Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation and Post-MFA Fellowship

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The Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships at Williams College help transform the academy and support multivocality on college faculties by supporting graduate students completing terminal degrees and post-MFA candidates preparing to pursue careers in higher education. The fellowship aims to create academic spaces and platforms in which a variety of perspectives are recognized as scholarly contributions, including those addressing historical inequities. The fellowship was established in 1985.

Eligibility

  • PhD candidates must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the current academic year
  • Post-MFA candidates must be recent recipients of the degree

Award

  • Annual $57,000 stipend
  • Two-year residence at Williams