Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Fellowship Program Application Deadline

Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Fellowship Program

Established in 2015, the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US universities, regardless of citizenship, to conduct dissertation research in Russian historical studies. The program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies.

Established in 2019, the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US, regardless of citizenship, to complete their dissertation in Russian historical studies. The program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies.

Eligibility

For both the Research Fellowship and Dissertation Completion Fellowship, the applicant must:

• be a doctoral student at a US university
• be a student member of ASEEES at the time of the application submission
• have a dissertation research topic that falls within the fellowship project scope (see above), but may be in any discipline
• have language proficiency to conduct research about Russia
• not have previously applied for this fellowship more than once (past recipients of the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship may apply for the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellowship, but they will not receive any preferential advantage in the competition.)

For the Research Fellowship, applicant must:

• have successfully achieved PhD candidacy (ABD status) by the start of the proposed research travel;
• be able to receive and maintain a visa at any location of research that requires a visa.
• not have a grant or fellowship from another organization to conduct the same or similar research project at the same time (NOTE: Applicants may apply for competing fellowships, however if offered another fellowship as well as the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship, the applicant must choose between them);
• not hold or have held the ASEEES Dissertation Grant for the same research project.

For the Dissertation Completion Fellowship:

• Applicants must be prepared to successfully defend their dissertation within the period of their fellowship tenure.
• Applicants may not currently hold or have previously held a dissertation completion fellowship.