[Faculty] Fwd: Call for nominations - Spring 2022 graduate student fellowship and scholarship opportunities

[Garoma, Temesgen]

Dear Colleagues,

The nominations are now open for the Spring 2022 graduate student
fellowship and scholarship opportunities administered by Graduate
Studies. See the email below for details.

If you are planning to nominate JDP students for the PGRF and/or UGF,
please email me the completed forms by:

   - *February 18, 2022 (for priority cycle)* or
   - *March 14, 2022 (for regular cycle)*

If you are planning to nominate MS students for the MRS, UGF, and/or PGRF,
contact the master's program advisor for your department.

Thank you,
Temesgen Garoma

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Eric Gonzalez <egonzalez15 at sdsu.edu>
Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 4:01 PM
Subject: Call for nominations - Spring 2022 graduate student fellowship and
scholarship opportunities
To: <gracd at sdsu.edu>, <gra.advisor at sdsu.edu>, <gra.docadvisor at sdsu.edu>
Cc: Tracy Love-Geffen <tlove at sdsu.edu>, Andrew Bohonak <abohonak at sdsu.edu>,
Erin Riley <epriley at sdsu.edu>


Dear colleagues,

The Dean of the College of Graduate Studies <http://grad.sdsu.edu/> is
pleased to announce that the Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship,
University Graduate Fellowship, and Master's Research Scholarship will be
open for faculty nominations on February 7th, 2022.

Please find more details about each funding opportunity below, including
the nomination process and required documentation. For your convenience, a
flyer has been attached below with a timeline of relevant dates and
deadlines. If you have any questions, please email Eric Gonzalez at
egonzalez15 at sdsu.edu.

Please note, a new requirement will be implemented this year to facilitate
outcomes research and reporting. For the UGF and MRS programs, we will
require an end-of-year write-up to be submitted by the student awardee
(with the faculty mentor) by May 2023. This write-up will document the
student’s accomplishments and funding’s impact.

Best regards,

College of Graduate Studies


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The Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship (PGRF) opens February 7th and
will be accepted until March 25th, 2022.

   -

   The Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship
   <https://grad.sdsu.edu/grad_advisors/pgrf> is a university-wide
   competition designed to recruit non-resident applicants who demonstrate
   outstanding potential for achievement in research or creative activity.
   -

   The award is a non-resident tuition waiver for the first year, and is
   renewable subject to good academic standing.
   -

   Renewals can be requested annually by program directors for those
   students who are unable to obtain California residency status. Renewals are
   limited to a maximum of 5 total semesters for master’s students and 10
   total semesters for doctoral students.


Timeline for award announcements:

Beginning this year, we will have two PGRF award announcement cycles that
will coincide with the university’s two admissions cycles.

Award cycle

Applications received:

Award Announcement:

Priority

before February 25th, 2022

March 11th, 2022

Regular cycle

after February 25th, 2022

April 11th, 2022

The two cycles are weighted equally, with their only distinction being the
dates of review and announcement. The nomination form can be found on our
website
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fW2nQYL-bZw4f02C1ALdiFx8RQCr3hVMSkO3YscpW44/edit>
.


_____________________________________

The University Graduate Fellowship (UGF) will open February 7th and will be
accepted until March 25th, 2022.


   -

   The UGF <https://grad.sdsu.edu/grad_advisors/ugf> directs institutional
   funding to support recruitment, retention, and timely degree completion for
   excellent graduate students. This program provides support to graduate
   fellows with a stipend of $25,000 (and an option for health insurance
   benefits) for one academic year. An additional year of matching support is
   required from an external funding source, to be obtained by the sponsoring
   faculty member.


Submissions for the UGF program by master’s graduate advisors and doctoral
program directors are accepted via our website
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fDV2-iZCUeBhyEI5WymrNMB-U29xe5YTBWi-L6ZiSDY/edit?usp=sharing>
. Faculty co-sponsors will need to send the completed form
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cI-B4_pj08Yz5dDckJFwPS5YAFuRDZDd/view?usp=sharing>
and
a copy of their nominee’s CV to the student’s program advisor/director before
the deadline.

Awards will be announced April 25th.


_________________________________________

The Master's Research Scholarship (MRS) will open February 7th and will be
accepted until March 25th, 2022.

   -

   The Master’s Research Scholarship
   <https://grad.sdsu.edu/grad_advisors/masters-research-scholarship>
   directs institutional funding to support recruitment, retention, and timely
   degree completion for excellent master’s students engaged in scholarship
   advancing the university's goals for research and creative activity.
   -

   The MRS provides students with a one-year $10,000 scholarship that is
   disbursed in two installments, split between the start of the fall and
   spring semesters.


The deadline to submit MRS nominations through our website
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1re6SX6OXEw57ZhdwRRl-f_Y7ZorB0DONMF5thsEJvKo/edit?usp=sharing>
is March 25th. Awards will be announced April 18th.


_________________________________________

-- 
Eric Gonzalez  |  pronouns*: he/him/his*
Scholarship & Fellowship Coordinator
College of Graduate Studies
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-8220
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