Rajeshwar and Krishnan Graduate Fellowship

Program Purpose

This endowed fellowship is awarded to students in selected colleges who demonstrate excellence in the area of renewable energy or sustainability studies and/or policy and economics aspects of energy.

Award Information and Applicant Eligibility

This endowed fellowship will be awarded annually to up to two graduate students from the College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Business and College of Architecture. Planning and Public Affairs who demonstrate excellence in the area of renewable energy or sustainability studies and/or policy and economics aspects of energy.  Excellence can be demonstrated in many different ways. Examples include (but are not limited to) attainments in coursework, research, conference activity, juried presentations, exhibits and/or publication.

• The Fellowship provides each recipient with an award totaling $1,250, half paid in Fall and the other half paid in Spring Terms.
• Students must be enrolled as graduate students in order to receive fellowship disbursements.
• Selection for up-coming year will be made in Spring Term
• Applicants from all four colleges will be considered until two acceptable nominations are submitted. Preference for applicants from the College of Science and College of Engineering will be given to applications submitted in Spring Terms in odd numbered years, and preference for applications from students from the College of Business and College of Architecture, Planning and Public Policy will be given to applications submitted in Spring Terms in even numbered years.

Application Process

• Application deadlines will be announced each Spring Term.
• Applications must be sent to the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies of the College in which the student is pursing their degree (e.g., College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Business or College of Architecture, Planning and Public Policy). The Associate Deans will review and rank applications for funding priority and send their recommendations and copies of the application materials to the Office of Graduate Studies for final review and approval for funding.
• Each application must contain a cover sheet with the following information:
  • Date of submission of application
  • Applicant’s name, ID number, email address,
  • Name of the applicant’s College and degree program and
  • Name and email address of the supervising professor providing a support letter.
• Each applicant must submit a description of his or her accomplishments in the area of renewable energy or sustainability research and/or studies and provide a statement of the purposes toward which the fellowship funds will be expended in no more than 10 double-spaced 8 ½” X 11” pages. Appendices containing non-textual material, such as graphs, tables or photographs, may be included.
• Each applicant must include a CV.
• A letter evaluating the quality of the applicant’s work must be provided by the applicant’s supervising professor or someone familiar with his or her activities. It must be submitted with all other the application materials. A second letter from a person of the applicant's choice may be included but is optional.

Contact

If you have any questions, please email graduate.studies@uta.edu.