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Graduate Catalog: Section 3.9http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/12600.htmlMcNair Graduate Fellowship. The University of Alabama Graduate School awards a limited number of McNairGraduate Fellowships. These fellowships are specifically for entering graduate students who have either completed aMcNair Scholars program as an undergraduate or who are McNair eligible (low income AND first-generation collegestudent or from minority groups underrepresented in graduate education). Preference is given to students who havecompleted a McNair program and have applied to a Ph.D. program at The University of Alabama.The service-free stipends for these fellowships will be $15,000 for the academic year and carry a scholarship to payfull tuition for up to 15 hours for fall and spring semesters in each academic year, according to the basic UA schedulefor in-state/out-of-state tuition and fees. The Graduate School will provide single health insurance coverage for eachrecipient. Departments may elect to add a graduate assistantship up to.50 FTE to the first two years of the McNairGraduate Fellowship. A student must be enrolled full-time and maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average toremain eligible for the fellowship.Following two years of stipend and tuition support from the Graduate School, the student’s home department will berequired to continue to support the McNair Graduate Fellow for at least an additional two years through departmentalresearch and teaching assistantships.Nominations may be made by department or by student (with departmental support and funding commitment)beginning January 2008.Graduate Council Fellowships. The Graduate School awards a number of nonrenewable regular Graduate CouncilFellowships each year with stipends of $15,000 per academic year. The Graduate School will provide single healthinsurance coverage for each recipient. At least one half of these fellowships are awarded to beginning graduatestudents at the University. Except in exceptional cases, only students who have completed no more than 60 semesterhours of graduate credit at The University of Alabama are eligible. No service to the University is required, butrecipients must carry a normal course load of 12 graduate hours during each semester.Recipients for the coming academic year are selected at three times: the first week in February, the first week inMarch, and mid-April. Nominations are made by academic departments. Interested students should inquire at theirdepartment offices.Students who are awarded Graduate Council Fellowships also receive scholarship grants equal to their full in-stateand out-of-state tuition charges. Normally, 55 to 60 Graduate Council Fellowships (including regular Graduate CouncilFellowships and Research/Creative Activity Fellowships) are awarded each year. A small number of regular GraduateCouncil Fellowship recipients also may be selected to receive special supplements to their fellowship stipends.Graduate Council Research/Creative Activity Fellowships. Graduate Council Research/Creative ActivityFellowships with stipends of $15,000 per academic year are available to support graduate students in their ownthesis/dissertation work or those working on faculty projects. The Graduate School will provide single healthinsurance coverage for each recipient.Recipients for the coming academic year are selected once a year, in January. Nominations are made by academicdepartments. Interested students should inquire at their department offices.Students who are awarded Graduate Council Research/Creative Activity Fellowships also receive scholarships equal totheir full in-state and out-of-state tuition charges. Normally, 55 to 60 Graduate Council Fellowships (including regularGraduate Council Fellowships and Research/Creative Activity Fellowships) are awarded each year.Graduate Student Travel and Research Support Fund. These awards are available to all graduate students on acompetitive basis and are based on departmental nominations. For more information, students should contact theirdepartment offices.Joint Faculty Development Program Fellowships.Joint Faculty Development Program Fellowships. The University of Alabama Graduate School has joint programs withAlabama A & M University, Alabama State University, Oakwood College, and Stillman College for practicing facultymembers at these institutions who do not have terminal degrees in their fields of instruction. Faculty members mustbe nominated for the fellowship by their home institution. Faculty at the partner institutions who wish to complete aterminal degree in their field of instruction must be admitted to a UA degree program as a prerequisite to receivingsupport from the Joint Faculty Development Program. Faculty who participate in this program receive support fromboth their home institution (to be negotiated with each institution’s vice president for academic affairs) and TheUniversity of Alabama Graduate School. The financial support from The University of Alabama consists of a $15,000annual fellowship stipend and an in-state tuition scholarship (fall and spring semesters; summer semesters, if needed
Graduate Catalog: Section 3.9http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/12600.htmlcourses are offered in the fellow’s degree program). The JointFaculty Development Program provides financial support for up to two years of full-time graduate study in residenceon the UA campus to allow the faculty members participating in this program to complete the majority of theirrequired coursework.National Alumni Association Graduate Scholarship Program. To be eligible for these awards, an applicant musthold regular admission to the Graduate School, must possess entrance examination scores well above the nationalnorm, and must have a grade point average indicative of a high probability of success in graduate school. Preferenceis given to new students. Nominations for these awards are made by the dean of each division at the request of theGraduate School.Each college and school that awards a post baccalaureate degree will receive one $1,000 annual scholarship from theNational Alumni Association. Also, any college or school participating in the Alumni Association Membership "Shred-Out” Program receives additional scholarships, with the number being dependent on the level of participation.Nominations from each college are made in early March.The National Alumni Association Graduate Fellowship awards a $15,000 stipend plus a full-tuition scholarship. Thesource of the fellowship is the National Alumni Association's Collegiate License Tag Endowed Graduate EducationFund. The award is based on students' academic and professional records and potential to make outstandingcontributions during their careers to the lives of the people of the state of Alabama. Nominations for these fellowshipsare made by the academic departments in the spring of each year.The Alumni Heritage Graduate Scholarship rewards the children and grandchildren of University of Alabamaalumni for choosing the University for higher education. The scholarship is a one-year, nonrenewable award for 10percent of in-state tuition. In order to qualify, students must be enrolled full-time (9 hours of graduate classes) andhave a parent or grandparent who both 1) holds a degree (undergraduate, graduate, or law) from the University and2) has been an active member of the Alumni Association for three of the past five years. For more information, clickhere or contact Kathleen Nodine at the Graduate School, Box 870118, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0118; (205) 348-8280;or knodine@ua.edu.Scholarships and GrantsA number of departments and divisions offer special financial aid for graduate students.College of Arts and SciencesJames and Elizabeth Ball and James and Teresa Duggan Endowed Scholarship in Psychology. Established in1993 by Dr. James C. Ball and Mrs. Catherine D. Ball to honor their parents, this scholarship is to support an enteringstudent over 30 years of age pursuing a doctoral degree in general or adult clinical psychology. Contact: Departmentof Psychology, 348 Gordon Palmer Hall or Box 870348, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348.J. Nicholene Bishop Biology Fellowship Awards. These awards, established by a gift from Ms. Alma BishopWilliams in honor of her aunt, Ms. J. Nicholene Bishop, provide supplementary stipends to graduate teachingassistants in the Department of Biological Sciences in order to recruit and retain outstanding teaching assistants inthe biological sciences. Contact: Department of Biological Sciences, 319 Biology Building or Box 870344, Tuscaloosa,AL 35487-0344.Joseph S. and Carolyn Bolt Endowed Support Fund. This fund was established in 2000 to promote research inart history by graduate students enrolled in the master's program in art history in the Department of Art. Contact:Department of Art, 103 Garland Hall or Box 870270, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0270.Buford Boone Memorial Fellowships. These fellowships were established in 1984 by the Tuscaloosa News in honorof its longtime publisher, Buford Boone. They are used to support graduate teaching fellowships in English. Contact:Department of English, 103 Morgan Hall or Box 870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244. Application deadline: January25.Ralph L. Chermock Prize. This prize was established in 1978 by friends and colleagues of the late Dr. Ralph L.Chermock. The annual prize is given to a graduate student in natural history or evolutionary biology. Contact:Department of Biological Sciences, 319 Biology Building or Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344.David and Elizabeth DeJarnette Endowed Scholarship in Anthropology. This scholarship, established in 1993,is presented annually to a student of promise who is conducting research on the archaeology of prehistoricMoundville. Contact: Department of Anthropology, 19 ten Hoor Hall or Box 870210, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0210.Application deadline: January 25.
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