Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Dissertation Research Fellowship

The Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US universities, regardless of citizenship, to conduct dissertation research in Russian/Soviet historical studies. The program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian/Soviet historical studies.

The stipend can be spent on expenses incurred while conducting research, including living expenses, research expenses, international airfare, visa expenses, and evacuation and health insurance.

Eligibility

The applicant must:

• be a doctoral student at a US university
• be a student member of ASEEES at the time of the application submission
• have a dissertation research topic that falls within the fellowship project scope (see above), but may be in any discipline
• have language proficiency to conduct research about Russia/the Soviet Union
• not have previously applied for this fellowship more than once (past recipients of the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship may apply for the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellowship, but they will not receive any preferential advantage in the competition.)
• have successfully achieved PhD candidacy (ABD status) by the start of the proposed research travel;
• be able to receive and maintain a visa at any location of research that requires a visa.
• not have a grant or fellowship from another organization to conduct the same or similar research project at the same time (NOTE: Applicants may apply for competing fellowships, however if offered another fellowship as well as the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship, the applicant must choose between them);
• not hold or have held the ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant for the same research project.