Applications are being reviewed by a faculty committee. Decisions will be announced by early April 2008.

PURPOSE
Graduate College Dissertation Fellowships are competitive university-wide fellowships designed to support highly meritorious doctoral students who are in the final stages of post-candidacy doctoral work.

Up to five awards will be made across the following five areas: (1) arts, humanities, and social sciences; (2) natural sciences and mathematics; (3) engineering; (4) professional programs and education; and (5) interdisciplinary research (formerly known as the Millennium Interdisciplinary Dissertation Fellowship).

CONTACT
Catherine Lebihan at clebihan@asu.edu.

AWARD
$17,000 for one year plus resident tuition. Academic unit nominating the student provides health insurance.

ELIGIBILITY
The applicant must:

• have demonstrated the ability to carry out original research at a high level;
• have already advanced to doctoral candidacy;
• be prepared to devote full time to writing the dissertation with no other employment, including university assistantships. It is expected that the student will be within one year of completion of the dissertation upon receipt of the award.
• Enrollment: nine (9) graduate level credit hours is highly recommended; however, awardee must maintain a minimum of six (6) graduate level credit hours each semester.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications may be submitted by candidates or academic units. Applications must be submitted by March 2, 2008 electronically to Pat Saldivar at psaldivar@asu.edu. Application includes:

• 5-7 page statement addressing the significance of the project, theoretical framework, data and methods, research questions/hypotheses, any preliminary findings, and statement of broader impact
• vitae
• letter of application attesting to the student's availability to meet the terms of the fellowship during the award year.
• letter of support from doctoral dissertation committee chair with statement and timeline regarding proposed dissertation progress and completion date
• letter of support from academic unit chair/director which must include a commitment to provide health insurance during the fellowship year
• unofficial ASU transcript

Deferral Policy: Failure to use this award during the specified period will result in its loss. Under very unusual circumstances (e.g., a documented medical situation; documented U.S. military service in the event of a crisis or when the draft is in effect) a one-year deferral may be granted.