FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Application Information and Criteria for the
International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship
2012-2013
INFORMATION and ELIGIBILITY:
The International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship carries a $7,000 stipend for advanced doctoral students to help facilitate
research and the timely completion of their doctoral degree that requires extended research time abroad. A three (3) hour matriculation
and/or out-of-state (if necessary) tuition waiver will be provided for the semester award period. As an exception to the standard enrollment
requirement, The Graduate School only requires that the recipient register for three (3) dissertation hours. It is the student’s responsibility to
ensure that this exception does not negatively affect eligibility for Financial Aid, etc.
Applicants must be admitted to candidacy, currently enrolled as a graduate student, and have completed all requirements for the degree
except the dissertation by the start of the semester in which the work commences. Priority will be given to those students who have
completed these requirements at the time of application. The fellowship may be undertaken during any semester within one year of the
award date and the intended semester should be clearly defined and justified in the application. The fellowship cannot be held in conjunction
with any other FSU fellowship or assistantship though recipients can be supported by such funds in other semesters.
Students wishing to be considered for the International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship should contact their academic
department to begin the application process. The departmental nomination deadline is January 11, 2012 and the deadline of the student’s
application is January 18, 2012. Listed below is the criteria and information that will be necessary to apply.
STUDENT INFORMATION REQUIRED BEFORE COMPLETING ONLINE APPLICATION:
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Description of dissertation work to be undertaken (no more than four (4) pages, double spaced, font size 12)
FSU transcripts (as an attachment; ex: pdf., doc., docx.)
Other transcripts (as an attachment; ex: pdf., doc., docx.)
Graduate GPA (confirmed by department)
Provide recommender(s) information (name, email address, etc.)
Provide timetable for degree (as an attachment; ex: pdf., doc., docx.)
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS:
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The Graduate School will notify all academic departments when the nomination form is available.
An academic department may nominate a student of their choosing or any student wishing to apply may contact their academic
department. To be considered, applicants must fulfill eligibility as stated in paragraph two.
Once the academic department has submitted the nomination, the student is emailed a link to the online application along with a list of
the required materials needed to complete the application. The student must not begin the application until they have all of the
materials listed below AND they have approximately one hour to spend working on the application. NOTE: Applicants cannot stop or
start the application; they must submit it in the same session in which they begin. Also, they may not edit the application once it has
been submitted.
Submitting multiple applications is not permitted. Recommenders will be allotted a time period to provide the recommendation
for the student. Once the recommendation letters are provided, the students’ application is considered complete. The
Dean/Dean Designee, Department Chair, or Faculty Graduate Program Director will then be sent a link to the completed
application for their review and endorsement. An endorser may also submit a student nomination.
For questions regarding this fellowship, please contact Becky Culp in The Graduate School, 408 Westcott Building.
Phone) 850-644-8846, Fax) 850-644-2969.
Application Submission Instructions
If you are a potential applicant and would like to be nominated for this fellowship, please contact your academic unit.
The Graduate Schools’ new application system will be utilized for this fellowship.
Step 1) This fellowship will begin with the nomination of a student by the academic unit that has admitted the student. To nominate a
student they will click on the following link provided in the Memorandum in Blackboard Faculty/Staff:
Please complete the nomination form following the instructions in the form. Please note that the department will need the following to
complete the nomination form:
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The FSUID of the student (example: bbarton); and
The GPA of the student; and
Knowledge that the student has been admitted to candidacy; and
Knowledge that the student is currently enrolled.
Also, this application requires recommendations. The student should notify their recommenders of the pending deadline at the time they
prepare their application.
The nomination from the Department is due January 11, 2012.
Step 2) After the department has submitted the nomination, the student nominated will be sent an instructional email that will allow them to
complete and submit their application online.
The deadline for the student to submit is January 18, 2012.
Step 3) After the application has been received, the recommenders listed by the student will be sent an email with a specialized URL for
providing a recommendation to the student’s application.
Please note the recommender will need the following to complete the recommendation form:
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A letter recommending the applicant for this fellowship.
The deadline for recommenders to submit the recommendation is February 1, 2012.
Step 4) After the recommendations have been received, the academic unit will be sent an email with a specialized URL for providing an
endorsement to the student’s application.
Please note the departments will need the following to complete the endorsement form:
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The decision if you want to submit the student for final processing.
The deadline for departments to submit the endorsement is February 8, 2012.
Step 5) The Graduate School will review and rank applications and will make offers in late February.