The Graduate Awards Committee meets on an ad-hoc basis to oversee the nomination, application review, and award selection processes for graduate student awards, scholarships, and fellowships distributed through the Graduate College.  The committee, composed of graduate coordinators from various colleges across campus, makes award recommendations to the graduate dean. This committee also advises on the establishment and implementation of new funding programs, as needed.

Review a listing of fellowships and scholarships for new and current students.

Procedures:

Outstanding Thesis/Dissertations

1. One each nominated by each College, all submissions due to the GC by 12/1. 
2. Valarie and team will log, collate, and distribute electronically (Google Drive) to Kendall and the committee chair by 12/7. 
3. The committee should submit to the Graduate College a winner and an alternate. The due date is 2/1. 
4. The sub-committee will meet the week of  2/1 to finalize. 

Scholarships & Fellowships

1. Due via online submission in Grad Rebel Gateway by 5 pm on 12/1. 
2. Brianne and team will check for qualifications and whittle down to those nominees who are qualified for each award. 
3. Janine will work with the Awards committee trained on how to review and rate the scholarships and fellowships in the Grad Rebel Gateway. Targeting the week of January 25th. 
4. See the attached Scholarship Applicant Numbers spreadsheet attached for the desired number of awardees.
5. Committee members will split into two review groups. One for fellowships and one for scholarships. 
6. 50% of reviews need to be completed by 1/18. All reviews need to be complete by 1/25. 
7. Interviews will be held 2/8 and/or 2/9.
8. The due date is 2/22.

Fellowship Reviewers

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Scholarships Reviewers

1. Reviewer 1
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