Graduate School Fellowships
Internal
The following are among the Fellowships available from the Graduate School:
Presidential Graduate Fellowships: Graduate programs are invited to nominate candidates for the 2006-2007 Presidential Fellowships. Fellowships with a stipend of $15,000, a tuition scholarship, and student insurance will be available. The Presidential Pellowship is a 12-month award, designed for currently enrolled students.
Multi-Year Fellowships: Pursuant to the President's response to the Committee on Graduate Education at the University of Kentucky, starting with the 1998-99 academic year the Graduate School began offering Multi-Year Fellowships that carry a stipend of $15,000, a tuition scholarship, and student health insurance. Intended to enhance the competitive ability of UK programs, Multi-Year Fellowships are designed to attract outstanding first-year graduate students.
Quality Achievement Fellowship Awards: Awards of $3000 per year are available to be used as "add-on" funding to supplement full fellowships or assistantships. The Daniel R. Reedy Quality Achievement Fellowships are intended to enhance the competitive ability of UK programs to attract outstanding first-year graduate students. The awards are potentially renewable for a second year for master's students or for a total of three years for doctoral students.
Dissertation Year Fellowships: In order to enhance the research dimension of graduate education, the President's Office provides funding to support Dissertation Year Fellowships for the academic year at the University of Kentucky. The fellowships carry a stipend of $16,000 and include full payment of tuition; additionally, recipients of these awards may apply for grants of up to $1000 for research expenses related to the dissertation.
Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences Fellowships: Approximately 8-10 Fellowships, paying a stipend of $25,000 and all tuition, are available to Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences track graduate students.
External
Pharmaceutical Sciences students are strongly encouraged to apply for extramural fellowships. Faculty assist the students in preparation of these applications. Among the many fellowships available, our students have been particularly successful with applications for the following: