Research and Studies

Research Fellows
The Clements Center annually supports Research Fellows.  These residential fellowships are for senior or junior scholars from any field of the humanities or social sciences who are doing research on Southwestern America of the U.S. - Mexico borderlands.  The fellowships are designed to provide time for the scholars to bring book-length manuscripts to completion. 

 History Ph.D. Program
The William P. Clements, Jr. Department of History at Southern Methodist University, in conjunction with the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, offers an innovative Ph.D. Program.  The program is built around three fields: a major field in American history, a second in the history of the Southwest and Mexico, and a third in global and comparative history. 

Graduate Students Research Grants
The Clements Center awards research grants to SMU graduate students to travel and conduct work that focuses on Southwest topics, including U.S. - Mexico borderlands, at sites beyond SMU.  Interdisciplinary in nature, these grants are open to studies in the humanities and social studies. 

Clements Center-DeGolyer Library Research Grants
The Clements Center offers research grants to applicants who live outside the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area to encourage a broader and more intensive use of the special collections at DeGolyer Library.

SMU-in-Taos
The SMU-in-Taos program at Fort Burgwin is proud to offer SMU students and alumni a variety of unique courses at our historic campus in Northern New Mexico.

Clements Dissertation Fellowship
The Clements Center offers multiple levels of support for the Ph.D. students including a new Dissertation Fellowship which includes a living allowance and travel/research fund.