Fellowships & Scholarships

There are many different opportunities for graduate students to obtain funding for graduate education. These can be classified into three areas:

National Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants. These are funds that are awarded by national, regional, or private agencies to individual graduate students. A number of these opportunities can be found through the Graduate School Funding for Research page. In addition, a number of opportunities can be found through the USF Library's Scholarships, Research Fellowships and Financial Aid page. You can also go to the Office of National Scholarships website at http://ons.usf.edu/
College, Department or Program Scholarships and Fellowships. These funds are available to USF students and can be searched via the USF Scholarship Database. Students are also encouraged to review their specific college website. Also review the USF Foundation Scholarship page at http://giving.usf.edu/FoundationScholarships.aspx
USF Graduate School Scholarships and Fellowships. The USF Graduate School is committed to excellence in graduate education and is proud to offer fellowship opportunities for new and continuing students. Some of these fellowships are only available to students through nominations by their Program/Department, while others are available by direct submission from students who meet the eligibly requirements outlined below. It is important to note that funding for the fellowships is limited and the competition for the awards is substantial. In addition, many of the fellowships require that a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) be completed and filed with USF. To be considered for specific awards, it is critical to submit a complete application prior to the stated deadline. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed.

USF Graduate School Scholarships and Fellowships
Ann Winch Fellowship
Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Genshaft Family Doctoral Fellowship
Graduate Student Success
Kreplick Graduate Fellowship
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
McNair Doctoral Fellowship
Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
USF Signature Research Doctoral Fellowship

Additional Opportunities NOT Administered by the Graduate School
John B. Allwein Endowed Scholarship
Kosove Graduate Fellowship

USF Scholarships and Fellowships Administered by the Graduate School:

Ann Winch Fellowship
Deadline: February 15th of each year.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant, but an academic department may also nominate a student.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations. Applicants receiving awards will be notified by April 1st.
Eligibility:

Enrolled as a Graduate Student at USF in good academic standing
Maintained a household or has been in the workforce
Proven track record of community service
Strong moral character and strong leadership capacity
Outstanding academic achievement
Financial Need

Award Specifics: The Ann Winch Fellowship was established to encourage and enable mature students in their pursuit of a graduate degree, and to promote scholarship and leadership at the graduate level. The award is a $1,000 stipend that is non-renewable.
To Apply

Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Deadline: February 15th, 2013.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations.
Eligibility:

Previous Registration: Continually enrolled in a doctoral program since the original semester of admission.
Academic Standing: GPA that is 3.5 or higher with no withdraws or I grades.
Course Requirements: Must be completed PRIOR TO the fellowship application.
Preliminary Exams: Must have passed written and oral qualifying exams and be admitted to doctoral candidacy PRIOR to the fellowship application.
Dissertation Prospectus/Proposal: Must be approved PRIOR TO the fellowship application.
Student Engagement: Must be engaged full-time in the completion of the research and writing of the dissertation, including continued communication with the major professor/s.
Enrollment Requirements: Must enroll full- time in Fall (9 hrs.), Spring (9 hrs.) and can enroll in up to 6 hrs. but no less than 2 hrs. during the semester of graduation.
Degree Completion:To be eligible for the Fellowship, the completion of the dissertation must be a reasonable benchmark within the time frame of the Fellowship.
Outside Employment: No Graduate Assistantships or other USF fellowships/scholarships or outside employment may be held during the award period without prior permission from the Graduate School.
Prior USF Fellowships: Students that have received 5-year fellowships are not eligible for these awards.

Award Specifics:Stipend:$15,000: ($5,000 to be provided each semester).Duration:One academic year: Fall, Spring, and Summer. Tuition, Fees and Health Insurance: Tuition will be paid (9 hrs. Fall, 9, hrs. Spring, up to 6 hrs. Summer) as well as student fees and health insurance.
To Apply

Genshaft Family Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: February 1st of each year.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant. Part of the Graduate Student Success (GSS) Fellowships.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations. Applicants receiving awards will be notified by April 1st.
Eligibility:

Academically talented full-time doctoral students in areas specific to biotech and bioscience demonstrating financial need.
Note that USF's M.D. and Physical Therapy programs are not eligible for consideration for this fellowship.
Previous Genshaft Family Doctoral Fellowship winners are not eligible to reapply.

Award Specifics: Doctoral students receive $10,000/yr for up to two years (contingent upon academic progress). The award also carries a tuition waiver.
To Apply

Graduate Student Success*
Deadline: February 1st of each year.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations. Applicants receiving awards will be notified by April 1st.
Eligibility:

Requires filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Preferably no later than January 2nd.
Requires U.S citizenship
Requires application to a USF graduate program. Note that you don't have to be admitted into a program to apply. However an award is contingent on admission to a USF program in the summer or fall semester.
Applicants should be academically talented domestic students who contribute diversity in USF graduate programs. This includes Individuals who have been historically underrepresented in specific disciplines along the dimensions of ethnicity and gender.
Particular consideration is given to academically talented, newly enrolled, first-generation, multi-lingual students (particularly English &Spanish speaking), who demonstrate financial need and have overcome considerable obstacles and financial hardships in the pursuit of their post-secondary educational goals.
Individuals that have come from programs such as the Ronald E. McNair, FGLSAMP, and FAMU Feeder programs are encouraged to apply.
In fields where males are underrepresented (i.e. Nursing and Special Education), consideration will be given to male applicants.
Both newly admitted and continuing students are eligible to apply.
Please note that students applying to or enrolled in USF's M.D. and Physical Therapy programs are not eligible for consideration for this fellowship.

Award Specifics: The GSS application includes consideration for the following fellowships: the Delores Auzenne Fellowship, the Pan American Fellowship, the Genshaft Family Doctoral Fellowship, the Kreplick Graduate Fellowship, and the SUS/USF Summer Program. For complete descriptions of these fellowships go here. Master's students receive $8,000/year for up to two years. Doctoral students receive $12,000/year for up to three years. Each award also carries a tuition waiver.
To Apply

Kreplick Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: February 1st of each year.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant. Part of the Graduate Student Success (GSS) Fellowships.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations. Applicants receiving awards will be notified by April 1st.
Eligibility:

Upper age limit - 30 years.
Graduate students "who plan their careers to educate or to help others".
Public high school graduates.
Students pursuing graduate degrees in Education (particularly child development and special education disciplines), Nursing, Social Work, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Criminology.

Award Specifics: The award is a $1,000 stipend and is renewable.
To Apply

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: January 15th of each year
Eligibility: African-American and Hispanic doctoral students pursuing degrees at selected Florida universities.
To Apply

Ronald E. McNair Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: February 1th of each year.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant. Part of the Graduate Student Success (GSS) Fellowships.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations. Applicants receiving awards will be notified by April 1st.
Eligibility:

Applicants must be students who have participated in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars program or the USF McNair program at the undergraduate level.
Applicants must be pursuing a doctoral degree at USF.
Note that USF's M.D. and Physical Therapy programs are not eligible for consideration for this fellowship.

Award Specifics: Students receive $15,000/year for up to three years. Each award also carries a tuition waiver.
To Apply

Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: February 15th of each year.
Application/Nomination Process: All nominations are through a Doctoral Program/Department. Students may not nominate themselves.
Selection Process: Nominations are evaluated and selected by the USF Graduate Council Fellowship Committee
Eligibility:

Available to new doctoral students with exceptional academic credentials (ex. evidence of experience in the field; research productivity, awards, honors; and professional contributions and achievements to the field).
Students must be accepted into USF doctoral program but not yet have started taking classes at USF.
By Departmental Nomination Only - program faculty should contact Dr. Peter Harries.

Award Specifics:
Provides a $25,000 fellowship plus tuition/fees for up to 5 years (contingent upon academic progress).
USF Student Health Insurance will be provided for individual coverage for the duration of the award. Up to $1,000 will be provided to support travel to research conferences where the fellow is presenting research. (Applications for Presidential Doctoral Fellowships are submitted by Departmental Graduate Program Directors.)

USF Signature Research Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline:February 15th, 2013.
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant.
Selection Process: A campus-wide faculty committee will rank the candidates and make recommendations.
Eligibility:

Continually enrolled in a doctoral program since the original semester of admission.
GPA that is 3.5 or higher with no withdraws or I grades.
Admitted to candidacy no earlier than: Summer 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013 or Summer 2013 semesters. Students admitted to candidacy PRIOR TO SUMMER 2012 semester, ARE NOT eligible for this fellowship.
No current departmental financial support (or loss as of Fall 2013) and demonstrated need for funding.
Demonstrated record of sustained progress toward the degree.
Fellows will not eligible to be appointed as Graduate Assistants during the award period.
The proposed research must be in one of the USF signature research areas:

               -Integrated Neurosciences
               -Sustainability of populations and/or environment
               -Diabetes and autoimmune disorders
               -Drug Design and Delivery

Award Specifics: $18,000/year stipend plus full tuition (9 credits Fall, 9 credits Spring, 6 credits, Summer), fees and health insurance. Recipients will receive up to $600 each year of the fellowship to support attendance at a state, regional, national or international discipline-related academic conference in which the Fellow is presenting.

To Apply

John B. Allwein Endowed Scholarship
Award Specifics:
The Dr. John Allwein Scholarship for Military Veterans Injured in the Line of Duty was established to aid undergraduate and graduate students with physical service-related injuries return to school.

Applicant must have experienced severe combat injury and disability as a result of military service in the Middle East within the last 5 years. Injuries must have caused severe disability.
Priority for awarding the scholarship will be given to undergraduate or graduate USF St. Petersburg students who meet the scholarship criteria.

To Apply

Kosove Graduate Fellowship
Application/Nomination Process: Direct from the applicant.
Selection Process: Scholarship applications are reviewed by a selection committee. Upon notification from the Alumni Association, a select group of students will be asked to complete an interview with the selection committee before final award decisions are made.
Eligibility:

A citizen of the United States of America
Acceptance into a program of graduate study at USF
A cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better on a 4.0 scale
An earned undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.

Award Specifics: The A. Harrison and Ruth Kosove Graduate Fellowship is a two-year USF Privately Funded Fellowship that provides financial support for students who demonstrate high academic performance, service to the community, and have financial need.
To Apply

*The Graduate Student Success (GSS) application includes consideration for the following fellowships:

The Delores Auzenne Fellowship: Applicants should be academically talented domestic students who contribute diversity in USF graduate programs. This includes individuals who have been historically underrepresented in specific disciplines along the dimensions of ethnicity and gender. Master's students receive $8,000/year for up to two years, doctoral students receive $12,000/year for up to three years. Each award also carries a tuition waiver.

The Pan American Fellowship: Applicants should be academically talented domestic students who contribute diversity in USF graduate programs. This includes individuals who have been historically underrepresented in specific disciplines along the dimensions of ethnicity and gender. Particular consideration is given to academically talented, newly enrolled, first-generation, multi-lingual students (particularly English &Spanish speaking) who demonstrate financial need and have overcome considerable obstacles and financial hardships in the pursuit of their post-secondary educational goals. Master's students receive $8,000/year for up to two years, doctoral students receive $12,000/year for up to three years. Each award also carries a tuition waiver.

The Genshaft Family Doctoral Fellowship: Academically talented full-time doctoral students in areas specific to biotech and bioscience demonstrating financial need. Doctoral students receive $10,000/year for up to two years. The award also carries a tuition waiver.

The Kreplick Graduate Fellowship: Upper age limit - 30 years, for graduate students "who plan their careers to educate or to help others," public high school graduates, and students pursuing graduate degrees in Education (particularly child development and special education disciplines), Nursing, Social Work, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Criminology. The award is a $1,000 stipend and is renewable. SUS/USF Summer Program: Awardees receive a $1,300 stipend for the summer semester plus tuition for a one-credit course called "The Graduate Experience." Students are required to attend six weekly workshops. Applicants should be academically talented domestic students who contribute diversity in USF graduate programs. This includes Individuals who have been historically underrepresented in specific disciplines along the dimensions of ethnicity and gender. Particular consideration is also given to academically talented, newly enrolled, first-generation students demonstrating financial need who have overcome considerable obstacles and financial hardships in pursuit of their post-secondary educational goals.

SUS/USF Summer Program: Awardees receive a $1,300 stipend for the summer semester plus tuition for a one-credit course called "The Graduate Experience." Students are required to attend six weekly workshops. Applicants should be academically talented domestic students who contribute diversity in USF graduate programs. This includes Individuals who have been historically underrepresented in specific disciplines along the dimensions of ethnicity and gender. Particular consideration is also given to academically talented, newly enrolled, first-generation students demonstrating financial need who have overcome considerable obstacles and financial hardships in pursuit of their post-secondary educational goals.