Three to four awards, provided through the Graduate School, will be made in the 2025–2026 funding cycle. Fellowships carry a $20,000 stipend payable in equal monthly installments over 9 months (fall and spring semesters), a full tuition grant for fall and spring, payment of fees, and a healthcare stipend. The start date for the award payments will be August 16, 2025, ending May 15, 2026.

Faculty members are responsible for completing and submitting the award application and nominating the student. The Council on Community-Based Partnerships will select three to four (depending on availability of funds) winning faculty proposals, with a potential graduate student identified to receive the award. Faculty are then required to confirm the selection of the student and recommend him or her to the Graduate School for approval by the Graduate School dean.

Student nominees must have been officially admitted to the Graduate School prior to the fellowship start date in the fall semester and be in a degree-seeking program. Students must be enrolled full-time with at least 9 hours of graduate credits each semester that they receive the fellowship and may not receive any other fellowship or assistantship during the period of this award. Students in special programs such as the Accelerated Master’s Program and Path to MBA are not eligible for this fellowship until completion of their Bachelor’s degree. To continue to receive the fellowship in the spring the student must continue to make satisfactory academic progress including maintaining a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00.