PHI KAPPA PHI GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS For Support of First-Year Graduate or Professional Study  

    Fellowship Awards for Graduate Study

    Fellowships in support of first-year graduate or professional study, normally undertaken within a year following receipt of the baccalaureate degree, are awarded by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
 
    The number of Fellowships to be awarded annually is determined by the Board of Directors in accord with the funds available.  Normally, 60 Fellowships are awarded each year.  Awardees may accept Fellowships with the full $5,000 stipend, a reduced stipend--adjusted on the basis of other financial support, a $2000 Award of Excellence, or without stipend.

    The Fellowships are awarded and administered in accordance with the following policies:
 

Application

    Recipients must be active members of Phi Kappa Phi on the date the awards are made.  Applications will be accepted from individuals selected for membership but not yet initiated.

    Applicants  must have  applied to enroll as a candidate for an advanced degree in a graduate or professional school, preferably in an American college or university.  Students registering in a professional school such as law, medicine, or engineering as well as individuals pursuing academic programs in fine, applied, and performing arts are eligible.  In general, preference will be given to candidates with a definite purpose of pursuing a doctorate or other advanced professional degree.

    The awards are intended for the support of students undertaking first-year graduate study within 12 months of receipt of the baccalaureate degree.  However, persons of any age having delayed graduate study for a year or more may compete through the chapter of their initiation or chapter of current membership for consideration as the chapter nominee as described below.

    Applications must be filed with the Chairman of the Graduate Fellowship Committee (Prof. Terry Brink) by the established deadline (normally early in February) on special forms available from the Committee Chairman or downloaded from the national PKP Website.
 

Selection

    Annually each Chapter may select, in a manner to be determined by the Chapter, from among eligible applicants the one applicant deemed most worthy of a Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship during the following academic year.  The Chapter's  Graduate Fellowship  Chairman  will then forward the one application along with supporting information in quintuplicate (4 copies in addition to the original) to reach the National Office on or before March 1.

    Upon recommendation of the Fellowship Committee, the Board of Directors of the Society shall award the Fellowships to the applicants selected.  In addition to scholastic achievement and test scores, primary consideration is given to the applicant's promise of success in graduate or professional work, experience, (including academic, civic service and leadership outside of the classroom), evaluation by instructors, and expression of study and career goals.

    Awards are announced by the National Office about April 1 each year.
 

Administration

    It is expected that a person accepting a Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship with full or partial stipend will devote full time to graduate study.  Awardees desiring to accept other remunerative scholarships, assistantships, or fellowships with or without additional duties (except for waiver of tuition and/or fees) must obtain prior approval of the Society.

    The Fellowship stipends shall be paid in equal installments upon completion of registration for each semester or quarter.  An official statement from the Dean or other responsible officer of the institution attended should be sent to the National Office of the Society certifying that the holder of the Fellowship has become duly registered as a candidate for an advanced degree.  As this is an outright award, no work or other return is required by the Society.  At the completion of the Fellowship year, the holder of each Fellowship will send a summary report of accomplishment to the National Office.

    The Fellowship Committee of the Society shall have power to declare any Fellowship vacant at any time whenever in its judgment the holder is not devoting proper attention to the work for which the Fellowship was awarded.

    The Award of Excellence was established to recognize outstanding applicants not offered Fellowships.  Normally 40 Awards, with stipends of $2000 each, are presented annually to these applicants.

     Link to more information about the Graduate Fellowships from the national office.

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