Penn Global, in partnership with the Office of the Vice Provost for Education, announced the launch of the Penn Global Dissertation Grants program, with its inaugural call for proposals running through December 1, 2023. This program is intended to harness the power of Penn’s graduate student community to enhance the University’s global engagement, serving Penn Global’s strategic framework and its goals to 1) provide every Penn student with a meaningful global experience and 2) to produce research with global impact.

The program will offer funding of up to $8,000 to selected PhD students who will either:

A)    Use this program’s resources to explore and engage global components for their early-stage dissertation research, or

B)    Use this program’s resources to broaden and deepen their late-stage dissertation research, ideally leveraging their dissertation towards future career opportunities in global leadership.

Following their funded research, awardees will, in consultation with Penn Global, identify ways to use their work to enhance Penn’s global engagement.

Currently-enrolled Penn PhD students from all Penn schools and disciplines, including the humanities, social science, and STEM fields, are welcome to apply. If selected, awardees will be able to begin their funded international research as early as summer 2024.

Eligible PhD students interested in submitting an application are invited to review the Penn Global Dissertation Grants website for information about applications, including a link to the application portal, and to contact Penn Global at global@upenn.edu with any questions.