2010.
Summer Dissertation Writing Funds requests due by April 15, 2010
Summer Dissertation Writing Funds are awarded only once in your PhD career. The current award is an amount of up to $3,500. Criteria for requesting available funds are that the student must be ABD and not have received the funds previously.
The request should include:
1) Your name, student ID, Dissertation Title and a statement that you have not received these funds previously.
2) A description (1 page) of your dissertation if you do not have a Graduate School approved thesis proposal on file.
3) A description detailing what you will undertake over the summer (up to 1 page). Be as specific as possible about the use of archives, libraries, interviews, writing schedule, etc.
Submit your request to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by the April 15, 2010 deadline.
You may expect a response to your request by early May.
