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Dissertation Fellowships

Award Information 

The Graduate and Professional School offers Dissertation Fellowships to doctoral students in the dissertation phase of their degree program. Dissertation Fellowships are intended to support advanced doctoral students in the final analysis of their research topic and the final writing of the dissertation. For the 2024-2025 academic year, the Graduate and Professional School will offer 10 fellowships in the fall and 5 in the spring to students who will graduate by August 2025 and December 2025, respectively. This fellowship is NOT intended to finance data collection or the completion of doctoral coursework. Priority will be given to doctoral students whose primary financial support for 2024-2025 is NOT related to their research (e.g., GANT, GAL, GAT, Self-funded). Students who have funding related to their dissertation research or who anticipate graduating by May 2025 will be least likely to receive this fellowship.

Eligibility

U.S. residents, U.S. Permanent residents, eligible noncitizens, and international doctoral students are eligible to apply for this fellowship. Applicants must also meet the following criteria:

  • Admitted to candidacy by October 29, 2024. To be admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree, a student must have:
    1. Completed all formal coursework on the degree plan with the exception of any remaining 681, 684, 690, and 691 credit hours.
    2. Demonstrated a 3.0 Graduate GPA and a Degree Plan GPA of at least 3.0, with no grade lower than C in any course on the degree plan.
    3. Passed the preliminary examination (written and oral portions).
    4. Submitted an approved dissertation proposal.
    5. Met the degree residency requirements (see Graduate Catalog).

The Dissertation Fellowship will not be authorized for any doctoral student not admitted to candidacy by October 29, 2024.

  • Reside in Bryan/College Station and conduct the work described in the Dissertation Fellowship application on campus at time of application and during the fellowship year (January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025), except for Texas A&M doctoral students whose committee chair resides on the TAMU-Galveston campus or MD/PhD students whose committee chair resides on our partner Houston campus. In the latter cases, those students should be working on site at the respective location.
  • Submit, in writing, intent to apply for the Dissertation Fellowship to departmental/program faculty and staff graduate advisors. The intent to apply notification is not included in the application, but it is a formality that must be completed before you apply.

In addition to meeting the stated criteria of eligibility, applicants for the Dissertation Fellowship award must be doctoral students currently enrolled in an eligible college/school or interdisciplinary program:

  • Colleges/Schools 
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences 
    • Architecture 
    • Arts and Sciences 
    • The Bush School of Government and Public Service 
    • Education and Human Development 
    • Engineering 
    • Mays Business School 
    • Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 


  • Interdisciplinary Degree Programs 
    • Agribusiness and Managerial Economics 
    • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
    • Genetics and Genomics 
    • Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences 
    • Neuroscience 
    • Toxicology 
    • Water Management and Hydrological Science 
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2024-2025 Dissertation Fellowship (Round 2) - Application
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