The Harvard Merit Fellowships and Graduate Society Term Time Awards for Dissertation Research are now similar in terms of eligibility requirements and stipend; they are available to outstanding GSAS students in all fields, including GSAS departments in the natural sciences. These fellowships are normally to be held in the fourth or fifth year, or earlier, and are for the purpose of allowing the students to devote a greater portion of their time to research, fieldwork,
and writing than would otherwise be possible. Students must have passed Generals and have an approved dissertation prospectus at the time of nomination, or be scheduled to have approval by the time the award begins (the award otherwise will be forfeited if approval does not materialize).
