SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
AVAILABLE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS

Guidelines and application blanks are available in the Horticulture Department main office. The Office of Graduate studies keeps a file available on fellowships and scholarships. Check with them for applications. Awards for which horticulture graduate students are eligible include:



RECRUITMENT OF NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS
NAME AWARED BY

ELIGIBILITY
AMOUNT DUE DATE
Mary & Charles
C. Cooper and Emma I. Sharpless Fellowship
Ag Rsch
Div
and CASNR
Fellowship will be awarded on a one time basis to supplement existing
assistantship offer for recruitment purposes. Dept is eligible to submit two nominees per year. Last degree should show GPA > 3.5.
$1,000 (MS)
$2,000(PhD)
None
 Minority Graduate
Student Recruitment
Travel Fund
 Graduate Studies Support provided for visits to UN-L by interested, qualified minority students w/senior or graduate standing. Funding may be applied toward airfare, overnight lodging, or reimbursement of auto travel Up to $200 None
 Graduate Research Associateship  Center
for
Biotechnology
 For research only; must have a strong
interest in career in the sciences related to biotechnology; major professor must be a Faculty Associate of the Biotech Center
 $14,000/Ann
(Maximum of two years for MS or three years for PhD)
 Early February

GENERAL
NAME AWARED BY

ELIGIBILITY
AMOUNT DUE DATE
Graduate Research
Assistant Award
Awards Program
of the UNL
Alumni Assoc
Current full-time graduate research
assistants
Amount not specified Early February
Chancellor's Doctoral
Fellowship
Graduate Studies Awarded to new PhD grad students
May be nominated by department when they have been accepted with a full assistantship
Amount not specified Early February
Dean's Non-Resident
Tuition Fellowship
Graduate Studies Awarded to newly
-admitted students.

International students must have completed one year of study as a U.S.Institution of higher education to be
eligible.
Fellowship pays the non-resident portion of tuition up to 24 hours in an academic year. Student is responsible for the resident portion of tuition and fees. Early February
Warren F. And Edith R. Day Student Aid Fund   Support for dissertation travel. Students may apply for support for travel in the US necessary to complete a doctoral dissertation. They are limited to doctoral students with candidacy status. Awards may vary in number and amount Oct 15

Feb 15
Endowed Fellowships Graduate Studies Must have at least nine hours of graduate credit in residence at UNL
Students do not apply for any specific
fellowship.
International students must have completed one year of study at a U.S.
Institution of higher education.
Amounts vary from $3,500 to
$7,500
Early February 
Maude Hammond Fling Fellowship  Graduate Studies    $7,000  
Franklin E. And Orinda M. Johnson Fellowship x Recipients must have their supervisory committees established and have on file an approved program of studies for their doctoral degree.  $6,000  
Regents Tuition
Fellowship (unrestricted)
Graduate Studies Students new to UNL are eligible to apply. Not applicable to students who have an assist -antship.
International students must have completed one year of study at a U.S.
Institution of higher education to be eligible.
  February 15 for newly admitted students
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April 15 for current or previously enrolled graduate students
Richard H. Larson Minority Graduate Fellowship  Graduate Studies  New students are nominated by the department. Students do not fill out an application. No limit to number of students a department nominates. Preference will be given to minority students not previously or currently enrolled. Supplements or existing assistantship. Eligible minority students are automatically considered for the Larson Minority Fellowship. Students who currently hold a Larson Minority Fellowship must reapply.  $2,500  February
 Milton E. Mohr
Scholarship and Fellowship Fund
 Center for
Biotechnology
 Must be a full-time graduate student by the fall semester; GPA>3.5; recipient must reapply each year.  $1,000  March
 Milton E. Mohr
Fellowship Fund







Farmers National
Company Fellowship in Agriculture
 CASNR  Student must be on a GRA or GTA;
previous teaching excellence or with
generally high merit or potential

Student is limited to one CASNR
Fellowship per degree
 $2,000  May
 J.J. and Eleanor Ogle Fellowship    Student admitted to a graduate program in one of the following disciplines: agriculture, business administration, engineering, or sociology.  $7,000  
 Presidential Fellowship    Granted to doctoral candidates who expect to complete all requirements and receive their degree at the end of the academic year that the fellowship is in effect.  $13,000  
Widaman Trust
Distinguished Graduate
Assistant Award
Ag Research
Division
 Student must be on a GRA. Students are eligible to receive this award once during their academic program. Nominee must have identified a thesis topic that will be in some aspect of "basic research in agriculture." Preference will be given to PhD GRA although exceptional MS students will also be considered.  $2,000  May
Hardin Distinguished
Graduate Fellowship in Plant Stress Physiology
Ag Research
Division
 Supports research in plant physiology
w/particular emphasis on genetic
mechanisms influencing plant responses to stress conditions.
 $2,000+ $1,000
for program enhancement
 Early June

DEPARTMENT/SPECIALIZED
NAME AWARED BY

ELIGIBILITY
AMOUNT DUE DATE
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Fellowship for Woody Plant Research Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Students studying woody plants   varies  Early May
 Pi Alpha Xi Scholarship  Pi Alpha Xi-Alpha Gamma Chapter Any active member of P. Alpha Xi  $200 - $300 Early March

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