Graduate Student Fellowship Incentive Program

Receive a Financial 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.

Fellowship Incentive Information

Eligible trainees will receive a $3,000 annual supplement for the duration of a qualifying competitive extramural fellowship (including MS3 and MS4 years for MD-PhD students).

Disbursement Schedule: Fellowship funds are disbursed three times per year, but each student receives payment only once annually. Students are assigned to one of three disbursement cycles and will continue to receive their payment in the same cycle each year.

Eligibility

Students awarded independent fellowships supported by an external funding agency that provide a minimum of $18,000/year in stipend support may apply for the fellowship incentive program.

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. 

Maintaining Eligibility: To remain eligible in future years, students must submit a current-year Notice of Award (NOA) to their fellowship incentive contact (listed below) program administrator annually. 

How To Apply

Qualifying students who wish to receive fellowship incentive funds are expected to reach out to their appropriate College/School fellowship incentive contact (below) and provide the following information:  

  • 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 Fellowship Incentive Contacts

College of Dentistry – Melodie Weller

College of Health – Pattie O’Kane

College of Nursing – Emilee Cluff

College of Pharmacy – Misti Christensen

School of Medicine – Kristin Stephens