Department of Comparative Literature: Grad Student Internal Grants

Internal Funding opportunities for CMLIT students are available from four main sources:

Fall

October 26 - Alumni Association Dissertation Award
November 1 - Graduate Assistant Oustanding Teaching Award
November 1 - Graduate Faculty Teaching Award
November 1 - Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award
November 1 - Howard B. Palmer Mentoring Award
November 1 - Graduate Student Dissertation Support Grant
December 1 - Graduate Student Award for Research Excellence
December 1 - Alumni Association Dissertation Award
July 1 - Doctoral Research Fellowship Application Incentive Award
July 1 - National Science Foundation - Fellowship Application Incentive Award

Spring

February 12 - IAH Summer Residency
March 1 - Humanities Initiative Dissertation Semester Release
March 1 - Academic Computing Fellowship
March 15 - IAH/LA/A&A Interdisciplinary Dissertation Grants
March 15 - Graduate Student Dissertation Support Grant
March 15 - Award for Research Excellence
March 24 - Summer Tuition Assistance

Below you will find a listing of College and University funding opportunities for dissertation, research and tuition support.

Dissertation Support - For support of research-related expenditures associated with a dissertation or for release time.
(March 15 Application Deadline)

Humanities Initiative - To expand support for dissertation writers providing releases from teaching or related service to humanities students who are supported on assistantships.
(March 1 Deadline)

Travel Support - This program enables graduate students to present results from their research at the leading professinal conference in their field and to present creative work in professional venues. Students who wish to apply for a travel grant should contact their department.

IAH Summer Residency Program - Provides advanced students the opportunity to devote a summer session to work on their thesis, dissertation or final creative project.
(February 12 Application Deadline)

Summer Tuition Assistance Program - Provides tuition assistance to graduate students for a summer session.
(March 24 Application Deadline)

Doctoral Research Fellowship Application Incentive Award - Provides awards to students who have successfully submitted an application to an external doctoral research fellowship program.
(Rolling Submission July 1, 2006 to May 1, 2007, filled on first-come, first served)

National Science Foundation - Fellowship Application Incentive Award - Provides awards to students who have successfully submitted an application to the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
(Rolling Submission July 1, 2006 to May 1, 2007, filled on first-come, first served)

Academic Computing Fellowship - The program is for doctoral students who have a background and strong interest in computing applications and who will help develop and disseminate new methods for problem solving within their disciplines.
(March 1 Application Deadline)

External Research Support - this link will direct you to potential funding sources; numerous Internet-based informational services and databases; software; funding priorities and recent awards made by private sector sponsors.

Offfice of Student Aid - Provides information about available aid programs, applying for student financial aid, and costs.

Award for Research Excellence - Recognizes high quality contributions to the humanities and the social sciences (March 15 Application Deadline)

Alumni Association Dissertation Award - provides funding and recognition to outstanding full-time doctoral students and is considered to be among the most prestigious available to Penn State graduate students that recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishment. (October 26 Application Deadline)

Graduate School Teaching Certificate - Recognition of students commitment to college teaching that will provide an avenue to enhance their teaching skills.

For more details on application and selection processes for these awards please see Dr. Sophia A. McClennen.

These funds endowed in the Department of Comparative Literature are used to support travel to conferences. In general, the department attempts to support the travel of graduate students making normal progress to present papers at professional conferences. Assuming normal departmental finances, The level of support is as follows:

Students will submit their requests for funding, together with proof of acceptance of their conference papers and a copy of their abstract to the Graduate Director by the following deadlines: 15 September; 1 December; 15 March, for conferences taking place AFTER each deadline. For more details and the required form please see our web site: http://complit.la.psu.edu/travelform.htm.

Students may be eligible for teaching during summer session for roughly $2000 per course. Selection process: students fill out a teaching request form. A variety of factors are considered by the Graduate Committee in filling the limited number of sections offered.

These awards recognize teacher or advisors who inspire students to continue their study of literature. Candidates are nominated by new undergraduate majors in the department of Comparative Literature.

This is awarded in the Spring semester to one or two advanced graduate students who have distinguished themselves during the course of their program . There is no application process.

Students who have completed all requirements for mock interviews are eligible for departmental financial support in the job search process. We will pay the cost of mailing your job applications (job letter, CV, writing sample). Students who have an interview at MLA are also eligible for financial support to offset travel expenses.