Graduate Student Opportunities

The Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) offers��campus-wide fellowships for graduate students working in the humanities and the arts.��CHA fellowships are used to��recruit incoming��students, provide��support for JEDI scholars, and doctoral dissertations,��aid in scholarly research by providing��summer stipends, support creative research, and conference travel.��

CHA Graduate Student Fellows��

Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholars

Dissertation & Graduate Fellowships

��Dissertation Completion Fellowship:��The��CHA offers��two dissertation��fellowships open to any CU Boulder PhD��candidate��working in the��humanities��and arts, campus-wide. The fellowship��covers tuition for up to 5 dissertation hours��per semester,��mandatory student fees, student health insurance, and a stipend equal to that of a 50% Graduate Part-Time Instructor.

��JEDI Completion Fellowship:��The CHA offers the opportunity for master's-��and doctorate-level graduate students working in the��humanities��and arts whose scholarly profile fits within��CHA’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) mission.

��Summer Fellowship:��CHA Summer Fellowships are designed for graduate students conducting research in the humanities and the arts who don't already receive��university-sponsored or external funding (in any amount) during the summer months.��The excellence of the project will be the main criterion for selection.��

Travel & Research Support

��Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholars:��This two-year program is for��Graduate students in the arts, humanities, and other programs  who use the methods/archives of the arts and humanities in their scholarship. Participants will join a community of learners who focus on the co-design of mutually beneficial projects with partners outside of the university in  Colorado communities.��

��Graduate Research Awards Demonstrating Excellence:��GRADE��is a semi-annual competition for graduate students working in the humanities and arts to support conference participation where students present a paper or perform or display their work for those in the arts. 

��MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Microgrant:��The MFA/MM Excellence in Creative Research Microgrants are designed to support the creative practice of CU Boulder MFA/MM students in need of support to purchase material, equipment, rental facilities, etc.

��Hazel Barnes Flat:��The Hazel Barnes Flat in London��is��intended for CU Boulder faculty and graduate students who are conducting academic and professional research��in the fields of humanities and the arts in Great Britain.