The Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship, 2012-2013

The College of Arts and Humanities is seeking nominations for the Mary S. Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship for 2012-2013.

The Mary S. Snouffer Scholarship Fund will support up to three fellowships for qualified students pursuing the doctorate in any discipline in the humanities, including the study of language, literature, culture, philosophy, history or the arts. Preference will be given to students in English, but scholarships can be awarded to students in other disciplines in the humanities and arts. Recipients of the scholarship shall be selected by a committee appointed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Criteria for selection shall be based upon both academic merit and need. Each department should put forward its very best candidate and no department should submit more than three nominations. Proposals should be written with anon-specialist audience in mind. Students wishing to apply should contact their Graduate Program Directors for departmental deadlines.

Applicant Requirements:

Must be a graduate student who has reached the dissertation stage. Must have completed all course work and passed the qualifying examination for the doctorate degree. Students receiving the Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship are expected to enrollfull-time and to devote full time to work on their dissertation. To be certified as a full-time student, recipients of the Fellowship must be officially registered for 6 credits of 899. Recipients are not allowed to hold on- or off-campus jobs of more than ten hours per week. If research requires IRB approval, it must be secured or in the works at time of application.

Benefits:

The 9.5-month stipend for the Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship for the 2012-2013 Academic Year is $20,000. This amount does not cover health benefits and is not tax exempt.

The Graduate School has agreed to cover the candidacy tuition remission for each fellowship recipient and will process all paperwork through Student Financial Aid at http://www.financialaid.umd.edu or 301-314-9000. The fellowship is non-renewable.

Deadline:

Nominations for the Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship must be received by Monday, March 12, 2012, noon. Students wishing to apply should contact their Graduate Program Directors for departmental deadlines, which will be earlier.

Nomination packet should include:

Nomination letter (by Chair or Graduate Director) Project description (2-3 pages) by the nominee Copy of the nominee's curriculum vita Letter of recommendation from the nominee's advisor

Send nomination packet to:

Associate Dean Elizabeth Loizeaux

College of Arts and Humanities

1102 Francis Scott Key Hall

College Park, MD 20742

Nomination packets may be sent electronically as a Word or pdf attachment to ebl@umd.edu, with a copy to hrivas@umd.edu.

For further information please contact Associate Dean Loizeaux at 301-405-5646 or ebl@umd.edu.