Black Studies Grant
The Black Studies Grant is awarded to undergraduate and graduate students completing a project that advances the field of Black Studies. Adjudicated by the Black Studies Collective, the award fund was generously and anonymously donated to the Black Studies program to support black student life at Queen’s.
The Black Studies Collective welcome applications that support speaker series, events, and activities within and beyond the university that focus on black studies, queer and feminist studies, anti-racism, activism, and supporting communities on the margins. Individual applications from any discipline are welcome and collaborative-group applications are encouraged.
All applicants must be affiliated with Queen’s University.
Previous award winners
2025–26: Elizabeth Peprah-Asare | Graduate fellowship to support her dissertation research: “Opening Doors to the Asante Matricentric Women’s Compound in the Company of My Abusa: (Un)silencing and (Re)membering Asante Matriculture within Discourses on Gendered Violence in West African Cultures”
2024–25: Yaniya Lee | Graduate fellowship to research and produce a data base that uniquely tracks Canadian theses and dissertation that focus on black Canadian art (https://blackartstudy.ca/)
2023–24: Christina Pilgrim | Graduate fellowship to advance work on the racialized underpinning of online proctoring and educational technologies.
2022–23: Lilian Allen | Funds to support Allen’s creative participation at the Black Studies launch