Summer Opportunities for Columbia Students

Summer Opportunities for Columbia Students

Applications Now Open

Summer Grants in Public Humanities and Hellenic Studies for Graduate Students

These grants support Columbia graduate students and recent MA, MFA, and PhD recipients interested in pursuing research in public humanities and Hellenic Studies through an independent project or in collaboration with a current SNFPHI project. The grants will support research conducted remotely over a six-week period starting June 1, 2026. Students with backgrounds in sciences, art, and architecture and no previous experience with public humanities and Hellenic Studies are particularly encouraged to apply. Grantees will receive $1500 and have access to funds to cover project-related expenses.

Requirements
  • Attend an online orientation
  • Meet with SNFPHI’s Associate Director to discuss the project at the beginning and the end of the program

 

Application material
  • CV or resume (1-3 pages)
  • A cover letter describing your proposed research project (an independent project or a collaboration with a current SNFPHI project) and contact details for one reference (1 page)
Application

The deadline for applications is May 1, 2026 (12 pm ET). Applications should be uploaded as a single PDF document and emailed to snfphi@columbia.edu. Applicants will receive decisions by May 11, 2026

Summer Opportunities for Columbia Students

Applications Now Open

Summer Research Internship in Public Humanities and Hellenic Studies for Undergraduate Students

SNFPHI collaborates with Columbia Global to offer the undergraduate program Columbia Summer Global Core: Athens Curatorial Project. This program takes Athens as a vantage point to consider larger contemporary issues regarding urban planning and nation-making, public life and democracy, climate crisis and displacement, and immigration and the accommodation of cultural alterity. It is structured around the seminar Hellenism and the Topographical Imagination (which fulfils the Global Core requirement for Columbia College students), site visits, field trips, walking toursand workshop sessions, all of which prepare students to curate an exhibition as their final project.

Summer Grants in Public Humanities and Hellenic Studies for Graduate Students

These grants support Columbia graduate students and recent MA, MFA, and PhD recipients interested in pursuing research in public humanities and Hellenic Studies through an independent project or in collaboration with a current SNFPHI project. The grants will support research conducted remotely over a six-week period starting June 1, 2026. Students with backgrounds in sciences, art, and architecture and no previous experience with public humanities and Hellenic Studies are particularly encouraged to apply. Grantees will receive $1500 and have access to funds to cover project-related expenses.

Requirements
  • Attend an online orientation
  • Meet with SNFPHI’s Associate Director to discuss the project at the beginning and the end of the program

 

Application material
  • CV or resume (1-3 pages)
  • A cover letter describing your proposed research project (an independent project or a collaboration with a current SNFPHI project) and contact details for one reference (1 page)
Application

The deadline for applications is May 1, 2026 (12 pm ET). Applications should be uploaded as a single PDF document and emailed to snfphi@columbia.edu. Applicants will receive decisions by May 11, 2026

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