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Each year, at the beginning of the Spring semester,
the Director of the Institute invites members of the sophomore and junior classes
to apply for fellowship in connection with yearlong projects that the Kahn Institute will
support during the next academic year.
All project Fellows meet together weekly for a colloquium
gathering and meal—a process of social and intellectual interaction that
represents the core of the project. It is here that Fellows develop their research
and discuss one another’s work-in-progress from the perspective of her/his
own particular interests. In addition to these discussions, Fellows are encouraged
to invite outside scholars and experts to participate in the research colloquium
and to offer public events that are open to the academic community and the public.
Kahn Student Fellows are appointed for the duration
of the project, and are required, along with Faculty Fellows, to participate in the
project’s weekly research colloquium and meal, as well as the various special
events organized by the project’s Fellows. Therefore, each student is expected
to be able to commit to the project’s weekly schedule for the entire academic
year.
Kahn Fellowships require a real commitment to scholarship,
and that means developing research questions closely related to one of the yearlong
projects, and spending the Fellowship year conducting the actual research. Student
Fellows will be expected to read five or six of the key works in the field of their
topic over the course of the summer preceding the project year and to develop at
least three significant research questions, one of which will be pursued during the
Fellowship year. Most students may not have had much experience defining a research
topic or generating original research; therefore, the Kahn Institute has developed
a two-part research orientation program for Student Fellows that consists of an introduction
to available research tools in May, followed by a week-long research workshop in
late August to help students develop and refine the focus of their research projects.
Student Fellowships carry a stipend of $3,000: $1,000
to be disbursed in two equal installments over the course of summer preceding the
project year; and the remainder disbursed in equal bi-weekly payments following the
academic year student payroll schedule. Please note that students who are appointed
Kahn Fellows are not permitted to hold any other on-campus job during the course
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Faculty
Fellowships
Student
Fellowships
Visiting,
Senior & Postdoctoral
Fellowships |
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