Ferrari Global Scholars Awards
Launched in 2025 through the generosity of University of Rochester Trustee Bernard T. Ferrari ’70, ’74M (MD) and his wife, Linda Gaddis Ferrari, the annual Ferrari Global Scholars Award offers three graduate students opportunities to broaden their intellectual and professional horizons. Rooted in the Ferraris’ commitment to the humanities and global citizenship, the $10,000 grants provides funding to support graduate student research conducted in situ, including travel to archives, fieldwork sites, and other locations critical to their scholarly work.
Eligibility
- Open to graduate students in the humanities or humanistic social science programs affiliated with the Humanities Center.
- Applicants must have completed all courseworkby the time of proposed travel but do not need to be ABD.
- Preference will be given to students who have not yet begun writing their dissertations or are at the early stages of their dissertation writing.
- Grants cannot be used for salaries or stipends, and travel expenses will be paid using a declining Purchasing Card.
- All recipients are expected to present their work at a Humanities Center Work-in-Progress seminar.
Language Requirement
Applicants conducting international research must demonstrate reading proficiency in at least one relevant foreign language. Proficiency will be determined by a qualified examiner (this can be a University of Rochester faculty member).
Application Materials
Submit the following by October 15 to humanities@rochester.edu:
- Two-page project description (single space)
- Budget outline
- Letter of support from your advisor (to be sent directly to the director of the Humanities Center)
- Language proficiency confirmation (if applicable)