In addition to meeting all admissions criteria set by your program, consideration must be given to the applicant’s capacity to contribute to the GSAS, their FLF cohort, and their academic program. That is, consider the student’s potential to leverage their expertise, academic skills, and cultural capital to enhance their program and the compositional excellence of their program and GSAS. 

Confirm Budget: For each Fellowship awarded, your program will contribute 50% from your merit scholarship budget. Only submit nominations that if awarded are still within budget. GSAS will then match this amount with an additional 50% from a special and separate GSAS Dean’s Office fund. 

Submit Nominations: Each DGS is invited to nominate up to 3 of its strongest candidates. To nominate a candidate from your program complete the Fellowship Nomination Form* (nominations should be submitted when the applicant is admitted). You will be asked to provide the rank (how the candidate ranks (1-3) within your department's nomination pool) and a statement of nomination summarizing the case based on the selection criteria detailed above.

A small administrative committee, headed by the GSAS Dean, will review the applicants’ records and departmental nomination materials. Nominations will be reviewed on a rolling basis so that offers to nominees can be made quickly. We will bear in mind that programs have different deadlines and timelines as we allocate the fellowships.

Award decisions will be communicated to the student directly through Slate. The DGS will also be notified.  If a candidate turns down our offer of admission and therefore the awarded Fellowship, we will look to offer the Fellowship to another qualified candidate. This alternate candidate will come from the pool of all remaining nominations across all departments.