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Additionally, all students are eligible to apply for travel funding from the GSS, which automatically funds $600 in travel expenses per graduate student each cycle so long as they apply by the deadline. Our department typically supplements, in the form of reimbursements for additional expenses, any travel funding a graduate student receives, whether from the GSS or from external funding sources.

You do not need to apply for funding. All students who have applied to our graduate programs, or who are currently in our graduate program unfunded and plan to continue the following year, will be fully considered for funding without any special application or expression of interest in funding.

Students on fellowship are reviewed annually for renewal. Assuming appropriate performance, MA student fellowships will be renewed for a second year, and PhD student fellowships will be renewed for three more years, for a total of four years. PhD students will be able to compete for University Fellowships during their fifth year. The fellowships will be canceled, however, in cases of unsatisfactory academic performance.

Go here to submit your graduate application. International students follow the steps for "Graduate International Students." Domestic students follow the steps for "Graduate Degree Students."  You will request your undergraduate transcript and, if relevant, your MA transcript. 

This document should be around 500 words long and should explain to us why you would like to study in our department. We use the document primarily to determine whether you are a good fit for what we have to offer, though the Statement of Purpose also gives us a sense of your writing, research, and reasoning skills.