[AI Summary]: Brandon Walsh from UVA’s Scholars’ Lab provides a detailed examination of how the Praxis Program’s fellowship funding structure has evolved over 15 years, from hourly wage research assistantships to teaching buyouts, and now returning to lump sum stipends due to budget constraints. The post offers valuable institutional knowledge about the complex considerations involved in structuring DH fellowship programs, including university policies, departmental impacts, student needs, and the challenges of balancing increased graduate wages with decreased program budgets in an era of academic austerity.
- Author: Brandon Walsh
- Institution: University of Virginia Scholars’ Lab
- Program: Praxis Program
- Topic: Fellowship funding models and institutional memory
- Year: 2025