Brown University, based in Providence, Rhode Island offers a fully funded PhD in Africana Studies. The goal of the graduate program in Africana Studies at Brown is to rigorously prepare students to develop new and innovative scholarship that explores and analyzes the distinct contributions of Africana cultural, intellectual, political, and artistic productions as well as critically investigate and develop new methods and theories of critical interdisciplinary scholarship. The Graduate School offers doctoral students six years of guaranteed financial support, including a stipend, tuition remission, a health insurance subsidies. Sixth-year funding is usually found.