PURPOSE
The Graduate College (GC) Doctoral Enrichment Fellowships (DEF) are fellowships which support new, and regularly-admitted 1st year graduate students who are underrepresented in his/her field of study. Student must be nominated for this fellowship by their admitting academic unit.

The DEF Fellowships support the fellows during the first year of their doctoral degree program, both academically and financially. Academically, the DEF fellowship must be an integral part of the students' academic career preparation and a tenured or tenure-track faculty mentor must be identified at the time of nomination. Financially, the fellow is supported by the GC the 1st year. In the second year, the fellow's academic unit will provide him/her with a TA or RA position.

CONTACT
Debra Crusoe at Debra.Crusoe@asu.edu or Jennifer Cason at Jennifer.Cason@asu.edu

AWARD

• $15,000 for the 1st academic year
• Resident tuition fellowship for the 1st year
• Non-Resident fee award (if applicable) for the 1st academic year
• Student Health Insurance provided by the academit unit for the 1st year
• Continued support by academic unit the 2nd academic year
• Participation in the GC's Diversity across Curriculum Seminar

ELIGIBILITY

• The nominee must be regularly admitted into a doctoral degree program in the semester nominated
• The nominee must contribute to diversity in the field of study and the profession
• The nominee must be a US Citizen or assigned an IP visa

APPLICATION PROCESS

• The Academic Unit submits a completed Diversity Support Program nomination form ( ) by March 2, 2008 to the Graduate College (GC); mail code: 1003, or email the e-nomination to Debra Crusoe at debra.crusoe@asu.edu or fax to (480) 727-6615.
• If more than one nomination is being submitted, department must rank by preference.
• The GC Review Committee will review all nominations and notify the Academic Unit by March 17 or within 5 business days of receipt of completed nomination form, if submitted after March 17.
• Once approved by the GC, the Academic Unit will submit an offer letter to the approved nominee (allowing the nominee until April 15th or if offer is made after April 15th, 5 business days to accept or decline the fellowship offer). The Academic Unit will notify the GC of the status of the fellowship offer as soon as possible.

TERMS

• The DEF fellows are required to attend and participate in the GC Diversity Across Curriculum seminars, the first Monday of each month.
• Fellows must maintain a minimum of 9 hours graduate-level credit hours.
• Fellows should not be employed as a TA, RA or in any other position at ASU during the year of this award.
• Academic unit will apprise Graduate College of any interruptions in the students registration or any fellowship concerns, such as falling below 9 credit hours, etc.
• Academic unit is responsible for submitting a program evaluation at the end of each semester.
• Fellowship is valid only during the time period specified in the award letter. This fellowship is contingent on a semester of satisfactory progress as defined by ASU, the academic unit and the Graduate College.

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.

Download Nomination Form