Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowships
Ph.D.
Essay Required
Communication and Journalism
Scholarship Description
About
Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowships provide funding for the final year of PhD dissertation work and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Fellows receive a twelve-month stipend, currently set at $25,000. They may also elect to accept the award on a non-stipendiary basis (thus freeing scarce resources for others). The fellowships are intended for full-time study. There are no provisions for the payment of tuition. The fellowships are not intended for support of the early stages of research. It is expected that a fellow’s dissertation will be completed within the fellowship year. Fellows are selected in the spring and announced in the summer.
Application Materials:
Please see the application form for additional details regarding allowable formatting, required content and allowable submission filetypes for each document. Applications to the AMS 50 Fellowship must include:
-A brief (1,000 character) dissertation project description
-A current dissertation proposal of 2,000-4,000 words, including a detailed rationale of the project and an overview of each chapter
-A timeline (1-2 pages) for completion of the dissertation
-A sample chapter or excerpt (preferably not an introductory chapter reviewing the literature) not exceeding 60 double-spaced pages in length
-A letter from the registrar or departmental Director of Graduate Studies, attesting to ABD (all-but-dissertation) status.
Note: All documents should include the name of your project, but omit personally identifying information, such as your name and institution.
Eligibility:
-Any submission for a doctoral degree in which the emphasis is on musical scholarship will be eligible.
-Any student registered in good standing for a doctorate at a North American university — defined as all 23 countries on the North American continent— and who has completed all formal degree requirements except the dissertation at the time of full application is eligible to apply.
An equivalent major award from another source may not be held concurrently or consecutively unless the AMS award is accepted without a stipend. Fellowships are for one year and are not deferrable or renewable. Fellows are expected to focus on completing their dissertations and not to undertake more than twenty (20) hours each week of paid or unpaid employment during the fellowship term.
Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowships provide funding for the final year of PhD dissertation work and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Fellows receive a twelve-month stipend, currently set at $25,000. They may also elect to accept the award on a non-stipendiary basis (thus freeing scarce resources for others). The fellowships are intended for full-time study. There are no provisions for the payment of tuition. The fellowships are not intended for support of the early stages of research. It is expected that a fellow’s dissertation will be completed within the fellowship year. Fellows are selected in the spring and announced in the summer.
Application Materials:
Please see the application form for additional details regarding allowable formatting, required content and allowable submission filetypes for each document. Applications to the AMS 50 Fellowship must include:
-A brief (1,000 character) dissertation project description
-A current dissertation proposal of 2,000-4,000 words, including a detailed rationale of the project and an overview of each chapter
-A timeline (1-2 pages) for completion of the dissertation
-A sample chapter or excerpt (preferably not an introductory chapter reviewing the literature) not exceeding 60 double-spaced pages in length
-A letter from the registrar or departmental Director of Graduate Studies, attesting to ABD (all-but-dissertation) status.
Note: All documents should include the name of your project, but omit personally identifying information, such as your name and institution.
Eligibility:
-Any submission for a doctoral degree in which the emphasis is on musical scholarship will be eligible.
-Any student registered in good standing for a doctorate at a North American university — defined as all 23 countries on the North American continent— and who has completed all formal degree requirements except the dissertation at the time of full application is eligible to apply.
An equivalent major award from another source may not be held concurrently or consecutively unless the AMS award is accepted without a stipend. Fellowships are for one year and are not deferrable or renewable. Fellows are expected to focus on completing their dissertations and not to undertake more than twenty (20) hours each week of paid or unpaid employment during the fellowship term.
Ph.D.
Essay Required
Communication and Journalism
