Josephine de Karman Fellowship for Undergraduate and PhD Students

2008-2009 FELLOWSHIP GUIDELINES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Applications may be obtained at www.dekarman.org or in the mail. To receive an application in the mail, please submit your request via the website, or send your request to P.O. Box 3389, San Dimas, CA 91773. Requests must be received no later than December 31, 2007.

Complete applications, including official transcripts of applicant’s graduate and undergraduate studies at institutions in the United States and Canada and two letters of recommendation, must be received by the fellowship committee IN ONE PACKAGE postmarked no later than midnight, January 31, 2008. Late applications will not be considered.

Announcement of awards will be made approximately April 15, 2008.

A minimum of ten (10) fellowships, $20,000 for graduate students and $10,000 for undergraduate students, will be awarded for the regular academic year (fall and spring semesters or the equivalent where the quarterly system prevails), paid through the fellowship office of the university in which the recipient is enrolled for study in the United States. Study must be carried out only in the United States and all funds must be expended only within this country.

The fellowship is for one academic year and may not be renewed or postponed.

Students in any discipline entering their senior undergraduate year or a candidate for a PhD who will defend his/her dissertation by June 2009 are eligible for a 2008-2009 fellowship. Postdoctoral and masters degree students are not eligible for consideration.

Applicants should have manifested exceptional ability and serious purpose. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities.

Dekarman fellowships are open to United States and international students currently enrolled in a university located within the United States.

Additional Information of Interest to Applicants:

1. Students who are not citizens of the United States may apply for Josephine de Kármán Fellowships if they are already enrolled in a university located in the United States and if they will be in the United States by the July preceding the Fall Semester of the academic year for which they have enrolled.
2. No funds of the Josephine de Kármán Trust may be paid for travel expense.
3. These fellowships will be paid through the office of the university in which the successful candidates will be enrolled for study in the United States. One half will be paid in September, and one half will be paid the following February.
4. The names, universities, and departments (and dissertation titles of Ph.D. candidates) of Josephine De Kármán Fellowship awardees may be published on the Dekarman.org website.
5. By the end of December following completion of their fellowship year, awardees are required to submit a one to two page report on their achievements as a result of having held a Josephine de Karman Fellowship. This will normally be in the form of a letter to the Josephine de Karman Fellowship Committee, P.O. Box 3389, San Dimas, CA 91773. Graduate student awardees are asked to include with this letter a current abstract of their dissertation.

Deadline: January 31, 2008

Download: application form
Via: official website