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Graduate Fellowships
The Program
	The San Diego Association of Phi Beta Kappa offers graduate fellowships to recognize and encourage original research at the doctoral level and exceptional scholarship at the master's level. Fellowships are subject to funds available but have traditionally been $3000 for doctoral candidates and $2000 for master's candidates. The number of fellowships varies from year to year.
Program Information: Eligibility Eligibility Criteria for Fellowship Applicants must have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa by a chapter anywhere in the United States. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate or professional program within San Diego County, California. a) Master's candidates must have completed approximately half of the degree requirements by the application deadline. Full and part-time students will be given equal consideration. b). Doctoral students must have advanced to candidacy and have completed all qualifying exams at the time of application, and expect to complete their degree within the next 18 months. Selection Criteria for Fellowship For all candidates: Fulfillment of all eligibility requirements. 2. Quality of applicant's work as reflected in the curriculum vitae and two letters of recommenda- tion. Personal situations, accomplishments, and interests as presented in an optional addendum to the application. For master's candidates: a.). The applicant's master's program, specialty of study, and any original work as described in a 500-word essay (typed double space) and in two letters of recommendation. For doctoral candidates: b). .Plan for an original contribution to scholarship in the chosen field as evidenced in a 500-word 2006 Application Applications must be postmarked by March 15; fellowships are awarded during May of the same year. Download an application. 2005 Recipients Andrew F. Thompson was selected for this year's $3,000 Epsilon Association doctoral fellowship. Mr. Thompson took his degree in Engineering Sciences at Dartmouth summa cum laude in 2000 and has been in the Physical Oceanography program at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography since 2002. He also has an MPhil. in Fluid Flow and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University. His interests center on geophysical fluid dynamics, and he already has coauthored articles for The Journal of Marine Research and The Journal of Fluid Mechanics , and he has delivered papers at Cambridge and Cal Tech, and in Warsaw. He has served as a teaching assistant at UCSD and has been a tutor in high-school math and science at the Bridges Learning Center. Matthew Paul Gaydos is the first student at the University of San Diego to receive an Epsilon fellowship. The $2,000 award will help him complete his work toward an MFA in Dramatic Arts. Mr. Gaydos earned his BA in Theatre Arts summa cum laude at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 after a brief start toward a career in molecular biology. But his avid interest in illustration led to set design, which in turn led to acting. He has dozens of mostly character roles to his credit and is a member of the Old Globe Actor Training Program, where he is a Craig Noel Fellow. His master's thesis combines creative writing and research in a Theater of the Absurd piece about a man who listens to a recording fifteen minutes old that he does not recall creating. - E. N. Genovese, Fellowship Selection Chair

Program Information: Eligibility