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Edward Guiliano '72 Global Graduate Fellowship
The Edward Guiliano '72 Global Graduate Fellowship seeks to provide graduate students with transformative opportunities to broaden their perspectives and interact with the world through artistic, academic and cultural experiences outside their current communities.
Eligibility and Requirements
To be considered for the Edward Guiliano '72 Global Graduate Fellowship, proposals must meet the following criteria:
- Travel must be to a place you have never been to before.
- Experiences must occur at least 200 miles from Providence and your home communities.
- Must be currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program in the humanities at Brown.
- Fellowship travel must occur before the completion of your final on-campus semester.
- Students may only receive the Guiliano Global Fellowship once during their graduate career.
- A Fellowship report is required for all funded projects upon completion. This should include a written narrative and media (photos, video, audio, etc.) describing the project and its impact on student learning and/or professional development.
- As with all Brown-sponsored travel abroad, fellows are required to register travel plans in TravelSafe, Brown's international travel registry.
- Additionally, all fellowship travel must adhere to Brown's High-Risk and Restricted Travel Policies. Depending on the destination, students may be required to complete a Safety Plan and obtain approval from the International Travel Risk Assessment Committee (ITRAC) before making travel arrangements.
- Fellows agree to participate in post-project meetings for each cohort of award winners to reflect on and develop learning related to project activities.
- Fellows agree to have winning proposals, final reports and associated media shared publicly.
Funding
The Edward Guiliano '72 Global Graduate Fellowship offers up to $2,000 funding. These awards provide graduate students with transformative opportunities to broaden their perspectives and interact with the world through artistic, academic and cultural experiences outside their current and home communities
The Fellowship provides funding for:
- Engaged scholarship, artistic, and research projects around the world.
- Presenting at global conferences, arts events and symposiums.
- Research-based travel not associated with a course.
- Participating in programs of study offered by appropriate nonprofit organizations.
- Engaging in academically grounded community engagement partnerships.
- Transformative experiential-learning exposure toward a potential career outside academia, such as positions with public humanities agencies, research and consulting firms, nonprofits of all sorts, and in various kinds of community-based enterprises that draw upon the skill set of a graduate degree in the humanities.
- Fellowships should be student-directed. They may be in partnership with a community-based organization or community members.
Applying to the Fellowship
The Guiliano Fellowship accepts applications twice yearly – in the fall and spring – on Ufunds. Applicants interested in projects happening over the winter or spring semester must apply in the fall. Applicants interested in projects happening over the summer or following the upcoming fall semester must apply in the spring.
All proposals will be considered but must comply with university travel policies. Review the travel policy website for the most up-to-date information on travel policies.
- A description of the proposed project.
- A proposed budget, including any other funding sources being used for a project.
- A description of the anticipated project outcomes.
Available on UFunds.
- Transformative potential: The proposal shows evidence of the student pushing personal, academic, or creative boundaries. The project outlines a potentially transformational experience that could not be replicated locally or without fellowship support. The fellowship provides the student with an opportunity that they might otherwise not be able to have.
- Creativity/Innovation: The project shows evidence of individual originality and drive. Ideas are combined in interesting and surprising ways to discover information, address an issue, or make something new.
- Clarity: The proposal clearly indicates the purpose, goals, and methods used to achieve the desired outcome.
- Connectedness: The project is important to the student’s artistic, academic, or community engagement goals, connecting relevant experience and knowledge to deepen their understanding and broaden their worldview.
- Overall merits of the project: The project is socially, intellectually or artistically compelling and/or significant.
- Relevance of the budget: Financial requirements are clearly indicated. The request is reasonable and demonstrates effective cost management. Costs are broken down by category and budget amount.