Harvard University: History of Art and Architecture Department

ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER INNOVATION FUNDS
(student conference travel application)

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Department Deadlines 2008-2009:

This department application should be submitted as the
cover for all requested nominations.

National Gallery, Kress, Dedalus, Graham -- October 7 (at least one letter, proposal, transcript), CV with previous funding listed.

Harvard Kennedy, Knox, Sheldon, Lurcy (Department Arthur Kingsley Porter Fellowship)-- November 4 (complete application material as required on the KKSL application )

January 20 --Harvard summer, dissertation completion* (two thesis chapters to primary adviser required for nomination), term-time, Aga Khan -- at least one letter, proposal, transcript [if required of the fellowship] and specific fellowship application below.

Summer Research
Summer Language Tuition Waiver
Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Merit and Term-Time Fellowship

* see details

Aga Khan summer fellowship -- April 1 (cover form, proposal, budget)

No fellowships (if received) may be deferred.

Fellowships

Frequently Asked Questions

Fulbrights; Harvard Fellowships
Arthur Kingsley Porter Travel Fellowship (department)
Aga Khan Program
Harvard Research Centers
National Gallery Fellowships
Kress Foundation
Dedalus Foundation
Graham Foundation

HUAM Museum Internships
Frick Talks
Excursion Fund
Graduate Student Council

The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, US Department of Education (prospective doctoral students only)

Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (prospective doctoral students only)

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (prospective doctoral students and those within the first two years of the program)

RESEARCH AND WRITING FELLOWSHIPS

Travel for dissertation research is often required of History of Art and Architecture graduate students. Many sources of support are available from within the university as well as from outside. University traveling fellowships include the Sheldon, Kennedy, Knox and Lurcy among others. These are awarded competitively throughout the University. Outside sources vary greatly according to the fields of concentration, and may include Fulbright, National Gallery, and Kress Foundation. Students are strongly advised to inform themselves and to exert personal initiative to secure support from as many sources as possible. In the past the Department has been able to allocate a limited amount of its restricted funds to those students who have not received outside support. Because of limited departmental resources, the Department considers that all sources of funding for fellowships constitute a single source. Therefore, the Departmental Norton and the Harvard Kennedy, Knox, Sheldon, and Lurcy Fellowships are considered one source of funding. Previous receipt of the Norton means future ineligibility for the Harvard Fellowships and vice versa. National Gallery and Kress Institutional Fellowships are generally applied for at a later stage. The Department expects that all students intending to travel will apply for outside funds and as incentive to do so, the department gives priority in the allocation of University funds to those who applied for outside grants but were unsuccessful.

A Standing Committee on Fellowships will review all applications requiring departmental nomination and make its recommendation to the faculty.

MUSEUM INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Art Museum will offer a fellowship and internship. Details are available in late winter and the application deadline is usually in April.

Curatorial departments of the Harvard University Art Museums offer opportunities for part-time employment. Many students serve as curatorial assistants, and help arrange gallery exhibits, assisting the public in gaining access to collections and conducting research on objects in the collections. These positions are administered by the Museums.

EXCURSION FUND

The excursion fund is administered by the Fellowships Committee of the Department of History of Art and Architecture. Its use is restricted to faculty-led classes traveling to museums, sites, buildings, etc. as appropriate to the class. Classes of regular and visiting faculty are eligible; teaching fellows (unless the entire class is traveling) and graduate-student instructors are not eligible. Faculty are limited to one grant per academic year. Application deadline is April 1 for consideration for the next academic year.

FUNDING TO ATTEND FRICK TALKS

The Department will pay up to $200. for one student to participate in the Frick talks in New York. Application for nomination takes place in early December. Students chosen are generally, though not exclusively, at the job market stage of their graduate career.

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