About the Program

Guiliano Global Fellowships offer students the opportunity to carry out self-directed research, creative expression and cultural activities for personal development through traveling outside of their comfort zone.

Fellow Updates

January 16, 2026 16 New Guiliano Fellows Recognized at MLA Awards Ceremony

Modern Language Association Recognizes 16 New Guiliano Fellows from 11 universities and 16 PhD Programs at MLA Awards Ceremony in Toronto on January 9, 2026

November 20, 2025 Guiliano Fellow Nicholas Sanzi wins Rhodes Scholarship

An oil painter and graffiti muralist, Sanzi's Guiliano Global Fellowship supported his filming of a documentary about street art in France.

Mahak Sharma observed dermatology practices in Greek medical facilities.

September 18, 2025 Six NYIT Fellows report back on their Summer 2025 Projects

These New York Tech students were busy traveling within the country and to international locations including Brazil, Singapore, and Greece for their academic research projects.

August 11, 2025 The Mediterranean Diet: Combating Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease in Rome, Italy

Fellow Ju-Woo Nho's research paper based on experiences in Rome studying the Mediterranean diet

Osteopathic medicine student Jeri Ann Ramilo (back row, center) traveled to Manila and met with researchers and librarians at the University of the Philippines Center for Ethnomusicology.

April 23, 2025 Guiliano Fellows from NYIT Spread Care Around the World

Since 2014, more than 200 New York Tech students have benefited from the opportunity to traverse the globe in the name of academic research.

January 10, 2025 Fellows Dinner in New Orleans

A dozen Guiliano Graduate Fellows from 12 different PhD Programs share a fellows dinner during the MLA Convention in New Orleans

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Guiliano Fellows

Ritika Pabari

Psychology | San Francisco, CA

A cross-cultural examination of prosocial obligation motives and well-being

Xingchen Ji

China

The Way to Love—Volunteering in Rural Schools

Diana Cheung

Medicine | Laos

Development of Immunization Catch Up Program at the Lao Friends Hospital for Children

Annie Savaria-Watson

Environmental Science | Bolivia and Canada

Glaciers and Indigeneity in the National Parks of Canada and Bolivia

Jaclyn Zhou

World-Building: Performing Place

Galia Cozzi Berrondo

Women's Studies | Mexico City, Mexico

Latin/x American queer and trans migrant resistance: The enduring powers of performance

Kasturi Kamala

Comparative Literature | Washington, D.C.

American Press Institute "Truth Summit"

Ines Forjaz de Lacerda

Comparative Literature, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, Spanish and Portuguese, Women's Studies | Mumbai and Goa, India

Archiving Shadows: Women's Literature and the Portuguese Legacy in Mumbai

Lèr Simoneaux

Architecture |

This trip is already leaving deep traces in my work and in my ambitions as a cultural ambassador, and it will continue to play an important role both in the completion of my dissertation and the professional career that follows.

Michael Bennett

| Music | Basel, Switzerland

Art After Fascism: The Musical Poetics of Luciano Berio

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