Pozen Family Center for Human Rights

Pozen Human Rights Doctoral Fellows Program

The Pozen Human Rights Doctoral Fellows Program provides an intensive yearlong interdisciplinary forum for University of Chicago doctoral students whose research intersects with human rights themes. Fellows meet throughout the academic year, typically three times per quarter, for interdisciplinary conversations and scholarly exchange with each other and Center and University faculty. These seminars function as a reading group where students introduce work from their respective disciplines, as well as a space where they workshop part of a dissertation or an article in preparation. At the end of the year, students workshop their papers again with invited scholars from around the world. In addition to mentorship, Pozen Fellows receive a $3,000 stipend and grants to support research (including field work) as well as conference attendance. All Fellows that successfully complete the program are awarded a Human Rights Certificate by UChicago. Program alumni can apply for doctoral fellows alumni research grants, which grant up to $5,000 to support further research after the fellowship year.