Award Details:  Each doctoral department/school is eligible for up to two University Fellowships.  University Fellows receive a doctoral level service appointment for Fall semester (funded by the department/school/college) and a non-service University Fellowship appointment for Spring semester (funded by Graduate Studies).  The stipend for Fall will be one-half an academic year doctoral stipend (charged to the graduate assistantship budget of the department/school/college).  The stipend for Spring will be one-half an academic year doctoral stipend paid by Graduate Studies.  Fees for dissertation registration during both semesters will be provided from the budget of the student's department/school/college. 

Criteria:  Doctoral students who have passed candidacy examinations and who are prepared to enroll for Dissertation II only may be nominated.  The University Fellow must be committed full-time to dissertation research or writing.  Any change in the student's status requires notification to the Division of Graduate Studies.

Nominations:  Graduate coordinators will submit all nominations to the Division of Graduate Studies.

Please ensure that the possible recipient of a University Fellowship understands that the only appropriate enrollment for the academic year will be for the writing of a dissertation.  The recipient will enroll in Dissertation II only for each of the two semesters.

The award recipient is subject to approval by the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Dean of the student's college.

For the University Fellowship Nomination Form, please visit http://www.kent.edu/graduatestudies/faculty-staff/forms.cfm

Deadline for Nominations:  Nominations are due by the last Friday in the month of March.

David B. Smith Fellowship

Award Details:  The David B. Smith Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding graduate student.

Criteria: 

• Outstanding accomplishment in scholarship is the focus – exhibitions, performances, publications, presentations, and/or acquisition of external funds may show this.
• Outstanding teaching
• Excellent academic record, including a minimum 3.5 GPA
• Normally, a minimum of 30 completed credit hours
  

Nominations:

• One-page summary of the nominee's outstanding credentials
• Nominee's CV

Graduate Coordinators will submit all nominations to the Division of Graduate Studies.

Selection Process:  Final recipient is selected by Graduate Studies with the assistance of a rating committee of faculty.

Deadline for Nominations:  Nominations are due by the last Friday in the month of March.

Jeanette and Louis Reuter Graduate Fellowship in Developmental Science

Award Details:  The Jeanette and Louis Reuter Graduate Fellowship is awarded to the most outstanding doctoral student contributing to and studying in the area of human development across the lifespan. 

Criteria:

• Full-time doctoral status
• Admission to candidacy
• Enrollment in Dissertation I or II
• Study on a topic directly bearing on human development
• Outstanding scholarship
• Minimum 3.5 GPA

Nominations:

• One=page summary of the nominee's outstanding credentials 
• Nominee's CV

Graduate Coordinators will submit all nominations to the Division of Graduate Studies.

Selection Process:  Final recipient is selected by Graduate Studies with the assistance of a rating committee of faculty.

Deadline for Nominations:  Nominations are due by the last Friday in the month of March.

Lillian Freidman Fellowship

Award Details:  The Lillian Friedman Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding graduate student contributing to and studying in the area of mental health.

Criteria:

• Thesis or dissertation research in progress

• Studying a significant topic in mental health

• Outstanding scholarship

• Minimum 3.0 GPA

• Normally, a minimum of 30 completed credit hours

Nominations:

• One-page summary of the nominee's outstanding credentials

• Nominee's CV

Graduate Coordinators will submit all nominations to the Division of Graduate Studies.

Selection Process:  Final recipient is selected by Graduate Studies with the assistance of a rating committee of faculty.

Deadline for Nominations:  Nominations are due by the last Friday in the month of March.