Laurance S. Rockefeller Graduate Prize Fellowship
Princeton University University Center for Human Values
Award: $39,000
Deadline: Feb 17, 2026
To recognize and supports post-generals graduate students enrolled at Princeton University with distinguished academic records whose dissertation research centrally involves the critical study of human values. Qualifications: Applicants must be sixth or later year of enrollment (when the fellowship would be held) to explain exceptional circumstances; those who intend to do fieldwork or research away from Princeton for extended periods of time in current year-next year are not eligible. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the promise of excellence in an applicant’s dissertation work, the applicant’s capacity to contribute constructively to the fellows’ group and the likelihood that participation in the program will help to shape and improve the applicant’s dissertation; substantial preference will be given to applicants who are in relatively early stages of work on their dissertation. How to apply: Applicants must submit online nomination form; application instructions: apply should submit an online application on the Global Programs System; must provide the following supporting materials; a current CV, which should include the length of the program in which the student is enrolled and their current year of enrollment; a research statement of no more than 1,500 words that provides an overview of the applicant's dissertation written for non-specialists with a description of how the project bears on a dimension of the critical study of human values; this should include a description of which parts of the dissertation have already been written and the plan for completion; a dissertation chapter or other scholarly paper written in the past year (not to exceed 12,000 words, not counting references); applicant's department does not require a prospectus at all, then this element of the application can be skipped, or the applicant can submit a description of the planned dissertation of five to thirty pages in place of a formal prospectus; statement of exceptional circumstances (between 50 and 300 words): If applicants are applying to hold the fellowship in applicants sixth year (or a higher year), please explain what exceptional circumstances applicants have faced. Focus: Social sciences.