Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies Endowed Funds
$ 25,000 - $ 3,000,000 Multiple opportunities
LGBT Studies at Yale promotes innovative interdisciplinary scholarship on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues and in the study of sexuality. It has a national and international reputation for its faculty, guest lecturers, fellowships, prizes, and symposia. Endowed gifts can be crafted to support professorships, postdoctoral fellowships, general programs, dissertation fellowships, or travel grants to provide scholars with access to Yale’s outstanding collections of LGBT materials.
An endowed professorship honors and supports distinguished scholarship and excellent teaching in LGBT Studies. It helps Yale recruit and retain accomplished scholars and teachers, and enhances the University’s growing reputation as a leader in the field. Postdoctoral fellowships promote original research on LGBT issues and mentor a new generation of outstanding scholars and teachers who enrich intellectual life at Yale by introducing new ideas, approaches, and underrepresented areas of study. The LGBT Studies General Endowment Fund enables Yale to host conferences, lectures, workshops, and film screenings and provides resources for faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate research. The Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship fund supports year-long residential dissertation fellowships, which strengthen the education of the best graduate students in LGBT Studies and introduce faculty and students to up-and-coming scholars. LGBT Travel Fellowships provide grants to scholars who want to use Yale’s rare and unique research collections in LGBT Studies, fostering scholarship in LGBT Studies and helping to publicize the University’s rich archival collections at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Sterling Memorial Library.
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