PhD Recruitment Excellence Fellowship (PREF)
Background Providing competitive stipends is an important component to recruiting top-quality PhD students. The Gallogly College of Engineering PhD Recruitment Excellence Fellowship (PREF) program is designed to assist academic programs in the College in recruiting outstanding PhD students. The purpose of this announcement, which includes an application form, is to solicit outstanding applications to receive these PREFs. PREF Level, Duration, and Disbursement The maximum amount of each PREF is limited to $5,000 and is not renewable. To be eligible for a PREF award, the recipient must be accepted as a full-time student in one of GCoE’s PhD programs and must also be awarded an annual stipend of at least $20,000 from the student’s home academic unit. The PREF award will be distributed in two installments of $2,500 each; one in the fall semester and one in the spring. These awards will be disbursed directly to the student’s bursar account. In order to receive the second di...