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Call for Departmental Nominations for Tuition Scholarships 2012-2013

Nominations to Graduate School are due by 1 March 2012

The Graduate School invites departments to nominate students for Graduate School Tuition Scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year. The nomination form is available at: http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/awards/2012_2013/forms/scholarship_nomination_form_2012.pdf

Eligibility and Terms of Scholarships:

Graduate School Tuition Scholarships, which cover individual tuition, health insurance, 20% of graduate student fees and the commuter parking fee, are awarded to qualified students who are enrolled in a graduate program, or will be fully enrolled in a graduate program by September 2012. Full-time students must carry a minimum of 9 credits per semester while receiving a tuition scholarship.

Nominees will be evaluated based on their academic promise, and their merits.

Students holding full or partial graduate teaching or research assistantships during 2012-2013 are not eligible for tuition scholarships.

Information to be submitted with the nomination:

  1. A completed Nomination Form for each nominee available at:
    http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/awards/2012_2013/forms/scholarship_nomination_form_2012.pdf

  2. Letters of reference and supporting information.

    3. Nominees who are currently enrolled in a URI graduate program should have two letters in support of their nomination. The two letters may be written by any combination of referees from the following list: Department Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, the student's Major Advisor, or other faculty as might be appropriate. Nominees who are not yet matriculated students at URI should submit one letter of support from the Department Chair or a faculty member.

  3. Electronic or scanned copies of complete undergraduate and graduate transcripts.

  4. A curriculum vitae (maximum of two pages).

The criteria used by the committee to make their selections are posted at the following link: http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/awards/scholarship_criteria.html

Selection Procedure

Submission is limited to a maximum of 3 nominations for each department or degree program that is not affiliated with a department. For a list of departments please visit http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/directors.html. Submit your complete nominations to uri.gradawards@gmail.com no later than 4:30 pm on Thursday 1 March 2012. For submission instructions please visit http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/awards. We will be unable to accept nominations received after this time.

Awards will be announced by 2 April 2012, via email to the recipients with copies to Department Chairs. The initial notice of intention to award a scholarship for the Fall 2012 semester will specify that it is contingent upon the availability of budgetary resources and the recipient's satisfactory completion of the current (Spring 2012) academic term, if relevant.



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