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Graduate Opportunities

Find opportunities and resources to support graduate scholarship

Featured funding

Featured funding
Upcoming events

Upcoming events
Beyond CHPS

Beyond CHPS
Current opportunities

Current opportunities
Past programs & events

Past programs & events
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Funding, mentorship, and professional development for graduate students in the humanities.

We support graduate students at different stages of their academic and professional development through programs that strengthen research, foster interdisciplinary connection, and expand opportunities for public engagement. Whether students are advancing a dissertation project, building new skills, or exploring how their work can reach broader audiences, CHPS helps create pathways for sustained growth and meaningful impact.

Through fellowships, workshops, writing support, and collaborative programming, CHPS helps students deepen their scholarship, build connections, and explore futures for humanities research within and beyond the academy.

FEATURED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPSOur Tedder and Rothman Doctoral Fellowships provide $3,000 in support for UF doctoral candidates conducting humanities dissertation research. Designed to help cover research-related expenses, these fellowships give students resources to advance significant projects and move their work forward. LIBRARY ENHANCEMENT GRANTSLibrary Enhancement Grants offer up to $4,000 for print, digital, and audiovisual resources that enhance UF’s humanities collections. Designed for faculty and graduate students, these grants support acquisitions that strengthen research and teaching while serving broad constituencies across the university.
Programs in the Public Humanities
Speaker/Workshop Series Grant
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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PUBLIC HUMANITIES INTERNSHIPS

Our Public Humanities Internships give graduate students the opportunity to apply their research, writing, and critical thinking skills in professional, community-facing settings. Through paid placements with partner organizations, students gain hands-on experience while exploring how humanities training can contribute beyond the university.

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HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE

The Humanities Summer Institute creates space for graduate students to develop their work in community with peers and faculty from across the humanities. Through workshops, discussion, and project sharing, the institute supports interdisciplinary exchange while helping graduate and postdoctoral students deepen their research and writing.

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GRANT-WRITING WORKSHOPS

Our Grant-Writing Workshops help graduate students build practical skills for identifying funding opportunities and developing strong proposals. These sessions offer guidance, strategies, and support for turning research ideas into competitive applications.

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UNDERGRADUATE MENTORSHIP

Through the Alexander Grass Scholars Program, graduate students have the opportunity to mentor undergraduates as they develop research projects and explore humanities methods. This mentorship experience helps graduate students strengthen their teaching and leadership skills while contributing to a collaborative research community.

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Resources and opportunities beyond the center

We support graduate students not only through our own programs, but also by connecting them with resources beyond UF. This section includes external funding opportunities and additional resources to help you build on your work and explore pathways within and beyond the academy.

Resources at UF
Explore a range of UF-based resources for graduate students, including funding opportunities, professional development programs, career support, research centers, and interdisciplinary communities. These offices and centers can help you build skills, access funding, expand your network, and pursue academic and professional opportunities at UF and beyond.
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Life Beyond the PhD
Find curated job boards featuring careers, internships, and other opportunities in the humanities. You can browse the full list or filter by your interests, and we also encourage you to check professional organizations in your field for more targeted job and funding resources.
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On Your Own
Discover a collection of career exploration platforms, articles, podcasts, books, and other resources designed to help humanities graduate students navigate pathways within and beyond the academy. Whether you are considering academic, public-facing, or alternative careers, these materials can help you reflect on your skills, explore possibilities, and prepare for a range of futures.
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Graduate Engagement Team

Faculty Member Sara Agnelli

Sara Agnelli

Associate Director

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Faculty Member Juliana Rubinatto Serrano

Juliana Rubinatto Serrano

Graduate Program Coordinator

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Past Programs and Events

The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission

A critique of adjunct labor in higher education that examines how contingency has reshaped universities and affected faculty, students, and institutional priorities. Citation: Childress, Herb. The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 2019.

Doctoring: Building a Life With a Ph.D.

A practical and reflective guide to shaping a meaningful life and career with a Ph.D., both within and beyond traditional academic paths. Citation: Cornthwaite, Chris. Doctoring: Building a Life With a Ph.D. Independently published, Reedsy: 2020.

Doing Public Humanities

An introduction to public humanities work that highlights how humanities scholarship can engage wider audiences, communities, and public life. Citation: Smulyan, Susan. Doing Public Humanities. New York: Routledge, 2021.

Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers

A guide to the wide range of professional opportunities beyond the tenure track, with advice for translating academic training into other forms of work. Citation: Linder, Kathryn, Kevin Kelly, and Thomas J. Tobin. Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing 2020.

The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It

A critical examination of the structural problems facing graduate education and a call for reform that better serves students and the realities of today’s job market. Citation: Leonard Cassuto. The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2015.

Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Utility and Markets

A collection that reflects on how the humanities can be understood and defended beyond narrow economic or instrumental measures of value. Citation: Belfiore, Eleonora, and Anna Upchurch. Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Utility and Markets. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.

The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom

A study of how the humanities intersect with debates about higher education, institutional purpose, and academic freedom. Citation: Berube, Michael and J. Ruth. The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide

A concise, practical resource for graduate students and academics considering careers beyond higher education. Citation: Caterine, Christopher L. Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2020.

Manifesto for the Humanities: Transforming Doctoral Education in Good Enough Times

A call to rethink doctoral education in the humanities in ways that better reflect contemporary realities, values, and possibilities. Citation: Smith, Sidone. Manifesto for the Humanities: Transforming Doctoral Education in Good Enough Times. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016.

The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education

A reform-minded book that argues for graduate education that is more flexible, humane, and responsive to diverse career outcomes. Citation: Cassuto, Leonard. The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

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