TEDS PhD G. Walter Hansen Fellowship

About this scholarship

The G. Walter Hansen Fellowship provides an unrestricted $10,000 annual award to talented incoming or returning full-time PhD students at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Exceptional fellows may receive one renewal, bringing potential support to $20,000 over two years. The Henry Center seeks candidates whose research and vocation can produce more faithful and effective approaches to biblical-theological ministry and who show outstanding academic performance, scholarly potential, servant leadership, and meaningful alignment with the Center’s mission. Eligible students must be in good academic standing in one of TEDS’s three PhD programs—Educational Studies, Intercultural Studies, or Theological Studies—and cannot concurrently hold another PhD scholarship such as a department or program fellowship. The direct application is document-based rather than a web form. Candidates submit a cover letter of no more than two pages explaining their calling and its connection to the Henry Center, a two-page research-interest statement, and a curriculum vitae. They must also arrange two recommendation letters, ideally including one from the first or anticipated first reader of the research project, sent directly by the recommenders. Applications are due January 31 annually. Fellows attend and publicize Center events and perform about four to five hours of administrative or scholarly work each week during the academic year.

Eligibility

• Be a full-time student in good academic standing in a TEDS PhD program
• Be a new matriculant or returning student in Educational Studies, Intercultural Studies, or Theological Studies
• Demonstrate outstanding academic performance and scholarly potential
• Show research and vocational alignment with the Henry Center’s biblical-theological mission
• Not concurrently hold another PhD scholarship, department fellowship, or program scholarship
• Submit a two-page maximum cover letter, a two-page research-interest statement, and a curriculum vitae
• Arrange for two recommendation letters to be sent directly by the recommenders
• Be prepared to attend Center events and complete approximately four to five hours of fellowship work per week