Global PhD Research Awards

Overview

The Einaudi Center’s Global PhD Research Awards fund international fieldwork to help Cornell students complete their dissertations. Through a generous gift from Amit Bhatia ’01, this funding opportunity annually supports six PhD students who have passed the A exam.

All disciplines and research topics are welcome. Please indicate in your application if your project aligns with one of the Einaudi Center's global research priorities or one of our regional and thematic programs.

Please note that this award is meant to be supplementary to the student's primary funding source.

Amount

$10,000, to be used before the sixth PhD year. The award can cover the following expenses:

International travel (economy airfare, visa fees)
Domestic travel within the fieldwork country
Accommodation and living expenses
Research expenses (permits, translation costs, internet, archive access, survey costs, lab fees, etc.)

We encourage you to apply for other Cornell grants and external grants to complement this award, but please note that you are not eligible to apply for Einaudi’s travel grants. If you have already received a travel grant and wish to apply for a Global PhD Research Grant, you may return your travel grant if you receive this award.

Please note that you may only bill for a research expense once. If an expense is already covered by this award or a Graduate School research travel grant, you may not use other Cornell or external grants to pay the same expense.

How to Apply

Please order your official electronic transcript through the Office of the Registrar (see below); do not send your transcript directly. In the application, you will be asked to provide the following:

Official electronic transcript (send to programs@einaudi.cornell.edu)
Abstract of your dissertation project (maximum 150 words)
Introduction to your dissertation project (maximum 400 words)
Statement explaining the contribution of your research to existing literature and its relevance to advancing the human condition, planetary sustainability, or other impacts (maximum 400 words)
Statement about publications that have most significantly informed your research (maximum 100 words)
Statement explaining your plans for international field research (maximum 600 words)
International field research budget information
NetID email address of your recommender (your graduate thesis advisor)