American Society for Aesthetics Dissertation Fellowships

The American Society for Aesthetics awards up to two Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships each academic year. These fellowships are intended to support original and significant research in aesthetics by enabling the recipient to complete his or her dissertation in a timely manner. For the purpose of this fellowship, aesthetics is understood to include the philosophical study of art, criticism, each of the arts, and related phenomena. The fellowship provides $30,000 in addition to fees and dissertation-level tuition not exceeding $5,000. Fellowships are open to doctoral candidates at institutions located in North America who reasonably anticipate completion of their dissertations during the fellowship year. Applicants must be members of the American Society for Aesthetics.