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NEW DEADLINE: Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellowship

Posted on February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 by Della Zazzera, Elizabeth

NEW DEADLINE: Humanities research fellowships for UConn undergraduates. Apply by March 4, 2022.

We have extended the deadline of the undergraduate humanities research fellowship to March 4, 2022. Applications should be submitted to uchi@uconn.edu. Please see the call for applications for more details.


This entry was posted in Fellowship, News and tagged Humanities Research Fellowship.
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