If an award recipient withdraws from the educational institution for which the award was granted, the award will be cancelled and the unspent portion, if any, will be returned to the Foundation. Awards are subject to state and federal income tax guidelines.

If a recipient chooses to take a course or series of courses at a tax exempt, accredited educational institution other than the one to which she was originally attending, or if she wishes to transfer to another tax exempt educational institution, the Otis M. Smith Scholarship Program Award will not be forfeited if the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is notified in advance of such transfer to an eligible institution.

Tuition,stipend
The Fellow must inform the Program of other awards that s/he has been offered and may be asked to accept a total package that does not exceed full tuition, fees plus $30,000.

The Office of Fellowships cannot provide funds for the travel or living expenses of dependents.

Must indicate other potential funding sources.

Does not support conferences, travel to scientific meetings, legal actions, tuitions or salaries at institutions, and overhead costs.

What is excluded or highly unlikely to be funded

- core salary or administrative costs of an organisation

- work on an alien species to a country unless it is likely to result in benefit to a native species

For international travel to academic conferences.

A student is eligible to receive one travel grant award (either domestic or international, but not both) during a fiscal year which runs from July 1 - June 30, based on the date the conference is attended.

• Up to $600 for the continental US.
• Up to $850 for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe.
• Up to $1,100 for Africa, Asia, South America, and Australia.

 The salary does not include tuition or health benefits for this period. Graduate students will be required to fulfill their responsibilities to the satisfaction of their faculty mentor; specific objectives and duties should be agreed upon prior to the period of Spring/Summer employment.

Stipends for Associates are limited to the amounts set forth by the NRC and the sponsoring federal laboratory and any other arrangement, formal or informal, between an applicant and laboratory personnel for additional monies or other considerations is strictly prohibited.

Awards are intended primarily to cover station fees at OTS field stations (food, lodging and station access). Other expenses that may be included in your budget, to a maximum of $500, are research and export permit fees, local travel, and and reimbursement in whole or in part of one round trip airline ticket. Major capital equipment will not be covered; minor amounts of materials and supplies may be considered, but are best covered by other sources of funds. Salaries or stipends for the investigator are not allowed, but salaries for field assistants will be considered if the work cannot be carried out safely or efficiently by one person.

The grant does not cover the indirect costs of the organization to which the recipient is affiliated or general administrative costs ("overheads").

Each Rose Fellow is expected to devote his or her full attention to the Fellowship, working the same hours and on the same vacation and holiday schedule as other employees of their sponsoring organization. A Fellow may not have any other paid employment or independent consulting work, unless prior written permission is given by the director of the Fellowship and an authorized representative of the partner organization.

Applicants whose total annual educational costs exceed $20,000 must show that they have requested or secured funding from additional sources, or can contribute personally to their education costs.