Scholarships and Faculty Grants

Graduate Fellowships

The Melton Center has two named Fellowships that are awarded each year:

The Samuel M. Melton Graduate Fellowship and
The George M. & Renee K. Levine Graduate Fellowship

Each fellowship provides a $14,400 stipend, $600 research stipend, and a full fee remission for one academic year. The fellowship may be used for graduate research in a core area of Jewish Studies. To be eligible for a Jewish Studies Fellowship you must first be accepted in an OSU affiliated department which has a graduate degree program. You should contact the department for specific graduate requirements. An application and Graduate School Bulletin may be obtained from the OSU Graduate Admissions Office. Additional information may be obtained from The Graduate School. Candidates must agree to be in residence at OSU for the tenure of their fellowship. They must also agree, as part of the fellowship, to function as a resource person to the Jewish community in a way that is mutually beneficial to the student and to the targeted program, in consultation with the director of the Melton Center. To apply, students should send a copy of their full Graduate School application, including transcripts, 3 letters of academic recommendation, GRE scores (if applicable), a statement of academic purpose, and a writing sample to the Director of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies at The Ohio State University.

Graduate Funding Support

Funds are available for travel to an academic conference in which the student delivers a paper on a topic related to Jewish Studies; research funds are available for research that is clearly related to a major project in Jewish Studies and that forms part of the student's academic program. Advanced Study Scholarships for qualified students pursuing advance studies in Judaica either in the United States or in another country are available. These advanced studies funds are for tuition purposes only. The Morris and Fannie Skilken Family Foundation provides scholarships and funding support for students of Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies. Another source of funding is the Roth Memorial Essay Contest.

For more information contact the center.

Deadline for graduate fellowship applications is February 1, 2008