Department of Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation
Fellowships
in Latin American Sociology
2006 Application procedures
Application Deadline: April 7th
Once again this year, funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow the Sociology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, to offer a small number of advanced graduate students the opportunity to become "Mellon Fellows in Latin American Sociology." Those selected as Mellon Fellows will receive support for up to three years to allow them to do pre-dissertation fieldwork, to develop a dissertation proposal, to conduct dissertation fieldwork in Latin America, and to write-up their dissertations.
The fellowships provide a stipend of $18,000 during the academic year. Fellowships may be renewed yearly for up to a total of three years, contingent on satisfactory progress in the program. Fellows may also receive a summer stipend of $4,000 for up to two summers in addition to their academic year stipend, provided they submit a plan of summer study or research. In addition to stipend support, the program will also defray the expenses of traveling to Latin America to do research (up to $4,000 per fellow) and travel to professional meetings. Support does not include payment of tuition or fees.
Eligibility : Fellows must be students enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Sociology with outstanding overall records in the program. They must have passed their Ph.D. qualifying examinations by the end of the semester prior to taking up the fellowship. Fellows are expected to have reasonable fluency in either Spanish or Portuguese and to have prepared a field for their qualifying examinations that has substantial Latin American content. They are required to take at least two advanced seminars in the department which include substantial content addressing Latin American issues, at least one advanced research seminar outside of the sociology department which focuses on Latin American issues, and to spend at least nine months in Latin America doing dissertation research.
Application Procedure: Candidates for Mellon Fellowships should submit: 1) a copy of their graduate transcripts; 2) a brief (3-5 pp.) summary of their previous course work and research experience, emphasizing work relevant to the study of Latin America; and 3) A 10 page summary of their proposed dissertation research. All materials should be delivered to the Sociology Department Graduate Assistant (Elsa Tranter) in rm. 422 by Friday, April 7th, 2006 .
If you have any questions : Contact Peter Evans (642-5877/pevans@berkeley.edu); Laura Enriquez (642-2502/enriquez@berkeley.edu); or Elsa Tranter (642-1657/etranter@uclink4) |
