The Graduate School is proud to announce that funding has been made available to support a limited number of graduate students for a highly competitive Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The fellowship is based on the rank ordering of eligible applicants by faculty in various program areas and is awarded in the amount of $2,000 to each eligible applicant.
Eligibility: An applicant must (1) certify by signing the application form that his/her total personal income will not exceed $33,500 during the twelve-month period of July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015; (2) must document satisfactory completion of the General Examination prior to 4:00 pm on November 28, 2014; (3) submit his/her Dissertation Proposal (ready for full approval and include full and current IRB or IACUC approval for the use of any human and/or animal subjects involved in the research or SCRO approval for the use of any human stem cell) to the Records Division of The Graduate School before 4:00 pm on November 28, 2014; and (4) must certify by signing the application form that he/she will not defend his/her dissertation prior to March 1, 2015.
Submission Process: An applicant must fill out the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship application found on The Graduate School’s website at http://grad.uconn.edu/fragrant-fog/wp-content/uploads/Doctoral-Dissertation-Fellowship-Competition-Spring.pdf and submit it to The Graduate School by 4:00 pm on November 28, 2014 by either fax (486-6739), via e-mail (gradschool@uconn.edu with Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Spring 2014 in the subject line), via interoffice mail (The Graduate School, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Unit 1152) or in-person to The Graduate School located on the second floor of the Whetten Graduate Center. Unfortunately, the award can only be awarded to an individual once and doctoral students based at the University’s Health Center and Law School are not eligible to apply. Applications submitted after 4:00 pm on November 28, 2014 or applicants who did not follow the submission process will not be eligible for consideration.
A committee will review and select the potential awardees. Notifications will be e-mailed to each applicant who applied regardless of their acceptance or denial of the fellowship.
For more information, contact: The Graduate School at gradschool@uconn.edu