Florida State University and the Department of History offer a number of fellowships, assistantships, and scholarships available to incoming and current students. For more information about these fellowships, contact Dr. Mooney, the associate chair for Graduate Studies.
For Incoming Students
Sponsored by generous supporters of the History department, these fellowships offer guaranteed funding to outstanding applicants. Most are multi-year packages with at least one year when the fellow does not have duties within the department and can pursue research elsewhere. There are no separate applications to compete for these fellowships; the departmental application is comprehensive.
Dan and Sylvia Walbolt Fellowships and Margaret Ausley Fellowships
Sponsored by generous supporters of the History department, these doctoral fellowships offer a guaranteed funding package for five years. To be awarded to outstanding applicants, the Ausley and Walbolt Fellowships offer financial support in both the first and fourth years of the doctoral program (with no teaching responsibilities). Fellows will receive teaching assistantships in the other three years.
Daniel Sr. and Sylvia Walbolt M.A. Fellowship and Dorothy P. and Margaret A. Johnsen Graduate Fellowship in American History
Fellows receive financial support for the first two years, with no work obligations in the first year.
Robert Adler Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund in History
This is a funding option for graduate students in any field of history.
Margaret B. Ausley Graduate Fellowship in History
This doctoral fellowship offers a guaranteed funding package for five years. It provides financial support without work obligations in both the first and fourth years of the doctoral program. Fellows will receive regular assistantship duties in the other three years. This is a funding option for graduate students in any field of history
Barnett Bank Graduate Fellowship
This is a funding option for graduate students in American history.
Harold Baumgarten and Samuel M. Gibbons Endowed Fund [Greatest Generation Fellow]
This is a funding option for graduate students with an interest in the history of World War II.
Sarah Mae Cummings and Ann Clemons Memorial Scholarship Fund
This is a funding option for graduate students in any field of history.
Annabelle V. Horward Endowed Fellowship
This is a funding option for graduate students studying Napoleon and the French Revolution.
Donald D. Horward Endowed Fellowship in Napoleonic Military
This is a funding option for graduate students interested in the military history of the Napoleonic era.
Dorothy P. & Margaret A. Johnsen Graduate Fellowship
This is a funding option for graduate students in American history.
Dan and Sylvia Walbolt Fellowships
This doctoral fellowship offers a guaranteed funding package for five years. It provides financial support without work obligations in both the first and fourth years of the doctoral program. Fellows will receive regular assistantship duties in the other three years. This is a funding option for graduate students in any field of history
Ben Weider Graduate Fellowship
This is a funding option for graduate students studying Napoleon’s non-military legacy.
Future Fellowships
The Charles A. Stryker History Fund for Excellence
This will be a funding option for graduate students based on academic performance and financial need.
The Dr. Jean Victoria Marani Scholarship
This will be a funding option for undergraduate or graduate students to pursue a career in teaching at either the high school or college level.
Additional Application Required for incoming students
Research, Grading, and Teaching Assistantships
The department has a limited number of assistantships that are awarded for duties connected with instruction or research. GAs may be assigned to a variety of non-teaching assignments; TAs are assigned classroom teaching responsibilities. Only full-time history students with regular graduate status are eligible for these awards.
Legacy Fellowship, University and Presidential Fellowships, FAMU Feeder Fellowship, Leslie N. Wilson - Delores Auzenne Assistantship, Henderson Family Graduate Fellowship (MA), McKnight Doctoral Fellowship. University awards are detailed on the Graduate School's webpage.
For Current Students
Walbolt Dissertation Fellowships and Martin-Vegue Fellowships
The department awards two Walbolt Dissertation Fellowships and two Martin-Vegue Fellowships each year, one each for the spring semester, and one each for the fall semester. Applicants must be current FSU students in the department who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus. Recipients are required to use the fellowships to conduct doctoral research in archives or to complete the writing of the dissertation. (CFN for Dissertation Fellowships)
The J. Leitch Wright Jr. Award and The Joe M. Richardson Award
In honor of the late J. Leitch Wright Jr. and Joe M. Richardson, former professors of History at Florida State University, the department rewards graduate students for excellence in research and teaching each year. (CFN for Wright Award; CFN for Richardson Award)
The Mary Elizabeth Thomas Dissertation Prize
In honor of the late Mary Elizabeth Thomas, former professor of History at Florida State University who taught at FSCW/FSU from 1944 to 1985, the department awards a prize to the most deserving dissertation that is defended that is defended in the previous academic year. (CFN for Dissertation Prize)
Research, Grading, and Teaching Assistantships
The department has a limited number of assistantships that are awarded for duties connected with instruction or research. GAs may be assigned to a variety of non-teaching assignments; TAs are assigned classroom teaching responsibilities. Only full-time history students with regular graduate status are eligible for these awards.
International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship, Dissertation Research Grants. University awards are detailed on the Graduate School's webpage
Additional resources can be found at FSU's Financial Aid Office.