The John Tracy Ellis
Dissertation Award
Ellis Dissertation Award Submissions
The Ellis Prize is awarded to a doctoral student in the field of Catholic Studies with a promising, but not-yet-completed dissertation. There are many materials required to apply for this award.
The online submission form is at the bottom of this page. Please read all instructions carefully and understand all of the materials you need to submit before completing the online form. Some materials will need to be submitted in hard copy.
Submission deadline: May 1, 2023
James McCartin
Fordham University
Mary Dunn
Saint Louis University
Jennifer Scheper Hughes
University of California, Riverside
Required Materials
The online form with your information
A statement from the chairman (or director of graduate studies) of the applicant’s department certifying that he or she has completed all the degree requirements for the doctorate except for the dissertation, and has received departmental approval to undertake work on a dissertation topic dealing with some aspect of the history of the Catholic Church.
This statement should be sent to the prize committee chair. (Contact information is in the “Prize Committee” section below.)
A statement written by the applicant, not exceeding 1,000 words in length, describing the dissertation project and the way in which the award would be used to further its completion.
Please submit this via the online form as a Word or PDF attachment.
Two sealed letters of recommendation from scholars familiar with the applicant’s work, one of whom must be his or her dissertation director.
Please address hard copies of these letters to the prize committee chair.
A sample chapter of the dissertation, or a segment thereof, not exceeding 25 pages. Please submit this via the online form as a PDF attachment.
Submission Form
Submission deadline: May 1, 2023