You can rely on this Miller Center Fellowships program for PhD degree to take you study in USA next year. There are many PhD programs that offer the same awards like this program. But, you will know why this is the best program for you now. Read them all below.
Descriptions
The host institution of the fellowships is the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. The fellowships are designed for 2018-2019 academic year. The primary goal is to engage and encourage the National Fellows to join with other international scholars who have been pursuing their degree at University of Virginia. There are various disciplines that you can apply through the scholarships as follow:
- history,
- political science,
- policy studies,
- law,
- political economy,
- communications and media, and
The candidates of the Miller Center Fellowships program for PhD degree are going to be selected based on their quality and potential to give much contribution in the fields of the study all over the world. The value of the awards is $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Please read these all eligibility criteria in order to make you understand what you are going to prepare and fulfill as the candidates of Miller Center Fellowships program for PhD degree. They are as follow:
- An applicant must be a Ph.D. candidate who is expecting to complete his or her dissertation by the conclusion of the Fellowship year. This is not a post-doctoral fellowship. Non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply.
- Each Fellow is required to participate in two conferences, one in the fall and one in the spring. The conferences provide a forum for presenting research and findings to the scholarly community at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and the University of Virginia. The spring conference in particuar provides an opportunity to receive feedback from mentors who are also in attendance. Expenses for both conferences are paid for by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.
- Residence at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation is strongly encouraged but not required for all Fellows, with the exception of the Jefferson Scholars/Hagley Library Dissertation Fellowship (which requires residence at the Hagley Library during the academic year) and the Charles W. McCurdy Fellowship(which requires residence at the U.Va. School of Law). With the exception of the Jefferson Scholars/Hagley Library Fellow and the McCurdy Fellow, Fellows who choose to be in residence will receive an additional stipend of $1,500 in lieu of costs associated with Fellows’ travel and lodging for the spring and fall conferences.
- All Fellows, regardless of residency, are expected to participate in and contribute to the interdisciplinary community of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.
How to Apply
Applying this Miller Center Fellowships program for PhD degree is very simple. You just need to collect some documents before you send it via online application process on this link. The documents are as follow:
- Application form
- Contact information as well as two recommendations,
- CV
- Project Descriptions (1,200 words)
- Op-ed or blog post (750 words)
- Bibliography (3 pages)
- Writing sample (40 pages maximum
Then, you must apply it before the deadline on February 1, 2018, while the application form must be before December 15, 2017. Each required document should be lower than 5MB.
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#1 MISTAKE
The false:
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The true:
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#2 MISTAKE
The false:
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The true:
You must to READ and follow the instructions of each scholarship announcements available in a scholarship website like www.scholarshipsforcollegestudents.info, then submit your application by following the guides/rules and always keep update your application progress via OFFICIAL contacts.
Share this to your friends to make them understand and finally they will get scholarships as they dreamed.
#1 MISTAKE
The false:
They think that just give a phone number or email address in a comment of scholarship announcements will makes scholarship providers call them.
The true:
No one will calls you. You need to submit application including the required documents. If someone calls you, be careful! Because usually he/she is a scammer.
#2 MISTAKE
The false:
They declare their unlucky life or bad destiny, then wish the scholarship providers will give scholarships without any efforts.
The true:
You must to READ and follow the instructions of each scholarship announcements available in a scholarship website like www.scholarshipsforcollegestudents.info, then submit your application by following the guides/rules and always keep update your application progress via OFFICIAL contacts.
Share this to your friends to make them understand and finally they will get scholarships as they dreamed.
