McColl Fellowship

The application deadline for 2012-2013 is February 25, 2012

The Center for the Study of the American South offers the McColl Dissertation Year Fellowship in Southern Studies to support the completion of a dissertation by a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a subject related to the history, culture, or society of the American South.  We define the South broadly, to include the states of the former Confederacy and adjoining areas.  The fellowship will include in-state tuition, fees, health insurance, and a stipend of $16,000, and is made possible with the generous support of Hugh L. McColl, Jr.

Fellowships begin July 1 and continue for twelve months.  Recipients are expected to devote their full efforts to the completion of the dissertation, and are not permitted any other form of employment while holding the fellowship. Fellows will also participate regularly in our “Tell about the South” research discussion series, and to make a presentation to that forum.

Recipients may not defer the McColl Fellowship or receive its stipend simultaneously with any other major source of competitive funding. Recipients who receive other funding awards may decline the McColl stipend and retain the title of McColl Fellow.

Applicants should submit three hard copies and one electronic copy of each of the following:

  • cover sheet
  • curriculum vitae.
  • a three-page description of the project and its intellectual merits.
  • your timetable for completion.
  • letter from your faculty advisor (no electronic copy required) that:
    • certifies that the applicant is a doctoral student in good standing who will have reached formal candidacy for the Ph.D. by July the year of application.
    • evaluates the intellectual quality of the project and the likelihood that the McColl Fellowship will enable the applicant to complete the dissertation before June 30 after the year of fellowship.

Please contact the Center at 919-962-5665 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with any questions.