Support from the School of Liberal Arts Graduate Program
Students receiving financial support from the graduate school (that is fellowships and teaching assistantships, not loans) are expected to be full-time students and in residence during the academic year. The department can grant exemptions from the residency rule for the purposes of research and can also approve a limited amount of paid employment provided this does not interfere with the student's studies. Any student who wishes to accept paid employment or who wishes to be exempt from the residency requirement must seek prior approval from the Director of Graduate Studies. Failure to do so could put the continuation of your stipend at risk.
Conference Travel Funding
Conference travel support is provided by a number of sources at Tulane University:
- Newcomb Institute Graduate Student Conference Travel Grants are awarded on a competitive basis for students presenting papers or posters, participating in a panel, or attending professional academic meetings with a focus on gender equity. Funding is provided in two cycles.
- J.E. Land Fund for SLA Graduate Student Travel are available for SLA students presenting at conferences. Funding is provided in two cycles.
- Tulane GSSA Travel Funding is available to all Tulane graduate students. This funding is distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- Department Conference Travel Fund for travel to present a conference paper. Awards are typically $350.
Summer and Short-Term Research Grants
Summer or short-term funding, especially for preliminary research trips are available from a variety of sources. These include:
- Global South Research Grants are administered by the Tulane Global Humanities Center and can be used for research/field work travel and other research expenses on projects focusing on Global South or on the Gulf South in a global context.
- Rosenthal Blumenfeld Fellowships are administered by the Tulane Global Humanities Center and are open to those working in the global humanities and humanistic social sciences. Special consideration will be given to projects that incorporate the documentation, study, and exploration of the diverse food cultures of the Gulf South.
- Monroe Fellows Research Grants are administered by the Tulane Global Humanities Center and seek to promote humanities research on Louisiana, New Orleans, the Gulf South, the Global South, and the Tulane Global Humanities Center (TGHC)’s biennial theme.
- Graduate Student Summer Research Travel Grants, funded by the Lurcy Fund of the Department of History, support research travel with grants up to $1000.
- Summer Field Research Program, administered by Stone Center of Latin American Studies.
- Graduate Student Summer Research and Write-Up Awards, administered by the School of Liberal Arts. Students who have received two Fellowship Awards in the past are ineligible.
Dissertation Research Fellowships
Competitive research and write-up fellowships are available to students in the Department of History. Some of these are reserved for doctoral students in the Department of History while others are shared with other departments or are available university-wide. These include:
- The Paul and Elizabeth Selley Dissertation Year Fellowship. For students of outstanding quality working in European History, Political Science and Anthropology, usually two a year. Candidates must be formally admitted to candidacy. To apply, contact your dissertation advisor or the Director of Graduate Studies.
- Graduate Fellowships at the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at the Murphy Institute. For Tulane graduate working in the fields of ethics and public affairs (broadly conceived). Encourages teaching and research on ethics, in moral and political philosophy, and in public life and the professions. Candidates must be formally admitted to candidacy. Deadline is Feb. 1.
- Dissertation Completion Fellowships, administered by the School of Liberal Arts.