Funding: Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships

Deadline: February 6, 2023

Established in 2015, the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $25,000 for doctoral students at US and Canadian universities, who are citizens or permanent residents of the US, to conduct dissertation research in Russian Studies. The program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies.

As of 2022, ASEEES is offering a new Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship for Women’s and Gender Studies with the same provisions and eligibility as the other Dissertation Research Fellowships.

Eastablished in 2019, the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $25,000 for doctoral students at US and Canadian universities, who are citizens or permanent residents of the US, to complete their dissertation. The program is open to students in any disciplinewhose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies.

A flyer describing this program is available here.

FELLOWSHIP PROJECT SCOPE

For both the Research Fellowship and Dissertation Completion Fellowship:

  • The dissertation topic must be in 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies; in cases of equally qualified applications, some preference may be given to research on the Soviet era
  • The dissertation topic can be in cultural, economic, intellectual, political, or social historical studies
  • The geographic focus of the dissertation must be predominantly within the current boundaries of the Russian Federation. NOTE: This does not exclude research related to other former Soviet Republics or territories of the 19th c. Russian Empire, but the research topic must still be predominantly a historical study of Russia 

For the Research Fellowship only:

  • For 2023-2024due to the difficulty of conducting research in Russia, applicants may propose to conduct research at locations that are most beneficial for their research topic, including within the United States. However, preference will be given for archival research in Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia.
  • [This does not apply in 2023-2024 – The research must be conducted primarily in the Russian Federation, but the fellowship may be used to conduct research for a briefer period in secondary site(s) in one other former Soviet republic or territory once forming part of the Russian empire (NOTE: The fellowship does not support research in North America).]
  • One Research Fellowship is designated for women’s and gender studies

ELIGIBILITY

For both the Research Fellowship and Dissertation Completion Fellowship, applicant must:be a citizen or permanent resident of the US be a doctoral student at a US or Canadian university  be a student member of ASEEES at the time of the application submission have a dissertation research topic that falls within the fellowship project scope (see above), but may be in any discipline

For more detailed information and to apply, see: www.aseees.org/programs/ctdrf