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The Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Fellowship is awarded annually to incoming students in one of our seven Hajim PhD programs who have demonstrated a dedication to the pursuit of knowledge through exceptional work in their field of interest. Candidates are chosen by a committee of faculty members based on their program application. Final award decisions are made by the Arts, Sciences and Engineering dean of graduate education.

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The LLE Scholarships were established for the purpose of recruiting and retaining a diverse body of graduate students to participate in High Energy Physics (HEDP) science including Inertial Confinement Fusion and directly related technological fields such as lasers, optics, and system engineering. The LLE Scholarships are provided to graduate students who meet the following criteria:

• Identify as Black/African American, Black LatinX, Black Hispanic, Indigenous/Native American, Alaskan, Hawaiian, or who otherwise fall into categories of students that are underrepresented* in HEDP fields at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é
• Are matriculated or have been admitted into one of the academic departments within the college of AS&E
• Are carrying out studies and/or research in the areas described above

*These categories may be defined be socioeconomic status, gender, disability, and other potential factors.

The LLE HEDP Minority Scholarship will provide its recipient with an annual amount of $5,000 per year with a maximum of five years. If you are interested in applying to one of our programs and receiving the LLE HEDP Minority Scholarship please .

The Paul F. Slattery Fellowship is aimed at supporting students who have shown exemplary academic achievements in the humanities.

It is awarded annually to students who have been admitted into one of the following graduate programs at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é:

• English
• Visual and Cultural Studies
• Philosophy
• History

Nominations for the Slattery fellowship are made by departments based on application review and awarded by the Arts, Science and Engineering dean of gradate education.

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The goal of the Provost Fellowship is to broaden and increase the diversity of our graduate students in doctoral programs by attracting promising students from backgrounds that have been historically underrepresented in a particular discipline.

Students are nominated by departments based on their application review. Nominees must be US citizens or permanent residents. Specific criteria for determining diversity and selecting nominees will depend on each program, but may include ethnicity, race, gender, or disability.

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The Provost Promise Fellowship recognizes exceptionally worthy PhD applicants who come from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in higher education, who are intellectually curious and fiercely persistent, possess attributes which may fall outside of more traditional admissions criteria, and who may be perfectly situated to contribute to the rich learning environments we wish to cultivate and sustain at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é.

As such, these fellows possess immense promise with respect to contributions to scholarship and research during graduate training and as future members of the academy. In addition, admitting departments and programs promise to provide fellows individualized support, guidance, and training to maximize their individual and professional development.

Students are nominated by departments based on their application review. Nominees must be US citizens or permanent residents. Specific criteria for determining diversity and selecting nominees will depend on each program, but may include ethnicity, race, gender, or disabilities.

If you are interested in applying to one of our programs and receiving the Provost Promise Fellowship please .

Dr. Theresa Chen ’74 completed her PhD in pharmacology from the School of Medicine and Dentistry and Dr. Robert Jyr Chen ’73 (PhD) completed his studies at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é’s engineering school in materials sciences. Dr. Chen has established this legacy fund in memory of her husband. The goal of this fellowship is to benefit graduate students in engineering who have financial need. In particular, this annually awarded scholarship aims to help students from foreign countries to pursue their goal of a master’s or PhD degree in materials science at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é.

Students interested in applying for the Chen Fellowship should complete the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é’s for their program of interest. Nominations will be made by individual departments based on application review. Preference will be given to students that previously completed a degree at National Taiwan University and who are studying at the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é for an advanced degree in materials science.

The Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fellowship is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é.

Robert L. Sproull was a distinguished physicist and was the University’s seventh president. While in office, he oversaw significant growth of degree programs, faculty size, laboratories, hospital facilities, and other campus structures. The fellowship program named in his honor reflects his commitment to intellectual excellence.

Each year 10 to 12 incoming PhD students are awarded the Sproull Fellowship. These students are nominated by a committee of faculty members and the final selection is made by the University dean of graduate studies.

If you are interested in applying to one of our programs and receiving the Sproull Fellowship, please .

This fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding PhD students in the humanities in their fifth or sixth year of study. Faculty from the English, visual and cultural studies, and philosophy departments nominate students, and the Arts, Sciences & Engineering dean of graduate education awards the fellowships.

The Donald M. and Janet C. Barnard Fellowship was created for PhD students in one of the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é’s engineering or natural science disciplines. The goal of this fellowship is to recognize outstanding achievement for one of our graduate students in these fields, as evidenced through their coursework and dissertation research work.

The fellowship provides a top-off to the student’s existing stipend, as well as a tuition award, and is for a one-year duration.

Nominations for this fellowship are solicited from programs in engineering and the natural sciences, including:

• Biology
• Biomedical engineering
• Brain and cognitive sciences
• Chemical engineering
• Chemistry
• Computer science
• Earth and environmental sciences
• Electrical and computer engineering
• Materials science
• Mathematics
• Mechanical engineering
• Optics
• Physics

Each program is allowed to nominate one PhD student in their second or third year of graduate study.

All nominations are evaluated, and the awardees selected by the dean of graduate education. Evaluation is based on documented record of outstanding academic and research achievement as well as evidence of leadership; mentoring and teaching accomplishments; engagement with the field; and any outreach to the community.

Provided through an alumni donor, this grant allows humanities graduate students to participate in many professional development opportunities, like attending professional conferences to build your own networks and obtaining knowledge to assist you in your career goals, skills-building opportunities, etc.

Please note the following when considering applying to this opportunity:

• Only humanities graduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences will be considered for this opportunity.
• This is a separate application from the AS&E Supplemental Professional Development Funding Program.
• Students selected can receive up to 500 dollars.
• If you are applying for both the AS&E Supplemental Professional Development Funding Program and the Humanities Professional Development Grant, you will only be able to be awarded by one of these opportunities.

Interested students can . Deadline for completing applications to the Humanities Professional Development Fund is Friday, September 13.

Contact the GEPA office via email at ASEGEPA@rochester.edu if you have any questions. 

Many PhD candidates pursue field research in support of their dissertations. This extends their time-to-degree in some cases, beyond what the program normally covers for its PhD students. In order to support our top PhD candidates in this situation and to provide them with the necessary support to finish writing up their dissertation research, the ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é Arts, Sciences and Engineering Office of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs offers the Dean’s Post-field Research Dissertation Write-up Fellowships to our strongest PhD candidates in economics and political science.

Students are nominated by their departments and the final decision is made by the AS&E dean of graduate education.