Fellowships & Awards
Fellowships
Fellowship programs offer a pre-determined employment period that provides rich experience in research and/or teaching skills. This can range from a summer program run by Baylor University Libraries to the academic year-long Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Program.
Data Research Fellowship
This intensive Summer Fellowship program run by Baylor University Libraries is a broad survey of applied research methods and tools involving both structured (i.e., data tables) and unstructured (i.e., text, multimedia) data. It is open to Baylor graduate students from any discipline.
Doctoral Administrative Fellow
Doctoral Administrative Fellows are a select group of doctoral students who play an integral role in the Graduate School. The fellowships allow students to gain administrative experience and a distinct perspective on the university’s operations while serving the Graduate School and their peers.
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship
The Graduate School launched the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in 2020-2021 with the support of the Provost’s Office and in collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences and the Honors College. These 10-month positions include a salary of $40,000, continued access to Graduate School travel funds, additional mentoring and professional development training, and the same health benefits as Baylor faculty for the 10-month duration of the postdoctoral position.
Awards
The Graduate School bestows a number of academic and teaching awards each year to outstanding graduate students in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. Students are encouraged to apply for these awards, not only as a means to strengthen their CV, but also as a way to recognize their outstanding achievements.
Outstanding Dissertation Award
The highest research award available among the Baylor graduate community. Graduate Program Directors both nominate dissertations and score the nominations. Three are awarded each year, one each in in the areas of STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
This competitive award recognizes excellence in teaching for our graduate student TORs (teachers-of-record). Six are awarded each year, in the areas of STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities for the preceding Fall and Spring Semesters.
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
The Outstanding Research award is awarded annually in the three designated areas of STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities, with the goal of recognizing and promoting the research productivity of graduate students.
Dr. Steven G. Driese Outstanding Grant Proposal Award
Named after its creator, Dr. Steve Driese, this award grants $500 to the student who produced the best proposal from each section of the course GEO 5222 Grant Proposal Writing.