Graduate Student Funding

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Eligibility: This award is given to doctoral graduate(s) in the School of Education, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program who have completed an outstanding dissertation on the topic of leadership or a topic dealing closely with leadership and organizational behavior.

Award Value: The amount of the award depends on the income available from the Joseph P. Cangemi endowment and the number of fellowships awarded.

Selection Criteria Established by the Fellowship Committee:

  1. Candidates must be Ed.D. or Ph.D. graduates in the Higher Education program whose dissertation topic fits the eligibility requirements listed above.
  2. All nominations arise from the Higher Education and Student Affairs faculty.

Eligibility: This fellowship is to be awarded to support doctoral students in the Higher Education or Educational Leadership programs who have completed their qualifying examinations and are working on approved dissertation topics. The award is intended to encourage doctoral students to remain on campus as full-time students to work on their dissertations. It is possible to split the award amount between two or more equally deserving candidates who meet the criteria.

Award Value: The amount of the award depends on the income available from the Holmstedt Fellowship endowment and the number of fellowships awarded.

Selection Criteria Established by the Fellowship Committee:

  1. Candidates must be Ed.D. or Ph.D. students in the Higher Education or Educational Leadership programs who have had their dissertation proposals approved by their research committees, and will be in residence on the Bloomington or Indianapolis campuses during the entire period of the award.
  2. Candidates must be judged to have excellent proposals for dissertation research.
  3. Candidates’ demonstrated need for financial assistance can also be taken into account.

Selection Process: A committee consisting of the full-time Higher Education faculty will decide by approximately April 15.

Application Procedures: Deadline: February 4 of each year. A letter of application should address how the candidate meets the selection criteria and include an indication of how the candidate would use the award, a statement of the candidate’s financial need, and a copy of the candidate’s approved dissertation proposal. Applications should be submitted to:

Danielle De Sawal
Chair of HESA Fellowships Committee
W.W. Wright Education Building, Room 4272
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405

Eligibility: This fellowship is to be awarded to support an outstanding doctoral student in the Higher Education program who is enrolled on the Bloomington campus.

Award Value: The amount of the award depends on the income available from the Eberle Fellowship endowment and the number of fellowships awarded.

Selection Criteria Established by the Fellowship Committee:

  1. Candidates must be Ed.D. or Ph.D. students in the Higher Education program enrolled on the Bloomington campus.
  2. Candidates may be new or continuing students.
  3. Candidates must demonstrate a record of outstanding academic and professional performance in higher education.

Eligibility: This fellowship is to be awarded to a doctoral student in the Higher Education Program. The recipient shall be a deserving student who has academic abilities and is in genuine need of financial assistance. Fellowship recipients may reapply for the Fellowship; however, the reapplication will carry no special weight because of the previous award.

Award Value: $10,000

Selection Criteria Established by the Fellowship Committee:

  1. Candidates must be Ed.D. or Ph.D. students in the Higher Education program.
  2. Candidates may be new or continuing students.
  3. Candidates must demonstrate a record of outstanding academic and professional performance in higher education.
  4. Candidates must demonstrate genuine need for financial assistance.

Eligibility: This fellowship is to be awarded to a doctoral student in the Higher Education Program. If a suitable candidate cannot be identified faculty may select a graduate student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

Award Value: The number, amount, and recipient(s) of the fellowship will be determined by a faculty committee appointed by the Chair of the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department, in consultation with the Dean.

Selection Criteria Established by the Fellowship Committee:

  1. Candidates should be Ed.D. or Ph.D. students in the Higher Education program.
  2. Candidates may be new or continuing students.
  3. Candidates must demonstrate a record of outstanding academic and professional performance in higher education

The Elizabeth A. Greenleaf Fellowship is to be awarded to a currently enrolled first year female master’s student studying Higher Education and Student Affairs. This award was established to acknowledge Dr. Greenleaf’s work with women graduate students who have excelled in the classroom, demonstrated practical competence, and have made outstanding contributions to the quality of the learning experience in the HESA program. First year female graduate students are nominated by the HESA faculty.