University Fellowships are awarded on the basis of nominations by the graduate departments and programs to students with regular, full-time status and high academic standing. Fellowships usually provide full tuition and a stipend. In addition, students on fellowships are eligible for coverage by the University's Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan at a reduced cost. The "policy term" is for one year at a time and students must apply for insurance coverage at the beginning of each academic year. (Coverage and student costs are subject to review each year by the insurance company and the University. A booklet, "A Guide to Student Health Services," is available from Student Health Services.) Master's student's students who receive fellowships and those doctoral students who have not been admitted to candidacy and who receive fellowships must be enrolled for a minimum of nine credit hours of graduate level courses per semester or be registered in sustaining status. Occasionally a fellowship holder may need fewer than nine credits to complete his or her program. In such cases, the department must petition the Office of Graduate Studies for permission to assign a fellowship to that student.

Fellows are expected to give their full-time attention to graduate study and may not engage in any remunerative employment while holding the fellowship. Any request for an exception to this policy must be sent in writing as a petition to the Office of Graduate Studies.

Fellowships are awarded for up to one year at a time and fellows must be in good standing which means maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 (B average) each semester to continue to be eligible to hold the fellowship award. There are two categories of University fellowships; University Graduate Fellows and University Graduate Scholars.

University Graduate Fellows

University Graduate Scholars