{"id":460,"date":"2023-07-18T21:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt-temp\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2025-03-14T19:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T19:06:00","slug":"scholarships-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt\/scholarships-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><i>USC Dornsife and the Department of Comparative Literature administer financial awards that help to aid our comparative literature students in their studies.\u00a0 Find more information below.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1><strong>Scholarships<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Salz Pollak Fellowship for Undergraduates in Comparative Literature<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Established by USC Almuna June Pollak (B.A. \u201949, M.A. \u201951, Ph.D. \u201961), the Salz Pollak Fellowship for Undergraduates in Comparative Literature will provide research and travel grants for undergraduate students who are majoring or minoring in Comparative Literature.<\/p>\n<p>Research and travel grants will be awarded to undergraduate students majoring or minoring in a Comparative Literature course of study who seek funds for scholarly research, travel, or other departmentally-approved programs, including courses of language study related to the Comparative Literature degree and Maymester or other summer programs with a comparatist emphasis. Students may apply for funding to assist in travel to archives or libraries, as part of the preparation of an honors thesis or other substantial research project, to acquire language skills for scholarly work, to complete a summer program essential to their Comparative Literature course or study, or to facilitate conference presentations. Awards will be made in the form of summer stipends.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Salz Pollak Fellowship for Undergraduates in Comparative Literature is administered consistent with the University\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/eeotix.usc.edu\/notice-of-non-discrimination\/\"> Notice of Non-Discrimination<\/a>. Recipients are chosen without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited characteristic.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The George F. Davis Endowed Scholarship in Comparative Literature<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Established by George F. Davis, a USC alumnus, to provide annual merit-based scholarships to students majoring in Comparative Literature whose area of study is French or Russian literature.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>GPA of 3.0 or higher<\/li>\n<li>Comparative Literature major studying French or Russian literature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The George F. Davis Endowed Scholarship in Comparative Literature is administered consistent with the University\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/eeotix.usc.edu\/notice-of-non-discrimination\/\"> Notice of Non-Discrimination<\/a>. Recipients are chosen without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited characteristic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/other-scholarship-applications\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Click this link for more information about the Salz Pollak Fellowship\"  \n>\n    Click this link for more information about the Salz Pollak Fellowship \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/scholarship-descriptions\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Click this link for more information about the Davis Endowed Scholarship \"  \n>\n    Click this link for more information about the Davis Endowed Scholarship  \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Awards<\/h1>\n<p>In the spring semester of each academic year, the Department of Comparative Literature awards one graduating senior each the following prizes.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Laurence C. Welch Essay Prize<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This cash prize is awarded to the best essay written for an upper-division COLT course (300-level or higher) as judged by a committee of faculty from those submitted. The deadline for submissions is typically announced in April. For more information, email complit@dornsife.usc.edu.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Laurence C. Welch Essay Prize is administered consistent with the University\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/eeotix.usc.edu\/notice-of-non-discrimination\/\"> Notice of Non-Discrimination<\/a>. Recipients are chosen without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited characteristic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Past Welch Prize Awardees<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meghana Maddali<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2023<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rex Xiao<\/li>\n<li>Honorable mention: Mandie Zamora<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2022<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kathleen Loftus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2021<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bindhu Swaminathan<\/li>\n<li>Honorable mentions: Reese Armstrong and Sydney Rivera-Prince<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Comparative Literature Prize<\/h3>\n<p>This annual cash prize is awarded to an outstanding graduating major as determined by GPA and judgment of a faculty committee. No application is necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Comparative Literature Prize is administered consistent with the University\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/eeotix.usc.edu\/notice-of-non-discrimination\/\"> Notice of Non-Discrimination<\/a>. Recipients are chosen without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited characteristic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Past Comparative Literature Prize Awardees<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reavant Singh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2023<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isabella Scaffidi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2022<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharon Zhang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2021<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elisa McAtee<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Polt-Gifford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scholarships and Awards - Department of Comparative Literature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/colt\/scholarships-and-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scholarships and Awards - 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