McNair AT&T Graduate Fellowship

Award Amount:

$3,000 per year for Master's students for up to two years
$4,000 per year for Doctoral students for up to four years

Eligibility:

The McNair Fellowship is available to new and continuing Texas Tech University students who are McNair scholars and plan to pursue a master's or doctoral degree in any area of study.

Master's students will be eligible for $3,000 for one year, and doctoral students will be eligible for $3,000 per year for three years, provided the student remains enrolled as a full-time student and makes satisfactory progress in that program toward their degree throughout the duration of the award. Awards are based on an academic-year calendar, beginning in the fall, and students may re-apply at the end of the award period. The award amount is disbursed evenly for Fall and Spring Semesters unless otherwise noted in your award letter.

Eligible graduate students include on-campus and distance education students who are pursuing any master's or doctoral program, teacher certification program (CERT/FCSC), graduate certificate program (GCERT), or joint degree program (for the joint degree, this scholarship will only be applied while you are taking courses within Texas Tech University). Students pursuing a non-degree such as Post-graduate (PGRD), Graduate Temporary (GTMP), Continuing Professional Educational Development (CPED), or students who are pursuing a degree at the Texas Tech University Law School or Health Sciences Center are not eligible to apply.

Contact Person:

Dr. Clifford Fedler, Associate Dean (gradfellowships@ttu.edu)

Endowed by:

AT&T Foundation

Deadline:

February 17, 2010

Required Documents:

When applying online (see below) for this scholarship, you will need to supply the following documents:

• Letter of recommendation Letters of recommendation (nomination) -- A letter of recommendation is not required for every graduate school application. Whenever a letter of recommendation is optional you may, at your discretion, include one or two letters of recommendation. Check individual descriptions to see whether a letter is required or optional. from your current director at McNair
• Resumé
• Career and Financial Statement Career and Financial Statement -- Describe the following:
  • your career goals and how this award will help you achieve those goals,
  • how you have financed your education thus far -- mention any current or past fellowships, scholarships or tuition waivers you have received and any financial hardships you have overcome,
  • activities in which you have taken leadership roles and/or participated in; community service activities

Application:

All scholarship and fellowship applications must be submitted through our online system. Applicants will be notified of award decisions approximately eight weeks after the deadline.

To apply:

• Apply using online application

Technical Information:

For technical assistance, send inquiries to gradfellowships@ttu.edu.

Some application materials must be submitted in PDF format. To convert documents to PDF, applicants may:

• Use Adobe Acrobat (not Adobe Reader) on the on-campus computers in the library ATLC. Staff at the ATLC are also available to assist students with scanning files to create PDFs.
• Download a free, trial version of Adobe Acrobat from the Adobe web site.
• Use free, third-party PDF conversion software available on the web (e.g. PDFonlineor Cute PDF).

Admission and Scholarship criteria at Texas Tech University are consistent with Texas House Bill 1641. This bill may be viewed at www.capitol.state.tx.us.

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