Provost's & Deiss Awards for Graduate Research
The Graduate College provides two programs of support for research by graduate students at UIC: the Provost's Award for Graduate Research and the W.C. and May Preble Deiss Fund for Biomedical Research. The Provost's Award is open to all graduate students currently enrolled at UIC and the Deiss Fund is for graduate students engaged in research in clinical or basic medical sciences.
Students may apply on a competitive basis for awards of $1000 to $3000 to support their research. Awards will be made in two competitions annually, once in Spring semester and once in Fall semester.
Award Recipients
The Graduate College congratulates the recipients of the awards.
Deadlines
The Awards Committee of the Graduate College has established the following deadlines for submitting nominations:
Fall 2012
- October 15, 2012*
Completed Application/Department Nominations Due to the Graduate College
*NOTE: Your department/program has to review all student requests for fellowships and submit nomination forms and supporting material to the Graduate College by October 15, 2012. Consult with your program to determine their deadline for you to submit required material to them.
- November 19, 2012
Announcement of Awards
Spring 2013
- March 18, 2013*
Completed Application/Department Nominations Due to the Graduate College
*NOTE: Your department/program has to review all student requests for fellowships and submit nomination forms and supporting material to the Graduate College by March 18, 2013. Consult with your program to determine their deadline for you to submit required material to them.
- April 22, 2013
Announcement of Awards
- Above are the deadlines by which the completed submission must be made by the department to the Graduate College via the secure upload link provided in the Bluestem protected link below.
- Students should contact their Director of Graduate Studies to determine to whom to send the completed application and related forms.
- Students must contact their department/program to determine the deadline that the required documents are due so that the additional required documents provided by the advisor and department can be added, the file converted into a single PDF, and then submitted by the deadline.
Guidelines and Application/Forms
Instructions/forms for use by Directors of Graduate Studies/program submitters (Bluestem protected)
W. C. Deiss Fellowship
Note: The Graduate College also awards a W.C. Deiss Fellowship for new graduate students as part of the University Fellowship application. This is different from the W.C. and May Preble Deiss Fund for Biomedical Research described on this page. See information on the W.C. Deiss Fellowship.
