Fellowships and Scholarships

A number of fellowship awards are offered to recognize academic superiority and to assist meritorious students in the timely completion of their degree programs. The number of fellowships awarded each year depends upon available funds. For a complete description of available fellowships and scholarships, visit the Graduate Studies Web site at www.graduate.ku.edu.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Graduate Research Assistantships. See Financial Aid in the General Information chapter of this catalog.

Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowships are four-year doctoral fellowships to support outstanding students in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, business, economics, and the biological and pharmaceutical sciences. Self Fellows demonstrate the potential and motivation to become notable leaders and to make significant contributions to their chosen professions and to society as a whole. The award includes a stipend of $24,500 plus full tuition and fees up to 84 hours over the four years. Self Fellows participate in a development program that provides general education and training in communication, management, and leadership to help prepare them for future leadership roles. Self Fellows are selected for their vision, career goals, and achievements to date, and because they have the ability to set and attain goals, leadership motivation and potential, and a strong work ethic. Students must be nominated by their departments. The fellowship is open to U.S. citizens only.

Dwight Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowships. The Eisenhower Institute has invited KU to screen nominations for Dwight Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowships. Awards are made in late April. They help scholars of exceptional leadership complete work for the doctoral degree in such areas as government, history, economics, business administration, and international affairs. Nominees should be preparing their dissertations. Research topics relating to President Eisenhower, the Eisenhower Administration, and issues that were of major concern to him command special attention. The award carries a stipend of $10,000.

Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Awards. The Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation has invited KU to screen nominations for the Eddie Jacobsen Memorial Foundation Scholarship. Awards are made in May. Applicants must be KU undergraduate or graduate students pursuing study in international relations and diplomacy. The foundation places special emphasis on conflict resolution.

Direct Exchange Scholarship Program. KU maintains direct exchange scholarship programs with the University of Birmingham in England; with the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce/University of Clermont-Ferrand in France; with the Universities of Bonn, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hamburg, Kiel, Mainz, and Stuttgart in Germany; with the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, Switzerland; and with the Universities of Nanjing, Nankai, and Zhengzhou in the People’s Republic of China.

Under the agreements with these institutions, KU graduate students receive tuition and an allowance toward maintenance for an academic year of study abroad, and students from the counterpart universities in Europe and China are similarly supported at KU. U.S. students must be enrolled as KU graduate students or graduating seniors (who must gain admission before an award can be made), and each applicant must show how study abroad contributes directly to his or her graduate program. Applicants for study in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the People’s Republic of China must demonstrate satisfactory command of the relevant language. Selection of U.S. scholarship holders is made by the Fulbright/Direct Exchange Scholarship Committee. Application normally is made in the fall for awards in the following academic year. Application forms and detailed information are available from International Programs, www.international.ku.edu/~oip/students/exchange.

Departmental Fellowships and Traineeships. Various graduate departments offer fellowships or traineeships, funded by external agencies. Visit the Web site of your department or program for more information. A complete list of programs can be found at www.graduate.ku.edu/01-02_departments_list.shtml.

Graduate Student Travel Funds. Graduate students enrolled at least half-time at KU are eligible to apply for assistance from the Graduate Student Paper Presenter fund. Graduate students applying to the fund must be presenting a paper or the disciplinary equivalent at a national or regional meeting of a learned or professional society. Additional information and applications are available online at www.graduate.ku..edu/funding/travel/ppf.shtml. The funds for this award are provided by the Graduate Professional Association and Research and Graduate Studies.