Awards & Fellowships

The John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship is awarded to a recent PhD whose work focuses on European medieval studies within a global comparative context. Applicants must have received their PhD between September 1, 2018, and June 30, 2024. The position is for a maximum of two years. Application submission for the fellowship beginning July 2026 will open in Fall 2025.

The CMRS-CEGS Dissertation Research Fellowship is intended for UCLA doctoral students. It supports prospectus and dissertation research and writing focusing on any aspect of late antique, medieval, Renaissance, or early modern studies and provides $30,000. Funding for student fees and other expenses must be provided by the recipient’s academic department or other resources.

The Lynn and Maude White Fellowship is named for its donors, CMRS-CEGS’s founding director Professor Lynn White Jr. and his wife. This fellowship provides support for dissertation research in any aspect of medieval or Renaissance studies and is awarded to an outstanding UCLA graduate student who has advanced to PhD candidacy. Funding for student fees and other expenses must be provided by the recipient’s academic department or other resources.

The George T. and Margaret W. Romani Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding UCLA graduate student who has expressed a commitment to pursue studies in some aspect of the Middle Ages or Renaissance and who is studying under the mentorship of a CMRS-CEGS faculty member. Funding for student fees and other expenses must be provided by the recipient’s academic department or other resources.

The Fredi Chiappelli Memorial Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding UCLA graduate student from any academic discipline whose research focuses on any aspect of Italian studies between the third and seventeenth century CE. Funding for student fees and other expenses must be provided by the recipient’s academic department or other sources.

CMRS-CEGS Conference Travel Grants provide funding, in the form of travel reimbursement, for UCLA graduate students to attend conferences, symposia, or meetings of professional organizations to present their research or scholarly papers on any topic in the field of medieval and Renaissance studies. The number of travel grants awarded each year depends on the amount of funding available and the number and quality of the requests received.

CMRS-CEGS Graduate Recruitment Fellowships provide departments and interdepartmental programs with another tool for attracting highly qualified graduate students to UCLA. The prospective student must have expressed a commitment to study some aspect of early global studies, defined broadly as any topic or discipline pertaining to the period from the third to the mid-seventeenth century. The purpose of the award, which is added to a student’s offer for their first year, is to enhance UCLA’s competitiveness for the most highly recruited graduate students.

Research and Study Travel Grants offer reimbursement for UCLA graduate students to travel within the US or abroad for research in any aspect of the period from the third to the seventeenth century CE or to attend an educational program or class directly related to the student’s academic training in any aspect of the period from the third to the seventeenth century CE.