How to Apply for Fellowships Panels- 10/27, 11/02 & 11/17
Hosted by the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards and the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards, the panels in this series aim to improve access to fellowships and scholarships by connecting students with other students who have received fellowships and to faculty and staff who have served on selection committees.
How to Apply for Fellowships: A Graduate Student Panel
10/27/2021, 5–6 p.m.
How do you decide which fellowships to apply for? How do you find the time to apply for funding while also juggling life responsibilities? How do you make your application competitive? Hear from graduate students who successfully applied for funding. The panelists are:
- Isatou Jallow, Law. Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award , Harlan Hahn Grant in Disability Studies, Husky 100
- Maneeshika Madduri, Electrical & Computer Engineering. National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Student Fulbright
- Augusto Millevolte, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Tillman Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
- Ayda Apa Pomeshikov, Near & Middle East Studies. U.S.I.P Jennings Randolph Peace Fellowship, UW Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship, UW Graduate School Fritz Fellowship
- Loranzie Rogers, Psychology. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
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Meet the Selection Committee: A Panel of Reviewers for National and UW Fellowships
11/02/2021, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
This panel will feature faculty and staff who frequently serve on selection committees for various national and UW scholarships or fellowships. Join us to learn how selection committee members approach the process, what they’re hoping to learn from application materials, and more. The panelists are:
- Marie Angeles, Director of Student Affairs, The Evans School of Public Policy and Governance; Committees served: Evans School Fellowships, Truman Scholarship
- Paul Aoki, Director, UW Language Learning Center, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Linguistics; Committees served: Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS), Critical Language Scholarship
- Patricia Kramer, Professor, Department of Anthropology; Committees served: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
- Christian Lee Novetzke, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, Professor, Comparative History of Ideas; Committees served: Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Fulbright-Nehru, Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS), American Institute of Indian Studies, Mellon/ACLS, Jackson School of International Studies Scholarships, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
- Alexandra Velian, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry; Committees served: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
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Opening the Door to Letters of Recommendation: Advice from Students
11/17/2021, 5–6 p.m.
Who do I ask for letters of recommendation? How do I ask them? A panel of students who have successfully worked with many recommenders share their perspectives on how to approach building your team of supporters and how you can support your recommenders in writing strongly for you. The panelists are:
- Estey Chen, History, Political Science. Boren Scholarship, Critical Language Scholarship
- Seth Temple, Statistics. National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Liban Hussein, Electrical and Computer Engineering. GEM Fellowship, Martin Scholarship
- Binh Truong, Public Policy. Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS), Fulbright, Mary Gates Research
- Kyle Johnson, Computer Science & Engineering. National Science Foundation Graduate Research (GRFP), Generation Google, Mary Gates Research
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