12/10/2012
New Five-Year Fellowships Announced for Students Entering in Fall 2013
Every year, beginning in Fall 2013, the doctoral programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences will award a total of two hundred new Graduate Center Fellowships in recognition of academic achievement and in expectation of scholarly success. (Please note: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics students receive CUNY Science Scholarships, not Graduate Center Fellowships. See below.)
The Graduate Center Fellowship provides full tuition and $25,000 each year for the first five years of study. The fellowship consists of a stipend in the Fall and Spring semesters, a summer research stipend, a graduate assistantship, a tuition award, and eligibility for low-cost individual or family NYSHIP health insurance. Support for the Fall and Spring semesters is $23,000 and the summer research stipend is $2,000.
The service assignments associated with the Graduate Center Fellowship are intended to develop scholarly and professional skills. In the first year, a Graduate Center Fellow serves as a research assistant or in another assignment determined by his or her doctoral program. In the second, third, and fourth years, a fellow teaches one course each semester at a CUNY undergraduate college. In the fifth year, a Graduate Center Fellow serves as a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Fellow, or in a similar assignment, at a CUNY college.
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York Established in 1961, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) is devoted primarily to doctoral studies and awards most of CUNY's doctoral degrees. An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model...
