Rackham fellowships
The EEB graduate office provides email announcement of these awards to EEB graduate students. Watch for emails regarding deadlines and submission requirements! Detailed information regarding Rackham awards can be found on their website.
Barbour Scholarship
A scholarship program at the University of Michigan for women of the highest academic and professional caliber.
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In 1914 the bequest of Levi L. Barbour established a scholarship program at the University of Michigan for women of the highest academic and professional caliber from the area formerly known as the Orient (encompassing the lands extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and the Philippines in the east) to study modern science, medicine, mathematics and other academic disciplines and professions critical to the development of their native lands. Application materials are due to the EEB office in early December for a mid-January Rackham deadline.
DAAD Scholarships in Germany Exchange Program
An exchange program with the German Academic Exchange Service.
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for advanced study or research abroad in Germany. The scholarship includes tuition, transportation, living expenses, and language training. The Rackham deadline for submission of application materials is mid-September.
Distinguished Dissertation Awards
To recognize exceptional and unusually interesting work produced by doctoral students.
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The purpose of the awards, each of which includes a $1,000 honorarium, is to recognize exceptional and unusually interesting work produced by doctoral students in the last phase of their graduate work. The nominees' overall academic accomplishments will also be taken into account. This special award gives us an opportunity to celebrate the splendid diversity of scholarly interests examined and explored by our talented doctoral students. Students must be nominated by their department and the Rackham deadline for submission of application materials is mid-November.
Graduate Student Emergency Funds
Intended to help meet the financial needs of Rackham graduate students who encounter an emergency situation
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The Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Fund is intended to help meet the financial needs of Rackham graduate students who encounter an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, or unforeseen expenses during their degree program. Application materials are reviewed by Rackham on an on-going basis.
Graduate Student Research Grant
Designed to support Rackham graduate students who need assistance to carry out research.
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The Rackham Graduate School is committed to excellence in graduate education. The Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant is designed to support Rackham graduate students who need assistance to carry out research that advances their progress toward their degree. The grant is intended to defray costs of conducting clearly defined research projects. Application materials are reviewed by Rackham on an on-going basis.
International Research Award (RIRA)
Supports terminal master's and doctoral candidates conducting degree-related research outside the United States.
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The Rackham International Research Awards (RIRA) supports terminal master's and doctoral candidates conducting degree-related research outside the United States and Puerto Rico. Terminal Master's students are those in programs which do not offer a Ph.D. degree, such as an M.F.A.
King-Chavez-Parks Initiative — Future Faculty Fellowship Program
Intended to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education.
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The King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program is funded by the State of Michigan and is intended to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Applications are encouraged from minorities, women, people with disabilities, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations.
Susan Lipschutz, Margaret Ayers Host and Anna Olcott Smith Awards
Established to honor the memory of Dr. Susan Lipschutz, former Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs.
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The Susan Lipschutz Fund for women graduate students was established to honor the memory of Dr. Susan Lipschutz, former Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. Many people in the University community esteemed Susan Lipschutz as a valued colleague, mentor and friend, and as an advocate committed to the support of women students as they pursued their doctoral degrees. The Susan Lipschutz Fund recognizes and supports promising women scholars. Margaret Ayers Host received a Rackham degree in 1942. She studied at Oxford, was President of the Alumni Association, Chair of the Alumnae Council, member of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, and a member of the Rackham Board of Governors. The Margaret Ayers Host Award was established to honor her remarkable contributions as a woman scholar and to the University of Michigan community. Ella Smith Avery made a gift in 1938 in order to honor the memory of her mother and to support women graduate students at the University of Michigan. According to the terms of the gift, the Anna Olcott Smith Fellowship Endowment is intended to aid women graduate students who show "promise of the development of useful original ideas." The Rackham deadline for submission of application materials is the first week of February.
Lurcy Fellowship for Study in France
"seeks to promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of the United States and France, by supporting scholarly activities between members of both societies"
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The Lurcy Trust seeks to promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of the United States and France, by supporting scholarly activities between members of both societies. The award is a stipend in the amount of $15,000, for attending a university in France for an academic year. Applicant must be a US citizen or permanent resident. The Rackham deadline for submission of application materials is mid-October.
Merit Fellowship/ Rackham Science Awards
"recognizes entering students who have outstanding academic qualifications"
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The Rackham Merit Fellowship is competitive and recognizes entering students who have outstanding academic qualifications, show exceptional potential for scholarly success in their graduate program, and demonstrate promise for contributing to wider academic, professional, or civic communities. The fellowship is a full funding package that includes a monthly stipend, full-time tuition, registration fees, health and dental coverage, and some summer stipend support. Students do not apply directly for this fellowship, but are nominated by faculty in their graduate program. Nominees are encouraged to provide their graduate program with relevant information regarding their personal background and life experiences, including educational, cultural, familial, or other opportunities or challenges in their personal statement on the application for admission to the Rackham Graduate School. Nominations are reviewed by faculty committees on an individual basis.
Non-Traditional Fellowship
"aid Michigan residents who return to graduate school after an extended absence"
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The Rackham Graduate School has established the Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship Program to aid Michigan residents who return to graduate school after an extended absence. Because an interruption in schooling may place such students at a disadvantage in competing for financial assistance awarded at the time of admission, these awards help non-traditional students fund their return to formal education. Students must be nominated by their department and Rackham deadline for submission is mid-March.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards
"graduate student instructors may be nominated for this award"
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Graduate students actively pursuing advanced degrees and who have completed at least two full terms (not necessarily consecutive) as Graduate Student Instructors may be nominated for this award.
Graduate students whose second term of teaching will occur during the final semester of their program may be nominated for the next Outstanding GSI competition, even though they may no longer be enrolled at the University by that time. Departments and programs are encouraged to nominate women, minorities and members of other groups historically underrepresented in their disciplines. Students must be nominated by their instructors and all application materials are submitted to Rackham via an on-line process. The Rackham deadline for submission of application materials is late January.
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
For doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are near completion of their degree.
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For doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are near completion of their degree. Stipend of $2,100 / month for 12 months, candidacy tuition for three terms, registration fees, and GradCare. Students must be nominated by their department. Materials are due in the EEB department in early December for a mid-January Rackham submission deadline.
Rackham/International Institute Travel Grant
"to assist Rackham students who are delivering oral papers at international conferences"
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This program is to assist Rackham students who are delivering oral papers at international conferences. Awards are up to $1000 depending on location. Awards are contingent upon availability of funds. Contact the University of Michigan Fellowship and Recruitment Office, 413 E. Huron, 764-8119. Application materials are reviewed by Rackham on an on-going basis.
Regents Fellowship
"to support Rackham interdepartmental programs and designated schools or colleges throughout the University"
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The Rackham Regents' Fellowship Program was created to support Rackham interdepartmental programs and designated schools or colleges throughout the University. The funds are awarded by the graduate programs involved and are to be used as fellowships to support outstanding, incoming doctoral students. Students do not apply directly for these awards.
Yossi Schiff Memorial Scholarship Fund
"Yossi Schiff Awards assist outstanding international students"
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The Yossi Schiff Awards assist outstanding international students. Yossi Schiff received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 2005. Born in Israel and proud of his Jewish heritage, Yossi was an enthusiastic traveler who enjoyed his sojourns in Africa and Southeast Asia. This award honors his memory—his open mind and kind heart, the concern he showed for others, and his passion and curiosity in life. Designed to promote international understanding and offer an educational opportunity to foreign graduate students in need, the Yossi Schiff Memorial Scholarship Fund is a fitting tribute to a young man who cared deeply for the world around him and tried to foster values of mutual respect between people, cultures and nations. The Rackham deadline for submission of application materials is the first week of May.
Travel Grants
"intended to provide opportunities for Rackham graduate students to become familiar with, and take part in the life of their academic professions"
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The Rackham Conference Travel Grant is intended to provide opportunities for Rackham graduate students to become familiar with, and take part in the life of their academic professions. As part of its University-wide commitment to advancing international research and training, the International Institute provides enough funding for 30 awards to international destinations. All the rest of the funding for these travel awards come from Rackham. Application materials are reviewed by Rackham on an on-going basis.
Spring/Summer Research Grant Program
"created to provide faculty with research assistance during the spring/summer term to enable them to conduct research projects"
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This program was created to provide faculty with research assistance during the spring/summer term to enable them to conduct research projects, complete books and articles, or initiate new scholarly endeavors. Tenure track and emeritus faculty, research scientists, and librarians are eligible to submit applications. Employment through this program is limited to students enrolled in doctoral programs. Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded. The research assistant will be expected to commit to work at least 200 hours during the combined spring/summer term. Students who have previously received a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship are not eligible. Awards will be announced in April.
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