Resources for Current Students
Below are links to documents and sites that current MI graduate students may find useful. If you have suggestions for additions, please send them to medinst@nd.edu.
Medieval Institute
Calendar of Events (all scheduled lectures, conferences, and other events sponsored by the Medieval Institute or of interest to medievalists)
Administrative Services
Office of Student Accounts (student financial accounts)
International Student and Scholar Affairs
Expense Reimbursement (all requests for reimbursement must be prepared electronically and submitted through the travelND expense reporting system. Instructions for using the system, including policy guidelines for business expenses, are available through this link, along with tutorials and reference guides.)
Community
Notre Dame Care and Wellness Consultants
McDonald Center for Student Well-Being
Fellowships
Duffy Fellowship
Beginning in AY 2027–2028, the Medieval Institute’s Duffy fellowship will be hosted by Notre Dame Rome. The MI’s Duffy fellow will enjoy the benefits of Dissertation Research Fellowships sponsored by the Graduate School, ND Rome, and the Center for Italian Studies. In addition, the student will be guaranteed a sixth year of funding (subject to the usual conditions). The student must be in residence in Rome for the duration of the fellowship period, i.e., the beginning of September through the end of May.
Eligibility. Applicants must be current Ph.D. students enrolled in the Medieval Studies Ph.D. program in good standing in the third or fourth year of the program. They must have completed all coursework and passed all examinations as well as the dissertation proposal defense prior to the start of the fellowship period, i.e., they must be ABD.
Benefits. The Medieval Institute guarantees the Duffy Fellow a sixth year of stipend funding, subject to the normal conditions. Notre Dame Rome will include the Duffy Fellow in the benefits offered to the graduate students in the dissertation research program. Fellows will receive a housing and airfare allowance ($12,000 USD for the academic year), guidance on identifying housing in Rome, support with the immigration process (costs borne by the fellow), additional international health insurance coverage, and work space at the facility on Via Ostilia, just steps from the Colosseum. ND Rome will support the fellows in networking with local experts and students at other institutions.
Responsibilities. The fellows will be expected to participate in the academic events and activities organized by ND Rome and to present their work in progress in internal seminars and/or seminars organized with partner institutions. The student will fulfill a service assignment to ND Rome which will average out to about 10 hours/week over the academic year. Specific duties will be arranged each year according to the needs of ND Rome and might include, e.g., administrative and logistical support for conferences and other academic programming; marketing and communications; library and information infrastructure support; TAing or teaching as Instructor of Record.
Evaluation Criteria. Applications will be assessed on the quality and clarity of the proposal, the need for conducting research in Rome and its vicinity, and the professional benefits of this fellowship for the researcher. Research and professional activities in Rome might include: working with manuscript resources, archives, or art collections in Rome or the vicinity; studying architectural sites or living religious traditions; and/or networking and establishing connections with professors, researchers, and doctoral students at local universities/institutes with the aim of, e.g., coordinating co-tutelle agreements or external dissertation committee members, laying the groundwork for future European postdoc opportunities, or co-organizing conferences, panels, or joint research projects.
Application. Please submit the following documents by December 1, 2026, via Submittable (link will be added shortly):
- current CV
- statement of purpose (maximum 1000 words) that outlines the dissertation and explains how a year in Rome will advance your research, dissertation, and academic professionalization
- research plan for the fellowship, maximum one page in tabular format, with a month-by-month work plan for the fellowship year
- one letter of reference from your dissertation director
Questions? Please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Denis Robichaud at drobichaud@nd.edu.
Registrar
Office of the Registrar (home for the academic calendar)
Graduate Bulletin of Information
Teaching & Research
Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good (funding opportunities and help with applying for external fellowships and grants)
University
Graduate School: Resources for Current Students, a wide-ranging collection of materials including academic year deadlines, calendars, dissertation regulations, research funding opportunities, forms and policies, family support information, and general University resources for graduate students
Graduate Career Services: Graduate students are encouraged to set-up 1-1 appointments with the Arts and Letters Graduate Career Consultant through Handshake. This consultant works with students on topics within the areas of career exploration, the application process, job search, and interviewing. He also works alongside the Directors of Graduate Studies within each academic department/program to support students in securing jobs both inside and outside of academia.
Graduate School Commencement Ceremony (held each May)