Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
Funds the final year of dissertation writing for doctoral candidates whose work engages significant questions of religion, ethics, morals, and values. Social welfare and social work Ph.D. students working on moral dimensions of care, faith-based service delivery, or ethics of practice fit the frame.
- Indicative award
- $34k stipend (stipend)The fellowships page states the award is $33,500 for twelve months of full-time dissertation writing.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · NovPublished deadline: 2026-11-01 — 78 days awayAnnual, with a November 1 deadline stated on the fellowships page.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Candidates must be ABD, with all pre-dissertation requirements including proposal approval completed by the deadline, and must be in the writing stage. Enrollment must be in a Ph.D. or Th.D. programme at an institution located in the United States, campus-based — distance learning and online programmes are not funded. International students at U.S. institutions ARE eligible. Professional doctorates (D.Min., J.D., Psy.D., Ed.D.) are NOT eligible, which excludes the D.S.W.; social work applicants must be in a Ph.D. programme.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- ethics and values · dissertation completion · religion and society
- Apply at
- https://newcombefoundation.org/fellowships/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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