Marilyn Yalom Research Fund

The Marilyn Yalom Research Fund supports enrolled Stanford Ph.D. candidates working in the humanities on issues concerning women and gender in the humanities. Funds are available to support research or conference costs. Dr. Yalom has been part of the Clayman Institute since 1978, having served as both Associate Director and Acting Director. She is currently a Senior Scholar, and is well known as an internationally acclaimed historian of women’s and gender issues.

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Purpose: To support graduate students working on gender or women’s issues in the humanities (broadly defined) with research or conference costs.
Eligibility: Enrolled Stanford Ph.D. candidates in humanities disciplines. Open to men and women. Applicants are expected to be Institute graduate affiliates.
Award: One award of up to $1000 will be made for the academic year 2007-08. Actual costs will be reimbursed by the Institute. Award is available for travel, lodging, or conference fees; or other expenses directly relating to research.
Exclusions: Costs not directly related to the research effort are excluded. Administrative costs are not covered.
Applications: Applicants are required to submit four complete application packets for review by a selection committee, comprising:

  • Curriculum vitae of no more than 2 pages
  • A proposal of no more than 2 pages, single-spaced, including all notes and references, a time-line for completion for, and a detailed budget


Only complete applications will be considered; other supporting papers will not be reviewed. Applications may be submitted by mail or by hand to the Institute.


Jane Gruba-Chevalier
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Serra House
589 Capistrano Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8640


campus mail code: 8640

Deadline: Monday February 4, 2008.
Notification: Friday, March 7, 2008.
Questions: For additional information, please contact Jane Gruba-Chevalier at jmgruba@stanford.edu or (650) 725-0372.


Any research supported by the Marilyn Yalom Fund of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University shall acknowledge that fact in its published version.