How to Apply

The application deadline for the 2008-2009 academic year has passed.

To apply:

1) make sure your institution is a participant in the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program;

2) complete and submit your application packet to the address below before the April 3rd deadline. Your application packet will contain:

a completed New Scholar Application Form;

all items required by the Checklist for the type of award being applied for, as noted below.

FOR THE DOCTORAL SCHOLARS AWARD
Five-Year Package

The Doctoral Scholars Program Award offers scholars three years of direct program support and two years of institutional support. Each scholar is also awarded up to five years of tuition and fees (in-state or out-of-state), an annual stipend of up to $15,000, and expenses to attend the Doctoral Scholars Program annual meeting: the Compact for Faculty Diversity's Institute on Teaching and Mentoring. Support in the final two years of the award is provided by the institution. Awardees also receive support for professional development activities.

To apply, you must have been admitted (or be awaiting admission) to at least one Ph.D. - granting institution within a participating state. You must be admitted to your program prior to the fall academic award cycle that begins in August.

Download the New Scholar Application Form (required)

Download the Doctoral Scholar Award Checklist. (Other required materials.)

This checklist must accompany your application materials. This award is for scholars beginning a doctoral program, with plans to become a faculty member upon completion.

FOR THE DISSERTATION YEAR AWARD
One-Year Package

For doctoral scholars who have reached the dissertation stage, a limited number of single-year fellowships are available. These awards are only available to scholars who plan to become full-time faculty members upon completion of the doctoral program. Applicants must meet the same eligibility requirements as the Doctoral Scholar Award. Applicants must also be able to devote themselves full time to completing the dissertation.

Each Dissertation Year Award recipient receives a one-year stipend of up to $15,000, a waiver of tuition and fees, $500 for research expenses, and expenses to attend the Doctoral Scholars Program annual meeting: the Compact for Faculty Diversity's Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.

To apply, you must have completed all course work, comprehensive/preliminary exams and defended your Dissertation Prospectus (or will have prior to the beginning of the academic year).

Download the New Scholar Application Form (required)

Download the Dissertation Year Award Checklist. (Other required materials.)

This checklist must accompany your application materials. This award is for scholars who will have completed comprehensive exams, defended their prospectus before the academic year begins, and plan to become a faculty member on a college or university campus upon completion of their Ph.D.

Please submit your application materials and completed checklist to:

Southern Regional Education Board
Attn: SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program
592 10th Street, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318-5776

If you would like to be notified that your packet was received, you may send it via a traceable method (UPS, FEDEX, USPS Registered Mail) or send a stamped, self-addressed postcard, and we will mail it upon receipt.

(Applications become the property of the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program and are destroyed after selections are made for the academic year. If you are not selected and wish to reapply, you need to notify the Doctoral Scholars program before the next application deadline.)

For more information, e-mail doctoral.scholars@sreb.org.