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Overview

The Graduate College provides a number of $10,000 fellowships for incoming University of Arizona domestic graduate students. The intent of these funds is to increase the number, quality and diversity of graduate students who are admitted to the University of Arizona. The Fellowship may be coordinated with other academic unit support.

The funds come from Need-Based Aid allocations made by the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) to the University of Arizona through the Office of Student Financial Aid. The criteria for the award of these fellowships, therefore, must follow ABOR policy as well as criteria designed by the Graduate College with the advice of a task-force composed of department heads and college deans. Every graduate program offering a Ph.D., a M.L.A., or M.F.A. requiring 60 units or more under the aegis of the Graduate College is eligible to apply.

CANDIDATES MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR UA GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM OR THEIR UA STUDENT CENTER (students may not apply directly)

Student Eligibility 

  1. Admitted for the upcoming fall term to a graduate degree program at the UA (restricted to PhD, PhD-track, MLA or MFA requiring 60 units or more),
  2. Must show need: File the Federal Application for Financial Student Assistance (FAFSA) to determine financial need (to file refer to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/),
  3. Claim either Arizona residency or be a member of a recognized under-represented group in a specific discipline (refer to the following):
    • Arizona residency (students may view residency status under their  UA student account on the UA Student Link https://sl.arizona.edu/student_link/ select Academic, select Profile; academic units may view student residency on Student Information System, screen 7).  If the student believes the residency status is incorrect, he or she should contact the UA Residency Office at http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/residency/residenc.htm)
    • A member of a recognized under-represented group in a particular discipline.  This can include under-represented minorities, i.e. Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans in all disciplines and under-represented students in particular disciplines, e.g., Asian Americans in the Humanities and Social Sciences, women in Mathematics, Science, Engineering and some CALS programs, men in Nursing, Public Health or Women's Studies.