The Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts

The Lilly Graduate Fellows Program supports, during the course of their graduate education, exceptionally well qualified Protestant and Catholic young men and women who have bachelor degrees from LFP Network Schools and who are interested in becoming teacher-scholars at church-related colleges and universities in the United States. 

Each year, the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program selects a cohort of 15 fellows who are entering Ph.D. or equivalent graduate programs in humanities and arts at schools of their choosing. The 2008-2011 Lilly Graduate Fellows will enter graduate school in the fall, 2008. Over a three year period, these fellows, along with two senior mentors, will communicate and collaborate with each other in areas of research, teaching, and professional development. The 2008-2011 program will reach completion in the fall, 2011, with the introduction of the Graduate Fellows to representatives of the Lilly Fellows Program National Network at the Network’s annual national conference.  More specifically, Lilly Graduate Fellows will participate in the following programmatic objectives 

Awards:

• Lilly Graduate Fellows attend 4 conferences over the course of three years. These conferences allow Fellows to collaborate with each other and with senior scholars and luminaries who integrate research, teaching, vocation, and an interest in Protestant and Catholic higher education. 

• Lilly Graduate Fellows will develop a relationship with two mentors who are senior scholars at a Lilly Fellows Program Network School. 

• Lilly Graduate Fellows and mentors participate in group readings and online discussions over the course of the three year program. 

• Lilly Graduate Fellows will receive 3 annual $3,000 stipends for use at the Fellows’ discretion.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be planning to attend graduate school in the humanities or the arts and be interested in exploring becoming teacher-scholars at church-related colleges or universities.
• The LGF is contingent upon acceptance to a Ph.D. or terminal degree program (MFA, TH.D) intended to lead to a career in teaching.

• Nominees must be seniors or withing 24 months of earning their baccalaureate degree.
• Fields of study include, art, art history, creative writing, history, interdisciplinary studies, languages and literatures, music, music history, philosophy, religion, rhetoric, theater history, and theater arts.

Application:

• Elligible candidates must be nominated by their undergraduate department and will then receive an invitation to apply.
• SPU candidate applications are due November 30th, 2007

Please note:

It is very important to refer to the Lilly Graduate Fellows Website for specific and complete information regarding this scholarship.