Funding Overview
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here for a comprehensive listing of funding sources and financial
assistance offered by the University of Michigan.
*NEWS*
The University of Michigan Department of Sociology is thankful to two alumni of the College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts who have recently made generous donations to the department to support our graduate students.
The Bodine Distinguished Graduate Fellowship has been established by Norm (a UM physicist by training) and Danielle Bodine
to support "an outstanding incoming graduate student in Sociology with interests in identifying general patterns of social
inclusion and exclusion that lead to the marginalization of particular populations, often with tragic human consequences."
The Bodine Fellow will receive a five-year funding package, including full fellowship support in years 1 and 4, teaching
positions in years 2, 3, and 5, and summer support in years 1-3.
The Schweitzer Family Foundation, has created an endowment
that will allow us to provide extra summer
support for two highly ranked incoming graduate students. In addition to funding the two Schweitzer Fellows
every year, the endowment will also generate expendable funds that will be used to support the research-related
needs of current graduate students.
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
Fellowships provide students who
have a particularly strong academic record with tuition support
and a monthly stipend. Rackham
Merit Fellowships support underrepresented minority students
with strong academic records. Some first-year students obtain their
own fellowships and use them at Michigan. These include fellowships
sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, Danforth Fellowships, Population
Council awards and grants from various foreign governments.
A Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship provides tuition and a stipend to students studying
designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies.
FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan Area Studies Centers and are awarded competitively
through annual fellowship competitions.
TRAINEESHIPS
Traineeships provide support to students and opportunities for
research apprenticeships. Traineeships are available to students
at the Population
Studies Center, in the Joint
Doctoral Program in Social Work and Sociology, through the Institute
for Research on Women and Gender, the Center
for the Ethnography in Everyday Life, Michigan
Prevention Research Training Program, and the research training
program in Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health and Illness at the Survey
Research Center at the Institute for Social Research.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
Research assistantships provide hands-on experience with research under the
direction of a faculty member. Research assistantships are available at the
many research centers at the University.
GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTORSHIPS
Graduate Student Instructorships provide tuition and
a monthly salary to students who teach their own labs or discussion sessions
in close collaboration with a faculty member.
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