Competition opens March 2, 2026

The Graduate School has limited funds to support summer fellowships on a competitive basis for master's, specialist, and doctoral students who are in the final stage of completing their thesis or dissertation. Fellowships are for students who plan to spend the majority of the summer completing their thesis or dissertation and plan to graduate at the end of the summer or fall semester, at the latest.

Fellowship Award

No more than 10 eligible students will receive this award. Each fellowship award will be $1,000. If you are receiving financial aid during the term of the scholarship award, there may be a need to adjust the total financial aid award.  Please contact the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships (903-886-5112) for additional information about how this fellowship may affect financial aid.  Please note that fellowship funding is limited and only complete application packets will be reviewed for final award determination.

To be eligible for this fellowship, a student must:

• be a master's, specialist, or doctoral student in good academic standing at East Texas A&M University.
• have received proposal approval from the Graduate School/Thesis & Dissertation Services no later than April 10, 2026 (you must have received a confirmation email from TDS that your proposal submission has been received and is complete).
• be enrolled in at least three (3) hours of a thesis (518) course or dissertation (718) course during one of the Summer 2026 terms.

Application Process

Complete application packages must be submitted no later than by 5:00 pm April 10, 2026.  Late submissions will not be accepted.  You may access the current fellowship application here (hyperlink).