The Department of Anthropology make financial aid decisions separate from admission decisions. That is, a decision to admit a student to the program is not affected by whether or not the student requests financial aid. The financial aid most regularly available in our department is in the form of graduate teaching and research assistantships. Other regularly available forms of financial aid are listed in the Graduate Catalogue and the appropriate application procedures are discussed. A small number of fellowships are also available to the most outstanding new applicants. 

 

University of Maryland Graduate School Fellowship Awards:
 

The University of Maryland Graduate School fellowships are merit-based awards for current University of Maryland graduate students that enable the recipient to focus on graduate study, that do not have to be repaid, and that generally include both a stipend and tuition remission. Fellowships differ from Graduate Assistantships, which carry an obligation to teach classes, to work on a research project, or to perform administrative tasks.
 

Fellowship offers generally are made by graduate programs to incoming students as part of a recruitment package; some are made to current students through competitive awards processes. Applicants to graduate programs and current students should contact the relevant program for more information on available fellowships. 
 

The University of Maryland is committed to diversity and encourages programs to offer support to a diverse range of students consistent with campus principles of equal opportunity.
 

Recruitment and retention fellowships are funded either internally, through the Graduate School’s University and Dean’s Fellowships to colleges, or externally, through a variety of outside funding agencies. In addition, the Graduate School has instituted several award and fellowship competitions.


Flagship Fellowships

Flagship Fellowships are intended to help graduate programs to recruit and retain truly exceptional students. Flagship Fellowships are multi-year enhancement awards to be added to fellowship/assistantship offers made by graduate programs. Flagship Fellowship enhancements may total $40,000 per student over the duration of the award. The goal is to award ten Flagship Fellowships per year, reaching a steady state of approximately forty Flagship Fellows. Nominations for the Flagship Fellowship will be due in the Graduate School by Friday, January 27, 2012 by noon.


Flagship Fellowship Guidelines for AY 2012-13
Nomination Cover Sheet Forms: PDF.


Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowships

In the Spring 2012 recruitment cycle, the Graduate School will award up to five Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowships. The new McNair Fellowship program will enhance opportunities for our campus doctoral programs to recruit and retain outstanding alumni or alumnae of McNair undergraduate programs from institutions across the country. The McNair Graduate Fellowships will provide entering graduate students with a first-year support package that includes a fellowship stipend of $18,000, plus tuition remission, fees, and health insurance. Programs admitting McNair Fellows must commit to providing an additional three-year package of at least comparable annual GA and/or fellowship support. The deadline is Friday, February 3, 2012 by noon.


McNair Graduate Fellowship Guidelines for AY 2012-13
Nomination Cover Sheet Forms: PDF


Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships

Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships are one-semester awards intended to support outstanding doctoral students who are in the final stages of writing their dissertation and whose primary source of support is unrelated to their dissertation. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships carry a stipend of $10,000 plus candidacy tuition remission and $800 toward the cost of health insurance. The Graduate School awards approximately 40 Wylie Dissertation Fellowships per year.

2012-2013 Wylie Fellowship guidelines and nomination forms are available below. Nominations are due on Tuesday, February 21st 2012, by noon.


Ann G. Wylie Fellowship Guidelines for AY 2012-13
Nomination Form: PDF
Nomination Form: Word Document
Advisor Recommendation Form: PDF
DGS Recommendation Form: PDF


Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships

Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships provide support to outstanding doctoral students at “mid-career,” that is, in the period approximately before, during, or after achievement of candidacy, and are intended to enable students to prepare for or complete a key benchmark in their program’s requirements. Summer Research Fellowships carry stipends of $5,000.

2012 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship Guidelines and nomination forms are available below. Nominations are due on Tuesday, March 6th, by noon.


2012 Summer Research Fellowship Guidelines
Nomination Form:PDF
Recommendation Forms: PDF


Distinguished Dissertation Award

Last year, the Graduate School inaugurated our annual University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Award. This year will be our second competition and will be for PhD dissertations defended and submitted to the Graduate School in calendar year 2011. The selection process for the second annual Distinguished Dissertation will occur in Spring 2012. For information on endowed awards and the dissertation award, please click HERE.


Travel Grants

The Graduate School administers the Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant and the International Conference Student Support Award which provide funding for graduate students presenting academic work at conferences and professional meetings. Please click HERE for more information ,


Endowed Awards

The Graduate School also administers competitions for four endowed awards: The Mabel S. Spencer Award for Excellence in Graduate Education, The James W. Longest Memorial Award for Social Science Research, The Michael J. Pelczar Award for Excellence in Graduate Study, and The Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Fellowship. For more information, please click HERE.