[Poscgrad] Call for Applications: Graduate Division's 2024-25 Competitive Fellowship Awards

Tue Dec 12 14:57:11 PST 2023

Dear POSC Graduate Students,

I am writing to inform you of the call for applications and upcoming
deadline (*internal deadline: Wednesday, January 3*) for Graduate
Division's competitive fellowship awards for 2024-25. Please note that
departments are no longer guaranteed allocated fellowships. Also, there is
no more GRMP. Instead, there are 3 fellowship opportunities for PhD
students who have advanced to candidacy and have a GPA of 3.5 or higher:

*Dissertation Year Fellowship Awards (DYFAs)*

   - These fellowships support PhD students for 3 quarters with a $12,000
   stipend per quarter and paid tuition.
   - These awards are aimed at supporting outstanding students going into
   their final year of their PhD starting in the next academic year (2024/25).
   - The Political Science Department may only nominate *1* student for
   this award.
   - Only 3 students (across campus) will receive this award.
   - Applications require a 2 page max. research statement, a diversity
   statement, and 2 letters of recommendation.
   - Please use this link to submit your application: DYFA:
   https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYFA_Award_App

*Dissertation Completion Fellowship Awards (DCFAs)*

   - These fellowships are *new* and support PhD students for up to 2
   quarters and must be used in the *Spring and/or Summer of 2024*.
   - Students will receive $10,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition.
   - These awards are aimed at supporting students to complete their degree
   this current academic year.
   - The Political Science Department is allowed to nominate *up to 3 *
   students for DCFAs; however, Graduate Division expects to support *only
   ~50% *of nominations.
   - Applications require a 1 page max. research statement and a letter of
   recommendation from their dissertation advisor, which requires
   acknowledgement of the candidate’s plans to graduate within the award
   period.
   - Please use this link to submit your application: DCFA:
   https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DCFA_Award_App

*DD-HSI Pre-Professoriate Fellowship Award *

   - The DD-HSI awards have not changed.
   - The fellowship supports outstanding students with 3 quarters at
   $12,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition and comes with a $10,000
   grant.
   - Eligibility for these awards *requires a terminal degree from a
   Californian HSI.* This includes UCR. For the UCOP list, please see:
   https://www.ucop.edu/graduate-studies/_files/list-of-ca-hsis.pdf
   - A Masters degree from within a PhD program does *not* qualify.
   - Our department has the opportunity to nominate 1 student for this
   award.
   - 3 students (across campus) will receive this award.
   - Applications require a 2 page max. research statement, a diversity
   statement and 2 letters of recommendation.
   - Please use this link to submit your application: HSI:
   https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App

Your applications are due *no later than 4:00 PM on Wednesday January
3. *Please
note that this date is an internal POSC deadline and therefore *EARLIER* than
the one listed in the attached PDF.  After our internal (departmental)
review of applications, we will send our nominations to Graduate
Division. Nominated
applications will then be reviewed by faculty on the Graduate Council.

*Please read the attached application guidelines* *thoroughly* before
beginning your application. The Committee emphasizes generating *a
high-quality proposal*. Attached is advice for writing a strong
proposal. In writing your proposal, we encourage you to *prioritize the
advice of the POSC Graduate Committee*, as conveyed in the attached
document, while also fulfilling the criteria set out by Grad Division on
the official online form. We strongly encourage students to submit draft
proposals to faculty advisors and incorporate their feedback before
submitting their proposals.

Also, please note Graduate Division's *eligibility criteria* for GRMP and
DYP:

Eligibility Criteria for the DYFA and DCFA:

   1.

   Must be a Ph.D. student who has advanced to candidacy by January 16th,
   2024.
   2.

   Must have >3.5 GPA
   3.

   Must not have more than 7 units of incomplete grades.
   4.

   Must be making acceptable progress toward the degree. (For these
   purposes, acceptable progress for a Ph.D. student means advanced to
   candidacy within 15 quarters after entry and must complete the degree by
   the normative time to degree for the particular program plus 1 year at time
   of degree.)*
   5.

   Can be on leave to apply but must be enrolled as a full-time student (12
   units) during tenure of fellowship.
   6.

   International and domestic students are eligible to apply.

** Normative time to degree in our department is six years*.  Therefore,
any candidate who would be beyond normative time plus one year (that is, 7
years of enrollment) during their fellowship quarter would *not* be
eligible to apply. Here, it is important to note that each student’s total
enrollment may be counted differently if there are enrollment
irregularities in their previous history:

·      If a student is enrolled or on filing fee, these quarters counts
toward normative time.

·      Students "In absentia" are enrolled, so these quarters count toward
normative time.

·      Students on half-time status are enrolled half-time, so these
quarters are counted as 0.5 instead of 1.

·      Students on leave, “Ready to Enroll” (RD) status, or Withdrawn are
not active—these quarters do not count towards normative time.

Before deciding to apply, please calculate your own normative time
eligibility correctly, based on the above criteria.

 See attached PDF for more information eligibility for the DD-HSI.

Best of luck,

MB
--
Marissa Brookes
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Political Science
Faculty Co-Director, Inland Empire Labor and Community Center
University of California, Riverside
Watkins 2223
(951) 827-5510
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