SNRE Staff Fellowship for Returning Students Application

Application Deadline

By 12:00 AM on 09/30/2013

Purpose

The SNRE Staff Fellowship for Returning Student will provide one returning SNRE graduate student with financial assistance (a one-time fellowship of $1,000.00 deposited directly to the student account) to aid as he or she begins the transition from a full-time student to a full-time professional. This funding may be used for a variety of types of professional development, including:

Portfolio development
Social media branding/networking
Conference fees/travel

Eligibility and Requirements

This fellowship is available only to returning SNRE graduate students in the Master of Science and Master of Landscape Architecture Programs. Dual-degree students are welcome to apply. First-year students and students enrolled in a PhD program are not eligible.

NOTE: As part of the selection process, the SNRE Office of Academic Programs may provide the selection committee with applicants’ graduate transcripts and/or academic standing.

Student Requirements and Additional Considerations

The recipient of this award will be required to provide relevant materials (for example, an essay explaining how the funding aided your professional development, printed materials, an interview, etc.) to the Communications Team to allow for a feature on the SNRE website. The recipient also must complete the tasks he or she outlined in addressing the second question required in the application essay.

More Information
Please contact snre-staff-fellowship@umich.edu for more information. Please do not send any applications to this email.

Application Requirements

Applicants must respond to the three questions below, with no more than 250 words addressing each question. The application also should include, as an appendix, a full budget outlining exactly how the $1,000 fellowship will be used.

Apply

First and Last Name *

Email *

Phone *

How does the item/event/etc. for which you are requesting funding fit into your larger professional development plan? In what way will this item/event/etc. benefit you as you prepare to transition from a full-time student to a professional? *

How will you use what you learn or accomplish as a result of the funding to benefit your fellow students and SNRE? Explain how you will provide some service to and/or publicity for the SNRE community as a result of this fellowship. *

Explain how this funding will not duplicate funds already available to you. In other words, is some other source of funding available to you, as a graduate student, that could be used for this item/event/etc.? *

Attach file including budget outline *

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Application Deadline

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Student Requirements and Additional Considerations

Application Requirements

Apply