Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants
Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants support advanced graduate students’ research travel and materials for Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics, advancing scholarship across regions and disciplines.
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Funder: Medieval Academy of America
Due Dates: January 15, 2027 (Membership requirement) | February 15, 2027 (Application and recommendation letter)
Funding Amounts: Four awards of $4,000 beginning in 2027; potential $2,500 supplementary British Library research funding
Summary: Supports advanced graduate students’ Ph.D. dissertation research expenses across medieval studies.
Key Information: Applicants must have passed qualifying exams and obtained dissertation committee approval by the application deadline.
Description
The Medieval Academy of America’s dissertation grants support advanced graduate students writing Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics. Established to commemorate the Academy’s seventy-fifth anniversary, the program honors members whose teaching and scholarship contributed to its development and reflects the Academy’s wide-ranging disciplinary interests. Grants help defray research expenses, including travel to research collections and the acquisition of research materials.
Supported dissertations span medieval music, vernacular languages, multilingual manuscript culture, Hebrew manuscripts and Jewish displacement, crusading ideology, Islamic law, and royal performance. Other projects examine literature, art, theology, legal traditions, economic connections, and medical exchanges. The program supports scholarship across regions, cultures, and disciplinary perspectives, with selection considering originality, methodology, contribution to medieval studies, applicant preparation, and financial need.
