ASA Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

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. Fellowships are open to doctoral candidates at institutions located in North America who reasonably anticipate completion of their dissertations during the fellowship year. The fellowship tenure may be carried out in residence at the fellow's home institution or at another appropriate site for the research. The fellowship provides $30,000, in addition to fees and dissertation-level tuition not exceeding $5,000. The $5,000 in support for tuition and fees is also available for travel to present work at the four ASA Division meetings, if sufficient funds remain after payment of tuition and fees. Recipients shall not normally hold employment during the tenure of the fellowship and may not accept other awards that provide similar benefits, except that smaller local awards may be permitted at the discretion of the Society.