The Graduate School awards Hanna Fellowships to doctoral students in Humanities or Social Sciences who require additional funds in order to complete their dissertation requirements in a timely manner and without significant educational debt.
The Hanna Fellowship is awarded to students in Dissertation Completion Enrollment (DCE), and will provide one semester of DCE tuition, student health plan fees and fellowship stipend at the standard university rates. Awardees may elect to utilize the support in either the Fall Term (August - December) or Spring Term (January - May)..
Funding is intended to support students without other university support in their final year of study. Students who have secured other university financial support through the Graduate School, academic department or campus partner program are not eligible for the Hanna Fellowship.
Hanna Fellowship Application Questions
1. Academic Achievements Please share a narrative about your most significant achievements during your studies at Princeton. Examples might include a summary of publications that resulted from your work, presentations at conferences or other scholarly work, excellence in teaching, and any external or internal fellowships that you may have been awarded.
2. Dissertation/thesis progress
How far have you advanced toward completing your dissertation/thesis? Be specific about what parts of the dissertation/thesis research and the writing have been completed (including, for example, the completion of data collection and analysis, research, fieldwork, and the drafting of individual chapters) and what remains to be done.
3. Dissertation/thesis completion plan
Please describe your plan for completing the dissertation/thesis. Include a timeline for completion, including the projected date (month and year) of the final public oral (FPO). When do you plan to complete the remaining dissertation/thesis research and writing? Please include, for example, dates of completion of data collection and analysis, fieldwork, or archival research, in addition to your schedule for the completion of individual chapters.
Hanna Fellowship Funding Questionnaire
1. Financial Status
Please tell us about your financial situation during your degree program. What financial obligations or pressures did/do you face? Are there circumstances that impacted your financial status (for example, familial or other obligations or debt unrelated to your current graduate program)? What resources and opportunities did you pursue to promote financial stability?
2. Funding Received or Applied for
Please list any grants, loans, scholarships, and other resources you have applied for and/or received that will support you during the next academic year. Include both Princeton funds and any external fellowships, scholarships, loans, or grants this should include any funding received through the Graduate School or the ADI office. Please include the name of the fund or resource, the amount of funds and period of funding, and the status of the funding (eg--applied, received, pending).
Upload your current Academic Curriculum Vitae
Upload your most recent graduate transcript (unofficial is acceptable)
Request, through this portal, two letters of recommendation from faculty members detailing your qualifications and potential to pursue advanced scholarship or play a leadership role in the field. These letters should confirm that you are in good academic standing and on track to complete your degree by the end of the term in which you will utilize the Hanna Fellowship award. (email to faculty).
