Pending budgetary approval, The Graduate School awards a limited number of spring Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) awards to students in doctoral programs requiring a dissertation. The fellowship is awarded in the amount of $ 2,000 to each eligible applicant. Please note that fellowship funds are not guaranteed to any student who applies for the award.
To be eligible for the fellowship, an applicant must:
1. Be a doctoral student.
2. Be enrolled in the semester in which the fellowship is awarded.
3. Document satisfactory completion and approval of the General Exam prior to midnight on November 30, 2019.
4. Document satisfactory completion and submission of the Dissertation Proposal, including full and current IRB or IACUC approval if required, prior to midnight on November 30, 2019.
5. Never have previously received a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship award.
Applications will be accepted from Friday, November 1, 2019 through Friday, November 30, 2019. Applications received prior to November 1, 2019 or after November 30, 2019 will not be considered. To apply please fill out the online application form between November 1 and November 30 by going to https://grad.uconn.edu then click on Financing. In the drop down click on Fellowships and Awards. Notifications will be e-mailed to each applicant by the end of December 2019.
This fellowship can only be awarded to an individual once. Doctoral students based at UConn Health and UConn Law School are not eligible to apply.
For more information, contact: The Graduate School at gradschool@uconn.edu