Miller Center Fellowship in Politics and History
The Miller Center Fellowship program is a competitive program for individuals completing their dissertations on American politics, foreign policy and world politics, or the impact of global affairs on the United States. The program provides up to eight $20,000 grants to support one year of research and writing. Along with the fellowship grant, the Miller Center assists the fellow in choosing a senior scholar from their field to serve as fellowship "mentor." This mentor will suggest relevant literature to frame the project, read the fellow's work, and give general advice on research.
To apply for a 2010-2011 Fellowship (or to return to an already started application), click the button below:
- Current Miller Center Fellows 2009-2010
- Meet the Former Fellows and their Mentors
- Meet the CURRENT Mentors
- Newly Published Works by Miller Center Fellows
The Miller Center encourages applicants from a broad range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, history, political science, policy studies, law, political economy, and sociology. Applicants will be judged on the quality of their scholarship and on their potential to shed new light upon contemporary developments in American Politics, Foreign Policy, or World Politics.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia also invites applications for the Wilson Carey McWilliams Fellowship. The McWilliams Fellowship supports a graduate student in political science or history whose dissertation combines the special blend of Political Theory and American Politics that characterized the late Wilson Carey McWilliams's extraordinary scholarship. The applicant must be a Ph.D. candidate who is expecting to complete his or her dissertation by the conclusion of the fellowship year. The McWilliams fellow will participate in the regular Miller Center Fellowship program, and will also be paired with a fellowship "mentor."
Requirements: An applicant must be a Ph.D. candidate who is expecting to complete his or her dissertation by the conclusion of the fellowship year. This is not a post-doctoral fellowship. The fellowship is open to non-U.S. citizens.
Residence is strongly encouraged but is not required. All fellows are expected to participate in and contribute to the intellectual discourse at the Center. Each fellow is also expected to participate in two conferences – one in the fall and the other in May of the fellowship year. These conferences will provide a forum for presenting research and findings to the scholarly community at the Miller Center and the University of Virginia. The May conference will bring the Fellows, their Mentors, and the Miller Center and U.Va. community together to critique the Fellows' dissertation work.
Learn more about the May 2009 Spring Fellows' Conference.
This year, the 2010–2011 Miller Center Fellowship application must be submitted online.
All application materials must be submitted online by February 1, 2010, including reference letters.
The application consists of the following materials within the requesting word or page limits: 1) applicant information sheet, 2) project description (1,200 words), 3) op-ed proposal (300 words), 4) bibliography (5 pages), 5) curriculum vitae (2 pages), 6) writing sample, and 7) TWO letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation may be e-mailed to the , or mailed separately to:
Miller Center National Fellowship Program
Miller Center of Public Affairs
2201 Old Ivy Rd
P.O. Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4406
Further instructions are included in the online application. Applicants will be notified of the selection committee's decision in April 2010.
Start your application online, save it, and return to it to submit before February 1, 2010.
Contact us at or call Anne Mulligan, Academic Programs Coordinator, at 434-243-8726, if you have any questions.
