The University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History invite applications for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for 2013-2014. This fellowship includes a stipend of $18,000, the cost of tuition, mandatory fees and health insurance. Applicant must be a current CLA Ph.D. program and have a doctoral dissertation in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Application Deadline: 3:00pm on Friday, March 15, 2013.
Call for Applications: Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, for the academic year 2013-14
The University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History invite applications from current doctoral students in the UMN College of Liberal Arts for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for the academic year 2013-14.
The Badzin Fellowship will pay a living stipend of $18,000, and the cost of tuition, mandatory fees and health insurance.
Eligibility:
An applicant must be a current student in a Ph.D. program in the College of Liberal Arts, currently enrolled in the first, second, third, or fourth year of study, and have a doctoral dissertation project in Holocaust and genocide studies. The fellowship will be awarded on the basis of the quality and scholarly potential of the dissertation project, the applicant's quality of performance in the graduate program, and the applicant's general scholarly promise.
Required application materials:
1) A letter of application (maximum 4 pages single-spaced) describing the applicant's intellectual interests and dissertation research and the research and/or writing which the applicant expects to do during the fellowship year
2) A current curriculum vitae for the applicant
3) An unofficial transcript of all graduate work done at the University of Minnesota
4) TWO confidential letters of recommendation from U of MN faculty, discussing the quality of the applicant's graduate work and dissertation project and the applicant's progress toward completing the degree, sent directly to the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (chgs.umn.edu).
Deadline:
All application materials must be received by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies electronically at chgs@umn.edu no later than 3:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013. The awardee will be announced no later than Friday, April 26, 2013.
Please see attached flyer.
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