伯莎·卡尔姆奖学金
This scholarship is the result of an endowment made by Bertha Kalm on behalf of her 父母Amanda和Charles Kalm. She established the scholarship in 1995 expressly "to support graduate students in any field of instruction, who need financial assistance to continue their education, and who demonstrate a desire to make a difference for 人类."
Up to four scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to students in the 2024-2025 学年. A first-year student is one who at the end of the application semester will have completed fewer than half of the program-applicable units required for the program in which they are matriculated. In order to be eligible to apply, a student must be in the first year of their graduate education and must be nominated by a tenured 或者是终身教授.
This scholarship is also open to international students as well. 学生可能不会 self-apply to this scholarship, but may contact tenure-track faculty and seek their support.
申请过程
1. Only tenured or tenure-track faculty may put forward a student for consideration of 这个奖项. They must also write the primary letter of recommendation. 鼓励教师 to seek out those first-year students who will have completed fewer than half of the program-applicable units required for the program in which they are matriculated, and for whom they believe exemplify the qualities outlined in the selection criteria.
2. The 应用程序(pdf) should be completed by the student. The student should return the application and attendant documents (personal statement, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, a resume or CV, and an additional letter of recommendation from another 菠菜网lol正规平台 faculty member or from someone outside of 菠菜网lol正规平台 [e.g., work supervisor, charitable organization, or undergraduate mentor]) to the faculty member supporting the application.
3. The complete application will be forwarded by the referring faculty member to the student's college for their review. College contacts and due dates are available here.
4. Up to four applications from each college will be forwarded to the College of 研究生学习 for review by the 研究生学习 & 研究委员会. 该委员会 will select the scholarship winners.
重要的日子
Nominations are due to each college no later than March 22, 2024. 学生应该 check with their primary faculty supporter to confirm this date. 一些大学可能会 choose to close the nomination period earlier. 请和他们核对一下.
Nominations must be received by the 研究生院 from each college 不迟于下午5点.m. 2024年4月12日.
选择标准
Based on the requirements of the endowment, there are three criteria for scholarship 选择:
- “Quality of scholarship that has established eligibility for admission to a graduate program” [performance before grad school, as judges by undergraduate transcript and 支持信(s)].
- “Personal statement regarding goals to be achieved by the master’s degree” [how well the students link their educational goals and degree objective with their desire and plans to make a difference for 人类, as judged by the personal statement].
- Faculty assessment of potential success” [based on letters of recommendation, and 广义上的成功. Highest scores for both academic success and goal success].
