Department of Romance StudiesThe department encourages students to spend an extended period abroad, particularly during dissertation research. Students are expected to take the initiative to investigate funding prospects, including Duke international fellowships, Fulbrights, AAUW, FLAS, Chateaubriand and other foundation grants. The department, and especially the student's advisor and the DGS office, will help students in their application process.
Students who show proof of good faith efforts made in a timely manner to secure external funding through applications to dissertation research fellowship sources may be supported by departmental funding, as possible in any given fiscal year. Consult with your faculty advisor and DGS.
When students go abroad as Graduate Assistants for Duke in France/EDUCO, while there, they are to be studying for their upcoming exams. This is considered one of their funding years, and does not delay fulfilling of Ph.D. program requirements.