Information for Host OrganizationsÂ
Yale Graduate Impact (YGI) Fellowship for the Humanities offers currently enrolled Yale Humanities Ph.D. students the opportunity to pursue part-time work experiences at an external organization to work on a project related to their scholarly interests and research agenda. This program is designed to enable graduate students to develop new connections that will aid their academic work, expand their professional skill set and receive mentorship from experienced professionals without prolonging their time to degree. Host organizations in turn can leverage a highly skilled group of students to work on projects.
By hosting a Ph.D. student in your organization, you will be able to:
- Leverage the many skills of Yale Ph.D. students on your projects
- Expand the impact of graduate students’ research outside the academy
- Help Yale graduate students gain new professional skills
- Expose Yale graduate students to possible career paths and professional roles
For more information about the YGI Fellowship program, click here. This program is sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and administered by the Yale Office of Career Strategy.
About the FellowshipÂ
The Fellowship provides funding for a graduate student to work for an external organization for up to 16 weeks during the fall and spring semesters and up to 12 weeks during the summer session and no more than 10 hours per week (strict limit set by Graduate School policy). The dates for a given position are flexible.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences provides a stipend of $2,900 for fall/spring and $2,200 for summer for each student. Fellows will not track hourly work. Host organizations that are able to pay a portion of the Fellow’s stipend themselves are encouraged to do so.
Details of the proposed position should be arranged through consultation between the prospective Fellow and the host organization prior to submitting any portion of the application. Students are responsible for detailing the relevance of the fellowship position to their academic work.
OCS staff will contact the host organization during the application review process to confirm details of the application, and, if the proposal is accepted, will also check in with the organization midway through the project’s term.
