Emerging Scholars Initiative

The Emerging Scholars Initiative is a collaboration between the Provost’s Office and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that uses a multi-pronged approach to prepare and support a diverse community of scholars as they pursue graduate studies. This initiative focuses on prospective PhD students and incoming Yale PhD students.

Emerging Scholars Initiative Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (Prospective PhD Students)

The Emerging Scholars Initiative Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program is a one-year experience that will provide recent baccalaureate graduates across the divisions (e.g., humanities, social sciences, biological and biomedical sciences, engineering and applied sciences) with a foundation of knowledge and skills necessary to be successful PhD graduate students. For additional information, including the application process, please refer to the link below.

https://gsas.yale.edu/programs-of-study/post-baccalaureate-programs
 

Dean’s Emerging Scholar Fellowship (Incoming PhD Students)

The Dean’s Emerging Scholar Fellowship is offered to twenty incoming PhD students and consists of a $3,500 stipend “top up” for three years and a one-time $2,000 research award. Candidates are nominated during the admissions application review process by departments and programs.  
 

Eligibility

To be considered for the Dean’s Emerging Scholars Fellowship or the Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program, you must exhibit outstanding academic promise and achievement and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• You come from an economically disadvantaged background, are a first-generation college graduate, or have otherwise faced significant obstacles in your pursuit of higher education.
• You have previously been or are currently involved in initiatives aimed at creating or increasing access to educational opportunities (e.g., community service, outreach or service on a college or university campus).