THE MADELINE FUSCO FELLOWSHIP AWARD
An endowment made by Dr. Madeline Fusco, formerly a faculty member in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, provides funding for this dissertation award intended to assist a woman or minority doctoral student with financial need to complete his/her dissertation.
One award, in the amount of $5,000, will be presented.
Each department/program with graduate students at the dissertation stage may nominate one (1) candidate. Each nomination must be made by the student's Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
Each nomination should include:
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An endowment made by Dr. Madeline Fusco, formerly a faculty member in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, provides funding for this dissertation award intended to assist a woman or minority doctoral student with financial need to complete his/her dissertation.
One award, in the amount of $5,000, will be presented.
Each department/program with graduate students at the dissertation stage may nominate one (1) candidate. Each nomination must be made by the student's Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
Each nomination should include:
- A short summary of the nominee's status as a graduate student (e.g., date of admission, year of study, date of advancement to candidacy, expected date of completion of the doctoral degree).
- Dissertation abstract, or similar summary of the project.
- Memorandum of nomination indicating evidence of financial need.
- If applicable, indication that the dissertation project has the required approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or DLAR.
- Letters of recommendation from each: the advisor, department chair and another program faculty member.
| 2009 | : | Tara Duffy, Marine and Atmospheric Science |
| 2008 | : | Amy Traver, Sociology |
| 2007 | : | Eliza Woo, Ecology & Evolution |
| 2006 | : | Etsuko Maruoka, Sociology Sarah Marchesano, History |
| 2005 | : | Carol Lindquist, Sociology Sara Steinberg, Psychology |
