Past Winners

International Dissertation Research Grants

2023–2024 Winners

Aik Sai Goh, University of Virginia
Research destination: China

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Khadeeja Majoka, Columbia University
Research destination: Pakistan

2020–2021 Winners

Nisheeta Jagtiani, Northwestern University
Research destination: India

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Anna Lee White
Research destination: India

2019–2020 Winners

Michael Ium, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research destination: India

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Emma Thompson, Princeton University
Research destination: India

2018–2019 Winners

Eva Rogaar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research destination: Russia

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Jue Liang, University of Virginia
Research destination: China

2017–2018 Winners

Aaron T. Hollander, University of Chicago Divinity School
Research destination: Cyprus

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Elsa Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School
Research destination: India

2016–2017 Winners

Julie Chamberlain, George Washington University
Research destinations: Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa 

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Ayodeji Ogunnaike, Harvard University
Research destination: Salvador, Brazil

2015–2016 Winner

Kyrah Daniels, Harvard University
Research destinations: DR Congo and Haiti

2014–2015 Winners

Elizabeth Anderson, Yale University
Research destinations: Rome, London, and India

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Rakesh Peter Dass, Harvard University
Research destination: United Kingdom

2013–2014 Winners

Deanna Womack, Princeton Theological Seminary
Research destinations: Lebanon, Egypt, and Turkey

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Jaspreet Kaur, University of Oxford
Research destination: Los Angeles, California

2012–2013 Winners

Lauren Osborne, University of Chicago Divinity School
Research destination: Muscat, Oman

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Sara Singha, Georgetown University
Research destinations: Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore, Pakistan

2011–2012 Winners

Michelle Bakker, Concordia University
Research destination: Kenya

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Arun Brahmbhatt, University of Toronto
Research destination: Gujarat, India

2010–2011 Winners

Mashal Saif, Duke University
Research destination: Sana'a, Yemen and Lahore, Pakistan

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Mudgha Yeolekar, Arizona State University
Research destination: Dattatreya temples, main libraries and Audumbar trees within Pune, India

2009–2010 Winners

Kathleen Foody, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research destination: Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, Iran

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Ehud Halperin, Columbia University
Research destination: Kullu Valley, India

Ilyse Morgenstein-Fuerst, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research destination: British Library, London, United Kingdom