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Graduate Awards for Continuing Students

The College Graduate Office administers the following awards for continuing graduate students:

Please visit here for additional award opportunities not administered by The College Graduate Office.

John H. Edwards Fellowships

The John H. Edwards Fellowship is one of Indiana University’s most prestigious academic awards. The graduate division of the College of Arts and Sciences may nominate up to three candidates each year for the committee’s consideration. The John H. Edwards Fellowships, in accordance with the bequest, will be awarded on the following basis:

Good citizenship, character, especially attitude toward public service and the likelihood of future usefulness to society, scholastic ability, intellectual capacity, and upon such other bases and qualifications, and in such manner, as the Trustees of Indiana University in their discretion and judgment may determine from time to time, but always without regard to consideration of religion, creed, race, national origin, color, sex, or political affiliation.

The committee interprets the above paragraph to denote for consideration superior scholastic ability and intellectual capacity, and good citizenship and character, including attitude toward Indiana University and community service as demonstrated by actual service. Consistent with Indiana University policy, nominations for this award should be made without regard to sexual orientation or disability. In January of each year the College invites its graduate programs to nominate outstanding students for the Edwards Fellowships. Please notify your department of your interest in receiving this fellowship.

The College will accept complete departmental nominations from January 1 to February 1, 2012.

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Mikal Lynn Sousa Award for Excellence in Graduate Scholarship

The Mikal Lynn Sousa Award for Excellence in Graduate Scholarship (an award of $600) was established by Alice Domurat Dreger and Aron Conrad Sousa in memory of Dr. Sousa’s sister, Mikal Lynn Sousa. The donors have requested that the recipient of the award should be a graduate student in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, with a strong preference for a woman but with no preference for area of study. Candidates may be nominated by faculty or candidates may nominate themselves following approval of doctoral candidacy. If no qualified candidate exists in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, similarly qualified students in the Department of History will be considered. Extra consideration should be given to those nominees who demonstrate good citizenship, strong character, a history of public service, and are likely to be activists in their professional and extra-professional lives. Candidates who are otherwise qualified but do not exhibit these characteristics may be considered. However, these characteristics are more important for selection than GPA and similar academic achievements since individuals formally advanced to Ph.D. candidacy have already demonstrated solid academic scholarship.

In February each year the College invites the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and the Department of History to nominate a candidate for the Mikal Lynn Sousa Award. Please notify your department of your interest in receiving this scholarship.

Complete department nominations will be accepted from February 1 to March 1, 2012. The College will select three nominations and forward to the University Review Committee.

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McCormick Science Grants

The McCormick Science Grant Fund was established by Dr. Charles O. McCormick III to support basic science research and to honor Dr. McCormick’s grandfather and father. The donor has asked the College to award annually two grants of $2,500 each to the graduate student member of a faculty/graduate student team whose research, either in progress or proposed, is judged to be most creative, visionary, and innovative. The disciplines of astronomy, biology, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, geological sciences, microbiology, physics, and zoology will be eligible to submit one nominee each per year.

In February each year the College invites the science programs named above to submit one nominee each. Please notify your department of your interest in receiving grant.

Complete department nominations will be accepted from February 1 to March 1, 2012.

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Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship

The will of Dolores Zohrab Liebmann created a perpetual charitable trust for the purpose of funding advanced education and graduate study grants, as well as for independent research or study projects carried out in the United States. Dolores Zohrab Liebmann The fellowship covers the cost of tuition, includes a stipend, and is renewable for a maximum of three years. Contingent upon invitation by the national trust, the College is eligible to nominate three graduate students who have outstanding undergraduate records, demonstrated a need for financial assistance and are citizens of the United States to the University Graduate School. The University Graduate School will select three nominees among those put forth by the various schools of Indiana University to advance to the national competition. Please notify your department of your interest in this fellowship.

Complete department nominations will be accepted until January 5, 2012. Please note, the College deadline differs from the announced University Graduate School deadline.

The applications and additional information are available at the University Graduate School website. Please use the current application below until the Graduate School posts a new application.

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College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships

The 2012 College of Arts & Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowship application period is December 5, 2011-January 16, 2012. Students may apply online during this time period only.

College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships are intended to assist advanced graduate students in the College to make significant progress on their dissertations.  For 2012-2013, the fellowship stipends will be $20,000 each.  During the fellowship year, students have the opportunity to focus full-time on their dissertation research and writing.   Students must be formally admitted to Ph.D. candidacy to be eligible for the fellowship.  The fellowships do not include fee remissions, and students generally are not permitted to accept other appointments, fellowships, or outside employment during the fellowship year.

Beginning with the 2012-2013 fellowship year, the College is offering additional Dissertation Completion Fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences for students in the College who will be completing their dissertations before the start of the fall 2013 semester.  Dissertation Completion Fellowships are intended to help students complete their graduate degrees in a timely way (within seven years).  To be eligible for a Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College graduate students must be formally admitted to candidacy in a Ph.D. or M.F.A. program in an eligible department, have matriculated into a graduate program in fall 2006 or later, and expect to complete their degree before the beginning of the 2013 fall term.  Students should be eligible for or enrolled in G901.  One credit fee scholarships will be available in summer 2013 for fellowship students completing their degrees during the summer.  As with College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships, students are are not permitted to accept other appointments, fellowships, or outside employment during the fellowship year.  Students receiving Dissertation Completion Fellowships will not be eligible for additional support from the College of Arts and Sciences following the fellowship year.  Students should apply for Dissertation Completion Fellowships using the standard application for a College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowship, but indicate in the discussion of dissertation status that the application is for a Dissertation Completion Fellowship.

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Students Apply Online
Faculty Submit Letters of Recommendation

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Travel Award Competition

The College will host ONE Travel Award competition in which travel throughout the academic year, August 2011-July 2012, will be considered. The 2011-2012 Travel Award competition application period is November 1-December 1, 2011. Students may apply during this time period only. Departments may have an internal deadline prior to the College's formal student application deadline or application requirements beyond those specified by the College. Please follow departmental guidelines.

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