News

November 2011

November 28th 2011
The DPDF Research Fields and Faculty Research Directors for the 2012 fellowship cycle have been announced
November 4th 2011
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) launches new Facebook and Twitter pages. Follow for program announcements and news from past research directors and fellows

May 2011

May 16th 2011
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is pleased to announce its 2011 cohort of fellows. Sixty-two students were selected in five emerging research fields
May 5th 2011
Call for applications from SSRC partner EURIAS; thirty-six fellowships throughout Europe and the Middle East will be awarded

April 2011

April 20th 2011
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is now accepting proposals from pairs of tenured faculty in emerging interdisciplinary fields. Deadline: September 30

March 2011

March 16th 2011
2010 DPDF Research Director Samuel Lucas to present Sachs Lecture titled "Social Sabotage: The persistence of societal dysfunctions despite our best efforts”

January 2011

January 27th 2011
"When Some Are More Equal Than Others" - Sam Lucas, 2010 DPDF research director for Discrimination Studies, lectures at Columbia University

November 2010

November 17th 2010
A recent article by David Alworth, DPDF alumnus from the 2009 research field “Cultures and Histories of the Human Sciences,” is featured on the SSRC Fellowships website
November 17th 2010
The DPDF Research Fields and Faculty Research Directors have been selected for the 2011 fellowship cycle

April 2010

April 27th 2010
Winners of 2010 Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships (DPDF) have been announced
April 20th 2010
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship is accepting applications for 2011 Faculty Field competition - Deadline: October 1, 2010
April 8th 2010
VIDEO: DPDF Research Director Christophe Bertossi on research plans in DPDF field Multiculturalism, Immigration, & Identity in Western Europe & the United States

February 2010

February 11th 2010
John Bowen, chair of the DPDF Selection Committee, writes on perceptions of Muslim immigration in Boston Review

November 2009

November 18th 2009
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship student competition is open. Deadline: January 29, 2010

April 2009

April 20th 2009
Sixty graduate students win SSRC fellowships to develop dissertation proposals on topics from development studies to the human sciences.

November 2008

November 21st 2008
Research fields and faculty have been selected for the 2009 DPDF competition, deadline January 30, 2009.