The Center for African & African American Studies offers award, fellowship, and scholarship opportunities for faculty and graduate students conducting research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies.

Graduate Student Award and Fellowship Funding Opportunities

  • The Center for African & African American Studies Graduate Student Summer Fellowships: The Center for African & African American Studies Graduate Student SummerFellowships (aka the “CAAAS Grad Student Summer Fellowships”) are for University ofColorado Boulder graduate students conducting research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and African diaspora studies who do not alreadyreceive university-sponsored or external funding (in any amount) during the summermonths. The $6,000 stipend will be paid out in $2,000 payments in June, July, andAugust. All CU Boulder graduate students with demonstrable research and creative workin African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligibleto apply.
  • The Center for African & African American StudiesGraduate Student Research & Creative Work Awards:The purpose of the CAAAS Graduate Student Research & Creative Work Awards (aka“CAAAS Grad Student Awards”) are to assist 鶹Ƶ graduate students with their research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and African diaspora studies. CAAAS Grad Student Awards provide modest funding for a variety of projects. For example, CAAAS Grad Student Awards can be used for research materials, creative work assistance, travel for research and creative work purposes, conference presentations, exhibitions, performances, etc. Partial funding is possible, and most awards are between $750 and $1500.
  • The Center for African and African American Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship: The Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS) Dissertation Completion Fellowship provides one semester of full funding during either the Fall or Spring semester. Support will consist of a stipend equal to a 50% GPTI appointment paid out in monthly increments. Up to five dissertation hours of tuition, mandatory fees, and coverage under the student gold health plan are also included. All CU Boulder doctoral students with demonstrable research and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligible to apply.
  • The Center for African and African American Studies’ Alice Cleora Reeves Endowed Dissertation Award:The Center for African & African American Studies’ Alice Cleora Reeves Endowed Dissertation Award is for doctoral candidates from any campus-wide program, department, or college who are active participants in the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) at the 鶹Ƶ. Expenditures from the Reeves Dissertation Award can be used for, but are not limited to, stipends, support for research, creative work, and other activities that support students’ doctoral dissertation development, and other costs related to students’ dissertation completion.
  • Jessica Bertram Womanist Innovation and Pioneer Award:This award is established in 2024 by S. N. Nyeck, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Economy and Africana Studies at CU Bouler in honor of Jessica Bertram from the Department of Dance at CU Boulder for her womanist MFA thesis and performance entitled"Homecoming: Returning to Love (Of the Self and Of the Folk).

2023 - 2024 CAAAS Grad Student Award Winners