Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities

About the Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities

A humanities education has never been more salient. With the public humanities fellowships, King’s undergraduate students have the opportunity to experience summer work terms relevant to their studies in the humanities and journalism. A King’s education shapes students for a lifetime, but it isn’t always easy for students to understand how their education is preparing them for life beyond King’s.

The Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities are an opportunity for alumni to give back to the next generation by offering formative work experiences to students through a cost-sharing model with King’s. For students, it is an opportunity to prove to themselves and others that they have the skills to contribute to organizations and businesses, and to experience how their King’s education is enabling them to act in the world. We hope this initiative allows alumni to access new talent, fresh perspectives, reinvigorate a back-burner project, or simply add a team member over the summer.

Students are selected through a competitive process and will receive a fellowship grant of $6,500 for a 12-week placement. All current undergraduate students are eligible to apply provided they will be returning to King’s for the following fall term, will have completed the Foundation Year Program, and have not held the fellowship before.

Applications are now closed

Students will use this form to apply to be considered for the King’s Undergraduate Public Humanities Fellowships, valued at $6500.

Student Application now closed.

Organizations will use this form to apply for the King’s Undergraduate Public Humanities Fellowships.

Organization application now closed.

What the Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities meant to these students

Emily Gilbert, BA(Hons)’23, was in fourth year when she applied to the Fellowships program. Little did the Contemporary Studies and philosophy student know that her “writing and research” position would lead to days on the sea filming the team that was mapping the sea floor off the Nova Scotia coast. Read what the fellowship meant to her.

When Ruth McGill applied at the last minute to the fellowships in 2024, she had no idea that her experience would change the trajectory of her academic career. Ruth, a social anthropology student, ended up at the Black Planning Project, a nonprofit in Toronto founded and run by a King’s alum, Abigail Moriah, ’97. Find out the impact of the fellowship on Ruth’s plans.