Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies at MIT:
Potential Funding Sources for Students

Updated 5/19/03


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For complete information on fellowship and funding opportunities via the GSO office, contact Brima Wurie, Fellowships Administrator of Graduate Students:

Brima Wurie
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Annual GSO Fellowships

TITLE

Details and Qualifications

Eli and Dorothy Berman Fund Fellowship

Number of Awards:  One
Field
:  Unrestricted
Amount
:  Tuition and Student Health Insurance
Tenure
:  One semester, not renewable
Eligibility
:  Any graduate student.

Ida M. Green Fellowships

Number of Awards:  Four
Nominations/Department
:  Each department may nominate one MIT senior woman who will be entering a graduate program at MIT, and one non-MIT woman entering a graduate program
Field
:  Unrestricted
Amount
:  Tuition plus a stipend of $2,170 per month
Tenure:  Nine months, not renewable
Eligibility
:  Nominees must be entering women graduate students.

John A. Lyons Fellowship

Number of Awards:  Variable
Field
:  Unrestricted
Amount
:  Tuition and Student Health Insurance, plus a stipend of $1,950 per month
Tenure
:  Original award is for nine months; support may be continued up to two years total, pending request for renewal
Eligibility
:  Graduates of Boston College, born within a 20-mile radius of the Massachusetts State House.  Preference (though not absolute) to applicants of Irish descent,  and of the Roman Catholic faith.

T.S. Lin Fellowship

Number of Awards:  One
Field:  Unrestricted
Amount
:  Tuition plus a stipend of $1,950 per month
Tenure
: One semester, not renewable
Eligibility
:  Graduate students from Tatung Institute, or a student from the Republic of China recommended by Tatung Institute.

Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fund Fellowship

Number of Awards:  Variable
Field:  Unrestricted
Amount
:  Tuition and/or stipend as determined by the Hugh Hampton Young Selection Committee
Tenure
:  Nine months to twelve months, possible renewal
Eligibility:  Nominees are recommended to the Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fund Council which makes the final selection.  Candidate Qualifications (from the Memo-randum of Agreement):
1) More consideration is given to personal qualifications and character than to academic record;
2) A desirable candidate should be one whose qualities and character show a high promise of becoming a successful leader and coordinator;

3) "a creator of new ideas";

4) "an individual of high integrity and moral character with a strong  will and determination to accomplish";

5) "have exceptionally broad interests";

6) "possess strong interdisciplinary interests".

 

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