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Funding & Fellowships���GrOW�August 20, 2022

Ken Vickery, PhD�Director of Fellowships�Graduate College�vickeryk@Illinois.edu�

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Questions for today

• What are the main sources of funding for graduate school? ��• What are “fellowships,” and why are they so worthwhile? �

• Where and how can you search for fellowships?�

• How can the Graduate College help you pursue fellowships?

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Types of funding

  • Loans

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  • Supplemental Employment

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  • Merit-Based Awards

Assistantships

Fellowships

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Loans

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Graduate students may be eligible for student loans.

� ● Unsubsidized federal direct student loans, with $20,500 annual limit &� $138,500 aggregate limit (includes amount borrowed for undergrad). �

● Grad PLUS (unsubsidized loans from Dept of Education, offers up to full cost of attendance).�

● Private loans.

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Supplemental employment

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Assistantships

  • Internal (awarded by university).

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  • Two main types:
    • Teaching Assistantship - primarily in support of instruction.
    • Research Assistantship - primarily involves applying and mastering research� concepts, practices, or methods of scholarship.�

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  • It’s a job: teaching, research, administrative.

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  • Usually provides stipend & coverage of tuition & fees.

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What are “fellowships”?

• Competitively awarded funding packages � � -stipend, tuition, fees

• Fellowships vs. grants

• Types: internal vs. external

• Duration: usually 1-3 years

• Levels:

-predoctoral

-dissertation research

-dissertation write-up

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Why apply?

Money

Time

Prestige

Improved dissertation

Long-lasting skill

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Where to search?

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Graduate College’s

Fellowship Finder database

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Funder website

Our full listing

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Writing Funding Proposals

Graduate College Services:

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• Workshops

-Proposal writing workshops

-Targeted fellowship workshops

• One-on-One Proposal Advising

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Writing Funding Proposals

Graduate College Services:

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• Workshops

-Proposal writing workshops

-Targeted fellowship workshops

• One-on-One Proposal Advising

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Office of External Fellowships

Ken Vickery, PhD – Director of Fellowships

Dana Johnson, PhD – Assistant Director of External Fellowships

�ExtFellowships@illinois.edu

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