Brand Graduate Fellowship

Irving and Shirley Brand Fellowship

Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2025

The Irving and Shirley Brand Graduate Fellowship was created to honor the parents of President Myles Brand, Irving and Shirley Brand. The fellowship is an annual fellowship for incoming or current Bloomington graduate students in the Humanities, with preference given to students of Philosophy.

This single-year fellowship provides a $5,000 stipend for one academic year. Students must contact their department for the internal deadline. The award must be used for the year it is awarded. A recipient cannot place this award into a reserve status because of receiving another award.

Nomination Process

Any department can nominate one doctoral or master student from the Bloomington campus who is in a Humanities field. Students may not apply directly. Please contact your department for their internal nomination process.

Required Nomination Components

Submit the nomination form with the following components included:

1. Provide the nominee information
2. Upload 2 letters of recommendation
3. Upload a personal statement from the candidate (no longer than 2 pages in length)
4. Upload the nominee curriculum vitae or résume
5. Enter the username of the department chairperson, or another faculty or staff member designated by the chairperson, who will confirm the nominated student is eligible and the Chair approves of the nomination.

Recent Recipients

2024-2025, Joshua Paschal, Department of Philosophy 

2023-2024, Annalise Norling, Department of Philosophy

2022-2023, Marisa Wieneke, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

2021-2022, Katrina Haaksma, Department of Philosophy

2020-2021, Martina Favaretto, Department of Philosophy