The University of Pennsylvania Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity are designed to provide mentorship and access to Penn’s resources for doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences, enrolled in graduate or professional programs at universities other than Penn, as they complete their dissertations. The Fellowships are intended to support talented scholars with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
These residential Fellowships support graduate students in the final stages of dissertation research or writing at Penn for an academic year, normally September through August. They offer an opportunity for scholars who plan an academic career to take advantage of Penn programs and faculty expertise and afford access to libraries and the resources of the Philadelphia region. Each scholar will be selected and hosted by a department or school and assigned a faculty mentor. Recipients will be in the stage of advanced dissertation research or writing.
The Fellowship provides a stipend, health insurance, library privileges, and a research and travel fund.
Candidates for the fellowship must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the humanities or social sciences at an accredited university graduate or professional school other than Penn. Candidates must have passed any Ph.D. qualifying examinations and be in an advanced stage of research and writing on an approved dissertation topic.
Fellowship Website:
https://faculty.upenn.edu/fellows/predoc/