To be eligible for selection as an MMUF fellow, students must be planning to study in one or more of the below fields:
Anthropology and Archaeology
Area/Cultural/Ethnic/Gender Studies
Art History
Classics
Geography and Population Studies
English
Film, Cinema and Media Studies (theoretical focus)
Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Music Theory
Foreign Languages and Literatures
History
Linguistics
Literature
Performance Studies (theoretical focus)
Philosophy and Political Theory
Religion and Theology
Sociology
Theater (theoretical focus)
Interdisciplinary Studies: Interdisciplinary areas of study may be eligible if they have one or more eligible fields at their core, but must be approved by the MMUF staff at the Mellon Foundation on a case-by-case basis. Please note that interdisciplinary education graduate programs, even those that incorporate one or more eligible fields, are not eligible for MMUF graduate benefits.