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2017 Persian Studies Graduate Summer Fellowships
The Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture offers summer fellowships for graduate students enrolled at UCI whose PhD research is in Persian/Iranian Studies.
Applications and recommendations are due to Saeid Jalalipour via email at sjalalip@uci.edu by Monday, May 1, 2017.Fellowships:
Zarrinkelk Family Fellowship(s) supports Humanities PhD students working on Iranian/Persian language(s), history, and culture. Up to Two fellowships of $5,000 will be awarded.
The Humanities Dean’s Gateway Award in Persian Studies supports Humanities PhD students with interest in Persian Studies, broadly construed. The award can support any legitimate aspect of the student’s research (travel costs, language study, research materials such as media and/or books, etc.). One fellowship of $4,500 will be awarded.
The Farzaneh Family Fellowship supports Humanities PhD students with interest in Persian Studies, broadly construed. One fellowship of $2,000 will be awarded.
The Kamran Peyman Fellowship supports Humanities PhD students with interest in Persian Studies, broadly construed. One fellowship of $2,000 will be awarded.
Application process:
To apply, please submit the following materials to Saeid Jalalipour at sjalalip@uci.edu by May 1, 2017.
o A letter no longer than two pages with a description of your research and its current status (i.e., at which stage of research/writing), and expected outcomes for the summer. If you will traveling to conduct research, please specify what archives or other resources you will be using and why these are important to your project. If you will use the award as a summer stipend, explain what library and other resources you will use during the summer and what you expect to produce, e.g., a chapter draft. Please note if your project meets the criteria for the Zarrinkelk awards.
o A budget (the Humanities Dean’s Gateway award can be used for research travel and materials; the Zarrinkelk awards can be used for specific research and travel expenses or as summer stipends for living expenses).
o A current two-page CV.
A letter of support from your faculty advisor confirming how this fellowship will advance your dissertation project should be sent separately to Saeid Jalalipour at sjalalip@uci.edu by the application deadline.
For more information, please contact Saeid Jalalipour, Program Coordinator, Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, sjalalip@uci.edu.