Presidential Ph.D. Fellows are chosen from among incoming Ph.D. students. Students do not need to apply for the fellowship; they will be selected based on their admissions materials.
All Presidential Ph.D. Fellows:
- Demonstrate exceptional academic promise, especially in terms of having an innovative research plan;
- Contribute to increasing impact in their fields; such contributions could be demonstrated as follows:
- The candidate could produce scholarship that contributes to better understanding of issues of diversity/inclusion/inequity; and/or
- The candidate could express an interest in pursuing community-engaged scholarship or interdisciplinary research within their fields; and/or
- The candidate could demonstrate an interest and capacity to enhance a broadly diverse and inclusive learning community
- Demonstrate leadership potential (through University service, student government, society engagement, etc.).