Announcing Endowed and Dissertation Completion Fellowships from the Graduate School

USC Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowships

USC Graduate School Endowed Fellowships

Deadline: Please submit completed applications by February 24, 2012 by 5 PM to Christine Wilson in RGL 108.

Additional application information is attached.

NOTE: Please note that we have a Price School deadline of February 24 to allow the doctoral committee sufficient time to review applications.

PhD students may be nominated for only one type of fellowship, either the USC Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship or one of the Graduate School Endowed Fellowships.

You may submit an application for consideration for both the Endowed Fellowship and the Dissertation Fellowship, but we are only able to send one of these applications forward to the Graduate School.

USC GRADUATE SCHOOL DISSERTATION COMPLETION FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2012 – 2013

The USC Graduate School is pleased to be able to offer Dissertation Completion Fellowships for students who are in the final stages of writing their dissertations during the 2012-2013 academic year. The goal is to provide funding for one year or one semester free from teaching or other obligations to allow outstanding Ph.D. students to complete their dissertations, especially in fields where research assistantships are generally unavailable.

The fellowship includes a $23,000 stipend, tuition, health and dental insurance and university mandatory fees. Students may also be eligible for an additional $500 research and academic travel account. Each Ph.D. program may nominate up to three candidates.

Please note the Dissertation Completion Fellowship is intended to facilitate the final completion and submission of dissertations. Recipients of the Dissertation Completion Fellowship will therefore not be eligible for further funding as a graduate student at USC upon completion of this fellowship. Students may apply for either one year or one semester of funding, depending on how close they are to completing their dissertation.

It is your responsibility to provide the following documents for a completed application:

1) A description of the dissertation as outlined on the attached application information (up to 1,000 words). The student’s description of the dissertation should demonstrate the project’s contribution to the field and its grounding in relevant scholarship and methodology. At the same time, the proposal should be accessible to scholars in a broad range of fields. The dissertation description and plan submitted by the candidate to the PhD program should be in 12-point Times New Roman, single spaced, with 1” margins, numbered pages, and a header on every page that includes the student’s name and title of the dissertation.

2) A plan for completion, including projected dates of completion of individual chapters, defense, and submission to Graduate School Thesis Coordinator (up to 500 words).

3) USC official or unofficial transcript or STARs report (scanned documents are acceptable)

4) A signature page signed by the student and the student’s dissertation advisor affirming satisfactory progress to the degree. Signatures from the program director and Dean or Dean’s proxy will be obtained upon review of your application.

5) Please request: One letter of recommendation from the thesis advisor addressing the quality of the candidate’s work, the value of the project for the field, and the likelihood that the dissertation will be completed in accordance with the plan submitted by the candidate.

6) Please provide a year-by-year list of support received since matriculation in the program, including teaching assistantships, fellowships, summer funding, funding for research and travel to conferences, and any other funding designed to enhance the student’s professional development.

USC GRADUATE SCHOOL ENDOWED FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2012 – 2013

The following endowed fellowships include a $23,000 stipend, tuition, health and dental fees. With the exception of the Chen, these fellowships are for one year and are not renewable. Students may also be eligible for an additional $500 research and academic travel account.

 Anna Bing Arnold Fellowship, for USC PhD students in the humanities at any stage of their studies.

Louis D. Beaumont Fellowship, for USC PhD students in the humanities at any stage of their studies.

Chen Fellowship, available to entering or continuing USC PhD students who are residents of Fuzhou, China, or descendants of alumni of Fukien Christian University. Two year, non-renewable.

Morkovin Fellowship, for USC PhD students who have passed their qualifying exams and who are pursuing research in language development, linguistics, audiology, perceptual and communicative aspects of behavior and personality development, or allied fields.

Myronis Scholarship, preference given to USC PhD students at any stage of their studies who are Greek citizens pursuing degrees in medicine, engineering, chemistry or physics.

Oakley Fellowship, for USC PhD students in any discipline, at any stage of their studies.

John Stauffer Fellowship, for USC PhD students in the physical sciences, at any stage of their studies.

It is your responsibility to provide the following documents for a completed application:

1) Description of student’s dissertation which should demonstrate the project’s contribution to the field and its grounding in relevant scholarship and methodology. At the same time, the proposal should be accessible to scholars in a broad range of fields. The dissertation description submitted by the candidate to the PhD program should be in 12-point Times New Roman, single spaced, with 1” margins, numbered pages, and a header on every page that includes the student’s name and title of the dissertation (up to 1,000 words).

2) Plans for degree completion, including dates of screening, qualifying exams and anticipated dissertation defense (up to 500 words).

3) USC official or unofficial transcript or STARs report (scanned documents are acceptable)

4) A signature page signed by the student and the student’s dissertation advisor affirming satisfactory progress to the degree. Signatures from the program director and Dean or Dean’s proxy will be obtained upon review of your application.

5) Please request: One letter of recommendation from your home program.

6) Provide a year-by-year list of support received by the student since matriculation in the program, including teaching assistantships, fellowships, summer funding, funding for research and travel to conferences, and any other funding to enhance the student’s professional development.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.