The Graduate College

FELLOWSHIPS, ASSISTANTSHIPS, ASSOCIATESHIPS, GRANTS

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Western Michigan University provides fellowships, associateships, and assistantships for students planning to pursue graduate study. Collectively, these awards are known as graduate appointments. Graduate appointees are first and foremost students. As such, their most important task is to complete their degree requirements in a timely fashion; this is the primary expectation of the university. Graduate appointments are funded through state appropriations and federal, state, local and private grants for at least three principal reasons. First, employment of graduate students in teaching, research, and non-teaching positions during their graduate education encourages and supports their participation in these major functions of university life and thereby strengthens the quality of the students' educational experience. Second, appointments provide direct financial support to outstanding students who are essential to the development of quality graduate programs. Third, graduate students provide valuable and necessary services to the university in their roles as appointees. Applications are due by February 15, and appointments are usually made by April 1 for students planning to enroll in the fall semester. Appointments are often renewable, except for Graduate College Fellowships and Dissertation Fellowships. For more information, and to obtain application forms, visit or call The Graduate College (269) 387-8212, or visit the Graduate College's forms page: www.wmich.edu/grad/forms

The following appointments are available:

ASSISTANTSHIPS and ASSOCIATESHIPS

• Teaching and Research Assistantships Teaching and Research Assistantships for two semesters of full-time appointment are available in many departments of the University. Inquiries should be sent to the chairperson of the department. Teaching and Research Assistantships are also often listed on the University's job posting site www.broncojobs.wmich.edu.

FELLOWSHIPS

• The Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowships - Fall 2008
• Thurgood Marshall Fellowships
• Martin Luther King/Cesar Chavez/Rosa Parks Future Faculty Fellowship
• WMU-AGEP Fellowship
• Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowships
  

GRANTS

• Graduate Student Research Fund
• Graduate Student Travel Fund
  

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• George and Beatrice Fisher Gerontology Dissertation Prize
• The Patricia Lee Thompson Dissertation Award
  
• Western Michigan University Dames Endowed Scholarship for Spring 2008

Financial Aid programs offered by other WMU offices

• Western Michigan University's Office of Student Financial Aid can provide information and links to additional sources of financial support for students.
• Western Michigan University's Career and Student Employment Services maintains a list of part-time jobs both on and off campus; work-study employment; temporary employment; seasonal/summer jobs; and internship/pre/professional/cooperative education employment opportunities.

External Funding Opportunities
(Funding sources outside of WMU)

• The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
  The NSF GRFP supports graduate students early-on in their studies through fellowships in areas ranging from Interdisciplinary (science) Studies to Social Sciences, Chemistry, and Engineering. Due dates range from November 3 - November 12.