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Graduate Fellowships
The College of Education, with additional funding from the Graduate School, provides more than $2 million to support graduate student education in the form of fellowships and grants each year. Fellowships, typically awarded on a competitive basis, are designed to help recruit exemplary students and cover costs such as research, tuition, living expenses and professional development. Fellowships are often combined with graduate assistantship opportunities.Multi-year and recruiting fellowships targeted to entering doctoral students are typically awarded during the winter of the year preceding entry into the graduate program. Therefore, interested students should complete their application process by December 1 of the year preceding enrollment. Fellowship recipients are not required to give service to the college or its programs in return for the support.
The MSU Graduate School provides additional resources.
MSU Fellowship Program
This program, funded jointly by the Graduate School and the college, will support outstanding students by providing assistantships and fellowships totaling $24,000 annually for five years. Recipients must study full time during the period of their award. Newly admitted doctoral students are automatically considered.Dean's Scholars Program
These four-year awards combine an $8,000 annual fellowship with a half-time graduate assistantship. The package can exceed $21,000 per year plus tuition and medical benefits. The awards are made to new students who show exceptional aptitude for doctoral study in education and keen interest in addressing the problems of teaching and learning through scholarly work. Recipients must study full time during the period of their award. Newly admitted doctoral students are automatically considered.Erickson Research Fellowship Program
These four-year awards combine an annual fellowship with a graduate assistantship, which provides approximately $15,000 plus fringe benefits (tuition waiver and medical insurance) per year to each recipient. The awards are made to entering doctoral students who demonstrate a strong preparation for and aspiration toward a career in educational research. Recipients must study full time during the period of their award and make good progress toward their degrees. Recipients may also seek additional teaching or research assistantships. Newly admitted doctoral students are automatically considered.Robert L. Ebel and Walker Hill Endowed Scholarships
These three-year awards, combining a $5,000 annual fellowship with a possible assistantship, are awarded to new doctoral students who demonstrate considerable aptitude for making scholarship contributions in the areas of measurement, evaluation and assessment of quality learning or teaching. A committee of faculty members in Measurement and Quantitative Methods makes student selections.Summer Research Fellowships
The college funds more than 20 doctoral students during the summer, providing $6,000 to support their research and scholarly development. Faculty mentors also receive an honorarium. Doctoral students are notified, via the Ph.D. listserv, of the application process and submission deadlines. Some of these awards can be renewed for a second year. Occurs in late fall.Summer Research Development Fellowships
First-year doctoral students can apply for a $5,000 summer fellowship. The fellowship frees up the summer for students to develop or strengthen specific research skills and to acquire knowledge about specific methods not thoroughly developed in a regular course. Doctoral students are notified, via the Ph.D. listserv, of the application process and submission deadlines. The application process begins in late fall.Research Practicum/Research Development Fellowship
This fellowship provides financial support for advanced doctoral students who have projected or incurred expenses relevant to data collection for their dissertation or research practicum. Fellowship amounts vary and are determined by need and competitive process within each department in the college. Submission of applications occurs in early spring.Dissertation Completion Fellowships
The Graduate School and the college support more than 20 students each year, providing a $6,000 fellowship that allows them to devote considerable time to completing their dissertations. Applications are submitted in late fall.Professional Development Fellowships
There are limited funds to support various forms of professional development. This means that doctoral students presenting the results of scholarly research at national or international conferences, for example, may request support for travel or other extraordinary expenses from their department chairs and from their department fellowship representatives. The Graduate School also provides limited support for similar activities.Department of Educational Administration Fellowships
The Department of Educational Administration offers several fellowships which are awarded on a competitive basis with no application process. They are designed to help recruit exemplary students and cover cost such as research, tuition, living expenses and professional development. These fellowships are often combined with graduate assistantship opportunities.
