{"id":8474,"date":"2019-11-25T13:48:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?page_id=8474"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:46:29","slug":"fellowships-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/students\/graduate\/fellowships-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowships and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Graduate School offers several competitive fellowships that current graduate students and prospective applicants can apply to. Prospective applicants must submit a fellowship application and be accepted into the English program in order to be eligible. The main Graduate School fellowships are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/students\/financial-support\/fellowships\/aop-fellowship-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Advanced Opportunity Program (AOP) Fellowship<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<br>The Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship is funded by the State of Wisconsin. AOP Fellowships are designed to assist underrepresented racial\/ethnic minority as well as disadvantaged non-minority students in graduate study to enter and complete a graduate degree at 51ÁÔÆæ. The AOP Fellowship is open to master\u2019s and doctoral students, is renewable, and provides tuition remission, academic-year stipend, travel award, and eligibility for state-sponsored health insurance.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/students\/financial-support\/fellowships\/distinguished-graduate-student-fellowship-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship (DGSF)<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<br>The DGSF is a one-year non-renewable fellowship that provides tuition remission, academic-year stipend, travel award, and eligibility for state-sponsored health insurance. The award is open to both master\u2019s students and doctoral students who will not achieve dissertator status before the application deadline of the award. These awards are typically granted to students already enrolled after their first year.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/students\/financial-support\/fellowships\/distinguished-dissertation-fellowship-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship (DDF)<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<br>The DDF is a one-year non-renewable fellowship that provides tuition remission, academic-year stipend, travel award, and eligibility for state-sponsored health insurance. The award is for continuing PhD students who have either achieved dissertator status or will do so by the start of the academic year of the award.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chancellor-s-graduate-student-award\"><strong>Chancellor\u2019s Graduate Student Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chancellor\u2019s Graduate Student Award (CGSA) program is designed to give 51ÁÔÆæ a competitive edge in attracting and retaining high-quality, talented graduate students. There is no application for the award. Each program in English grants these awards to incoming students as part of the admissions process. These are generous one-year non-renewable awards and are typically several thousand dollars. They can be awarded in addition to a Teaching Assistantship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graduate-student-travel-award-nbsp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/students\/financial-support\/travel-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Graduate Student Travel Award<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate School Travel Award offers partial funding to 51ÁÔÆæ master\u2019s and doctoral students for presenting scholarly and creative works at conferences, performances, or exhibitions. Students must apply for funds before the event, and funding is provided as reimbursement of expenses after the travel has been completed. Doctoral students are allotted a total of $1,000 for travel expenses, and&nbsp; master\u2019s students are allotted a total of $500 for travel expenses. These funds can be spent on a single trip or can be spread across multiple trips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-department-of-english-awards-nbsp\"><strong>Department of English Awards<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>English makes a number of awards to students already enrolled in the program. These include the Tinsley Helton Dissertation Fellowship, the Frederick J. Hoffman Award for Best Graduate Student Essay, awards for teaching excellence, and a number of creative writing awards. See our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/students\/scholarships-and-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scholarships\u00a0and Awards<\/a>\u00a0page for award descriptions and details. For more information about these awards, contact the Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-funding\">Other Funding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/fellowships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for 21st Century Studies Student Fellowships<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/womens-gender-studies\/scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women &amp; Gender Studies Scholarships<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other funding options and opportunities can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduateschool\/students\/financial-support\/travel-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graduate School Financial Support<\/a> webpage.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduate School offers several competitive fellowships that current graduate students and prospective applicants can apply to. 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