Privately-Funded Fellowships, 2009-10

These Fellowships are supported by endowed income from wills and trusts, or gifts from organizations or individuals. Recipients are expected to register for credit in the Graduate School during the tenure of the award. Available only to currently enrolled graduate students. Deadline: 12 noon, December 1 (if deadline falls on a weekend, then the following Monday).

Recipients of 2008-09 Endowed Fellowships

 

Alexander and Lydia Anderson Fellowship Preference for students who have completed either a bachelor's or a master's degree at the University of Minnesota by no later than the end of the 2009 Spring Semester.  Must be graduate students in 2009-2010 in the plant or animal sciences - e.g., animal sciences, ecology, forestry, and plant pathology - with preference given to students involved in basic research,  May be used for study or research in summer or during the academic year.  Up to three awards.  Summer stipend:  Up to $3,000 and/or research grant of up to $3,000. Application Instructions Application
Carolyn M. Crosby Fellowship Available to graduate students engaged in field-based plant biology investigation.  May be used for independent field research or study at a field facility such as the Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station.  Up to three awards.  Summer stipend:  Up to $3,000 and/or research grant of up to $3,000. Application Instructions Application
Norman Johnston DeWitt Fellowship For advanced graduate students in the humanities.  Relevant programs may nominate one student.  One award.  Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship Open to women doctoral students in the natural or physical sciences and engineering where women are underrepresented (i.e., less than 50%) in the graduate program. Up to two awards. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Enrollment Statistics by Program Application Instructions Application
Stanwood Johnston Fellowship For graduate students in biochemistry, chemistry, geology, geophysics, microbiology, or physics. One award. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship For graduate students in biochemistry, chemistry, or biomedical sciences.  One award.  Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Harold Leonard Memorial Fellowship in Film Study Open to graduate students proposing a year of well-defined research or study in film history, criticism, theory, or aesthetics. Up to two awards. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Eva O. Miller Fellowship For graduate students in the broad areas of psychology or statistics and measurement. Students apply in one of two categories: 1) for students in the beginning stages of their graduate career (eligible students may apply in their first or second year of Graduate School, or 2) for students who are in the intermediate or advanced phase of their program at the time of application, usually in their third year or later. One award. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Thomas H. Shevlin Fellowship For graduate students in the biological and agricultural sciences, basic physical and medical sciences, and liberal arts. Relevant programs may nominate one student. One award. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
William Stout Fellowship For graduate students in the humanities or social sciences who are in the intermediate years of the Ph.D. (i.e., normally students currently in their second or third year of graduate study). Relevant graduate programs that offer the Ph.D. may nominate one student. Up to two awards. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Thomas Wallace Fellowship For graduate students in the humanities or social sciences who are in the intermediate years of the Ph.D. (i.e., normally students currently in their second or third year of graduate study). Relevant graduate programs that offer the Ph.D. may nominate one student. One award. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application
Mark and Judy Yudof Fellowship Open to graduate students (master’s or Ph.D.) pursuing interdisciplinary work whose content is focused in the areas of science policy and ethics. One award. Stipend: $22,000, plus tuition. Application Instructions Application