NDSU’s College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies has awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships to four students for the 2016-17 academic year. Each fellowship recipient will receive a stipend plus additional funding for academic travel and supplies. The awards are designed to increase the completion rate of doctoral students.
Support of $2,000 per month will be available for up to 12 months to enable students to dedicate their time exclusively to dissertation research. In addition, $2,500 may be awarded for research supplies and to support student travel for presentations at national and international meetings. Students are required to have advanced to candidacy for the doctorate and are expected to complete their dissertation during the year of funding.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipients are:
• Adam Edwinson, molecular pathogenesis
• Andrew Abeyta, psychology
• Jen Wenner, developmental science
• Karen Glover, biochemistry
The fellowship recipients were selected from 38 applicants. Application evaluation criteria included a summary of quality of the student’s research and credentials, a timeline for dissertation completion within 12 months and the quality of the adviser’s mentoring plan.
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