Fellowships are available for the following project types:

• Personal Projects
• GPSA Projects
• Volunteer Service

Eligibility Criteria:

Fellows must be

• a graduate student in good academic standing
• enrolled in at least 1 credit hour at Arizona State University, for the entire time they are working on their project.

Application cycles

Two application cycles each will be rolled out during the Fall and Spring semester respectively. The application windows for each semester are as follows:

FALL 2023

• August 21 – September 15
• October 15 – November 15

SPRING 2024

• January 1 –  January 31
• February 15 – March 15

All applications accepted, approved, and awarded for funding are expected to be completed by the end of the Spring 2023 semester for winners to get reimbursement.

Application 

Rubric 

Prize: 

The prize is divided into a scholarship and a fellowship award. The winners will receive a scholarship amount of 500 USD. In addition, the winners receive a fellowship award, which they can reimburse expenses up to 400 USD as programming/ operational funding in order to implement their program. In case of multiple authors/ team members,  the scholarship and fellowship award will be for the entire team.  

Eligible expenses:

The following are eligible expenses.

• Food for events
• Printing/Copying
• Equipment rental
• Materials and supplies (Biological supplies must be purchased through the applicant’s school or department. The department or school will then be reimbursed through a transfer up to the award amount.)
• Professional services for data analysis, typing, transcription, or copying
• Ineligible expenses

The following expense cannot be reimbursed using the Innovation Fellowship funds:

• Equipment purchases (laptops, cameras, camera equipment, etc.)
• Purchases made by departments, faculty, or by other grant funds
• Travel of any kind
• Tuition
• Terminal publication charges for thesis or dissertation
• Salaries and wages for research assistants
• Items or services that require the university to enter into a contract with any non-approved vendor
• Any other expense prohibited by university policy or deemed ineligible by the program’s administrators

For questions about the Innovations Fellows program, or to schedule a meeting to discuss the Innovations Fellows program, please email innovationfellowsgpsa@gmail.com.

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