Graduate students in the College of the Liberal Arts who are ABD and receiving a Humanities Dissertation Release also can apply for a Center/Institute Fellows Program Award. Those selected are designated a Fellow with a specific Center or Institute in the College of the Liberal Arts and receive an award of $1,000 to support their research and related activities. Fellows have opportunities to participate in Center or Institute activities and share work in progress with faculty and other graduate students. 

Students may apply to be a fellow in more than one Center or Institute; however, applicants will not be awarded affiliation with more than one. The following Centers and Institutes currently partner with the College of the Liberal Arts in this program:

• Africana Research Center
• Humanities Institute
• Rock Ethics Institute
• Center for American Literary Studies
• Center for Language Acquisition
• Center for Democratic Deliberation

The Research and Graduate Studies Office in the College of the Liberal Arts sends out the call for applications for this award in the spring semester. Please see the Center/Institute Fellows Program page for more information and how to apply.