SLCL invites nominations for the Dissertation Completion Fellowship, which provides advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations. Eligible candidates are nominated by their departments.
The fellowship is meant to facilitate timely completion of the PhD; therefore, nominees must be able to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure, and no later than the last day of August of the year after being awarded the fellowship.
The fellowship provides $19,300 (effective August 16, 2021), payable in either 9- or 12-month installments. It may not be held concurrently with any other fellowships, employment, or grant. The fellowship offer must be accepted in the terms in which it is offered.
The School’s Executive Committee is charged with selecting the dissertation completion award recipients. Nominees must be in a position to complete their dissertations within the fellowship period. Please be aware that criteria and application instructions have been revised. Make sure you follow the latest requirements, criteria, and application instructions, which are posted here.
- Student deadline to submit to department - turn in all application materials to DGS by deadline indicated by department.
- Department deadline to submit to SLCL - send completed student application and departmental nomination to slclgradservices@illinois.edu on or before March 1.
The fellowship is supported by the generosity of Donald and Barbara Smalley and Edward McBroom.
Past Recipients
2021-2022
• Claire Baytas, Comparative and World Literature
2020-21
♦ Diana Sacilowski, Slavic Languages and Literatures
♦ Asiya Ikhnsanova, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Christopher Gipson, Classics
♦ Shaodan Zhang, East Asian Languages and Literatures
♦ Francesco Ferrari, French and Italian
2019-20
♦ Johannes Froehlich, Germanic Languages and Literatures
♦ Adam Kozak, Classics
♦ Amanda Rector, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Pierpaolo Spagnolo, French and Italian
♦ Wenqi Yang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
2018-19
♦ Marina Filipovic, Slavic Languages and Literatures
♦ Patrick Drackley, Linguistics
♦ Liz Moreno Chuquen, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Meagan Smith, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Nicholas Strole, French and Italian
2017-18
♦ Lydia Catedral, Linguistics
♦ Emily DiFilippo, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Mark Frank, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Orestis Karatzoglou, Classics
2016-17
♦ Adrian Anderson, Classics
♦ Jing Chen, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Sharif Karmizad, Linguistics
♦ Kate Lyons, Linguistics
♦ Matthew Nelson, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Jessica Sciubba, French and Italian
2015-16
♦ Priscilla Charrat, French and Italian
♦ Weija Du, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Iftikhar Haider, Linguistics
♦ Lauren Hansen, Germanic Languages and Literatures
♦ Myeong Hyeon Kim, Linguistics
2014-15
♦ Jeffrey Elliott, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Yun Yao, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Brian Hunt, French
♦ Lisa Burner, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
♦ Irina Avkhimovich, Slavic Languages and Literatures
♦ Rania Al-Sabbagh, Linguistics
♦ Amy Norgard, Classics