Now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Badzin Fellowship
The University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History invite applications from current doctoral students in the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The Badzin Fellowship is awarded every two years, and pays a stipend of $22,500, and $1,000 toward the mandatory graduate student fees. Call for applications are usually posted the beginning of spring semester.
Applications for the 2020-2021 academic year are due March 15, 2020.
Eligibility: An applicant must be a full-time student in a Ph.D. program in the College of Liberal Arts, currently enrolled in the first, second, third, or fourth year of study, and have a doctoral dissertation project relating to the Holocaust and/or genocide studies. The fellowship will be awarded on the basis of the quality and scholarly potential of the dissertation project, the applicant's quality of performance in the graduate program, and the applicant's general scholarly promise. The Badzin Fellowship is an exclusive award. It may not be held concurrently with another award or teaching responsibilities. The student’s home department will be asked to pay tuition and health insurance fees.
Required application materials:
- A letter of application (maximum 4 pages single-spaced) describing the applicant's intellectual interests and dissertation research, and the research and/or writing which the applicant expects to do during the fellowship year.
- A current curriculum vitae for the applicant.
- An unofficial transcript of all graduate work done at the University of Minnesota.
- A letter from the student’s Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) stating that the department supports the nomination and understands that it will be responsible for tuition and health insurance.
- TWO confidential letters of recommendation from UMN faculty, discussing the quality of the applicant's graduate work and dissertation project and the applicant's progress toward completing the degree, sent directly to the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Submit application materials and questions to: chgs@umn.edu
