Graduate Fellowships

Graduate Fellowships

The Graduate School offers a number of graduate fellowships. The number varies depending on the funds available for these awards each year. All awards of this type are highly competitive based upon scholarship, scores on standardized tests, and potential for success in graduate study.

Graduate School fellowships include a tuition scholarship. Fellows may not hold jobs outside the University, since the purpose of the fellowship is to provide students with an opportunity to devote full time to their graduate studies and research rather than work part time at a job and part time at studies. There may be a training assignment if this has been outlined at the time of the appointment. Fellowship awardees must remain on campus as fulfillment of their award except with permission by the graduate dean.

Applicants must be fully admissible and fully qualified. Fellowship holders will be required to register for 9 hours of graduate hours in the fall and spring semesters and 3 hours of graduate credit in the summer semesters.

Deadline dates vary. Guidelines and application materials can be obtained from departments or the Graduate School.

Master's Fellowship

Master's Fellowship is a one-time award at the master's degree level that is designed for those nominees who show the greatest promise for scholarly and professional achievement in their respective disciplines. The fellowship will be awarded for three semesters, fall, spring, and summer for a total of eleven (11) months. The Master's Fellowship pays a monthly stipend and provides a tuition scholarship for fall, spring, and summer. Master's students are not allowed to hold more than two calendar years (24 months) of financial support of all types.

Nominees must be fully admissible to a graduate master's degree program and must meet one of the following criteria:

• An overall undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.40 (A=4.0); or
• An undergraduate grade point average for the last two years of at least 3.50 (A=4.0); or
• A score at or above the 75th percentile on a standardized test such as the GRE, MAT, or GMAT

Doctoral Fellowship is designed for those nominees who show the greatest promise for scholarly and professional achievement in their respective disciplines at the doctoral level. It is renewable for another year contingent upon eligibility. Fellowships will be awarded for three semesters, fall, spring, and summer for a total of eleven (11) months. The Doctoral Fellowship pays a monthly stipend and provides a tuition scholarship for fall, spring, and summer. Doctoral students have a limit of 4 calendar years (48 months) of financial support of all types. Doctoral students are also limited to two years of financial support of any combination of doctoral fellowship or dissertation research assistantship. Morris fellow holders are ineligible to apply for a Doctoral fellowship award.

Nominees must be fully admissible to a graduate doctoral degree program and must meet the following criteria:

• An overall undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 (A=4.0) or
• A grade point average for the last two years of work in the bachelor's degree of 3.5 (A=4.0) AND
• An overall graduate grade point average of at least 3.7 (A=4.0) or
• A score in the 75th percentile or higher on a standard test such as the GRE, MAT or GMAT

The Delyte and Dorothy Morris doctoral fellowships have been established by Southern Illinois University Carbondale to honor a distinguished former president and his wife. During Dr. Morris' tenure as president (1949-71) the University grew to be a comprehensive research institution and established doctoral programs in twenty-two fields, now twenty-seven fields.

The Morris Doctoral Fellowship is designed for those nominees who are new to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). This fellowship is intended for applicants who possess exceptional credentials as indicated by high scholastic standing, excellent scored on standardized tests, outstanding recommendations, and evidence of significant potential for research and publication.

Nominees must be fully admissible to a graduate doctoral degree program and must meet the following criteria:

• An overall undergraduate grade-point average of at least 3.25 (A=4.0) or
• A grade point average for the last two years in the bachelor's degree of 3.5 (A=4.0) AND
• If prior graduate study has been undertaken, must have an overall graduate grade-point average of at least 3.75 (A=4.0) AND
• Must have a score in the 75th percentile or higher on a standard test such as the GRE, MAT, or GMAT AND
• May not already be enrolled in a doctoral program and may have no previous enrollment at SIUC

Questions regarding the Graduate Assistantship\Fellowship Office: Contact gaoffice@siu.edu