The Frank B. Martin CUMREC Graduate Fellowship, established in 2005 by the CUMREC Board of Directors whose gift made it possible, aims to promote the development of higher education professionals and the transformation of education through information technologies.
It is intended to benefit candidates from a broad range of graduate education paths that offer areas of specialization, focus, and concentration in information and computing technologies. The goal of the CUMREC fellowship is to increase the number of graduate students pursuing careers in Information Technology, preferably in higher education administrative computing.
CUMREC recipients are nominated by the college.
The Graduate School offers fellowship programs that provide financial support for outstanding students who plan to enroll in a doctoral or Master of Fine Arts program.
We are particularly aware of the special role that graduate education plays in training the next generation of leaders in academia, government, and the private sector. In assisting MSU achieve its educational mission, our goal is to foster an intellectually vital and diverse educational community that will prepare graduate students to assume their professional roles in a diverse society.
The Graduate School’s recruitment fellowships support departments and programs in their goal of attracting a cohort of students who:
Colleges will nominate doctoral students for the CUMREC within Slate at the same time they are nominated for the University Distinguished Fellowships.
Follow the University Distinguished Fellowship nomination format when submitting materials. Up to two CUMREC awards will be made by the Graduate School. Before the award letter is sent to the student, the Graduate School will require a copy of the college/department fellowship award letter or TA, RA or TE offer.
Students who are nominated for University Distinguished Fellowship can also be nominated for the CUMREC, and students may accept the awards concurrently.
Students with career goals of working as information technology builders, infrastructure support specialists, IT managers, and administrative process functional leaders may follow completely different educational paths in preparation.
Therefore, the Fellowship has been made available to students enrolled in all graduate colleges and departments. The Graduate School at MSU solicits nominations not only from Information Technology (IT)- related colleges at MSU, but also from ‘non-IT’ colleges (in the traditional sense) that offer IT-related courses of study. Ideal candidates will also have career plans in higher education.
Departments, programs, and colleges may nominate students whom they have admitted for a doctoral program for 2026, whom they are also nominating for a University Distinguished Fellowship.