The Bach Fellowship for the Study of Legislative Assemblies and Democratic Governance

The Bach Fellowship is intended to facilitate dissertation research to improve the understanding of national legislative assemblies and democratic governance. The Fellowship Award each year is expected to be approximately $50,000. The Bach Fellowship honors the life and work of Stanley I. Bach, who, as a Senior Specialist in the Legislative Process at the Congressional Research Service, educated Members of Congress and their staff on House and Senate rules through written products, seminars, and personal consultations. Dr. Bach directed that after his death his assets be used to create a fellowship to fund one year of doctoral dissertation research and writing for advanced graduate students at the University of Chicago or Yale University, his two alma maters. Strong applicants will propose studies about political action within legislative institutions, the politics of inter-branch and governing coalitions, the policy-making context in which legislatures or their organs operate, or the activity of political actors who influence or respond to legislative actions.