Duke Center for Documentary Studies Awards

Overview

The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) encourages student involvement beyond the classroom and offers resources and learning opportunities that include awards, fellowships, and related experiences:

Awards

• CDS’s John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards offer monetary support to help undergraduates attending area universities conduct summer-long documentary fieldwork projects.
• CDS’s Julia Harper Day Award for Documentary Studies is an annual award of $500 recognizing a graduating Duke University senior who has demonstrated excellence in documentary studies and has significantly contributed to CDS programs.

Fellowships

• The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a program of CDS, offers a limited number of fellowships to deserving Duke University undergraduates to participate in the international event, which is held in Durham every spring.

Internship

• Student Action with Farmworkers, an independent not-for-profit organization founded and housed at CDS, offers summer internships.

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