Interdisciplinary Academic Opportunities
The Graduate School encourages PhD students to work across academic disciplines. Many opportunities exist within GSAS to foster the exchange of knowledge across fields and the development of new areas of academic inquiry.
Fellows and Cohort Programs
Gruber Science Fellowship at Yale
The Gruber Fellowship is the most prestigious award offered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to incoming science students in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and exceptional promise.
Peter Salovey and Marta Moret Data Science Fellows Program
The Peter Salovey and Marta Moret Data Science Fellows Program brings together graduate students from across departments to tackle real-world challenges through data. All participants are eligible for funding to support activities such as travel to conferences and workshops, participation in outreach events, and obtaining credits for data access, storage, and advanced research computing. In addition, a subset of students are selected for up to two years of stipend and tuition support in their home PhD program.
Stella M. Hammond Planetary Solutions Fellowship
The Stella M. Hammond Planetary Solutions Fellowship is Yale’s premier doctoral fellowship training interdisciplinary leaders to solve climate change, biodiversity loss, and planetary crises. Each YPS doctoral fellow will receive a $3,500 increment to their stipend for each year of the two-year fellowship. Fellows will also receive a research support budget of $2,000 to be used at the fellow’s discretion in collaboration with their advisor over their time as a student.
Certificate Programs
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Certificates
The Graduate School offers a number certificate programs through which you can gain secondary competency in a related field while pursuing your PhD. There are two types of certificates: academic program certificates and certificates in training.
Professional Development Opportunities
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Yale Graduate Impact (YGI) Fellowship
The YGI Fellowship allows humanities PhD students to pursue external work experiences related to their academic research at organizations outside of Yale. As a YGI Fellow, you will develop key professional skills and gain work experience while furthering your scholarly goals. The program provides funding for positions that would otherwise be unpaid. You design your own position in conversation with an appropriate organization, including museums, presses, and nonprofits.
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GSAS Professional Experience (GPE) Fellowship
The GSAS Professional Experience (GPE) Fellowship is designed to expand opportunities for PhD students to strengthen their professional skills and broaden career exposure by working with experienced administrators outside of their academic programs. Host offices across Yale take advantage of the diverse array of skills that PhD students offer to advance their programming and projects.
Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
The 3-Minute Thesis competition challenges Yale PhD students to describe their thesis clearly and persuasively to a broad audience – in 3 minutes! Create a professional asset that is just as critical for academic conferences and job talks as it is for a job search outside of the academy.