<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-bc306398-7fff-896d-a390-1cd22c63c07d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Graduate Programs, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please circulate the fellowship opportunity below to your graduate students.  Not all graduate students have opted to the CHASS listserv, so your support in distributing this announcement will be helpful. Thank you!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">******************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Graduate Students,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 2026 CHASS Campbell Graduate Student Dissertation Support Endowed Fund applications are now open.      </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">General Purpose:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This fund shall be used to alleviate the financial burden on doctoral degree recipients whose final obstacle to degree completion is the writing of the dissertation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Criteria and Selection Process</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This fund shall provide student financial aid (grants) to support doctoral degree students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.  The dean or their designate shall oversee the selection of student recipients based on the following criteria:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Doctoral degree recipients in any major or program within the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Graduate students who are in the final phases of degree completion.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Students whose financial need is an obstacle to completing the writing of the dissertation.</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Award Amount:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two fellowships in the amount of $3,700 each.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application and Deadline:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit application by June 5, 2026 </span><a href="https://forms.gle/THRd4MyePaB9csr19" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Contact me if there are any questions.   Thank you.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Best,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Perla</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:8pt">--</p></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Perla Fabelo, Graduate </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Student Services Advisor Lead</span></p>

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