Read this page before filling out the application. The link to the application is found at the bottom of this page.
About Graduate Fellowships
There is no work or service requirement associated with the fellowship payment. Students who receive a
fellowship may accept a graduate assistant.
Eligibility
Fellowship recipients must be full-time students, either registered for a minimum of nine credit-hours or
granted full-time status each semester during the period of their appointment. Fellowships are available
to newly admitted and current graduate students in a CYAF degree program either on-campus or online.
Graduate Fellowship Stipends
Tax Law
The provisions of the tax law require students who are degree candidates to report fellowship awards as
taxable income to the extent such awards exceed “course-related expenses”. The IRS does not require
institutions to withhold tax with respect to fellowship payments nor does it require institutions to report
these payments, except in the case of certain nonresident aliens.
Paperwork
All fellowship recipients will be required to complete payroll paperwork, even though no work
requirement is associated with the fellowship payment. The payroll paperwork will be sent with the
letter of offer.
A signed letter of offer and thank-you note to the donor(s) will be receipt of the fellowship acceptance.
Information about the thank-you note will be in the letter of offer.
The Edgren Fellowship requires a signed form, instead of letter of offer, to be returned to the
Department office.
Stipends
Stipends will be direct deposited into your checking account on the date(s) stated in the letter of offer.
The Chancellor’s Fellowship has a monthly stipend that is paid on the last working day of the month.
The Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies Fellowship stipends are usually paid out at the
beginning of each semester stated in the letter of offer.
Notification
Award letters for the Chancellor’s Fellowship and the Edgren Tuition Fellowship Program will be sent
out before April 15. All other fellowship award letters will be mailed no later than June 15.
Graduate Fellowships available from the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies:
Chancellor’s Fellowship
Chancellor’s Fellowships are designed to assist departments with the recruitment of superior graduate student by
adding fellowship funds to an assistantship. Chancellor’s Fellows will receive, in addition to the departmental
assistantship, a $4000 fellowship per year. Chancellor’s Fellowships are automatically renewable for a second
year, given excellent progress toward the degree.
- Newly admitted full time domestic doctoral or masters student.
- Excellent academic record
- Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree
- Excellent letters of recommendation
- Students must be offered a full department assistantship at the typical level for masters or doctoral students
The Edgren Tuition Fellowship Program
The Edgren Tuition Fellowship is available to U.S. citizen who are full-time students and non-residents for tuition
purposes. Students retain the fellowship until graduation if continuously enrolled.
- Newly admitted fulltime domestic doctoral or masters student.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA in pervious degree
- Excellent letters of recommendation
- Student must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Students who receive the fellowship pay tuition at 150% of the resident tuition rate until graduation if continuously enrolled at UNL.
- Covers up to 12 Credit hours during the fall and spring semester and 6 credit hours during the summer session.
*If a student awarded an Edgren Fellowship is awarded an assistantship, the Edgren will only take effect during the summer months (as long as the assistantship does not include a summer tuition waiver).
Pauline G. Christensen and Alan Plantz Fellowship
This fellowship is for full-time CYAF graduate students who have expressed an interest in studying parental and
family relations. Preference shall be given to candidates graduating from high school in the following states:
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, or South Dakota. This fellowship is
awarded annually and the amount may vary year to year.
CEHS Graduate Fellowships
Funding for CEHS Graduate Fellowships is available through different funds. These fellowships are awarded
annually and the amount may vary year to year. Students must be full-time. Two fellowships require the student
to have financial need.
Other Places to Apply for Graduate Fellowships:
Office of Graduate Studies – http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/funding#fellowships
External Fellowships - http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/funding#external