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Graduate Education Fellowship Opportunities Open in November

10/17/2024

The Office of Graduate Education Fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year will open for graduate students in November. The application period for the Dissertation Fellowship opens Thursday, Nov. 1, and the Diversity Fellowship and Presidential Fellowship open on Wednesday, Nov. 6. 

Visit Graduate Education’s Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, Assistantships, and Awards page to get a head start on what is needed to apply for each fellowship. 

Dissertation Fellowship

The Saint Louis University Dissertation Fellowship is competitively awarded to Saint Louis University Ph.D. candidates whose work, during their time at Saint Louis University, demonstrates outstanding academic achievement and whose dissertation will significantly extend the body of knowledge within their discipline.
  
Each 11-month fellowship award carries a stipend of $31,500, 12 hours of tuition scholarship depending on the number of dissertation hours needed to reach the required 12, and health insurance. Summer attendance is mandatory. No other fellowship, traineeship, assistantship, similar appointment, or employment at the University or outside may be held concurrently with this fellowship.  

Students interested in being nominated must contact their department or Ph.D. mentor. 

Diversity Fellowship

Saint Louis University Diversity Fellowships are awarded to newly accepted master’s or doctoral students, or to students in the first year of a program, who have a history of outstanding academic achievement, who espouse a commitment to diversity in their discipline, and whose research trajectory and professional goals have the potential for impact in their field.  
  
Each 11-month fellowship award carries a $31,500 stipend, 18 hours of tuition scholarship during the regular academic year and three hours during the summer session, and health insurance for 11 months. 

Presidential Fellowship

Saint Louis University Presidential Fellowships are awarded to newly accepted master’s or doctoral students, or to students in the first year of a program, who have a history of outstanding academic achievement, who demonstrate potential to contribute to the University mission, and whose research trajectory and professional goals have the potential for impact in their field.  
  
Each 11-month fellowship award carries a $31,500 stipend, 18 hours of tuition scholarship during the regular academic year and three hours during the summer session, and health insurance for 11 months.

For more information regarding expectations, responsibilities, and how to apply, visit Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, Assistantships, and Awards.