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Graduate Handbook

Miscellaneous

Graduate Assistantships, Awards, Scholarships& Fellowships

The department offers a limited number of graduate assistantships on a highly competitive basis. These awards usually involve some aspect of teaching. The applicant must have a grade point average of 3.6 or better and strong letters of recommendation. Awards will generally go to doctoral students before M.A. students who meet the criteria. The deadline for applications is normally February 15 for the Fall semester. A student wishing to apply should obtain an "Internal Teaching Assistantship" application from the Graduate Secretary.

DAAS also sponsors an annual Martin R. Delany Scholars Award which recognizes, with a monetary prize, the two (2) best papers on an announced topic. The awardees will present their papers at a public forum, usually within the last two weeks of the spring semester. All DAAS graduate students are eligible to submit papers which will be judged by a faculty committee.

The College of Liberal Arts and the University offer some scholarships and fellowships. Interested students should investigate possible financial awards in the Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts on the 12th floor of Anderson Hall and the Graduate School and the Office of Financial Aid in Conwell/Carnell Halls.

Of particular interest is the Dissertation and Project Completion Grant offered, usually in October, by the Graduate School for students who have completed all other requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation. Other awards include Presidential, Russell Conwell and University Fellowships and the Future Faculty Fellows Program which are available to newly matriculated graduate students. The Department nominates students for these awards or is asked by the Graduate School for nominations but interested students should contact the Graduate Director to express an interest in particular awards.

Outside funding, such as Ford Foundation grants, the Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships and the Social Science Research Council Fellowships and Grants in Training and Research, should also be investigated. Interested students should contact the Office of Financial Aid as well as the organizations.