Established November 2, 2001, with gifts from an anonymous donor; to provide a fellowship to recruit or retain a graduate student in Ottoman and Turkish history or to fund overseas dissertation research for a student excluded from, or disadvantaged in, competition for non-departmental research fellowships by reason of nationality or other factor extraneous to the student's merit and that of his or her dissertation research. The fellowship will be awarded strictly on the basis of merit. Applicants for dissertation research must also demonstrate need and what if any funding they have obtained from other sources. Revised April 5, 2002, November 6, 2015, and April 7, 2017.