Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows
Application Instructions for 2012-13
Preliminary applications to the IAS due
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Applicants for the Graduate School's Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship are required to include a letter of support from the center or institute's director in their application. In order to be considered for a letter of support from the IAS, you must submit an application directly to the IAS by January 18, 2012.
Your application should consist of the entire application packet required by the Graduate School, minus the letter of support from the IAS director, as follows:
1. The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship application form (available at http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html).
2. A three-page statement (double-spaced, 12 point type, margins not less than one inch), written by the student, that:
- describes the proposed interdisciplinary research or scholarly project
- explains how the student's scholarship will benefit from residence at the IAS
3. The student's c.v. that includes documentation of the student's involvement in, or contributions to, research, scholarly or creative activities (e.g., publications, abstracts, presentations at professional conferences or university seminars, exhibits)
4. Letter(s) of support from the faculty member(s) at the selected research center or institute with whom the student plans to study. Faculty who are eligible to serve as IAS mentors include current or former IAS faculty fellows; participants in current or former IAS research/creative collaboratives; IAS advisory board members; and other faculty members who have been active in the IAS, subject to the approval of IAS Director Ann Waltner. For complete lists of faculty fellows see http://www.ias.umn.edu/fellows.php; for collaboratives, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/collaboratives.php; for board members, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/advisoryboard.php. To request approval for a faculty mentor who does not fit into one of these categories, please contact Susannah Smith. Please note that faculty fellows for 2012-13 may not be selected until after the deadline for IDF applications.
5. A letter of support from the student's academic adviser/co-advisers.
6. A letter of support from the Director of Graduate Studies of the student's major program; the DGS's letter may focus principally on the overall academic quality of the student and the student's scholarly potential.
7. Transcripts from each college or university attended (photocopies are acceptable, including the University of Minnesota transcript, available online at http://www.onestop.umn.edu/onestop/grades.html).
8. An up-to-date copy of the official degree program form, if the student has filed it.
Applications must be submitted via email. Please note these directions, which have changed. If possible, submit all of the above as a SINGLE attached PDF. If the department prefers to submit the letters of support separately (so that the applicant does not have access to them), combine all letters into a single PDF and include the applicant's name in the document name. The remaining application materials should also be combined into a single PDF. Application materials must be submitted to ias@umn.edu by midnight Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Please include “Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship” in the subject line.
The IAS will make its review and notify applicants of decisions by January 27. The IAS will supply a completed PDF application, including the letter of support from IAS Director Ann Waltner, to successful applicants in advance of the Graduate School's February 1 deadline.
In addition to the selection criteria listed by the Graduate School at http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html, the IAS review committee will consider how the student will benefit from residence in the IAS's interdisciplinary intellectual community and how the IAS will benefit from the student's residence.
For questions, please contact Susannah Smith.