What are the application requirements for the American Short-Term Research Publication Grants?

Modified on Fri, 7 Aug at 11:58 AM

All applicants for the American Short-Term Research Publication are required to submit the following with their application, in addition to narrative questions:

Letters of Recommendation: Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation from advisors, professors, colleagues, or others who are academically or professionally familiar with the applicant, their work, professional qualifications, and academic background. Recommenders are encouraged to evaluate the applicant in relation to the fellowship selection criteria and support this assessment with specific examples.
- Please provide a professional email address for recommenders, rather than a personal one.
- It is the applicants’ responsibility to remind their recommender of the application deadline in order for the application to be completed on time. An application will not be considered complete until the recommendations have been submitted.
- Applicants are encouraged to register their recommenders through your online application as early as possible in the application process. The application system will send each recommender a personalized link to submit the recommendation online.

Note: AAUW does not accept references from dossier services, such as Parchment or Interfolio, and standardized or form-letter recommendations are discouraged.

Proof of Degree: Copy of a Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., M.F.A., J.D., M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H. degree OR official transcript showing conferral of degree and date of conferral. (Required)
- The documents provided must correspond to the programs and institutions listed in the application and must include the applicant’s full name, the institution’s name, and the degree conferred.
- Applicants with an equivalent of one of the above terminal degrees (particularly if the transcript or degree certificate does not explicitly state it is a terminal degree) must provide an official explanation from the academic institution or governing body, or submit a credential evaluation report from services like WES, ECE, or any National Association of Credential Evaluation Services member that clarifies the equivalency of your qualification to a bachelor’s degree.
- Applicants must submit translations for all degrees that were awarded in a language other than English. For the highest earned degree, a certified translation is required.

Transcript: Official transcript confirming conferral of a Ph.D., D.Sc/Sc.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., D.Eng, M.F.A., S.J.D./J.S.D./J.D., M.D., D.P.H., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H. degree (Required)
- The transcript provided must correspond to the program and institution listed in the application.
- Transcript must include the applicant’s full name, the institution’s name, the degree conferred, the list of courses taken, and grades received. Transcript must also include the name of coursework and grades from transfer courses, if applicable. If transcripts reflect transfer courses without grades, a transcript from the institution where courses were taken is required.
- Applicants must submit translations for all degrees that were awarded in a language other than English. For the highest earned degree, a certified translation is required.
- Applicants who studied at an institution that does not provide a transcript, or a list a of courses taken and grades received, or the degree did not require coursework, must provide an institutional letter affirming the same as well as the degree completion date.
- A certified English translation is required for all materials provided in a foreign language. Translations must bear a mark of certification or official signature that the translation is true and complete.

If the name on any of the above documents differs from the one provided in the application, an explanation must be provided — such as a marriage certificate or a court-issued name change document.   

Applicants are responsible for the submission of all required documents. Incomplete applications will be reviewed and considered at the discretion of AAUW.