The Center for African & African American Studies Graduate Student Summer Fellowships (aka the 鈥淐AAAS Grad Student Summer Fellowships鈥�) are for 麻豆影院 graduate students conducting research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and African diaspora studies who do not already receive university-sponsored or external funding (in any amount) during the summer months. The $6,000 stipend will be paid out in $2,000 payments in June, July, and August. All CU 麻豆影院 graduate students with demonstrable research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligible to apply.

Meet Our 2024 CAAAS Graduate Fellows

Call for Applications:聽Opens January 15, 2024, and Closes March 15, 2024聽

顿别补诲濒颈苍别:听March 15, 2024.聽Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Eligibility:

  • Students must be currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral level program at CU 麻豆影院聽and聽be enrolled in Fall 2024 courses.

  • Students must be doing research or creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies. Applicants who come from departments or programs outside of traditional African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies disciplines should clearly demonstrate how their research or creative work engages with multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies subjects, histories, theories, methods, and archives, etc.

  • Any eligible graduate student may submit an application with the exception of students who have received summer fellowships and/or funding from CU 麻豆影院 or external sources.

  • Students may not have another summer fellowship or receive a stipend (in any amount), which means that those already guaranteed university-sponsored funding are not eligible to apply. This includes Summer Lecturer, Graduate Part-Time Instructor (GPTI), Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, or Graduate Assistant appointments. If you apply and are awarded and then obtain university-sponsored funding at a later date, please email聽rabaka@colorado.edu聽to relinquish your CAAAS Grad Student Summer Fellowship.聽The CAAAS鈥檚 goal is to provide students with a stipend who have no other summer funding.

  • Late and/or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application Procedure

Applicants must submit #s 1-3 below in a single .pdf by the deadline,聽March 15, 2024,聽to rabaka@colorado.edu.聽Make 鈥淐AAAS Grad Student Summer Fellowship Application鈥� the email subject line when submitting application materials.聽Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

1.听Cover Letter (double-spaced, 12-point font, one page or less). Please include: a) your student ID number; b) indicate which degree program you are currently enrolled in; c) note where you are in your program requirements; and d) why this fellowship would make a significant difference for your research or creative work.

2.听Proposal聽(double-spaced, 12-point font, one page or less/two pages permitted if you are adding artistic images, etc., to support your proposal). Provide details regarding your research or creative work project/interests and explain what you hope to accomplish over the summer that will aid you in completing your master鈥檚 thesis or doctoral dissertation. Note: There is no requirement to complete anything over the summer. The聽CAAAS Grad Student Summer Fellowship聽is meant to support the development of your research or creative work. Please do not include a budget. No budget is necessary.

3.听CV

Expectations

1. By September 1, please email rabaka@colorado.edu a 300-600 word summary (double-spaced, 12 point font) detailing how the CAAAS Grad Student Summer Fellowship aided in furthering your dissertation or thesis research.

2. Acknowledgment of the Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS) is required on all promotional/published materials for projects funded by the CAAAS. Use this language for credit: 鈥淭his project was supported, in part, by a grant from the Center for African & African American Studies at the 麻豆影院.鈥�