RIDGS Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

RIDGS is a host site for the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) sponsored by the Graduate School. You may apply to work with a RIDGS-affiliated faculty member to broaden the conceptual and disciplinary scope of your dissertation. If you are awarded an IDF with RIDGS, we provide you with professional development funds (e.g., for conference attendance, methods training, etc.), and the opportunity for you to workshop your writing in-progress with RIDGS faculty and students. We do not at this time have dedicated office space for fellows.

We are happy to meet with you if you think that RIDGS would be an ideal host center for you, and we can help connect you with an affiliated faculty member.

To apply, follow the Graduate School guidelines. Any applications for RIDGS as a host center must be reviewed by a RIDGS internal committee, as we are limited in the number of fellows we can support each year, and we must provide a letter of endorsement to accompany your application. By October 12, 2025, please submit your proposal (it can be a near-final draft), to [email protected] and have your proposed RIDGS mentor email [email protected] confirming that they have agreed to be your mentor should you receive the fellowship; if you are selected to be nominated, your mentor will need to write a letter of recommendation as well. 

If your proposal is selected for endorsement, your program will nominate you, and you will indicate your Faculty Mentor and Center Director via a Letter Writer Indication Form. Students are responsible for submitting their own applications, and each writer is responsible for uploading and submitting their own letters of support. All letters of support are due by the deadline of 5pm on Friday, November 7th.