The Equity and Diversity Enhancement Program (EDEP)
2006-2007

Graduate and Undergraduate Awards

Graduate Fellowships ($21,000 plus tuition and fees)

Graduate Fellowships are available to qualified underrepresented minority or woman students, newly enrolled at UAB and seeking to earn a Ph.D. degree. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent United States residents in order to be eligible to receive a fellowship. The Office of Equity and Diversity will provide fellowship support for three years and the particular department must agree to provide an additional one or two years of fellowship support as needed and assign a faculty mentor to assist the student.

Application Procedure

1.	Interested students must be admitted to the UAB graduate school and the doctoral program in a particular department.
2.	The graduate program director should provide a letter of recommendation for a qualified student to the Dean of the Graduate School and Vice President for Equity anddiversity. The letter should contain the student’s qualifications for entry into the doctoral program (GRE scores, GPA, research experiences…) and other background information.
3.	The recommended students must complete EDEP fellowship application forms. Application forms are available in the office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity and in the Graduate School.
4.	All applications will be reviewed and a number of applicants will be selected for an interview by the EDEP Fellowship Committee.
5.	Successful applicants will receive an official EDEP Fellowship offer letter to be signed and returned to the Graduate School.
6.	All fellowship awards begin with the fall semester of the particular year

Students receiving EDEP fellowships will not be allowed to hold any type of outside employment or equivalent fellowship support and must be enrolled full-time.