2 UCLA History graduate students awarded 2026 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships

Congratulations to second-year graduate students, Chiara Di Leone and Ben Schneider (MD/PhD student), for being awarded the prestigious 2026 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.  Generously supported by the Mellon Foundation and administered by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the program supports doctoral students as they pursue innovative approaches to dissertation research, including new methodologies, formats and collaborations with community partners beyond the academy.  The prestigious fellowships will support Chiara’s research which explores the emergence of climate modeling in the long 20th century, and Schneider’s research which explores the history of hospitals in Los Angeles County between the 1960s and 1990s through the lens of hospital expansion.

Learn more about the award and their research here.