Humane Studies Fellowship
In response to the global health crisis, the Institute for Humane Studies is accepting a second-round applications for summer Humane Studies Fellowships for currently enrolled graduate students whose 2020 summer plans may have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Humane Studies Fellowship (HSF) is a non-residency, renewable award of up to $15,000 per year to assist students enrolled or planning to enroll in full-time PhD programs. Fall 2020 HSF Awardees are eligible to apply for summer funding.
Summer 2020
Up to $15,000
To be eligible to apply for the Humane Studies Fellowship, you must:
Be enrolled full time in a PhD program at any institution for the 2020-2021 academic year
Have a research interest that contributes to the advancement of classical liberal scholarship
Previous Humane Studies Fellowship applicants and winners who will be enrolled as full-time PhD students in the 2020-2021 academic year are welcome to apply. Prior participation in IHS programs is not required. The fellowship is open to PhD students at any university – applicants do not need to be enrolled at George Mason University to be eligible. International students are eligible; however, preference is given to applicants who live or study in the United States, Canada, and/or the United Kingdom. Qualifying fields of study include economics, political science, philosophy, law, history, sociology, and similar disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. We generally do not fund students studying the natural sciences, medicine, or engineering.
IHS supports a diverse collection of graduate students across a wide range of academic disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Larger awards of $6,000 – $15,000 are highly competitive and generally reserved for late-stage graduate students who have demonstrated academic excellence and publication success with highly relevant research that advances the classical liberal tradition.