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The Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. The fellowship provides $31,000 to support doctoral candidates in the writing stage of their dissertation. Appropriate topics include religious studies, ethics (philosophical or religious), ethical implications of foreign policy, values influencing political decisions, moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature. The fellowship is administered through American doctoral programs at graduate schools located in the United States and is designed for candidates who have completed their fieldwork or research and have begun writing their dissertation.