Northwestern University 2021nBeiling Wu Prize in Writing

Beiling Wu Prize in Writing, 2021 is offered for Masters, PhD degree in the field of Humanities, Fine Arts.  The deadline for the sending your application is 12 Jul 2021. This scholarship is provided by Northwestern University and the value of this scholarship is Partial Funding, USD 1000 . This scholarship is open for: Open to all nationals.
Beiling Wu Prize in Writing 2021 named for a former Northwestern graduate student in the humanities, will be given to a doctoral or MFA student in the first year of the PhD or MFA program who wrote the best critical, analytic essay on literature or literary culture in the first year of their program.

• Table of Content
• About Northwestern University
• Northwestern University Masters Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Northwestern University Masters Scholarship
• Northwestern University Masters Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for Northwestern University Masters Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, with campuses in Chicago, Illinois; and Doha, Qatar. Composed of twelve schools and colleges, Northwestern offers 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.

Northwestern University Masters Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Northwestern University Masters Scholarship

The amount of the Beiling Wu Prize in Writing 2021 award is USD 1000, which will be added to the student's stipend.

Note: One prize will be awarded each year.

Northwestern University Masters Scholarship Courses

• Fine Art
• Humanities

Requirements for Northwestern University Masters Scholarship Qualification

• Students from all nationalities are eligible.
• Students must be nominated for a paper written in their first year.
• Students must be in a humanities doctoral program or a TGS MFA program.
• Each eligible program may nominate one student.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• Applications are by program nomination only.
• Directors of Graduate Study (DGS) should select the best critical, analytic essay on literature or literary culture as of the end of the first year.
• A letter of nomination from the DGS must accompany the paper.  The letter should:
  • Provide a contextualizing frame about the nature of the submission (i.e., was it a final paper for a seminar, etc.)
  • Include brief commentary about how the essay fits within but also challenges some current trends in the field
  • Note how the paper stands out relative to other first year students in the program
  • Include any evaluative comments from the instructor of the course, if the paper results from a course assignment
• The paper and letter of nomination should be sent as one single PDF file to [email protected]. All materials must include the student's full name.