Graduate Program
Fellowships
All students admitted to the Ph.D. program are funded on twelve-month fellowships during their first five years.
Students in the English Ph.D. program typically use a summer fellowship for language study following the first year; they may also apply for a tuition fellowship from the Graduate School's Summer Foreign Language program to cover the cost of a language course.
Students advance to candidacy in their third year when a dissertation prospectus is submitted and approved. For students at the dissertation stage, several fellowship and grant opportunities exist both within the University and outside it to support the pursuit of dissertation research. Within Yale, for example, the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library provides generous fellowships for the support of dissertation research in its wide-ranging and rich collections, and the Lewis Walpole Library offers fellowships for students and other scholars to pursue research in its 18th-century collection. The Graduate School offers information and guidance about applying for research grants from external sources to students pursuing dissertation work. In addition, the Graduate School maintains two general funds of its own that provide support for students in the summers of their dissertation years: John F. Enders Fellowships and Research Grants, and the John Perry Miller Fund.
