Graduate School Academic Year Fellowships

Nomination Deadline:  May 4, 2009

The Graduate School Academic Year Fellowships are allocated every three years through a departmental competition.   The current allocations are for 2008-2011.  These fellowships carry a $15,000.00 annual stipend, payment of tuition, and student health insurance.   To award a fellowship, programs must submit a Graduate School Academic Year Award Nomination Form to the Graduate School Funding Office.  While the Graduate School will ordinarily accept the program’s nomination, it reserves the right to decline a nomination in unusual circumstances.  If you have questions, please call the Graduate School Funding Office, 257-3261.

Eligible Programs:
Animal and Food Science                     Music
Behavioral Science                               Nursing
Biomedical Engineering                       Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chemical Engineering                          Philosophy 
Chemistry                                             Plant Pathology
Classical Languages and Literature   Plant Physiology
Communications                                   Psychology
Diplomacy                                            Public Policy and Administration
Entomology                                                     
Geography      
Hispanic Studies                                                                            
IBS (Anatomy & Neurobiology;
Nutritional Sciences; Toxicology;
Microbiology, Immunology
& Molecular Genetics;
Molecular & Biomedical Pharmacology;
Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry;
Physiology)      
                                                           
Criteria:

• The candidate’s most recent degree must be from a college or university in the United States.
• Candidates must have achieved an 81st percentile or higher on one portion of the GRE or GMAT in order to be eligible.
• Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 on all previous undergraduate work and a 3.5 on all previous graduate work.
• Fellowship holders must be enrolled full-time (9 credit hours, 2hours of 767, or 769/749 for zero credit) during the fellowship period.
• A GGPA of 3.25 must be maintained during the term of the fellowship.

Online Nomination Form

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Last updated March 30, 2008