Graduate Fellowship

Partial 2017-2018 cohort of Graduate Fellows and other recipients of Stroum Center fundings

Applications for the Stroum Center’s 2025-2026 graduate fellowship will open in spring 2025.

This interdisciplinary fellowship program supports current M.A. and Ph.D. students from departments across the University of Washington whose research relates to Jewish studies.

Past fellows have come from UW departments ranging from history and comparative religion to education and information science. Graduate students from all departments and disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Any graduate student planning to be enrolled at the University of Washington in the coming academic year is eligible to receive the fellowship, as long as they can demonstrate a strong connection between their research and Jewish studies topics. However, applicants should have some past coursework related to Jewish studies.

The fellowship offers a stipend of $6,000, and students are welcome to apply for fellowships more than once, regardless of whether they have received previous funding from the Stroum Center.

During the fellowship, graduate fellows attend a biweekly hour-long seminar, conduct research connected to Jewish studies and present their work to a broader community through a presentation, as well as through a short article written for publication on the Stroum Center website. (View past graduate research articles.)

Fellows also receive professional development in the areas of public scholarship and academic skills, and have many opportunities to network with Jewish studies faculty and receive feedback on their current and future research agendas.

Requirements for the graduate fellowship are:

    • Attending a biweekly hour-long seminar for credit
    • Presenting research in a venue arranged by the Stroum Center, typically a research colloquium
    • Contributing an article on Jewish studies research to the Stroum Center website
    • Maintaining residence in Seattle for at least two quarters of the fellowship year; planned travel for fieldwork purposes should be indicated in the application

Graduate fellows are also encouraged to attend talks given by faculty and guests of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, as well as public events hosted by the Stroum Center.

Applicants will submit: a CV, a current unofficial transcript, a description of the planned research project, and a letter of recommendation from a UW professor. Applicants will submit materials online; recommendation letters should be sent directly to jewishst@uw.edu with “Graduate fellowship: <applicant’s name>” in the title.

Applications for the Stroum Center’s 2025-2026 graduate fellowship will open in spring 2025.

Browse articles written by past fellows and learn more about the present and previous cohort of fellows on our graduate fellowship portal.