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Handbook and Forms | Completed Dissertations | Funding Resources | Doctoral Resources

• Ph.D. Handbook
• Ph.D. Timeline  [PDF]
• Ph.D. Annual Report [PDF]
• Course of Study [PDF]
• Pre-Candidate Exam Committee form [PDF]
• Pre-Candidacy Exam Report [PDF]
• Candidate Tuition Fellowship Form [PDF]
• Dissertation Committee and Proposal (original) [PDF]
• Dissertation Committee (Revisions to Committee) [PDF]
• Dissertation Research Funding Form [PDF-fillable]
• Dissertation Research Funding Budget Template [Excel]
• Rackham Office of Academic Records & Dissertations
• Grievance and Appeal Procedures [PDF]
• Conference Travel Funds
• GSRA/GSI Fraction Calculation Form
• GSRA Appointment Form
• PhD Funding Guidelines
• PhD Funding Package Contract [PDF-fillable]
• PhD Graduation Incentive Program (available through Winter 2015)
• PhD Career Resources
• Rackham Graduate School
• Gradtools: special set of tools in the CTools environment, designed to help you as you work toward your degree

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Funding Resource Samples for Doctoral Students:

• The Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant provides up to $1,500 for pre-candidates and $3,000 for candidates.  Read the tips from Rackham before submitting your proposal.
• Rackham Partnership Program - Sp/Su Research Grant - $4,000
• Rackham's International Research Award (very competitive) - $7,500
• Rackham also has a couple of PhD fellowships (tuition, health/dental, and stipend):
  • One-Term Dissertation Grant--one term of funding.  Around 15 students are nominated each year; SNRE may select 4. Submit materials through OAP.
  • Pre-Doctoral Dissertation fellowship (12 months).  SNRE may nominate up to 5 students for the University- wide competition.  Submit materials through OAP.
• International Institute Individual Fellowships
• UM Dow Sustainability Fellows Program.
• The Marshall Weinberg Population, Development, and Climate Change Fellows Program.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant--very competitive.  Three relevant NSF directorates have this type of grant:
  • Biological Sciences (includes environmental)
  • Engineering (includes environmental systems, and design and manufacturing)
  • Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (includes psychology, anthropology, and economics)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)  Very competitive.
• US/ED Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships  Must apply through the UM International Institute.
• U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR) Innovation in Social Research Fellowship
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study - Application period opens July.  
   http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa
• US/DoE (Department of Energy) Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship
• Resources for the Future Joseph L. Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

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 Recently Completed Dissertations