<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear POSC Graduate Students,</div><div><br></div><div>This is a reminder of the call for applications and upcoming deadline (<b>internal deadline: Monday, December 23</b>) for Graduate Division's competitive fellowship awards for 2024-25. See below.</div><div><br></div><div>Those applying should <b><u>also email application materials directly to me</u></b> (<a href="mailto:mbrookes@ucr.edu">mbrookes@ucr.edu</a>) in addition to uploading them via the link in case there are any issues with the online system.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays,</div><div>MB</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">--</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Marissa Brookes</span><br></div>Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,</div><div dir="ltr">Department of Political Science</div><div>Faculty Co-Director, Inland Empire Labor and Community Center</div><div dir="ltr">University of California, Riverside</div><div dir="ltr">Watkins 2223<br>(951) 827-5510<br><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM Marissa Brookes <<a href="mailto:mbrookes@ucr.edu">mbrookes@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear POSC Graduate Students,<br><br>I am writing to inform you of the call for applications and upcoming deadline (<b>internal deadline: Monday, December 23</b>) for Graduate Division's competitive fellowship awards for 2024-25. These competitive awards are for continuing students to receive recognition for their outstanding achievements and support them to graduate. The purpose of these programs is to relieve students of teaching or equivalent work so that they may focus on their dissertations and complete their PhDs in a timely manner. 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: the DCFA, the DYP, and the DD-HSI.</div><div><br></div><div>This year there is one link for students to apply for all fellowship:<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"> </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify;color:blue"><u><a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps" id="m_982467601601107865m_-2678253628823490709OWAe9d473a7-78f1-7bd2-128d-6158088eb197" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps</a></u></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">  </span></div><div><br></div><div>Attached to this email is a document from Graduate Division that provides more information on eligibility. Please read the attachment as well.</div><div>  <br><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:red">Dissertation Completion Fellowship Awards (DCFAs)</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">These awards support PhD students to complete their degrees <u>this</u> current academic year.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><u>The students must already be well into the process of writing their dissertations and ready to <b>graduate within the timeframe of the award.</b> Failure to graduate by the end of this academic year (Spring 2025 or Summer 2025) may result in Graduate Division barring the department from all future DCFA nominates until all of our DCFA recipients graduate. Please only apply to this award if you are sure you are going to graduate by the end of this academic year.</u></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">This award provides support for up to 2 quarters and must be used in the Spring and/or Summer of 2025.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Students will not be eligible for any UCR employment after this award.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Students will receive $10,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition. </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">These awards ONLY support students who will complete their degree this current academic year. </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">The Political Science Department is allowed to nominate <b>up to 3 </b>students<b> </b>for DCFAs; however, Graduate Division </span>expects to support <b>only ~50% </b>of nominations across campus.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Applications require a <b>1 page max. research statement,</b> a <b>detailed timeline</b> (see example in the attached doc), <u>and<b> a letter of </b></u></span><u><b>recommendation </b>from their dissertation advisor including their explicit acknowledgement of your plans to graduate within the award period</u>.</li></ul><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="text-align:start">Again, I want to draw your attention to new language by Graduative Division in their call for applications that specifies the following: </span><b style="text-align:start">"Any programs that do not graduate previous DCFA recipients are not eligible to nominate students in the next award cycle."</b></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:red">Dissertation Year Fellowship Awards (DYFAs)</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">These fellowships support PhD students for 3 quarters with a $12,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition. </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">These awards <u>ONLY</u> support outstanding students <u>going into</u> their <u>final</u> year of their PhD starting in the next academic year (2025/26).</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">The Political Science Department may only nominate <b>1</b> student for this award.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Only 3 students (across campus) will receive this award.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Applications require a <b>2 page max. research statement,</b> a <b>diversity statement</b>, and <b>2 letters of recommendation.</b></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Please use this link to submit your application: </span>DYFA:<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> <a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYFA_Award_App" title="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYFA_Award_App" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYFA_Award_App</span></a></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:red">DD-HSI Pre-Professoriate Fellowship Award</span></u><span style="color:red"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">The DD-HSI awards have not changed.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">The fellowship supports outstanding students with 3 quarters at $12,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition and comes with a $10,000 grant. </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Eligibility for these awards <b>requires a terminal degree from a Californian HSI.</b> This includes UCR. For the UCOP list, please see: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/graduate-studies/_files/list-of-ca-hsis.pdf" title="https://www.ucop.edu/graduate-studies/_files/list-of-ca-hsis.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,120,215)">https://www.ucop.edu/graduate-studies/_files/list-of-ca-hsis.pdf</span></a></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">A Masters degree from within a PhD program does <u><b>not</b></u> qualify.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Our department has the opportunity to nominate 1 student for this award.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">3 students (across campus) will receive this award.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:black">Applications require a 2 page max. research statement, a diversity statement and 2 letters of recommendation.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please use this link to submit your application: </span>HSI:<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App" title="https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Your applications are due <b><u>no later than 9:00 AM on Monday, December 23</u>. </b>Please note that this date is an internal POSC deadline and therefore <b><u>EARLIER</u></b> than the one listed in the attached PDF.  <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:black">After our internal (departmental) review of applications, we will send our nominations to Graduate Division. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:black">Nominated applications will then be reviewed by faculty on the Graduate Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Please read the attached application guidelines</b><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">thoroughly</b><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> before beginning your application. The Committee emphasizes generating </span></font><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><u>a high-quality proposal</u></b><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">. </span></font>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. In other words, please follow our advice in the attached document, but also keep in mind that research statements should be understandable to, and convey the impact to, faculty outside of POSC. Support for students writing their applications can be found at the GradSuccess Writing Center:<span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"> </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;color:blue"><u><a href="https://gwc.ucr.edu/" id="m_982467601601107865m_-2678253628823490709OWA95e61b59-f9a1-0751-9dc1-614cf209a4e4" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://gwc.ucr.edu/</a> </u></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">We strongly encourage students to submit draft proposals to faculty advisors and incorporate their feedback before submitting their proposals. </span><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Finally, please request your recommendation letter(s) from faculty ASAP.</b></p><div style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div>All the best,<br>MB<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">--</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Marissa Brookes</span><br></div>Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,</div><div dir="ltr">Department of Political Science</div><div>Faculty Co-Director, Inland Empire Labor and Community Center</div><div dir="ltr">University of California, Riverside</div><div dir="ltr">Watkins 2223<br>(951) 827-5510<br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">P.S. See the attached PDF for eligibility criteria. Note that <span style="font-size:12pt"><u>n</u></span><u style="font-size:12pt">ormative time to degree in our department is six years</u><span style="font-size:12pt">.  Therefore, any candidate who would be beyond normative time plus one year (that is, 7 years of enrollment) during their fellowship quarter would </span><u style="font-size:12pt">not</u><span style="font-size:12pt"> 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:</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>If a student is enrolled or on filing fee, these quarters count toward normative time. </p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Students "In absentia" are enrolled, so these quarters count toward normative time. </p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Students on half-time status are enrolled half-time, so these quarters are counted as 0.5 instead of 1. </p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Students on leave, “Ready to Enroll” (RD) status, or Withdrawn are not active; these quarters do not count towards normative time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Before deciding to apply, please calculate your own normative time eligibility correctly, based on the above criteria.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p></div><div>Here is the application link again: <span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify;color:blue"><u><a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps" id="m_982467601601107865m_-2678253628823490709OWAe9d473a7-78f1-7bd2-128d-6158088eb197" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps</a></u></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">  </span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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