Dear Graduate Students,

We are announcing the availability of two fellowships. Both are competitive.

• The Retirees’ Dissertation Fellowship: these fellowships come from a fund that was established on behalf of faculty members who retired in the late 1990’s: John Neale, Paul Wortman, Dave Emmerich, and Edward Katkin. The purpose is to help support dissertation research. There will be two of these fellowships awarded, each in the amount of $1000. Applications are limited to students who have successfully proposed their dissertations. Students who are interested in competing for this fellowship should submit a short (not more than one page) summary of the proposed research. A letter of support from the faculty mentor is also required.

• The Alumni Graduate Summer Research Fellowship: the support for this fellowship comes from a recently established fund provided by contributions of alumni of our graduate programs. The purpose of the fellowship is to allow graduate students to devote their full effort to their research over the summer. Only one summer research fellowship will be awarded this year, in the amount of $4000. All students are eligible to apply. The criterion for the award is the excellence of the proposed research. Interested students should submit a brief (not more than one page) summary of the proposed research. A letter of support from the faculty mentor is also required.

Applications for these fellowships are due on April 7^th. Make sure that you indicate which fellowship is being applied for. Students who are eligible can apply for both fellowships. The Retirees’ Fellowship is intended to help cover costs associated with the final stages of completing the dissertation, while the Alumni Fellowship is intended as a summer stipend, which may be taken in addition to work-study funding or summer research salary from the advisor’s grant.