The department offers multiple-year packages of financial aid consisting of fellowships, teaching assistantships, tuition waivers and health insurance coverage.

Fellowship Programs

Jefferson Scholars Graduate Fellowships

were established in 2001 through private donations to the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and the College Foundation. Candidates demonstrating exceptional potential as scholars and possessing a willingness to share their passion with a broad audience are nominated by departments and selected based on a national competition conducted in Charlottesville each February.

Graduate School Fellowships

are awarded on a merit basis to students in all Ph.D.-granting departments at the University. Nominations are made to the Dean of the Graduate School.

Mellon Fellowships

are available to students of the humanities at all U.S. universities. Applicants in Critical and Comparative Studies are encouraged to apply.