Dissertation Fellowship
The Texas A&M University Graduate and Professional School offers one Dissertation Fellowship to current doctoral students who are in the final stages of analyzing their research topic and writing their dissertation.
- Residency requirements: None
- Applicants: Current/continuing doctoral students
Pathways to the Doctorate
The Pathways to the Doctorate program provides fellowships to students from The Texas A&M University System schools to help them pursue a doctorate degree at Texas A&M University, and in doing so, build relationships with faculty in the department. A mentorship to the student is required of each faculty member.
- Award: $21,600 fellowship for the first year of your doctoral program, in addition to health insurance costs and tuition and fees
- Prospective doctoral students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
- Applicants: New doctoral students
The Avilés-Johnson Fellowship
The Avilés-Johnson Fellowship was established to attract students with a proven record of success in a diverse environment, and it provides these students with significant funding each year:
- The Doctoral Diversity Excellence Fellowship provides four years of funding for domestic doctoral students enrolling for the first time in a doctoral program. The Graduate and Professional School will provide an $18,000 stipend per year for three years, and $10,000 per year for three years for tuition and fees, with the nominating department mandated to provide an assistantship of a minimum of 25% full-time equivalent (FTE) at the department's standard assistantship rate for three years.
- This fellowship provides two years of funding for domestic master's students enrolling for the first time in a master's program. The Graduate and Professional School will provide a $13,000 stipend per year for two years and $10,000 per year for two years for tuition and fees, with the nominating department mandated to provide an assistantship* of a minimum of 25% FTE at the department's standard assistantship rate.
- The total award package for the Graduate Diversity Fellowship for two years is more than $50,000.
- Award: $13,000 to $18,000
- Residency requirements: U.S. resident or permanent resident
- Applicants: Prospective/new students
Lechner Graduate Grant
The Lechner Graduate Grant was established to support new/incoming graduate students at Texas A&M University.
- Award: $500 to $2,700
- Residency requirements: None
- Contact: Departments nominate recipients based on merit and financial need
- Applicants: Prospective/new students, both master's and doctoral