Funding Application Resources
Tuition Assistance for Fellows
The Graduate School provides tuition assistance to graduate fellowship recipients who are paid from Dean’s Fellowship funds, Graduate School full-time fellowship funds, prestigious external fellowship funds, or by written agreement with the Graduate School. Tuition assistance is subject to continued availability of resources and will be provided only for credits that are degree applicable. Additional information is below.
Health Insurance Reimbursement Requests
Health Insurance Reimbursement Requests for Full-Time Fellows
All full-time enrolled graduate students are required to have health insurance. Students holding full time fellowships may be eligible to request rembursement up to $1,500 for the cost of insurance. For more information about this policy and health insurance options available for students, please go to gradschool.umd.edu/health-insurance.
Doctoral Career Planning and Exploration Tools/IDPs
2021-2022 Workshops
Alumni News
Doctoral Careers Advisory Board
Established the summer of 2020, the Doctoral Careers Advisory Board (DCAB) provides strategic advice and feedback on supporting diverse doctoral career paths at the University of Maryland. Comprised of doctoral and postdoctoral alumni, current doctoral students and postdocs, board members commit to two years of service.
Doctoral Alumni Career Services
The University of Maryland is committed to assisting its doctoral alumni with their career development after graduation. Services are provided through the Alumni Association in collaboration with the network of career services offices on campus. In addition to the Alumni Association, the Schools of Engineering, Business and Public Policy provide services to doctoral alumni through their career services offices.
Cultural and Linguistic Awareness
Fellows at the Center for Writing & Oral Communication benefit from having some knowledge of different cultures and linguistic perspectives to prepare themselves for working with international writers. In adjusting to writing in English, particularly academic English, students from various language groups may face a set of writing challenges related to their o
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