EVA O. MILLER FELLOWSHIP

Instructions to Applicants for Awards in 2010-11

Deadline:  12 noon, December 1, 2009

Eligibility:

For graduate students in the broad areas of psychology or statistics and measurement.  Research projects may include, but are not limited to, the study of individual differences and cognitive aspects of measurement.  Students must be registered for credit in the University of Minnesota Graduate School at the time of application.  (Students are ineligible for a second award.) NOTE:  Typically, students who apply during their first semester have not yet compiled a competitive academic record.  Therefore, preference will be given to those who have completed at least one year of graduate studies at the time of application.

Category 1:  For students in the early stages of their graduate career.

Category 2:  For doctoral students who are in the intermediate or advanced phase of their program at the time of application, usually in their third year or later.

 

Amount:

$22,000 for the academic year, plus tuition and subsidized health insurance for the academic year.  Summer 2011 health insurance will be provided if the Fellow remains eligible.  Up to three awards.

 

Application Procedure:

Submit four sets (collated and stapled) of the application form and supporting documents, in the following order:

1)  Application form, signed and dated.

• Application available online at http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/applications.

2)  Research proposal, including title of project.

• Up to three pages, double-spaced, 12 point type, with margins not less than one inch, and title of project at top of page.
• Your proposal should describe the research or project you plan to pursue in the coming academic year.
• If you choose to include key references, they must fit within the three-page limit.

3)  Personal biographical statement.

• One page, single or double spaced, 12 point type, with margins not less than one inch.
• Your statement should provide an account of the various sources, influences, and previous efforts that led to your choice of academic discipline and research area, while filling in any gaps in your record.  It should offer a picture of your motivation and purpose as well as a description of long-range personal and professional plans and goals.  It should not be an extension of the Research Proposal section.

4a)  A current University of Minnesota graduate transcript.

• You may print a copy of your transcript at http://onestop.umn.edu/onestop/grades.html.

4b)  An explanation of any “Incomplete” grades (if applicable).

In Addition

5)  Two letters of recommendation.

• One of the letters must be from the major advisor.
• Each letter should be no more than one-page, on letterhead, with the recommendation cover sheet attached.
• Letters should be sent directly to the Graduate Fellowship Office for duplication (314 Johnston Hall).  Or, applicants may bring sealed envelopes directly to the Fellowship Office.
• No more than two recommendations will be forwarded to the committee.

Please Note

Since the selection committee reviews only applications that are complete in every detail, students should verify with the Graduate School Fellowship Office that all required supporting materials (two letters) have been received.

 

Selection Criteria:

The review and selection will be conducted by University of Minnesota faculty, which will select the awardees based on the following criteria:

• the strength of the overall academic record;
• the timeliness of progress toward the degree;
• the cohesiveness of the study or research plan and the clarity with which it is conveyed to the non-specialist; and
• the strength of the letters of recommendation.

 

Award Policy:

Duplicate Awards - Recipients may not hold concurrently a second fellowship, scholarship, grant, or similar award that duplicates the benefits of the Fellowship.

Supplementation - Recipients may hold concurrently a graduate assistantship of up to 25% time without reduction in the Fellowship stipend.  Likewise, recipients may hold concurrently a non-Graduate School-administered fellowship, scholarship, grant, or similar award, or outside employment, provided it does not exceed the value of a 25%-time assistantship in the student’s department.  Any additional support, in whatever combination, may not exceed the dollar value of a 25% assistantship in any given semester. 
 
Terms of Award - Although recipients need not be in residence during the tenure of the fellowship, they must be registered for credit in the Graduate School both semesters of the academic year.

 

Notification:

Students will be notified of the outcome, in writing, by the end of March.

 

 

 

	Questions? Graduate School Fellowship Office 314 Johnston Hall 101 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN  55455 Phone: (612) 625-7579 Fax: (612) 625-6820 gsfellow@umn.edu