Reminder: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GRADUATE SCHOOL ENDOWED FELLOWSHIPS, 2011-12
WILLIAM STOUT AND THOMAS WALLACE FELLOWSHIPS. For graduate students in the humanities or social sciences who are in the intermediate years of the Ph.D. (i.e., normally students currently in their second or third year of graduate study). One nomination per department. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition.
Instructions at:
Draft applications due to the department (Front Office by NOON, Friday 5 November).
Draft applications should include:
1) Draft application form, signed by the DGS (to confirm that we have talked about your application)
2) Draft research proposal, including title of project.
• Up to three pages, double-spaced, 12 point type, with margins not less than one inch, and title at top of page.
• Your proposal should describe the proposed research or study you plan to pursue in the coming academic year.
• If you choose to include key references, they must fit within the three-page limit.
3) Personal biographical statement.
• One page, single or double spaced, 12 point type, with margins not less than 1".
• Your statement should provide an account of the various sources, influences, and previous efforts that led to your choice of academic discipline and research area, while filling in any gaps in your record. It should offer a picture of your motivation and purpose as well as a description of long-range personal and professional plans and goals. It should not be an extension of the Research Proposal section.
4) A current University of Minnesota graduate transcript (unofficial)
5) On one page, an explanation of any "Incomplete" grades (if applicable), as well as a note offering the names of your two recommenders, and confirming that they have both agreed to write you letters of support.
Our nomination will be announced by 15 November, with the final application due at the Graduate School by 1 December.
