The Mellon funded Dissertation Innovation fellowship, supported by $8.9 million since 2022, gives a living stipend to four 45 graduate students annually. Mellon has given $6 million to Wayne State University, $4.6 million to Texas A&M University, and $15 million to the University of California system, all to hire faculty. With the Mellon emerging faculty leaders and other programs, Mellon support continues well into a professor's career. Mellon grantees often signal their discriminatory intent. (18:12–18:28)
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