To be eligible, students must have passed their Oral Examination and have a Memorandum of Understanding on file in the Office ofAcademic Services. The Financial Aid Office reviews for this fund three times each academic year. This 1-year fellowship is for graduate students entering the terminal year of a doctoral program in the fall semester. Foreign students enrolled in a U.S. university are also encouraged to apply. Applications from enrolled students are accepted in April of each year.
Preference is givento advanced doctoral students.
Graduate Fellowships are available to women who teach or who are preparing to teach. Female students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and residents of New England are eligible to apply. Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant Program at HGSE I. Spencer Research Training Grant Doctoral students who have completed their second year of study at HGSE are eligible to apply. A faculty selection committee will award six grants each year to students who are interested in becoming researchers. The awards are based on merit, and students need not qualify for financial aid to apply.