Graduate Student Fellowship Incentive Program
Receive a Stipend Supplement When Your Fellowship Gets Funded
The Fellowship Incentive Program aims to increase the number and quality of fellowship grant applications submitted by graduate students in participating Colleges and Schools. Students who are awarded a competitive extramural fellowship will be eligible to receive a financial supplement to their current stipend.
Incentive
$3,000 annual stipend supplement for the duration of an awarded competitive extramural fellowship (including MS3 and MS4 years for MD-PhD students).
Eligibility
To qualify, the awarded individual fellowship must be a competitive independent award supported by an external funding agency and provide at least $18,000/year in stipend support.
Participating Colleges/Schools include: Dentistry, Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy.
Student’s Ph.D. advisor must have a primary appointment in a participating College/School.
A student may be eligible to participate, even if they are formally enrolled in a PhD program that is administered by a unit outside of the participating Colleges/Schools. The relevant criterion for eligibility is that the student’s advisor (the individual responsible for stipend and tuition) has a primary faculty appointment in a participating College/School.
Institutional training grant appointments, such as from an NIH T32, do not qualify. NIH Diversity Supplement do not qualify and are not considered independent awards.
How To Apply
Students who have received a notice of award for a qualifying fellowship should send the following information to their College/School representative
- NOA (Notice of Award)
- Confirmation of your award activation date
- A copy of your application
- A copy of your summary statements, if applicable
- UID
- Mentor’s Name
- Department
College/School Representatives
- College of Dentistry – Melodie Weller
- College of Health – Pattie O’Kane
- School of Medicine – Jessica Kieper
- College of Nursing – Emilee Cluff
- College of Pharmacy – Misti Christensen
Expectations
- Funds are dispersed only three times annually, and once you are placed in a group you will receive your payment in the same month each year.
- To be eligible in future years, you are required to provide a copy of the current year’s NOA.