Galen is the recipient of a 2014 Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Galen is among only eighty awardees, selected from a total of 1,081 submitted applications from graduate students at 131 universities. The average fellowship award will be $20,000.
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program supports the next generation of scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about non-US cultures and societies. Since its inception in 1997, the IDRF program has funded more than nine hundred projects, with research spanning the globe. The IDRF program is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.