Mellon Research Travel Fellowship

The CLACS Mellon Research Travel Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students in the Social Sciences Division who need to conduct research or fieldwork in Latin America and Caribbean at any stage of their doctoral program. This program is funded with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Students may propose research for periods of 2 weeks to 4 months, with funds intended to support transportation, living costs, and research expenses for the duration of a fellow's proposed trip abroad. Fellowship funds are disbursed in the summer following the application deadline for research to be conducted over the summer or in the following academic year. Students may apply at any stage of their doctoral program, but can receive funding no more than once before defending their proposal and no more than once after defending the proposal. Any dissertation topic that has Latin America or the Caribbean as its central focus will be considered.