Fellowships
Important Announcement from the Department Chair (Spring 2009)
Doctoral students,
Unfortunately, we have to shut down the conference travel fellowship program for the time being. This fellowship is currently unavailable due to lack of funding. Please check back in the Spring 2010. If we have funds then, we will reopen this fellowship and make an announcement. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you, and let’s hope the recession turns around quickly. -- Mary Beth
We invite all Literacy, Culture, and Language Education full-time doctoral students to apply for the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education fellowships offered by the department.
General Information
The funding is specifically earmarked for international students and all doctoral students emphasizing scholarship and teaching in the following areas: literacy education, expanded and multiple definitions of literacy, children's and young adult literature, foreign and second language education, and struggling readers. The list below describes the intent of the donors, and applicants should state how they meet the specifications for these awards in their application.
Fellowship List
Applicant Qualification
Full-time doctoral students in the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department
Recipient Requirement
Fellowship recipients will be expected to contribute at least 2-3 hours of work per week to the department in order to fulfill conditions of the award. Students receiving larger awards will be expected to serve additional hours accordingly.
Application Deadlines
- Isabel Craig Memorial Scholarship Fund,Leo and Jean Fay Fellowship Fund, The Harste Alternative Literacies Fellowship, The Marie Alice and Gilbert Peart Fellowship, and Ruth G. Strickland Memorial Fellowship Fund:
- February 1st (for the following academic year)
- Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Professional Development Fellowship (Out-of-State Presentation Travel Grant)
- December 1st: for conferences held between July 1st and December 31st of the same calendar year
- April 1st: for conferences held between January 1st and April 30th of the same calendar year
- July 1st: for conferences held between May 1st and June 30th of the same calendar year; student must be enrolled in Summer or the following Fall to receive the stipend
Selection Criteria
Fellowship recipients will be selected based on a combination of scholarly abilities, financial need, and the aims of the particular fellowship.
Application Process
The Fellowships Committee will decide on the appropriate fellowship to be awarded, based on your clearly stated background and interests in a one- to two-page application. The application form is available here (.doc). The application should include:
- current GPA
- progress toward your degree
- sources of income for the current and upcoming academic year
- explanation of how your scholarly work, experiences and career plans match the intent of the scholarships
- explanation of how your research interests and work experiences as a fellowship recipient could benefit the department
- names of two Language Education Department faculty members who can speak to your qualifications for these awards. If you are newly admitted to the program, secure two names of former professors and their contact information (e.g., email address).
Application Submission
Fellowships Committee Chair
Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department (ED 3044)
201 N. Rose Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405-1006
Isabel Craig Memorial Scholarship Fund
Established by: The faculty, staff, and alumni of Language Education.
Description: The number, amount, and recipient(s) of the fellowship(s) will be determined by the Fellowships committee of the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department of the School of Education. It is the intent of the Donors that the Fellowship Fund be used for student financial aid and to benefit the Language Education Department.
Eligibility: Graduate student with financial need in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
Selection Process: Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Faculty Committee
Leo and Jean Fay Fellowship Fund
Established by: The faculty, staff, and alumni of Language Education in honor of Professor Leo C. Fay and his wife, Jean. (Leo Fay, an international leader in language education, played a key role in founding the Reading Education and later the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department and was Department Chair for nearly three decades. Leo and Jean Fay mentored, advised and guided generations of Language Education students.)
Description: The number, amount, and recipient(s) of the Fellowship will be determined by Fellowships Committee of the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department of the School of Education. It is the intent of the Donors that the Fellowship Fund be used for graduate student financial aid and to benefit the Language Education Department.
Eligibility: Full-time graduate student in the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education who has an outstanding record and promise for success in teaching and research.
Selection Process: Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Faculty Committee
The Harste Alternative Literacies Fellowship
Established by: The School of Education, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department, in honor of faculty member, Jerome C. Harste.
Description: The number, amount, and recipient(s) of the Fellowship will be determined by the Fellowships Committee of the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department. It is the intent of the Donors that the recipient be a graduate student in the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Department who is interested in expanding the current notions of literacy beyond what has been the mainstream focus of literacy education. This could be done through media (art, music, drama, television, technology, or dance) or interdisciplinary studies.
Eligibility: Awarded to a full-time graduate student in the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education department who is interested in expanding the current notions of literacy beyond what has been the mainstream focus of literacy education- may be done through media or interdisciplinary studies.
Selection Process: Literacy, Culture, and Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Fellowships Committee
Established by: Marie Alice Peart, MS '31 in Elementary Education, and Gilbert Peart, Ed. D. '61.
Description: The amount of the fellowships shall be determined by the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, Bloomington campus, on an annual basis.
One (1) fellowship shall be awarded each year to a graduate student who is enrolled at the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University and who is majoring in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education. The amount and recipient of the Fellowship will be determined by the Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Fellowships Committee. The graduate point average of each recipient shall be at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale).
Eligibility: Graduate student on the Bloomington campus majoring in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Selection Process: Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Fellowships Committee
Ruth G. Strickland Memorial Fellowship Fund
Established by: The faculty, staff, and alumni of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
Description: This fellowship is to be awarded to a doctoral student with a strong academic record who is enrolled as a full-time student in the Indiana University School of Education, core campus, majoring in the field of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education with a focus on children or young adult literature in any culture.
Eligibility: Graduate student in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
Selection Process: Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Fellowships Committee
Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Professional Development Fellowship (Out-of-State Presentation Travel Grant)
Temporarily discontinued. Please see the message from the Department Chair above.
Established: To support out of state research presentations of graduate students at professional meetings.
Eligibility: Restricted to Literacy, Culture, and Language Education full-time doctoral students. The nomination form is available in the department office. Applicants must document the acceptance of their work through its appearance upon a conference program--a hardcopy of the program (not online version) from the conference is required. Students are limited to one award per fiscal year (July 1st - June 30th) and students applying for future travel awards are given preference if they provide with the new application a copy of the paper presented for the previous year's fellowship.
Award Value: The amount awarded each year is determined by the income funds generated by the base scholarship and financial aid committee decisions about the number of scholarships to be awarded. Most recent awards have been for $500. The application form is available here (.doc).
FYI: Upcoming conference lists are available at our News and Events page