Office of Equity and Diversity

Interested students must be admitted to the UAB graduate school and the doctoral program in a particular department.

The graduate program director should provide a letter of recommendation for a qualified student to the Dean of the Graduate School and the Vice President for Equity and Diversity. The letter should contain the student’s qualifications for entry into the doctoral program (GRE scores, GPA, research experiences…) and other background information.

The recommended students must complete CMFSDP fellowship application forms. Application forms are available online and in the office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity and in the Graduate School.

All applications will be reviewed and a number of applicants will be selected for an interview by the CMFSDP Fellowship Committee.

Successful applicants will receive an official CMFSDP Fellowship offer letter to be signed and returned to the Graduate School.

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

Fellowship Application Form
(pdf format - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Scholarship supplements are available to qualified African American students, newly enrolled at UAB and seeking to earn a bachelor’s degree. This supplement increases a UAB Scholarship to provide full tuition and fees, a $900.00 textbook stipend and opportunities for two (2) $1,000.00 summer internships. The internships are designed for students to work in an area consistent with their educational objectives. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent United States residents in order to be eligible to receive a scholarship. The scholarships are renewable for three additional years for students that continue to meet the scholarship requirements.

Undergraduate Diversity Scholarship Supplement

Scholarship supplements are available to qualified African American students, newly enrolled at UAB and seeking to earn a bachelor’s degree. This supplement increases a UAB Scholarship to provide full tuition and fees and opportunities for two (2) $1,000.00 summer internships. The internships are designed for students to work in an area consistent with their educational objectives. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent United States residents in order to be eligible to receive a scholarship. The scholarship supplements are renewable for three additional years for students that continue to meet the scholarship supplement requirements.

Interested students must be admitted to UAB, have competitive national test scores and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

Qualified students must complete a CMFSDP scholarship supplement application form. Application forms are available online and in the office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity.

All scholarship supplement applications will be reviewed and a number of applicants will be selected to be interviewed by the CMFSDP Scholarship Committee.

Successful applicants will receive an official CMFSDP Scholarship Supplement offer letter to be signed and returned to the Vice President for Equity and Diversity.