You should have only sent this out to faculty with students who have ALREADY passed their prelim – note this for the future. We typically send it to particular faculty not the listserve which is why I had not done it yet.

I am going to send a note to the listserve.

 

From: Ese-faculty-list <ese-faculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu> On Behalf Of Ledman, Amy L
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:06 PM
To: Ese-faculty-list@ecn.purdue.edu
Subject: ESE-faculty-list OIGP Bilsland Dissertation Fellowships 2024-2025 Nominations

 

Good afternoon!

 

The Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) would like to begin the process for awarding the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowships that were allocated to our office for the 2024-2025 year. With ESE being a part of OIGP we have the opportunity to nominate ESE students for the Bilsland. Please keep in mind that students do not apply directly for the Bilsland Fellowship, but are nominated by their major professor and selected by members of the graduate faculty in OIGP.

 
Students do not apply directly for the Bilsland Fellowship, but are nominated by their major professor. At a minimum, the selection process considers the students’ academic and scholarly achievements and the promise of degree attainment at the conclusion of the fellowship at the fellowship tenure.  The stipend amount is $28,000 for 12 months.  This fellowship can be broken down into what I call 5 months (Fall or Spring semester), 7 months (Summer and Fall or Spring and Summer) or the full 12 months.  Students are paid bi-weekly and not monthly.

 

NOMINATION REQUREMENTS:

  1. Recipients of Bilsland Dissertation Fellowships must be enrolled as Ph.D. candidates in a degree-granting doctoral program at Purdue and have demonstrated superior academic abilities and scholarly achievements. The recipients must have completed all degree requirements, except for the dissertation.
  2. The nomination must be submitted by the major professor by completing the following Qualtrics Survey. 
  3. If there are more than 1 nomination per IGP, I will be in touch with the IGP Heads regarding the ranking of applicants for your individual program/areas. 
  4. Once the nominations are received, the OIGP will be in touch with the student for additional application materials.


DEADLINE: Nominations are due on Monday, March 25th at 5:00 p.m. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Amy

Amy Ledman

She/Her/Hers


Lead Graduate Program Specialist - Ecological Sciences and Engineering
Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs - The Graduate School


Schedule a meeting: calendly.com/aledman