The Center for Feminist Futures invites applications for the Summer 2026 Rupp Research Accelerator Fellowship. This fellowship allows an outstanding PhD student working on topics related to women, gender, and/or sexuality to focus on their research. The Center for Feminist Futures is grateful for this fellowship made possible by a generous donation from Professor Leila Rupp (FEMST), an internationally recognized feminist historian.

Topics and approaches:

PhD students from any department working on topics related to women, gender, and/or
sexuality are welcome to apply. The Center encourages intersectional and interdisciplinary
approaches to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality.

Funding

Fellows receive $8000 in summer funding.

Requirements

The CFF Rupp fellow will complete a post-award report for the Center describing their summer
research progress due Fall 2026. Fellow will also create a video communicating their research
for a public audience to be used on the CFF website or social media.

Eligibility

• PhD students in any graduate program at UCSB are eligible to apply
• Students may not hold more than one fellowship at a time.
• Students should not be otherwise employed at UCSB or elsewhere during the fellowship
• To be eligible for this award students must be and remain a full-time registered student
  for Spring quarter or on approved leave of absence. If on LOA in Spring, 4 registered
  Summer quarter units are required.

Selection Criteria

1. Centrality of the project to research on women, gender, and/or sexuality
2. Project’s engagement with intersectional and/or interdisciplinary approaches to their
   project including relevant attention to race, class, nation, disability, etc.
3. Quality of the scholarship
4. Clarity of the project description
5. Good academic standing

Application

Please submit the following in one pdf document to this email address:
CFF_Rup.a0fn1w9yyth0xe9l@u.box.com

The fellowship committee will not be able to see your email’s message, only the pdf attached. Please make sure to keep within the word count limit. Please submit one merged pdf of the following:

A. Project Title
B. 500 word description of your thesis/dissertation as a whole, providing context for your
project to the committee
C. 100 word abstract of your summer project
D. 750-1000 word description of the summer project proposed, including a timeline for the
work to be completed between June 22- September 12, 2026
E. CV, with the name of a faculty member highlighted who we can contact regarding your
application
F. Unofficial transcript

Please contact jocelynstitt@ucsb.edu questions about how your project might be supported by
the fellowship or any other questions.