2-Year Merit and Diversity Graduate Student Awards
Texas A&M University at Galveston Merit and Diversity Graduate Student Awards were created to allow faculty to compete effectively for high quality and diverse graduate students. The Awards program is open to all TAMU(G) thesis option master’s and doctoral students working on the TAMUG campus under the direct supervision of a TAMUG faculty member.
Students receiving the Galveston 2-Year Merit or Diversity Graduate Student Award will have 24 months of salary, medical, tuition, and fees covered (24 SCHs per year). This award is in the form of a 12-month Graduate Assistant-Research (GAR) position each year.
Doctoral & Master’s Awards
Doctoral Awards amount to ~$74,500 during the first two-year period depending on the program and classification. This includes a $24,000 stipend paid per year, ~$9,000 per year tuition and fees for two years.
Master’s Awards amount to ~$72,000 during the first two-year period depending on the program and classification. This includes a $22,800 stipend paid per year, ~$9,000 per year tuition and fees for two years. This program is limited to outstanding students entering master’s thesis/research programs.
Expected outcomes
TAMUG Graduate Student Award holders are expected to provide academic leadership among graduate students within their departments and be well-positioned for employment upon graduation. These students are expected to be academically successful and to distinguish themselves through publications, conference presentations, or other indicators of research success and future promise.
Eligibility
NEW! Faculty can nominate as many applicants as desired for incoming awards and nominate an applicant for multiple incoming awards. The Research Advisory Council (RAC) will determine recipients of all awards (i.e., 2-Year and 1-Year Award) at the same time. Faculty submitting multiple nominees are required to rank them.
The faculty advisor must provide clear evidence of support for the student’s research and be a Galveston faculty member (adloc-ed to a Galveston-based department). Faculty should submit a nomination letter to gradstudies@tamug.edu. Only one nomination letter is needed to nominate an applicant to the incoming award applicant pool. Faculty nominating applicants for the diversity must provide the student diversity statement (please see below). Nominations for incoming Fall 2023 students are due by 5:00 p.m. CST on Monday, March 6, 2023.
Master’s students currently enrolled at TAMU or TAMUG are not eligible for Ph.D. Graduate Student Awards. These awards will only be available to students at the beginning of their graduate career at TAMU(G).
Diversity Statement
(To be completed by students nominated for the Diversity Award)
Please read the TAMU statement on what diversity is (below) and the diversity definition provided by the TAMU Office for Diversity. For more information, please visit their website: https://diversity.tamu.edu/
The inclusion, welcome, and support of individuals from all groups, encompassing the various characteristics of persons in our community. The characteristics can include, but are not limited to age, background, citizenship, disability, education, ethnicity, family status, gender, gender identity/expression, geographical location, language, military experience, political views, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and work experience.
"Diversity: Refers to the variety of group experiences that result from the social structure of society. Diversity is a broad concept that includes differences in society’s opportunities, the shaping of social institutions by different social factors, the formation of group and individual identity, and the processes of social change. This includes race, class, gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, language, and region residence, among others. Adapted from: Andersen, Margaret, and Howard Taylor. Sociology: Understanding a Diverse Society. 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomas Wadsworth, 2008. 11. Print."
Please write a one-page statement on what you, as an individual, can bring to the diversity of the program. Submit your diversity statement to your faculty mentor.