Princeton Graduate Students: Make the most of your summer with our Dissertation Boot Camp, which is here to help you develop and maintain healthy writing practices. This is all the more important during the summer months, since, for many graduate students, this period is relatively unstructured. All the central elements of a productive Boot Camp—space to write, focused writing time, camaraderie, and the opportunity to reflect on the writing process—are available to you in a virtual format. Build and maintain momentum by developing and refining healthy habits and practices around work and writing with colleagues from across the disciplines.

Dissertation Boot Camp runs over the course of one week and is typically offered four times per year: in October, during Fall Break; in January, usually during the week preceding Wintersession; in March, during Spring Break; and once during the summer in either June or July.

Weekly Schedule

The Summer 2024 Dissertation Boot Camp will run in a virtual format from Monday, June 24 through Friday, June 28. The launch and plenary debrief sessions are required, plus participation in at least 5 of the 8 writing sessions & debriefs.

Application

Enrollment in Dissertation Boot Camp is limited. Priority consideration is given based on applicant's proximity to graduation and year in program; other considerations include prioritizing first-time applicants and disciplinary diversity among participants.

Dissertation Boot Camp is free of charge for Princeton graduate students, but a motivational deposit is required for participation. If you are accepted into the program, you must sign a form indicating your agreement that $50 will be charged to your student account if you do not complete the requirements of Boot Camp.

The application deadline is Wednesday, June 5 at noon Eastern Time.

Questions? Please write to Benjamin Fancy at [email protected].

A joint initiative of the Princeton Writing Program and the Graduate School.