Gene Deutscher Fellowship in Beef Cattle Reproductive Physiology Fund
The Gene Deutscher Fellowship Fund shall be used to award one (1) $2,000 fellowship to a regularly enrolled graduate student (M.S. or Ph.D.) in the Department of Animal Science.
A student meeting the following criteria shall be eligible for this fellowship:
- Candidate shall be pursuing a graduate degree program in the Department of Animal Science
- Candidate shall be participating in the research being done at the West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center or the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory; however, at no time will this fellowship be used as compensation for research work.
Hardin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
This fellowship is made possible through an endowment in the University of Nebraska Foundation honoring Dr. Clifford Hardin. The income earned by the fund is to support research in plant physiology with particular emphasis on genetic mechanisms influencing plant responses to stress conditions.
The ARD office is able to present up to two fellowships to exceptional students this year. The recipients will receive a $3,000 per year supplement to their graduate assistantship (payable in equal installments during the academic year) plus $2,000 for program enhancement which could include (but is not limited to) travel as approved by the graduate student's unit administrator. Any graduate student doing research in the general area of plant physiology is eligible for nomination. Students who receive this award are not eligible for the award in subsequent years; this is a one-time award.
Life Sciences Fellowship
The Life Sciences Graduate Fellowship is made possible through an endowment to the University of Nebraska Foundation in recognition of outstanding performance as a Graduate student. This Fellowship is a $5,000 award to no more than two (2) regularly enrolled graduate students in a Life Sciences program.
Life Sciences are defined as the scientific study of living organisms and life processes. There is no work or service requirement associated with the fellowship payment. Graduate students receiving stipend fellowships must be full-time students, either registered for a minimum of nine credit-hours or granted full-time status each semester during the period in which they receive the fellowship. Failure to meet the registration requirements may result in forfeiture of the fellowship.
Margrave Agricultural Fellowship Fund
The Margrave Agricultural Fellowship Fund shall be used to award no more than two (2) $5,000 fellowships to full-time graduate students. This fellowship is renewable, but students must be nominated annually.
There is no work or service requirement associated with the fellowship payment. Graduate students receiving stipend fellowships must be full-time students, either registered for a minimum of nine credit-hours or granted full-time status each semester during the period in which they receive the fellowship. Failure to meet the registration requirements may result in forfeiture of the fellowship.
Students meeting the following criteria shall be eligible for this fellowship:
- First preference shall be given to candidates who are permanent residents of, or graduates of a high school located in Nemaha, Pawnee or Richardson County, Nebraska.
- Second preference shall be given to candidates enrolled in the Department of Animal Science, with a course of study emphasizing beef cattle research.
Moseman Fellowship
The Moseman Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student in the amount of $1,200. Preference will be given to Agronomy students who are working in plant breeding or genetics. Graduate students with interests in international agriculture and world food development may also apply. The founder of this award specified that students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents to be eligible for this award. This fellowship is awarded during one academic year and is renewable, but students must be nominated annually.
Skala Fellowship
The John and Louise Skala Fellowship is available to recruit and recognize exceptional graduate students engaged in research in areas relating to new industrial uses of agricultural products. These funds are to be used to supplement existing assistantships (GRA or GTA) with awards of $3,000 for M.S. and $5,000 for Ph.D. students. Please note that the recipient must have been accepted into either a M.S. or Ph.D. program, and have been offered a graduate assistantship. Fellowships constitute an award based on academic and scholastic achievement or promise, cannot be associated with any service requirement, and will be awarded only to students doing research in the area of industrial uses of agricultural commodities.
A subcommittee of the ARD Advisory Committee plus the Director of IAPC will review the Skala Fellowship nominations.
This fellowship is renewable, but students must be nominated annually.
Shear-Miles Agricultural Scholarship/Fellowship
The Shear-Miles Agricultural Scholarship and Fellowship was established at the University of Nebraska Foundation with a gift from the estate of Dorothy S. Miles who planned the gift as a memorial to both her father and father-in-law, Cornelius Lott Shear and George Miles. This endowed fund provides scholarships and fellowships to benefit the Agricultural Research Division and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Both provide a $2,000 stipend, which will be distributed on an academic-year basis and is to be an additional stipend over and above the regular assistantship rate for the student's department. This is not to be used in lieu of other dollars which the academic unit or department/school would otherwise allocate to the recipient's assistantship.
Both stipulate that only students on Graduate Research Assistantships are eligible for consideration; students paid from fellowship funds are not eligible. Nominees may be either beginning graduate students or students in progress, but all nominees must have identified a thesis topic that would clearly be considered "basic research in agriculture" as stipulated in the Widaman Trust and the Shear-Miles Fellowship agreements. Preference will be given to Ph.D. graduate research assistants, although exceptional M.S. students may also be considered; only students with high scholastic merit and research potential should be nominated. Students who receive these awards are not eligible for the award in subsequent years; this is a one-time award.
Widaman Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award
The Widaman Trust was established in 1975 through a generous gift provided to the University of Nebraska Foundation by Ms. Blanche Widaman who asked that the income from the trust be used for basic research in agriculture and that the funds be used for scholarships or fellowships for graduate students conducting basic research in agriculture.