College of Arts and Sciences
Dissertation Fellowship Dossier Preparation: 2008-2009

The candidate must submit an application to the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) of his or her department by March 31, 2008 including:

  • An application coversheet
  • A summary of the dissertation or MFA project with a clear indication of how much work has been completed and what remains to be completed. In deciding about funding, priority will be given to candidates who are close to completion of their projects over students who have not yet had their dissertation projects approved or who are at the early stages of writing. The summary should be no more than five pages long, and should be written in a way that will allow scholars from outside the applicant's discipline to evaluate the significance and feasibility of the project. Applicants should bear in mind that the Fellowships Committee is made up of faculty representatives from each of the College's four academic areas, so for each proposal, the majority of the readers will be from outside the applicant's area of specialization.
  • A curriculum vitae
  • If the candidate wants funds for a particular purpose (equipment, travel, or the like), a statement of how the funds would be used. This is optional.
  • A transcript of UB graduate coursework
  • A letter from the dissertation director assessing the quality and significance of the project, the student's progress to date towards the degree, and the estimated timetable for the completion of the project. Dissertation directors are urged to write a letter that will make the applicant's project clear to persons outside his or her field. Providing the committee with some context and some idea of how to assess the project's significance in relation to others in the same area will greatly help the committee to make appropriate decisions.
  • A letter from the DGS. For Departments submitting multiple nominations , such letter should rank the applicants and specify the criteria/process used to produce the ranking. Rankings will be advisory to the committee, but will not alone determine the allocation of fellowships.

Please observe the following guidelines when submitting the dossier:

  1. Please use 12 point type.
  2. Include the original application and FIVE copies
  3. Please check to make sure that no pages are skipped in the copying process.
  4. CAS Fellowships Committee
    Attn. Kathy Janik
    CAS Dean's Office, 826 Clemens Hall

The deadline for the departments to submit applications to the Dean's Office is April 4.

The CAS Fellowship Committee will review the applications and award the fellowships by April 25. The successful candidates will receive the award of $4000 in September. Further information is available from:

Further information is available from:

D. Munroe Eagles
810 Clemens Hall
eagles@buffalo.edu
645-2711