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Fellowships

Fellowships are awards that typically require no service. Most fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and potential for scholarship.

The following awards for 2009-2010 are offered through the Graduate School:

Application deadline: February 20, 2009

Admission deadline: March 27, 2009


  • 2009 Graduate Diversity Enhancement Fellowships - The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Graduate School is accepting applications for a graduate fellowship designed to promote the educational and related benefits of a diverse graduate student body. This fellowship will provide financial support to first-time enrolled graduate students demonstrating significant potential to contribute to the educational mission of the Graduate School by presenting one or more of a wide range of diverse attributes. The Graduate School seeks to recruit, enroll, and retain qualified students who will benefit from educational and social interactions with peers who come from different backgrounds and who have different life experiences, perspectives, and goals. The Fellowship Application deadline is February 20, 2009. For additional information about the fellowship, application procedures and forms please click here.
  • 2009 Lori Mayer Re-Entry Women's Graduate Fellowships - open to entering graduate women students who are U.S. citizens, 27 years of age or older, and who have been out of a formal educational program for at least five years. Awards $7,000 stipend for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. Requires admission to degree program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and to the Graduate School no later than March 27, 2009. The Fellowship Application deadline is February 20, 2009. For additional information about the fellowship, application procedures and forms please click here.
  • 2009 Bruce Painter and Eva Woody Seaton Memorial Graduate Fellowships - open to graduate applicants who demonstrate successful academic and professional performance. Only students in their first semester of graduate work as degree-seeking students are eligible. The award will provide a $5,000 stipend, paid over 10 months during Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 for full-time study in a graduate program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Requires admission into degree program and to the Graduate School. The Fellowship Application deadline is February 20, 2009. For additional information about the fellowship, application procedures and forms please click here
  • 2009 Yates Dissertation Fellowships - open to University of Tennessee, Knoxville graduate students in good standing who will have completed admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree and will have reached dissertation stage prior to Fall 2009. Awards of $15,000 paid in monthly installments from August 2009 through May 2010. The Fellowship Application deadline is February 20, 2009. For additional information about the fellowship, application procedures and forms please click here.
  • 2009 J. Wallace & Katie Dean Graduate Fellowships - This fellowship is available to students only through a nomination process. Prospective students may not obtain application for the fellowhip from the Graduate School. To be eligible, the nominee must be a first-time enrollee in Fall 2009 in a graduate degree program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Awards will be made to selected students who are nominated by academic departments* offering graduate programs. Nominees must be fully admitted (Fall 2009) graduate students who will be engaged in full-time graduate study at UTK. Stipend of $15,000. Applications are only available through academic departments*. Students must return the completed fellowship application materials to the Graduate Program Director in the academic department* no later than February 20, 2009. Awardees must be admitted to graduate program prior to March 27, 2009 to be eligible for nomination.
  • 2009 Herman E. Spivey Graduate Fellowships - This fellowship is available to students only through a nomination process. Prospective students may not obtain application for the fellowhip from the Graduate School. To be eligible, the nominee must be a first-time enrollee in Fall 2009 in a graduate degree program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Awards will be made to selected students who are nominated by academic departments* offering programs in humanities, including Art, English, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre. Nominees must be fully admitted (Fall 2009) graduate students who will be engaged in full-time graduate study at UTK. Stipend of $15,000. Awarded on merit. Applications are only available through academic departments*. Students must return the completed fellowship application materials to the Graduate Program Director in the academic department* no later than February 20, 2009. Awardees must be admitted to graduate program prior to March 27, 2009 to be eligible for nomination.

* Departments may retrieve applications for the 2009 J. Wallace & Katie Dean Graduate Fellowships and 2009 Herman E. Spivey Graduate Fellowships through the Graduate School Blackboard site. Graduate Program Director will choose nominee and submit all required materials to the Graduate School by March 6, 2009. Departments must provide a graduate assistantship (GA, GTA, or GRA) of at least 25% FTE for nominee of Dean and Spivey fellowships. For questions, contact gradschool@utk.edu.


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External Fellowships and Grants:

  • The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans - The Soros Fellowship for New Americans support 30 individuals a year for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the United States. Students already in the graduate study are eligible, though not past their second year. The Fellowship provides $20,000 maintenance and half tuition (up to a maximum of $16,000 per academic year) wherever the Fellow attends. Interested candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized parents. The deadline for the application is November 1, 2009 and recipients will be announced in February 2010. For more information about the fellowship visit http://www.pdsoros.org
  • 2009 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships - The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is accepting applications for the 2008 Phi Kapppa Phi Fellowhip competition. The Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship program awards $380,000 annually to 100 Fellowship recipients; sixty (60) Fellowships at $5000 and forty (40) Awards of Excellence at $2,000 each. The Fellowship program is designed to provide support to active Phi Kappa Phi members or prospective members as they prepare to enter graduate or professional studies in the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year. One requirement is that the applicant may not have earned more than a semester of graduate credits. Applications and other materials can be downloaded from the website, http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/scholarships/
    graduatefellowship.html    . For any additional information, please contact Society Headquarters at 1-800-804-9880 or e-mail at fellows@phikappaphi.org. The Fellowship Application deadline is February 01, 2009.
  • 2009 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching - Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships are sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies. The stipend and allowances includes: Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years; Dissertation--$21,000 for one year; Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution; Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows. Eligibility Requirements for the fellowship are : U.S. citizen or national ; Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social sciences, or humanities. Application Deadline Dates :Predoctoral: November 14, 2008; Dissertation: November 28, 2008; Postdoctoral: November 28, 2008. Full eligibility information and on-line applications are available on the National Academies Web site at: http://nationalacademies.org/fellowships. For further information please contact: Fellowships Office, K576 National Research Council of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 ;Phone: (202) 334-2872; Fax: (202) 334-3419; E-mail: infofell@nas.edu
  • 2009 Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) - The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE NNSA) sponsors a fellowship program to address the nation's continuing needs in the areas of Properties of Materials under Extreme Conditions; High-Energy-Density Physics; and Low-Energy Nuclear Science. The fellowship program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in the areas of interest to the Stewardship Science program. Fellows also participate in research at a Department of Energy laboratory. Applications are now being accepted for the fellowship. The stipend and allowances includes: Yearly stipend of $32,400, payment of all tuition and fees and $1000 yearly academic allowance. The Fellowship Application deadline is January 21, 2009. For application materials or additional information about program policies and guidelines visit www.krellinst.org/ssgf. Application materials can be downloaded from the Krell Institute website at https://krellinst.org/ssgf/application.
  • Rotary World Peace Fellowships - These scholarships/fellowships are designed to support individuals pursuing a 1-2 year master’s degree program or a short-term certificate in international relations, sustainable development, peace studies, and conflict resolution. For additional information about program policies and guidelines click here. Application materials and additional information can be found at www.rotary.org. In addition, also check the application announcement released on January 2009.
  • Rotary Grants for College and University Teachers - These grants are awarded to higher education faculty members to teach at colleges or universities of their choice in a developing nation. Two types of grants are available: 3-5 month grants: $12,500, 6-10 month grants: $22,500. For additional information about program policies and guidelines click here. Application materials and additional information can be found at www.rotary.org. In addition, also check the application announcement released on January 2009.
  • Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant - Elderhostel invites applications from doctoral candidates researching lifelong or later-life learning for the Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant. This $5,000 grant is awarded annually to a student in various disciplines including, but not limited to, psychology, education, gerontology, cognitive studies, neuroscience, leisure studies, aging and social work. Because the selection committee requires an abstract and description of your current research, you must already be engaged in your dissertation research. The Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant recipient will be determined by a selection committee consisting of professors, practitioners and other leaders in the field of lifelong learning. The recipient will be announced in June 2009. For further information, including requirements and the online application, please visit www.elderhostel.org/grants or email at grants@elderhostel.org. The application deadline is Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Excluding the J. Wallace & Katie Dean Graduate Fellowships and the Herman E. Spivey Graduate Fellowships, the graduate fellowship applications for the 2009–2010 academic year are available in INTERACTIVE PDF format, which allows you to download and fill them out online. In order to complete interactive forms, please read the following special instructions carefully.


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Special instructions for completing/printing INTERACTIVE PDF forms


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