Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship

An Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship (ECF) is a five-year recruitment fellowship. It provides $18,000 in each of the first five years of the recipients’ study at The Graduate Center. The fellowship provides a tuition award for five years. ECFs who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and are New York State residents receive an in-state tuition award. ECFs who are international students receive an out-of-state tuition award that covers the cost of nine/9 credits per semester. ECFs who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents but are not New York State residents during the first year of study will receive an out-of-state tuition award for year-one that covers the cost of nine credits per semester. In years two-five, they receive an in-state tuition award. It is important to note that the ECF requires service in all five years. A student must be making Academic Satisfactory Progress to continue to receive this fellowship.

Service requirement and payment:

In Year 1 the ECF will receive the $18,000 from 2 sources: an assistantship which will be paid on a bi-weekly basis over 12-months (September through the following August) plus a small stipend which will be paid once a semester by the Office of Financial Aid. The assistantship requires 7.5 hours a week during each semester for a total of 225 hour for the academic year.

In Years 2, 3, and 4, the ECF will be awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship (GTF) to teach at one of the CUNY undergraduate colleges. The salary will be paid on a bi-weekly basis over 12-months. In addition, the ECF will receive a small Financial Aid stipend each semester, as necessary, to bring the total annual funding up to $18,000. GTFs are required to teach a total of 180 contact hours during the academic year, which is met by teaching the equivalent of two 3-credit courses each semester. Renewal of the GTF is based on satisfactory performance of one’s teaching duties.

In Year 5, the ECF will receive a non-teaching fellowship also paid over 12-months. The current base salary for this non-teaching appointment is $20,801. This assignment will require the ECF to work 15 hours a week over the course of each semester for a total of 450 hours during the academic year.

Please note that the ECF carries eligibility for the NYSHIP health insurance plan for CUNY doctoral students. ECFs will be given information regarding the NYSHIP enrollment process when they are processed to The Graduate Center payroll for the GAB appointment in Year 1. The current cost to the student for the NYSHIP health insurance coverage for individual coverage is $6.32 bi-weekly.

Other funding is available to students at the Graduate Center and an Enhanced Chancellor Fellow may apply for the following:

• The Graduate Center’s Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel and Research Fund for $200-$300 to attend a conference or to cover research expenses. (Students may apply annually for these funds).

• The Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) competition for an award of up to $1500 to support students’ academic research. Fellows may apply annually for this award during years 2 through 7 of their study. Please see the following link for the GRSP guidelines :
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/orup/funding.htmltation#For_Students

• The Graduate Center’s Dissertation Fellowship competition. Advanced students are eligible to hold a Dissertation Fellowship when they are Level 3. While they may not hold a major dissertation fellowship and a Presidential Magnet Fellowship at the same time, a Dissertation Fellowship is a potential source of subsequent fellowship support. Please see the following link for guidelines for this competition: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Provost/Diss_Awards/index_application.html

MAGNET FELLOWSHIPS and DEAN HARRISON AWARDS

The Graduate Center offers special MAGNET Fellowships that incoming students may be eligible for. The Executive Officer nominates students for this award. There are not many of these fellowships and they are very competitive.

MAGNET Candidates must be:

1. African American or Latino (Puerto-Rican, Caribbean, other non-European Hispanics);
   
   
2. U.S. citizens or permanent residents;
   
   
3. Admitted as full-time students to your doctoral program for Fall.

Those nominated for the MAGNET (if they do not receive it) are eiligible for the Dean Harrison Awards, which usually cover only tuition or part of tuition. If you have any questions about these awards, you may go to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs website or contact Alida Rojas at 212-817-7540.