2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
following application guidelines to qualify for full consideration:
Awardees will be expected to participate in at least 2 Professional
Development Programs organized by the Office of Graduate Minority
Programs, and provide regular updates of their writing progress. For
more information visit
http://gradschool.ufl.edu/diversity/auzenne-award.html
Application deadline: April 1.
Ronald E. McNair Graduate Assistantship Program: UF provides
a limited number of 1-year research assistantships for McNair
scholars who are entering a Ph.D. program at this institution. It
provides a stipend ($12,000), full tuition, fees, and health insurance
for only the first year of the Ph.D. It assists students who have
successfully completed the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement
Program as undergraduates. It is open to all McNair Scholars in
good standing. The student will be appointed and perform research
assistant duties under faculty supervision. Since this program is
intended to increase enrollment in PhD programs, currently enrolled
doctoral students are not eligible. Interested students who meet the
eligibility requirements are invited to apply. The application form
can be found at
http://gradschool.ufl.edu/diversity/mcnair-assistantships.html.
Application deadline: April 1.
AC-SBES Alliance: The University of Florida is a participant in the
Atlantic Coast--Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Alliance
(AC--SBES) grant, which is funded by the National Science
Foundation. The Alliance seeks to increase the number of
underrepresented minority (URM) students receiving Ph.D. degrees
in SBES disciplines and to increase the number of URMs entering
the SBE professoriate. Through the Alliance, UF works
collaboratively with Howard University, the University of Maryland at
College Park, the University of Miami, and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill to broaden participation of URM doctoral
students in SBE doctoral programs. The AC--SBES Alliance provides
a limited number of stipends to incoming doctoral students,
research stipends for AC--SBES scholars, summer bridging and
retention programs, and travel awards for AC-SBES scholars.
Stipends are competitively awarded based on recommendations by
the academic units involved. For more information please visit the
website: http://gradschool.ufl.edu/grants/sbe/introduction.html .
Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship: The Bridge to the Doctorate
(BD) Grant was awarded to UF by the National Science Foundation
through the Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation (FG-LSAMP) to enhance recruitment and retention of
underrepresented minority students in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The BD provides
$30,000 per year for the first two years of doctoral studies for
former LSAMP students who are entering Ph.D. programs after
completing baccalaureate degrees. In addition, the grant provides
funds for the same two years for each BD student's cost of
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