This portal is for the submission of applications to SGS programs.
The Office of the EVPAA will continue to award Presidential Graduate Fellowships for AY 2025-26.
These fellowships are designed to provide supplementary support and are often used as a recruitment tool for our top pool of potential graduate students. Fellowships will be funded through the OEVPAA for up to three years only. Deans or chancellors/provosts may choose to provide funds for any additional years to create a five-year package.
Rutgers–New Brunswick has been allocated 12 Presidential Graduate Fellowship.
Guidelines for Presidential Graduate Fellowships:
- Fellowships are available for doctoral students and will be awarded at $10,000 per student annually for up to 3 years. Note that these are intended as supplements for appointments such as primary AY TA or GA, or to smaller, less competitive fellowships. These Presidential Fellowships do not provide tuition remission or health insurance.
- The Presidential Fellowship Award is supplementary and funds 3 years per student, assuming the student is making satisfactory progress. Although OEVPAA funds do not extend beyond 3 years, deans or chancellors/provosts may choose to extend funding for years 4 and 5.
- Presidential Fellowships CAN be held simultaneously with other fellowships, or with TA or GA appointments. Presidential Fellowships can also be used for summer supplementation for students on AY appointments.
- A faculty committee comprised of both graduate programs and professional schools will rank nominees; rankings will be sent to the Office of the EVPAA and the EVPAA will approve final selections.
Please send your questions about the competition or application process, to SGS_Awards@grad.rutgers.edu.
GradFund External Funding Application Report
Let us know when you’ve started your application, or when you’ve won. SGS students may be eligible for additional resources from the School of Graduate Studies. Plus, we want to help you develop a competitive application and ultimately, celebrate your success!
In your report, please tell us whether you plan to apply for a specific award, if you have an application in development, have submitted it or have results. You may report one award per form and you should plan to initiate a form for each award that you plan to apply for, each cycle that you apply for external funding. As you move through the application process, be sure to return and provide an update.
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APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Please include all of the following with your application:
● This application form with all fields completed
● Short writing sample between 1250-2000 words, typed and double-spaced.
This should be a paper that will help the selection committee assess your academic and philosophical ability. Typically, but not necessarily, this will be a paper that was written for a college course. Philosophy papers are preferable, but a paper on a topic from any discipline will work if no suitable philosophy paper is available. The most effective paper to submit will be the one which best exhibits your philosophical or academic ability.
● Personal Essay and explanation of why your background and experiences will help foster greater diversity in philosophy
● 2 letters of recommendation
● Unofficial transcript
Applicants should include a transcript of all their college coursework. Your overall GPA and current enrollment status should be clearly indicated somewhere - if it is not, please also include some verification of your current enrollment status. If you have been to more than one institution, please include transcripts from all institutions. These do not need to be official transcripts sent from your institution's registrar. They can be scans of transcripts that you already have or screenshots of any online transcript that you can access.
Each year, the School of Graduate Studies recognizes the notable achievements of graduate students, faculty, and staff at our annual virtual SGS awards ceremony. These awards recognize important accomplishments in research and scholarship, teaching and mentoring, leadership, outreach, and service across all disciplines, through Chancellor-level affiliations, and within specific disciplinary clusters.
The full award portfolio is listed below. Click on the award name to learn more about the award's eligibility and review criteria.
Graduate Student Awards:
Doctoral Students
- School of Graduate Studies Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award
- Harvey Waterman Medal of Excellence
- Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence
- Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (up to four awards)
Students nominated for the Doctoral Awards are automatically considered for all of the awards in this category.
Master's Students
- Outstanding Master's Student Award (up to four awards)
All Graduate Students
- Excellence in Leadership and Teaching Award (up to two awards)
- Excellence in Outreach and Service Award (up to two awards)
Faculty & Staff Awards:
- Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award (up to two awards)
- Excellence in Student Support Award (up to two awards)
All SGS graduate students, faculty, and staff may submit nominations for SGS Achievement & Merit Awards. Self-nominations are encouraged.
Student nominees must have a successful thesis/dissertation defense (if applicable) and all degree paperwork* submitted by April 1, 2025 for a May 2025 degree date, or received a degree in August 2024, October 2024, or January 2025.
*Includes submission of all forms and all corrected copies of the dissertation to the appropriate SGS office.
These are honorific awards and awardees will receive a plaque and Bergen and Waterman awardees will receive a medal.