Funding
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SREB Doctoral and Dissertation Fellowships
($20,000 stipend)
The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program offers two awards to students who are pursuing Ph.D.s and plan to become college and university professors. If you are eligible, you are invited to apply for one of these awards.
GTA@OIT Grant
Follow the link to find more about this $1,000 grant for graduate students interested in expanding their teaching practice by redesigning a course or course component for Web-based delivery in Online@UT.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Follow the link to find more about these dissertation fellowships that provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The Ford Foundation Dissertation fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.
Fellowships
Follow the link to find fellowships offered by the University of Tennessee. Here's a quick run-down of some of the fellowships mentioned:
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Graduate School Fellowships
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First time enrollees in a UTK graduate (masters or doctoral) degree program in Fall 2015.
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$5,000 stipend divided into monthly payments from August 2015 – May 2016
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Lori Mayer Re-Entry Women’s Graduate Fellowship
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First time enrollees in a UTK graduate (masters or doctoral) degree program in Fall 2015.
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Women with a baccalaureate degree who are U.S. citizens, 27 years of age or over, who have been out of a formal educational program for at least 5 years.
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$7,000 stipend divided into monthly payments from August 2015 – May 2016
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Diversity Fellowships
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First time enrollees in a UTK graduate (masters or doctoral) degree program in Fall 2015.
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15,000 stipend divided into monthly payments from August 2015 – May 2016; registration fees remitted by fellowship, including in-state maintenance fees and out-of-state tuition; graduate student health insurance provided.
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Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award
Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award. Established in 2013 through a generous $100,000 matching grant from the Ford Foundation, the Award honors and extends the vision of the organization's first President, Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain, who passed away at the age of 94 in April 2013.
The Award advances Mariam's work to support high-level scholarship. Annually, a first-generation college graduate is awarded $8,500 to continue working on a dissertation under the close supervision of a senior dissertation advisor, who will receive $1,500 for continued mentorship, another area of keen interest for Mariam. The Award is open to any first-generation graduate student pursuing a PhD (must be ABD by August 2016) at an accredited university in the U.S.
The application deadline is May 27, 2016 at 11:59 PM (Eastern). All application elements (including letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc.) must be transmitted by the deadline for applications to be considered. NO EXCEPTIONS!