Duke University, based in Durham, North Carolina offers a fully funded PhD in Cultural Anthropology. The Ph.D. program offers theories that focus on core debates and themes within the history of sociocultural anthropology and related fields. Research Methods focuses on ethnographic methods, grant writing, and reading list annotation. Graduate Fellowships provide tuition plus a living stipend for five years, contingent on continued appropriate progress toward the Ph.D. degree. Stipends and fellowships require service in the form of teaching assistance. Other university awards are given on a competitive basis to outstanding students.