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Fellowships

The College of Information provides Fellowship opportunities for doctoral students, including Project Athena Fellowships and College Teaching Fellowships. Please read carefully through the descriptions below to determine if you are eligible to apply for these fellowships. For your convenience, we have prepared an online form in HTML format that you can use to complete and submit your application.

Project Athena Fellowships

Project Athena is a fellowship program for doctoral students. It is funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency. The project focuses on recruiting and educating the doctoral students who will make up the next generation of Library and Information Studies faculty.

Six students will be chosen for the project. The Florida State University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Washington are collaborating to develop the fellowship program and its recruitment model. Each school will recruit two students. Students are encouraged to contact all three programs for more information.

College Teaching Fellowships

Online Application: Unavailable

Due Dates: June 15th

Submit your application to our Program Assistant

After you have explored this information and the related application, you may have some additional questions. Please feel free to contact our Program Assistant, who processes these in-house requests for financial aid.

The FSU School of Information Studies administers two University-sponsored College Teaching Fellowships. These fellowships are available to students in the Ph.D. program. Each fellowship includes a tuition waiver (in-state or out-of-state) and a stipend of $6,300 for the academic year. Students must pay their own fees. Fellowship recipients are expected to serve as half-time teaching assistants during the academic year. In addition, students will have the opportunity to attend the Program on Instructional Excellence (PIE) workshops, which are held each fall, and will be able to participate in the School's teaching instruction program.

Qualifications for the Fellowship include:

a minimum 3.2 undergraduate GPA or 3.5 graduate GPA;
strong recommendations by former and/or current teachers
a combined score of at least 1150 on the GRE or its equivalent on another appropriate measure.

To be considered for a College Teaching Fellowship, your application to the Ph.D. program and the online application for the College Teaching Fellowship must be submitted by June 15th.