Beginning students are eligible to apply for Mellon fellowships, but these are customarily awarded to advanced students. In recent years, the department has been awarded from one to three fellowships. Deadline for application is February 1. This award provides a full tuition scholarship for the period of the fellowship. Fellows may elect to receive this fellowship over a period of either two or three terms.
Preference is given to entering, first-year students.
Deadline for application is February 1. Priority is given to students in need of financial assistance. The deadline is February 1. The Carolyn Chambers Memorial Fellowship, awarded alternately to students of English and History, is a four-month fellowship consisting of a stipend and a full tuition scholarship. During the year in which it is available to the English Department, the Chambers Fellowship will be combined with the Nancy Anderson Fellowship, which also offers one term of financial support, in order to support an outstanding graduate student at the PhD level.