And just as Radcliffe works to physically centralize its four academic programs, it is also streamlining its fellowship application process to create a common application.

The Bunting Fellowship Program, the Murray Research Center, the Public Policy Center and the Schlesinger Library all use different applications for individuals applying to be Radcliffe fellows.

Dunn said she hopes a common application will increase the number of applicants for Radcliffe fellowships and allow the Institute to better shape how each fellow spends her or his funding.

She said the directors of the four branches are in the process of "hammering out" the new application--which will be available online and will have a single due date.

"We're looking for this to be easier and more efficient," Dunn said. "This will give us internal consistency and coherence. We'll be making selections on a common standard."

In addition, fellowship funding will now come out of one Radcliffe fund, as opposed to having each branch fund its own fellows.

"We'll be more efficient and economical if we use money in one pool, as opposed to breaking the money up," Dunn said. "With a single process, we might find that we can have some shared fellowships. We want to put the right people in the right place."