Fellowship Office
209 Coble Hall
gradfellowships@uiuc.edu
(217) 333-0036
Guidelines for the Administration of Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship Funds, 2007-2008
Priority Deadline for Submission of Fall and Academic Year Appointment Materials:
July 10, 2007
Priority Deadline for Submission of Spring 2008 Appointment Materials:
December 4, 2007
Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship funds are allocated to departments as block grants of dollars to allow flexibility in assembling financial aid packages that attract the best graduate students.
Under these rules, departmental decisions govern Creative and Performing Arts fellowship appointments with the limitation that only degree-seeking graduate students in good academic standing may be submitted. Students on limited status are not eligible. Submissions will be subject to a brief administrative review in the Graduate College. Vacancies created by declines of these fellowships may be filled at any time during the fiscal year.
Services are not required for Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship holders, although services are required for any concurrent assistantships that they hold.
Services are not required for Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship holders, although services are required for any concurrent assistantships that they hold.
The home organization in Banner for students with fellowships will be the Graduate College Fellowship Office. The fellowship job will always be the primary job in Banner.
Stipends
The fellowship allocation may be used to create financial aid packages for top-flight students. The minimum award, whether from Creative and Performing Arts fellowship funds alone or combined with another fellowship, is $3,000 per semester or $6,000 for the academic year. Students receiving a Fellowship with a stipend of less than $3,000 per semester must also receive a concurrent assistantship appointment at a level sufficient to generate a tuition and fee waiver (E.G. 25%-50% assistantship per semester).
Tuition and Fee Waivers
Students holding Creative & Performing Arts Fellowships with a stipend of $3,000 or more per semester will receive a full tuition waiver, regardless of their academic programs. This includes Fellows in academic programs whose students receive base-rate waivers with their assistantships. Fellows receive a full waiver of tuition, service fee, AFMFA and Library Tech fee. Fellows also receive basic dental and vision coverage and partial payment of the health insurance fee for each term of the fellowship. This means that the fellow will be responsible for paying the balance of their health insurance and all other fees (such as general, transportation and refundable fees). The minimum value of the tuition waiver in 2007-08 is approximately $10,160 for in-state students and approximately $27,620 for out-of-state students.
Procedures for the Administration of Fellowship Funds
Priority Deadline: July 10, 2007
Departments are to submit a completed and signed Graduate College Rating Form for each student to be supported to the Graduate College Fellowship Office for review.
The Graduate College will:
- Review appointments to ensure compliance with campus policy and guidelines.
- Contact the departments if there are any problems or questions.
- Send the Fellow a Notice of Fellowship Appointment covering the terms of the fellowship along with congratulatory letter from the Graduate College
- Send departments a copy of the Notice of Fellowship Appointment for each student, indicating who has accepted and declined.
- Initiate NESSIE new hire.
- Add the fellowship appointment into Banner.
If you have any questions regarding the use of fellowship funds, please contact the Graduate College Fellowship Office at 333-0036 or gradfellowships@uiuc.edu.
