{"id":1598,"date":"2010-09-27T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infobeasiswa.net\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2010-09-27T19:59:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T19:59:07","slug":"the-harvard-merit-fellowships-and-graduate-society-term-time-awards-for-dissertation-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.infobeasiswa.net\/archives\/2010\/09\/27\/the-harvard-merit-fellowships-and-graduate-society-term-time-awards-for-dissertation-research\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harvard Merit Fellowships and Graduate Society Term Time Awards for Dissertation Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Harvard Merit Fellowships<\/strong> and Graduate Society Term Time Awards for Dissertation Research are nowsimilar in terms of eligibility requirements and stipend; they are available to outstanding GSAS students in allfields, including the natural sciences (separate applications no longer exist). These fellowships are normally tobe held in the fourth or fifth year, or earlier, and are for the purpose of allowing the students to devote a greaterportion of their time to research, fieldwork, and writing than would otherwise be possible. Eligibility<\/strong>
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\nStudents must havepassed Generals and have an approved dissertation prospectus at the time of nomination, or be scheduled tohave approval by the time the award begins (the award otherwise will be forfeited if approval does notmaterialize).The maximum grant is a single term standard cohort stipend (in FY10 it was $11,165 but may be subject tochange for the coming year). The award is taken for one semester, either fall or spring. During the semester that theaward is held, teaching is restricted to 1\/5 (one section), with no restriction in the non-fellowship term.<\/p>\n
\nMerit\/Term Time candidates may be in any field within GSAS. All candidates must have passed Generalsand have an approved dissertation prospectus at the time of nomination, or must be scheduled to have anapproved prospectus by the time the award begins (the award otherwise will be forfeited if approval does notmaterialize). Normally, at the time of nomination, the candidates will be in the third or fourth year of thedoctoral program \u2013 or earlier.Please Note: Under a new policy, students will be allowed to combine the merit\/term time fellowship stipendswith additional fellowships, with a cap of $32,000 stipend. Multiple winners will be expected to take the full non-GSAS award. It is important to report promptly, as soon as you receive another fellowship offer.<\/p>\n