Deadline

Application are now open and will close when funds are exhausted. 

Overview

The Division of Graduate Studies has funds available to support the efforts of faculty and staff in UO graduate programs to recruit doctoral students. The goal of these funds is to help our graduate departments and programs reach their recruiting goals by increasing the resources available to reach prospective and admitted students.

Award Details

These funds are reserved for campus visits by prospective doctoral students who have been offered admission or are coming to campus for admission interviews. 

Fund requests will be considered and awarded on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted. Multiple applications from individual departments will be considered, but there will be an attempt to maximize the impact of the awards by distributing them across as many programs as possible.

Programs can request funding up to $1000 per student, with a maximum of $4,000 total during the initial request period. However, if funding is still available later in the application cycle, the Division will put out a second call for funding requests.  

Award money will be distributed directly to departments/programs at the beginning of the month following the approval.

Eligibility and Criteria

Awardees must be prospective doctoral students.

Application

UO employees with "Admissions - Program Staff" access can submit a request via the applicant's Slate application record. Requests will be reviewed within three business days and you will be able to log back into Slate and view the decision on the applicant's Slate record. 

For more information, please contact the Division's director of admissions.