Graduate
Research Abroad Fellowships(GRAF)
The Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences and the Humanities Foundation
have established a fellowship program, Graduate
Research Abroad Fellowships, to support
foreign-based research by doctoral students
whose research requires an extended period
of residence in another country or countries.
This program is primarily intended for students
in the Humanities and the Social Sciences,
where the opportunity to conduct foreign
research is often crucial and where sources
of funds are limited, but students from
all Arts and Sciences disciplines will be
eligible for consideration.
There are two kinds of Graduate Research
Abroad Fellowships:
1. The Short-term GRAF provides
$4,000 to support travel and living costs
during a relatively brief period of study
abroad, during the summer or for a portion
of an academic semester.
2. The Long-term GRAF enables
a student to spend an extended period of
foreign-based study. It provides $10,000
to cover living, travel, and research expenses.
This award also provides, while the student
is abroad for one semester to one year,
Continuing Study Fees and participation
in the BU student health plan.
Fellowships will be awarded
to students nominated by their Departments
and selected by a committee of Directors
of Graduate Studies. At the time of nomination,
students must be well advanced in their
doctoral studies and will typically have
completed all doctoral program requirements
except the dissertation. Each department
or doctoral program may nominate up to
three students each semester, using this nomination
form. Forms
should be submitted by departments to the
Graduate School by November 1 for the Fall
round and by March 15 for the Spring round.
Up to ten Short-term and ten Long-term
Fellowships will be awarded each year.
Download
the GRAF nomination form.
Previous
GRAF recipients
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