Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellowships support Notre Dame Ph.D. students’ interdisciplinary research on major ethical questions, connecting doctoral scholarship with ethics-centered career interests.
Funder: University of Notre Dame
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts:
Summary: Supports Notre Dame Ph.D. students whose research and career interests center on interdisciplinary engagement with major ethical questions.
Key Information: Applicants must be entering their fourth or fifth year in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters.
The Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellowships are offered by the University of Notre Dame through its Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. They support Notre Dame Ph.D. students whose scholarly research and career interests centrally involve interdisciplinary engagement with major ethical questions.
The program places inquiry across disciplinary boundaries at the heart of the work it supports. Its focus connects doctoral research with career interests in which ethical inquiry plays a central role. The fellowships are directed toward students entering their fourth or fifth year in the College of Arts and Letters; the Institute also points Notre Dame graduate students in the dissertation-writing stage toward this opportunity.