Criteria for selection:

• Applicant must be a currently registered Ph.D. candidate.
• Dissertation proposal must be accepted by the candidate’s department before December 12, 2025.
• Applicant must have a demonstrated commitment to women’s issues through activities in the University or larger community.
• Dissertation promises to make contributions to understanding of women’s issues and to feminist scholarship

Applications must include:

• Application Form
• An application letter specifically addressing the selection criteria listed above. Provide information explaining the activist or community-based work you have done, including information about activist groups or organizations with which you have worked.
• A four- to five-page (double-spaced) summary of your dissertation in terms intelligible to readers not in your discipline.
• Two letters of reference. One letter must be from a faculty member acquainted with your dissertation. The second letter should be from a person acquainted with your activism on behalf of women’s issues.
• Unofficial transcripts of graduate work
• Curriculum vita