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Research Assistantships, available for graduate students whose special training and
qualifications enable them to serve as assistants to individual staff members in certain
departments, and
Teaching Assistantships, which are part-time instruction opportunities offered to
qualified graduate students for work as instructors, preceptors and section leaders, tutors,
and graders.
Several departments utilize, when possible, the federal work study program to
help fund research and teaching assistantship positions. As a result, some
departments may require or request that students complete the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid so that eligibility for work study funds can be determined. This
form can be completed online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.
Interdisciplinary Programs and Centers
In addition to the departmentally based awards, several interdisciplinary programs and
centers offer fellowship and assistantship awards to both incoming and continuing students
interested in the program areas. These include programs in Documentary Studies, Medieval
and Renaissance Studies, Women’s Studies, and centers such as the Kenan Center for Ethics
and the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies.
COMPETITIVE GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS
The Graduate School funds several competitive fellowships for incoming and
continuing students. Incoming students do not apply for these awards; rather, selection is
based on departmental nomination. Continuing students interested in awards for advanced
students should follow the application procedures listed on the Graduate School Web site
or in the award announcement.
Students holding a competitive Graduate School fellowship are not permitted to hold
other fellowships or employment concurrent with the Graduate School award without
prior approval from the Dean of the Graduate School. Exceptions to this are the James B.
Duke Summer Research and Duke Endowment Summer Fellowships, which can be held
with any other university or external award.
Fellowships for Incoming Students
James B. Duke Fellowships. The James B. Duke One-Hundredth Anniversary Fund
provides fellowships for students who wish to pursue a program leading to the PhD degree
in the Graduate School at Duke University. Its objective is to aid in attracting and developing
outstanding scholars at Duke. Selection of recipients is made by a faculty committee upon
nomination by the appropriate department. These fellowships provide a $4,000 stipend
supplement for four years to any other award the student receives from the department, the
Graduate School, or external source.
The University Scholars Program was created in 1998 with a gift from former Duke
University Trustee Melinda French Gates and her husband Bill Gates, through the William
H. Gates Foundation. The program is designed to stimulate an interdisciplinary, intergenerational,
and diverse community of scholars. Each year the University Scholars Program
provides tuition and a 9-month stipend for up to six incoming graduate students, who
participate in bimonthly University Scholars Program seminars, and act as informal
intellectual leaders and mentors (not advisors) to the program's undergraduates. For more
information, see the University Scholars Program Web site at: http://www.usp.duke.edu.
Duke Endowment Fellowships are awarded to students who—by reason of their
background, culture, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, work and life experiences—,
contribute to a fuller representation of perspectives withing the acedemic life of the
university. Nominees must be U.S. or naturalized citizens. The fellowship is a four-year
award, provided by the Graduate School in conjunction with the admitting department, and
offers a full tuition, registration, health and recreation fee scholarship. The Graduate School
provides academic year stipend support in years one and two, and summer support for all
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