Graduate Summer Fellowship

Students receive $3,000 to fund their research and are offered dedicated time away from other commitments to focus on their project(s). Recipients may not have other commitments during the support period, but projects need not encompass the entire summer.

Applications for Graduate Summer Fellowship are currently closed.

Graduate students enrolled in a Taft-eligible program and conducting research projects over the summer, with supervision from a faculty mentor, are eligible for this $3,000 award.

Projects must be relevant to the student's degree path and completable within the support timeframe.

Awardees remain eligible for other awards.

Applications must be received through the online portal no later than 5PM on the day of the published deadline. Applicants may not bypass any component of the system or ask the committee to instead view any additional uploaded documents. Applicants are encouraged to write for a general (non-disciplinary) audience.

A complete application must include the following: 

1. A narrative of no more than 10,000 characters (~1,500 words), including the following:
   1. An abstract of no more than 150 words
   2. Project description, including theoretical framework, methods and sources
   3. Preliminary/expected results
   4. The significance of the project to your discipline
   5. A detailed project timeline of major landmarks for the project during the project period.
2. A single PDF upload containing the following:
   1. An abbreviated (two-page) curriculum vitae (CV)
   2. Transcript(s) or other records summarizing the applicant's graduate career.
3. A support letter from the student's advisor, project director, or the graduate program director that comments on the role of the project in the student's path to degree, as well as the significance of the project overall and the student's ability to complete it. Once the application is submitted, notice is automatically sent to the Graduate Program Director for the selected unit, requesting the letter of support. If the letter is from someone other than the Graduate Program Director, they may send the letter to taft@uc.edu.

• Graduate students may not have other commitments during the support period, but projects need not encompass the entire summer.
• Fellowships are not cost-based; payments are made directly to the students. Accordingly, a budget is not required.