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

Fri Dec 29 11:08:05 PST 2023

Dear Graduate Students,

This is just a *reminder* that our *internal deadline *for you to apply for
Graduate Division's competitive fellowship awards for 2024-25 is *4:00 PM
on Wednesday January 3.* Please note that this date is an internal POSC
deadline and therefore *EARLIER* than the one listed by Graduate
Division.  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.

Also: Please find attached our advice for writing a strong proposal. I
apologize for neglecting to attach it in my original email.

See below for additional details.

All the best,
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

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 5:57 PM Marissa Brookes <mbrookes at ucr.edu> wrote:

> 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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