FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Gordon P. Waldo Fellowship

• Provides $16,500 a year plus out-of-state tuition waivers.
• Awarded to highly motivated FSU criminology doctoral students with the intellectual curiosity necessary to challenge popular ideas about the causes, consequences, and control of crime.
• Partners Waldo Fellow with College faculty who are leading researchers in a field the fellow is interested in pursuing.

Criminology and Public Policy and Social Problems Fellowships

• Funded by their related associations, these fellowships provide a fall, spring, and summer stipend of $19,000-$22,000 in addition to tuition waivers.
• Provides each fellow with valuable editorial experience and exposure to the publication process as the managing editor for each journal.

Richard L. Rachin Fellowship

• Established in memory of Richard L. Rachin, founder of the Journal of Drug Issues.
• Awarded annually to an academically ambitious and successful student pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology.
• Presents tuition waivers and a fall, spring, and summer stipend of approximately $16,000 per year.
• Provides the fellow with valuable editorial experience and exposure to cutting-edge drug research experience as the assistant editor for the Journal of Drug Issues.

University Fellowships

(Application deadline is January 15 for these fellowships.)

• The University Fellowship Program (http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/fellowships.html), administered by the Office of Graduate Studies, is a University-wide competition open to new and continuing graduate students. It provides a stipend of $18,000 plus a tuition waiver of up to twelve hours for Fall and Spring.
• Presidential University Fellowships (http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/fellowships.html) are awarded to newly enrolling Ph.D. students. These awards are multi-year and provide a stipend of $23,000 for the first and fourth years each, plus a tuition waiver of up to twelve hours for each Fall and Spring, funded by the Office of Graduate Studies. The second and third year stipends and tuition waivers are funded by the College.
• The College also awards a one-year, $11,000 University fellowship to an outstanding incoming graduate student. Additionally, the University Fellow receives a tuition waiver of up to twelve hours for Fall and Spring.
• The Delores Auzenne Fellowship for Minorities (http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/fellowships_more.html) awards a $5,000 stipend for the academic year, which is distributed in equal increments at the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters. It is awarded to minority students enrolled as regular full-time graduate students or currently accepted for study in the graduate program.
• The McKnight Doctoral Fellow (http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/fellowships_more.html) receives a $12,000 annual stipend plus tuition waivers. The fellowship is awarded to newly enrolling African-American students seeking a doctoral degree. It is renewable up to five years.
• The Leslie N. Wilson Assistantship (http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/fellowships_more.html) provides $5,000 per year plus tuition waivers for newly enrolling Black American graduate students. Application forms are available in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies or from the director of graduate studies of the student's program, e-mail: dwieckow@mailer.fsu.edu. The application deadline is February 1.
• Find additional fellowship and funding opportunities on the Graduate Studies Web site, http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/funding.html