The Horizon Fellows Program (formerly known as the Pre-Doctoral Program) is designed to increase access to promising graduate students. Horizon Fellows are regularly admitted graduate students who would benefit from an extra year of academic training. As such, Horizon Fellows will be given one extra year of regular enrollment that begins with their Horizon Fellowship year. In this first year of study, Horizon Fellows work directly with a faculty adviser to design an individualized academic plan to enhance research experience, language work, or theoretical training for graduate study.

The Classics Department's Horizon Fellowship is open to all applicants for regular admission: we encourage applications from candidates who contribute to the University’s diversity, broadly defined, including members of groups that have been historically and are presently underrepresented in the academy (e.g., racial and ethnic minorities and individuals from low-income backgrounds). We also actively encourage applications from candidates who, because of their previous academic training and/or their personal and professional experiences, have the capacity to broaden the field of Classics and enhance access, diversity, and inclusion within it. Applicants must be legally authorized to work/study in the United States at the time of submitting the application.

The Fellowship is intended for students who would benefit from an additional year of training in Classics before formally entering our PhD program. The course of study will be individually tailored to the needs and background of each Fellow. In general, pre-doctoral Fellows will take two or three courses each semester from among our graduate and/or undergraduate offerings, supplemented by individual faculty mentoring and tailored instruction in methods of research. In the spring admitted students will develop, in consultation with the Department, a plan of funded study for the summer prior to the beginning of the academic program in the fall.

Please address questions to Prof. Dan-el Padilla Peralta ([email protected]).

Application

Deadline: 
December 15 — 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time

Applicants should use the regular admission application form. Under Field of Study Choice select Doctor of Philosophy in Classics first. As you make your way through the application, you will be asked if you are interested in being considered for the Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Initiative. You would select "Yes" and continue with your application.
Apply: https://gradschool.princeton.edu/admission/applying-princeton/apply 

No Application Fee.

Application Requirements:

• Statement of Academic Purpose
• Diversity Statement
• Resume/Curriculum Vitae
• Recommendation Letters
• Transcripts
• Fall Semester Grades
• GRE : General Test optional

Instructions for uploading fall grades may be found at this link:
https://gradschool.princeton.edu/fall-semester-grades 
Transcripts may also be sent directly to the Graduate School at this address: [email protected]

Additional Departmental Requirements: 

• Sample of written work