Closed for applications
The Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts from the College of Arts and Letters (ISLA) and Notre Dame Global (NDG) are pleased to announce the Global Dissertation Grants program. This Program will provide support up to $8,000 per award to Ph.D. students who wish to add or enhance a global component in their dissertation research.
The Program is open to all A&L Ph.D. students wishing to explore/augment research at locations worldwide and is particularly interested in applications that seek to establish or enhance pathways between the key region of Sub-Sahara Africa or to institutions within the Consortium of Catholic Universities. Where relevant, NDG may help facilitate connections to/within the Catholic Consortium and in Sub-Sahara Africa. Travel to more than one location is permitted within the one overall funded trip from the United States.
The Program will support Ph.D. researchers in either the development stages of their dissertation seeking to add a global dimension, or those in more advanced stages who already have a core global component/focus to their dissertation and wish to broaden and deepen this.
PLEASE NOTE: The focus cannot be an internship or the acquisition or development of a language, unless it is a language that is not taught at ND. The award cannot interfere with any on-campus commitments or responsibilities.
Funding
- Up to $8000 per award
- The funding period will be from January 2025–December 2025
Eligibility and Minimum Requirements
- Currently enrolled Ph.D. students from all disciplines in the College of Arts and Letters who have successfully completed a full year in their Ph.D. program are eligible to apply.
- A minimum international travel period of 2 weeks.
Application Guidelines
PLEASE NOTE: An important element of the application is a letter of invitation from a relevant researcher at an institution in the identified global location indicating their willingness to be the academic host and to provide introductions to others at that institution who may be important and helpful to the Ph.D. student's research.
The proposal should be submitted to NDG's Submissions Manager and include the following:
- Title, abstract (no more than 150 words), and brief description of the research project (single PDF of no more than 3 pages)
- Detailed research plan for the global component including:
- International location(s) and institution(s) to be traveled to for the purposes of the applicant’s dissertation research
- Planned activities and relevance to the applicant’s Ph.D. research focus
- Identified researcher(s) at the global location(s) with whom the student will consult/engage with and the relevance to the proposed research*
- Anticipated ways in which this global opportunity will inform and transform the applicant’s dissertation
- Letter(s) of invitation from the international researcher(s)/collaborator(s) indicating their willingness to meet*
- Letter of support from the doctorate advisor, co-signed by the Director of Graduate Studies of the student’s department with clear reference made to:
- relevance to the student’s research
- the term and dates of travel
- the revelance of the location(s) (if relevant to the specific application)
- the travel's non-interference with on campus responsibilities
- Amount of funding being applied for, budget proposal and justification:**
- Eligible expenses: Travel (including expenses such as visa fees and immunizations), GeoBlue Health Insurance (if needed), reasonable accommodation for that location, data collection, site visits, etc.
- Please note that food and other incidentals are covered at the following rates:
- Up to 14 days of travel - up to 50% of the State Department per diem rate for that location
- After 14 days of travel – Up to 40% of the State Department per diem rate for that location
- Ineligible expenses: Conference participation, dissertation or publication writing, computer equipment or software
- Global Dissertation Grants Budget Template
- Any other funding sources already secured or being applied for
- How the applicant envisions leveraging the opportunity post-award in order to enhance ND’s global engagement
* If applying for travel to more than one location, a letter of collaboration is required from each location
**Please note: all travel must be registered in the ND Travel Registry at least two weeks prior to the start of the trip, in order for funding to be released
Post-Award Commitment
All awardees will be required to submit a final report within 1 month of their return to the USA providing details on the how Grant enhanced the global component of their dissertation and in what specific ways.
Contact
For more information about details of this award, please contact:
Geraldine Meehan
Senior Director, Faculty Engagement and Global Research
Notre Dame Global
Email: gmeehan@nd.edu
To discuss specific connections within the Catholic Consortium or in Sub-Saharan Africa, please contact:
Maggie Dankert
Director for Academic Strategy & Partnerships
Notre Dame Global
Email: mdankert@nd.edu