The Graduate School's is offering the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships (IDF), which includes $23,000 and full tuition. The American Studies internal deadline is based on the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) deadline. If you intend to apply and partner with a different center/institute, contact amstdy@umn.edu by Wednesday, September 24th, so we can review those center/institute requirements.
All materials required by the center/institute that you are applying to (with the exception of the letter of endorsement from the director of the center/institute) are due to Melanie by the Department's internal deadline of October 20th, 2014 at 12pm, noon.
The instructions for applying to the IAS for an IDF can be found here:
http://ias.umn.edu/programs/idf/application-instructions/
For Graduate School (general) information about the IDF and the centers/institutes that will house IDF fellows, please click here:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/projects-priorities/idinitiatives/fundingopps/idf/