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Graduate Programs
Financial Assistance
We currently have about 40 M.A. and Ph.D. students enrolled in the program. We expect to provide support for 5-6 new students in the 2006-07 entering class.
Continuing students in our department have distinguished themselves over the past decade by securing numerous grants, awards, and other forms of recognition, both within the University and nationally. Students have received support from the Pew Charitable Trust, the Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship, the Templeton Foundation,the Edwards Fellowship (perhaps the most prestigious award at IU), the Mellon Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Association of University Women. Our students have competed successfully for dissertation fellowships offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department itself awards at least one dissertation fellowship each year.
Associate Instructorship
An associate instructorship not only pays the major initial cost of a student's education but also gives the individual experience in leadership and training in the fundamentals of Religious Studies. All Ph.D. candidates are thus expected to teach, at least part-time, for two semesters. Most associate instructorships are half-time appointments, requiring 8-10 contact hours or 12-15 hours of service (including preparation) per week. Entering students are offered financial assistance at slightly different levels, depending upon their undergraduate records and recommendations. Most students serve as associate instructors during their first two or three semesters of graduate work and are then transferred to research assistantships.
Fellowships
A number of sources for fellowship support for particularly well-qualified students exist. The department has a few fellowships for incoming students, including:
- Todd Sullivan Memorial Fellowship
- Chancellor's Fellowships
- Jewish Studies Fellowship
- Minority Fellowship
Annual Religious Studies Essay Contest
In accord with established tradition the religious studies department holds an essay contest each spring. The contest is open to all undergraduate students, regardless of departmental affiliation. There is a separate division for graduate students, which is open only to students working toward a graduate degree in religious studies. The winners of these contests are announced at the Departmental Honor's Day. Prizes of $100 will be awarded to the undergraduate and graduate winners.
Papers submitted for consideration need not have been written for departmental courses provided they deal in some direct way with issues pertinent to the study of religion. Criteria on which the papers will be judged by the undergraduate and graduate committees include clarity, focus, development of the subject or problem, use of evidence and sources, originality and creativity.
Undergraduate papers should be 10-20 double-spaced pages in length. Graduate papers should be 15-25 double spaced pages. Please make sure your name, phone number, e-mail address, and class standing are clearly indicated on the front page.
Salz Family Award Essay Contest
In fall 1996 the Department of Germanic Studies announced the recipient of the first annual Walter Salz Family Award for the year's best submitted essay on some aspect of the history of German Jews from the earliest times to the present day. Endowed by Professor Emeritus Henry Remak and his wife, Ingrid, the competition is open to essays written by undergraduates and graduate students enrolled on any IU campus. Essays, of any suitable length, may either have been written for a course or be original compositions, and should be submitted to the department's main office by the annual June 1 deadline for consideration in the current year's competition. The winner or winners receive a prize of up to $200.
Center for the Study of Global Change
One can apply for Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for study of certain languages.
American Studies
Over the past several years offers have been made to one incoming graduate student annually, consisting of an $8,000 stipend and remission of tuition/fees, followed by an assistantship in subsequent years.
Jewish Studies Program
The Friends of the Borns Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies consists of a $15,000 stipend plus tuition/fee remission. Deadline is 14 January 2000. Send e-mail to
or write Professor Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Director, The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 308, Bloomington, IN 47405; tel: 812/855-0453; fax: 812/855-4314.
East Asian Studies Center
The East Asian Studies Center administers Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grads for both academic year and summer, as well as a SOFOKS Graduate Fellowship in Korean Languages and Culture.
Russian and East European Instititue
Lists under their Employment and funding opportunities section several graduate and postgraduate funding opportunities.
Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
Lists several different grant possibilities under their grants and fellowships page.
Research and the University Graduate School
For a copy of Writing Fellowship and Grant Proposals: A Guide for Graduate Students, e-mail Julie Allen
For a copy of The RUGS Intercampus Research Programs" e-mail Cathy Smith
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation
Department of Religious Studies | College of Arts and Sciences
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