GRADUATE STUDENT

SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS

(updated 2/08/08)

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPLEMENTAL TRAVEL AWARD (2007-2008)

Award: up to $400 and must be supported with a dollar-for-dollar match from university funds

Eligibility: Awarded for currently enrolled U of U graduate students whose research or creative project has been accepted for presentation at a professional meeting. (Student must be presenting at the meeting).

Deadline: Applications must be received in the Graduate School prior to travel dates.

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Award: $15,000 plus tuition

Eligibility: Full-time graduate student working toward Ph.D. degree; Passed all qualifying examinations prior to Fall semester 2007; Engage in full-time research during the academic year of the fellowship

Deadline: January 18, 2008, Director of Graduate Fellowships, 302 Park Building

UNIVERSITY TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS

Award: $12,000 plus tuition*

Eligibility: Full-time graduate TA (1st year graduate students not eligible). *Award qualifies student for university's tuition benefit program, provided all other criteria are met.

Deadline: February 2, 2007, Director of Graduate Fellowships, 302 Park Building

GARR CUTLER ENERGY AWARD

Award: $2,000 plus tuition

Eligibility: University of Utah graduate student; Principal author of a paper making a significant contribution in an area of energy; Paper must be published in a peer-reviewed journal; Paper must be completed within the prior academic year

Deadline: February 1, 2008, Director of Graduate Fellowships, 302 Park Building

STEFFENSEN CANNON SCHOLARSHIP

Award: $15,000 plus tuition, renewable

Eligibility: (a)Graduate students in the colleges of Education and Humanities, (b) secondary education students (particularly in mathematics, science, and early childhood education) who will be in the College of Education’s teacher certification program by Fall Semester 2008, and (c) direct descendants of Ellen Christina Steffensen Cannon.

Deadline: February 15, 2008, to the appropriate college or Graduate School

National Council for Geographic Education DISSERTATION AWARD

Award : One $300 award, and one $100 award, plus a one-year NCGE membership and a waiver of meeting registration fees for the NCGE Annual Meeting

Eligibility : Must have received a doctoral degree within the previous two years (2005, 2006, or early 2007). (All applicants are expected to make an oral presentation of their research at the NCGE annual meeting.)

Deadline: submitted by March 15, 2007

E. Willard & Ruby S. Miller GRANTS FOR RESEARCH IN GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION

Award : Up to $4000 for projects lasting up to 24 months

Eligibility : Must be a National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) member. Grantees are required to present the results of their projects: 1) at an annual meeting of the NCGE; and 2) in a manuscript submitted for publication in the Journal of Geography.

Deadline for proposal submission is March 15, 2007

WOMEN IN GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

Award : $300, additional $300 for travel expenses to attend NCGE annual meeting

Eligibility : The student must have an overall GPA of 3.0 and a geography GPA of 3.5

Deadline: To the NCGE Central Office no later than March 15, 2007 

DAVID C. WILLIAMS MEMORIAL GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

Award : $5000 (Recipients may also be eligible for a 1/2 tuition waiver)

Eligibility : Students must be committed to writing a major paper or project, thesis, or dissertation that focuses on the priniciples of stewardship and sustainability in the management of public lands.

Deadline: Applications must be received in the College of Social and Behavioral Science Office, 205 OSH, by 4:00 PM, Friday, February 22nd.

*FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORMS SEE THE GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT OFFICE 270 OSH....