How are fellowship applications evaluated?
The same selection committee collectively evaluates applicants for all four fellowships. The evaluation criteria they use are: 1. The evidence of intellectual distinction 2. The quality and precision of the dissertation proposal 3. The applicant’s timely progress toward the degree 4. The likelihood of completing the degree within the tenure of the fellowship 5. In the case of Geballe applicants, the likelihood of the applicant contributing to, as well as benefiting from, the programs of the Humanities Center 6. In the case of Lieberman fellowships, the applicant’s promise as a scholar, teacher, and leader in the academic community Reading assignments in the first round are made so that two committee members (neither of whom are in the applicant’s field) read each proposal. The result of this first round is a list of approximately 50 semi-finalist files, each of which is read and evaluated by the full selection committee. From the applicant pool, a top group of approximately 40 potentia
