Helen DeVitt Jones Fellowship in Education

The Helen DeVitt Jones Fellowships in Education are named in honor of Helen DeVitt Jones who was a native of West Texas, an honors graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and an educational philanthropist. Mrs. Jones was noted for her interest in preventing educational problems by addressing them as early as possible. She was an avid supporter of the fine arts and organizations working with both public school and collegiate students. She financed programs that lent support to talented individuals, especially if their skills were intended to lead to employment in a practical field. Mrs. Jones created the Helen Jones Foundation in 1984, which endowed the Jones Fellowship, a program initiated in 1975 and benefited forty-five doctoral students before being discontinued in 1980. This program was refunded in 2002 through a permanent endowment, which provides support to attract outstanding graduate students to pursue degrees in the College of Education at Texas Tech University.

Selection Criteria

Helen Jones Fellowships will be granted to graduate students in the College of Education who are either pursuing their doctoral degree or their master’s degree with the intention of pursuing a doctoral degree. Full-time students, including those enrolled in online courses, are eligible. The Dean’s office or a fellowship committee appointed by the Dean will administer the awards. Recipients will be reviewed annually, and awards may be renewed based on their satisfactory progress toward degree completion. The minimum award per student per academic year is $6,000, and the maximum award is $10,000. Future award numbers and amounts may be adjusted based on available earnings, the cost of education, and other relevant factors.