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Provosts & Deiss Awards for Graduate Research
The Graduate College’s longest-running support for research by graduate students at UIC is the Provost’s Award for Graduate Research and the W.C. and May Preble Deiss Fund for Biomedical Research Award; which are collectively called the Provost/Deiss Award. 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 Fall 2016 award cycle:
| Abugaber-Bowman | David | Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Anderson | Elsa | Biological Sciences |
| Baca Marroquin | Ancira Emily | Anthropology |
| Christofalos | Adriana | Psychology |
| Conway | Sineadh | Neuroscience |
| Dye | Caitlyn | Anthropology |
| Elliott | Richard | History |
| Foroutan | Vahid | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Liu | Tangmingyue | Physics |
| McCann | Maximilian | Physiology and Biophysics |
| Mekonen | Christina | Germanic Studies |
| Nolis | Gene | Chemistry |
| Ranney | Rachel | Psychology |
| Riesche | Stephanie | Nursing |
| Schnabel | Eliska | Political Science |
| Shahid | Javairia | Art History |
| Taylor-Jones | Taneka | Bioengineering |
Deadlines
The Awards Committee of the Graduate College has established the following deadlines for submitting nominations:
Fall 2016
- October 21, 2016
Completed Application/Department Nominations Due to the Graduate CollegeNOTE: Your department/program has to review all student requests for fellowships and submit nomination forms and supporting material to the Graduate College by this deadline. Consult with your program to determine their deadline for you to submit required material to them.
- December 1, 2016
Announcement of Awards
Spring 2017
- March 17, 2017
Completed Application/Department Nominations Due to the Graduate CollegeNOTE: Your department/program has to review all student requests for fellowships and submit nomination forms and supporting material to the Graduate College by this deadline. Consult with your program to determine their deadline for you to submit required material to them.
- April 27, 2017
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
- Guidelines for Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Competition
- Application Form (fillable Word template)
Student completes this form and submits to its department or program
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.