Louisiana Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship Program

Louisiana Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship Program is sponsored by Louisiana Board of Regents. Provides fellowships to outstanding graduate students pursuing advanced degrees at Louisiana institutions.

Fellowships are an essential source of funding designed to help graduate students meet their educational and research expenses. The Graduate School awards the Dissertation Fellowship, Huel D. Perkins Doctoral Fellowship, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fellowship, and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Emerging Voices Fellowship.

Other fellowships are awarded institutionally by academic college and department committees, while external agencies award others. Learn more about fellowships awarded by the Grad School and external fellowships below. In addition to the possibility of getting funded, the fellowship application process itself can be an important experience in your academic and professional development.

It will help you learn to articulate "your case" in a convincing way, including presenting your credentials, goals for study and research, and letters of recommendation. Fellowship applications can also serve as a personal progress check for your graduate career, helping you identify areas that should be enhanced or developed.

The InfoReady System allows for access and submission of: petitions for a student to hold a Graduate Assistantship while on probation submission of applications for graduate student awards fellowships and additional compensation requests submission of requests for non-Graduate Faculty members to serve on a student's committee nominations to the Graduate Faculty as an Affiliate (Research and/or Professional) other Graduate School resources and forms profellow fellowships database public service job directory spin grants database Ama residency & fellowship database andrew w.

mellon foundation grants database All nominations must be submitted by the department using our online system. Nominating department’s internal deadline for nominations will be earlier. It is to the applicant’s advantage to submit materials for this fellowship as early as possible.

Departments must evaluate and select the top nominations for submission to the Graduate School. The Dissertation Year Fellowship is a competitive Fellowship that is awarded to high-achieving PhD/Doctoral candidates who are in their final academic year of study.

The goal of the Fellowship program is to award high-achieving PhD/Doctoral candidate with an academic year Fellowship that allows the student to focus completely on writing and defending a dissertation or doctoral project that is of the highest quality. Therefore, the Dissertation Year Fellowships provide a stipend, tuition exemption, and non-resident fee waiver, if applicable, to students to complete their dissertations.

The deadline for nominations from the department is generally in early Spring. Interested students should contact their departments in the Fall to find out more information about the submission process. Departments can access the most updated deadlines our InfoReady Award Portal.

Students receiving this fellowship must meet the standards established by the Graduate School. These include a cumulative LSU Graduate GPA 3. 5 or greater.

At the time of application, student must have already passed a Graduate School milestone exam (general defense, comprehensive exam, or specialty exam) and, if applicable, completion of an approved prospectus in your Department. The required milestone exam form must be submitted to the Graduate School prior to the student starting the Fellowship. Stipend = $25,000.

The award is valid for the contract period or until student graduates, The recipient must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student in a degree program, and must make satisfactory progress to continue in the award.

Students must maintain full-time (9 hours in Fall and Spring) enrollment in dissertation credits or a combination of dissertation hours and other coursework associated with the Practicum/Internship and /or their chosen Minor to receive the award. Recipients are exempt from resident tuition, associated fees, and non-resident fee (if applicable) depending on appointment dates.

Students must be full time enrolled and on the fellowship on or before the last day to add courses to receive these exemptions. The student may not hold any other graduate fellowship or award. Other campus employment Teaching is not allowed while on this fellowship.

Must devote full time to the completion of their degree. Any exception to these requirements must be approved by the Office of the Dean of the LSU Graduate School or higher campus authority.

Future Scholars Initiative The LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School Future Scholars Initiative aims to remove barriers to graduate education while providing holistic support and resources essential for the successful completion of doctoral and professional programs.

This premier initiative seeks to produce the next generation of highly-trained professionals, scientists, engineers, and scholars from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who will become leaders within academia, industry, non-profit, and governmental sectors.

Monthly Personal and Professional Development Mentorship Networks including Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, and Sector Professionals Individual Development Plan Annual Intensive Summer Bootcamps Doctoral Career Exploration The deadline for nomination from the students is generally in early Spring.

The Graduate School will deploy a messaging and reply process within Slate by which all applicants to all degree programs will be informed about the Future Scholars opportunity. Students receiving this fellowship must meet the standards established by the Graduate A cumulative LSU Graduate GPA 3.

0 or greater Departmentally provided graduate assistantship Domestic or permanent residency Student must have a Graduate Assistantship Stipend: Scholars receive $14,000 per year in addition to the graduate assistantship financial The GEM Fellowship is to promote the benefits of a masters degree within industry.

GEM Fellows are provided practical engineering summer work experiences through an employer sponsor and a portable academic year fellowship of tuition, fees, and a stipend. GRFP (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program) The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.

NSF actively encourages the submission of applications from the full spectrum of talent that the US has to offer. Fellows share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are Fellowships provide the student with a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution).

Access to opportunities for professional development available to NSF-supported graduate Students receiving this fellowship must meet the standards established by the Graduate School. These include a cumulative LSU Graduate GPA 3. 5 or greater.

At the time of application, student must have already passed a Graduate School milestone exam (general defense, comprehensive exam, or specialty exam) and, if applicable, completion of an approved prospectus in your Department.

The required milestone exam form must be submitted to the Graduate School prior to the student starting the Fellowship Proposals are usually due to the National Science Foundation in mid-October; however, the Graduate School urges interested students to visit the NSF GRFP website for up-to-date information about submission deadlines.

The Graduate School also encourages interested students to visit the LSU Discover website for up-to-date information about eligibility, deadlines, and LSU support.

A research proposal must be submitted directly to the National Science Foundation The Graduate School encourages interested students to visit the LSU Discover website for information about eligibility and a listing of LSU-sponsored workshops to help you write a competitive proposal. Huel D. Perkins Doctoral Fellowship Huel D.

Perkins Fellowships are intended to support LSU’s goal of sustaining a more engaged student body who earn PhD/Doctoral degrees. The Fellowship provides four years of funding at $25,000 per year and carries a tuition and non-resident fee waiver. Stipend: $25,000 (12 month) The Fellowships can be continued for up to four consecutive years if funding is available.

Departments should plan to continue Fellowships from other funding sources for students who take longer than four years to complete their terminal degree. Students are exempt from tuition, associated fees, and non-resident fees (if applicable). Students cannot hold other graduate fellowships, assistantships, or awards while on this fellowship.

However, Perkins Fellowships can be supplemented by the department. Fellows are appointed on a fiscal-year basis and must enroll as a full-time student for Summer as well as for Fall and Spring semesters. Click on the InfoReady Portal link for more information regarding details and deadlines.

The deadline for nominations from the department to be received by the Graduate School is generally in early Spring. Departments can access the most updated deadlines our InfoReady Award Portal. All nomination materials must be submitted via our InfoReady Award Portal.

Admission Eligibility Requirements Students must meet the standards established by the Graduate School: Must have an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3. 0. [This GPA is calculated based on the GPA earned at ALL undergraduate institutions that the nominee has attended.]

Strong letters of recommendation from persons knowledgeable of the nominee’s academic Students must be an entering doctoral student at the time of the award. Note: LSU Masters students who are transitioning to PhD/Doctoral programs in the same academic Department are NOT eligible. Departments must submit candidates for consideration.

Departments with up to 50 Ph. D. students can submit two (2) nominations; those with 51-100 Ph.

D. students can submit three (3) nominations, and those with more than 100 Ph. D.

students can submit four Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fellowship SREB Fellowships are intended to support the LSU and national goal of increasing the number of PhD candidates who seek careers as faculty on college campuses. Stipend: up to $25,000 (12 month) with $10K from Board of Regents, $10K from Graduate School and $5000 from Department in the form of a 25% GA appointment.

The SREB award is for three years, if funding is available. The award is valid for the contract period or until the student graduates, whichever Students are exempt from tuition, associated fees, and non-resident fees (if applicable). Students should hold a departmentally supported 25% FTE graduate assistantship while The deadline for nominations from the department is generally in early Spring.

Interested students should contact their departments in the Fall to find out more information about the submission process. Departments can access the most updated deadlines our InfoReady Award Portal. Fellows are appointed on a fiscal-year basis and must enroll as a full-time student for Summer as well as for Fall and Spring semesters.

While a tuition exemption is provided for both resident tuition and non-resident fees, students are responsible for paying any other applicable University fees. SREB Fellowships can be supplemented by the department.

The Fellowships can be continued for up to three consecutive years if funding is available; departments should plan to continue Fellowships from other funding sources for students who take longer than three years to complete their terminal Each student (up to two (2) fellowships awarded) will receive a stipend of $10,000 per year from the Louisiana Board of Regents.

This stipend amount is comparable to other fellowship stipends offered at LSU and by our peer institutions and is necessary to remain competitive with other universities. The LSU Graduate School will provide a $15,000 per year enhancement to each of the two fellowships as institutional match . This raises the actual stipend level to $25,000 per year.

This stipend level ($25,000) matches the general range of stipends provided by our peer institutions in the U.S. Tuition exemptions will be provided as institutional match at the rate of $10,930 For eligibility information, please refer to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fellowship website .

The student’s statement of interest (available as part of the applicant’s graduate Letter of recommendation from a faculty member from the applicant’s undergraduate institution who has first-hand knowledge of the student’s potential that should be pulled from the student’s graduate application (available as part of the applicant’s graduate application in Slate).

Nomination letter from the Chair of Department to which the student is applying explaining the student’s academic and non-academic strengths and how this student will contribute Office of Research and Economic Development the SPIN Grants database .

American Medical Association Residency & Fellowship Database The AMA Residency & Fellowship Database offers information on more than 10,000 fellowship opportunities, which are all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Profellow Fellowships Database The Profellow Fellowships Database offers information on more than 1,000 fellowships.

Public Service Job Directory The Public Service Job Directory allows users to search for research and academic fellowships, organizational fellowships and project-based fellowships, all having to do with public service legal opportunities. Select the Explore Advise tab to learn how to use the site to search for fellowship General Email: gradawards@lsu. edu GSA Travel Award Questions: gsatravelaward@lsu.

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