Supplementary Funding

Conference Travel Support

CIE scholars are strongly encouraged to attend professional conferences and meetings to showcase their research and to expand their professional networks. To this end, the CIE provides financial support to eligible CIE scholars who attend a professional conference or meeting related to their studies.  For eligibility information, application guidelines, and the online application, please visit the Conference Travel Support site.

Dissertation Fellowships

Joyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award

• The Joyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award recognizes an advanced Stony Brook University Doctoral Student in the Humanities or Social Sciences disciplines whose research investigates issues of race, class, gender, sexuality or ethnicity. One $10,000 award will be presented annually. For eligibility guidelines and award details, please visit the Graduate School website.

Turner Dissertation Fellowship

• The W. Burghardt Turner Dissertation Fellowship provides supports to highly qualified underrepresented students in the preparation of their dissertation. This opportunity is open to  Stony Brook University Doctoral Students from underrepresented or other disadvantaged backgrounds who have not previously been supported by the Turner Fellowship Program. For eligibility guidelines and award details, please visit the Turner Fellowship website.

Emergency Support Award

The CIE Emergency Support Award was established to aid students faced with impending funding lapses. For eligibility information and application guidelines, please visit the Emergency Support Award site. 

Research Grants

Turner Summer Research Grants

• Current Turner Fellows can compete for summer funding to be used to conduct exploratory or continuing research towards their thesis/dissertation. There is a competitive application process that takes place in the spring of each year. For eligibility information and application guidelines, please visit the Turner Fellowship website.