The STRC Graduate Research Fellowship 2025 application
cycle opens February 18, 2025 and closes on March 3, 2025.
Download the application guidelines packet today!
The STRC Graduate Research Fellowship is open to students by faculty nomination. Students interested in the fellowship should contact the faculty mentor in your Program who has close familiarity with your academic interests and/or research to discuss the opportunity and seek a nomination.
About the Fellowship Program
The STRC is working to demonstrate how the humanities deepen our understanding of ourselves and our society, and empower us to act, ethically and responsibly, to counter racism, dismantle violence, and build a more just and equitable society.
The STRC Graduate Research Fellowship is designed to support Graduate Fellows’ professional development through workshops that support their intellectual and professional growth and provide the opportunity to work closely with a faculty mentor and to present their work in professional settings.
The program will begin in Spring Quarter 2025 and be open to humanities MA students in the College of LAS.
Six students will be awarded a fellowship that provides stipendiary support for participating in the following:
one introductory orientation in Spring 2025,
six Professional Development workshops (three in Spring 2025 and three in Summer 2025), and
serving as a panelist in a roundtable presentation at the Annual Fall STRC Symposium in October 2025.
Each three-hour workshop will conclude with students producing deliverables for their career objectives. Examples of such deliverables could include a professional CV and cover letter, a short Op-Ed piece; a written proposal for submission to an online or print journal; a pitch to a book publisher for fiction, non-fiction, or poetry; written reflections on positioning oneself for a career in the Humanities; or filmed mock-interviews, among other options. The workshop series will culminate in a roundtable presentation by the graduate fellows at our Annual STRC symposium in October 2025 where they will share what they have learned and produced as well as how this experience has helped them to build careers in social justice in the humanities and build strong collaborative relationships within and beyond DePaul. Finally, the Graduate Fellows will be encouraged and provided support to attend an external professional conference.
Fellowships will begin March 31, 2025 and continue through October 31, 2025. Fellows will receive a $2500 stipend in three installments over the spring, summer and fall quarters, contingent upon their participation in the workshops and completion of deliverables. Each student will also have access to up to $1500 for travel to an academic or professional conference.
Eligibility
Academically outstanding MA students in the College of LAS whose primary scholarly or creative field lies within the humanities, and who are working on research and/or creative topics addressing the histories, legacies and/or cultures of people of color in the United States or in diaspora, are eligible to be nominated and to apply.
Guidelines for Faculty Wishing to Nominate a Student
Nominations may only be made by full-time faculty in the College of LAS.
Please speak directly with students whom you wish to nominate to ensure they are ready to undertake this independent work, and to review together the application requirements for the Fellowship.
Faculty in LAS may nominate their student for the fellowship by submitting a letter that addresses the following prompts:
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Please describe, as specifically as possible, what you know about the student’s academic work, enthusiasm for research, and promise as a scholar.
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Please describe the project on which the nominee will work during the fellowship and that will be the subject of their conference presentation.
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Please describe how this student will contribute to diversifying the academy.
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Please explain how you will support the nominee’s research and writing during their fellowship. Be precise about deadlines for work-in-progress and schedule of check-ins with the student, your availability and willingness to meet with the student and read and offer feedback on work-in-progress during the summer, and your commitment to seeing the project through to a successful conclusion.
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Please end your letter with your full contact information, including your name, rank and academic unit at DePaul, email address, and phone number.
Faculty may submit their letters of nominations between February 2 and February 17 to the STRC at
strc@depaul.edu.
Once nominations have been received, the STRC will contact nominees individually and ask them to submit an application.
Application Timeline
The application timeline is outlined below. Interested students should
review the FAQ. Please direct questions to the directors of the STRC, Julie Moody-Freeman (jmoodyfr@depaul.edu) and Bill Johnson González (bjohns58@depaul.edu).
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Faculty Nomination Period opens
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February 2, 2025
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Faculty Nomination Period closes
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February 17, 2025
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Online Student Application opens
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February 18, 2025
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Online Student Application closes
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March 3, 2025
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Award notifications
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March 14, 2025
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Application Preparation
Applicants for the Graduate Research Fellowship should review the Application Guidelines packet, which provides complete details of all materials that must be submitted through the online application.
Guidelines & Preparation
Download the Application Guidelines for easy offline review.
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