Educating for democracy since 1945
For Graduate Students & Faculty
Preparing tomorrow’s educators who prepare tomorrow’s leaders
Since our founding 75 years ago, Citizens & Scholars has prepared new generations of American citizenry by opening doors to higher education, supporting visionary thinkers, scholars, and teachers, and creating a thoughtful space for innovation.
We support leaders, faculty, and doctoral students who are broadening the perspectives young people need to become tomorrow’s empowered citizens.
Career Enhancement Fellowship
The Career Enhancement Fellows are exceptional scholars whose work broadens the range of perspectives and understandings offered on college campuses and creates opportunities for crucial new scholarly voices to be heard in disciplines and institutions.
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows are late-stage Ph.D. students studying how ethical and religious values shape society, including political decisions, public life, culture, history, literature, and other areas.
Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
The Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders are building inclusive campus communities through their teaching, scholarship, and service.
Mellon Mays GAP
The GAP helps Mellon Mays Fellows who have recently graduated maintain their graduate school ambitions and progress towards an academic career.
MMUF Advancement Program
Fellows are alumni of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program and gather to workshop graduate school applications, receive funding for additional research, and are supported throughout their dissertation work.
WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
Fellows are late-stage Ph.D. candidates completing original, interesting, and interdisciplinary dissertations that address issues involving women and gender.
WW Teaching Fellowship
Fellows bring their STEM expertise to high-need classrooms across the country, receiving financial support and mentorship as they complete a specially designed master’s degree at one of the program’s partner universities.
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Diverse Leaders Crossing Divides
We invest in the most promising people across the left, right, and center who have the potential to effect transformative civic change.
Explore Fellowships27,000 Fellows since 1945
Our Fellow community includes 16 Nobel Laureates, 22 Pulitzer Prize recipients, 27 Presidential and National Medalists, 44 MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipients, and more than 100 college and university presidents.
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