The Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2025-2026

Applicants with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Cuba and its diaspora, of any time period are encouraged to apply.

Launched in 2010 with a generous grant from The Goizueta Foundation, the program has grown to support the research of 96 emerging scholars from 42 universities. In 2015 the Foundation made a $1 million gift to endow the program as part of the University’s Momentum2 campaign, allowing the CHC to continue awarding research funding to doctoral students and candidates enrolled in universities across the United States.

AWARD CATEGORIES

1. Graduate Pre-Prospectus Summer Fellowships

Pre-Prospectus Summer Fellowships grant one-month awards to doctoral students to determine how the Cuban Heritage Collection may serve their research needs as they prepare the dissertation prospectus/ research proposal. These are exploratory fellowships to determine if research resources in the CHC will support a dissertation.

2. Graduate Research Fellowships

Research Fellowships will support doctoral candidates who wish to use the Cuban Heritage Collection as a primary resource for a dissertation. Doctoral candidates applying for these fellowships will have completed their coursework and passed their qualifying examinations (ABD status) by the time of residency. They will be prepared to pursue research based on an approved prospectus.

Fellowships of $4,500 per month will be granted for periods of one to three consecutive months, depending on the range of materials the applicant wishes to consult and the centrality of CHC materials to her/his/their research. These fellowships will take place between June 1 of award year and May 31 of the following year.

All award recipients must be in residence during the course of the fellowship and may not hold concurrent teaching positions.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All application materials must be received by Monday, February 10, 2020 and submitted electronically using Interfolio. Fellowship applicants must submit the following:

• Application form
• Research statement: a project abstract of no more than 300 words
• Research Proposal: an overall project description of no more than 1,500 words stating how the project would potentially benefit from using CHC’s collections.
• Research plan: a comprehensive list of Cuban Heritage Collection materials to be consulted during the fellowship period. The list need not be comprehensive however applicants are encouraged to identify all potential resources using the CHC catalog, archival collection descriptions and Digital Collections.
• Curriculum vitae
• Three confidential letters of reference

Questions about the fellowships program or application instructions should be directed to chc@miami.edu.

Who We Are

The Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries is home to the largest repository of materials on Cuba outside of the island and the most comprehensive collection of resources about Cuban exile history and the global Cuban diaspora experience. As a premier research destination, the Collection hosts researchers, students, and visitors from around the world who can explore and discover a wide and ever-expanding range of information. These materials include published works such as rare and contemporary books, journals, artists books, and newspapers, as well as archival materials including personal papers, organizational records, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, maps, works on paper, audiovisual content, ephemera, and growing born-digital and digitized collections.

The Collection organizes a calendar of events and programing and curates exhibitions that showcase the richness of the repository. The span of the University of Miami Libraries’ Cuban Heritage Collection reinforces the University’s hemispheric mission and commitment to a continuing relationship with its neighbors.