WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A MELLON POST-DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP?
The Mellon Post Dissertation Fellowship competition is open to scholars who will have received the doctorate between May 1, 2003, and June 15, 2006. Graduate students may apply if they expect to have the doctorate in hand by June 15, 2006, but notice should be taken of the materials that will be requested of semifinalists. No person may take up the fellowship before the Ph.D. has been formally awarded. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication. Any topic relevant to the Society’s library collections and programmatic scope — that is, American history and culture through 1876 — is eligible. Applicants may come from such fields as history, literature, American studies, political science, art history, music history, and others relating to America in the period of the Society’s coverage.
