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GSEE Graduate Diversity Fellowships & GSEE Top-Off Awards

Nominations are open for the 2024–25 GSEE Graduate Diversity Fellowships and GSEE Top-Off Awards.       These GSEE awards are intended to increase the number of University of Washington doctoral degrees granted to students who demonstrate a commitment to promoting diversity and the advancement of communities of color through their work, research, and/or scholarship.  Two categories of awards are available: Fellowships and Top-Off Awards.   Deadline extended to: Monday, March 11, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PT. No exceptions will be made.  Student Eligibility  The following are ineligible: …

Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD)

Formerly known as the National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC), was founded in 1989 “To increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool.” Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) is a partnership between federal agencies & laboratories, industry, and higher education institutions. GFSD has a strong partnership with the University of Southern California. GFSD is a registered US nonprofit (501c3). We are only able to support our fellows through partnerships…

Diversity Funding Opportunities

We understand graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections* may face unique challenges securing funding assistance and paying for graduate school. The Graduate School and GSEE are committed to supporting graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections throughout every aspect of graduate education, including academic, financial, professional and social support. We work with various partners to ensure graduate students admitted to the University of Washington are given ample opportunity to succeed. The Graduate School maintains information on how to pay for…

Crafting an Effective Diversity Statement and Cover Letter

In Spring 2019, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), Core Programs in the Graduate School, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D) co-sponsored an interactive workshop led by the UW Postdoc Diversity Alliance, Crafting an Effective Diversity Statement and Cover Letter. A panel of four speakers — Rickey Hall, vice president and university diversity officer, OMA&D; Evangelina Shreeve, director, STEM Education and Outreach, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Butch de Castro, professor and…

Diversity Efforts Awarded

Macarena Aloi, a doctoral student in pathology, has been selected for the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, given out by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The fellowships provide full support to promising doctoral students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Each fellow will receive an annual award totaling $46,000, which includes a stipend, a training allowance, and an institutional allowance, for up to three years. “The Gilliam Fellows are outstanding young scientists who have expressed a clear commitment to…

About the UW Graduate School

At the UW Graduate School, we work to support the production of knowledge and innovation, to develop the next generation of researchers and leaders, and to advance the public good. We believe in the power of graduate education to address today’s pressing challenges and to foster a more prosperous, informed, and equity-minded future. Our Goals The Engine: How the UW Graduate School Drives Impact on Campus We encourage and seed efforts to improve graduate education:  From application to graduation, we…

Graduate School Leadership

Joy Williamson-Lott Dean of the Graduate School Joy Williamson-Lott is a professor and previously an associate dean in the College of Education, an accomplished scholar and researcher in the field of American higher education, and a committed advocate for equity and diversity in higher education. She is the author of several books examining black higher educational history and the black freedom struggle, including her most recent book, “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”…

Communications

The communications team conveys the Graduate School’s commitment to diversity and graduate students’ success by supporting fundraising, recruitment and retention and professional development efforts. Annie Pellicciotti, director Additional support We direct, design, create and maintain our online presence that serves the Graduate School’s audiences. In addition, we gather, coordinate and disseminate information of interest and importance to UW graduate students, Graduate School staff, University leaders, the UW campus and the community, and collaborate with units campus-wide to share content and…