The Biennial Graduate Student Essay Prize Competition

Every other year, Pitt’s Early Modern Worlds Initiative invites submissions for its biennial Graduate Student Essay Prize competition. A book grant of $250 will be awarded to the best MA thesis or seminar paper written during the previous two academic years by a student currently enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh. For more information, please read here.

Funding for Reading Groups

The Early Modern Worlds Initiative offers funding to cover the costs of books for reading groups organized by Pitt graduate students who wish to explore a theme pertaining to the early modern period and not covered by an existing graduate seminar. For more information, please read here.

Funding for Conference Attendance 

The Early Modern Worlds Initiative offers modest funding support toward covering the cost of conference attendance for Pitt graduate students. For more information, please read here.