Louisiana Board of Regents

The Graduate Fellows (GF) program has provided resources to enable select graduate programs to attract top-quality, highly sought-after students. GF provides fellowship support to graduate programs which have achieved a level of excellence that makes them nationally competitive for the best graduate candidates. Awards are made to departments or units, which then recruit student recipients. Three subprograms comprise GF: Traditional Graduate Fellows, Graduate Fellowships for Teachers (GFT), and BoR/SREB Graduate Fellowships to Promote Diversity.

PROPOSALS DUE FOR ALL FY 2011-12 GF PROGRAMS:  Monday, November 14, 2011
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Contact Program Manager:Carrie Robison

Traditional Graduate Fellows

The Traditional program provides fellowships at the master’s and doctoral levels to promote recruitment of superior graduate students in a wide range of disciplines. Six disciplines deemed essential to Louisiana’s economic development – biological sciences, chemistry, computer & information sciences, earth/environmental sciences, engineering, health/medical sciences, and physics/astronomy – are eligible each year. Other disciplines, including arts, humanities, social sciences, agriculture, business, education, and mathematics, are eligible every other year on a rotating basis.

Graduate Fellowships for Teachers

The GFT program provides awards to master’s-level programs in math & science education to enable in-service teachers to receive graduate degrees within one academic year plus two summer semesters.

Board of Regents/SREB Graduate Fellowships to Promote Diversity

The Board of Regents/SREB Graduate Fellowships to Promote Diversity program provides ten (10) fellowships per year statewide for support of underrepresented minority students seeking doctoral degrees. Awards are made to graduate schools or governing units for graduate education at eligible institutions, which then determine the distribution of individual fellowships among qualified departments. Each fellowship includes an academic-year stipend, membership in SREB’s Doctoral Scholars Program, and participation in SREB’s annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.