Doctoral Programs
Award: $10,000
Recruiting and retaining traditionally underrepresented graduate students with strategic initiatives is vital to creating and maintaining inclusive graduate programs.
To this end, a fundamental goal of the Prospective Doctoral Student Recruitment and Retention Program (PDSRRP) is to help doctoral programs at MSU recruit, retain, and support a diverse group of traditionally underrepresented domestic doctoral students who will contribute in meaningful ways to the intellectual, geographical, racial, and ethnic diversity of the future professoriate and professional fields.
Through this program, the Graduate School offers a seed-grant program and partnering opportunities for doctoral programs that develop a plan for the sustained recruitment, professional development, and graduation of a diverse doctoral cohort. New grant awards will begin in July 2024. Award amounts will be $10,000 for up to three years; however, subsequent funding after the first year is competitive and will be dependent on successful completion of stated program objectives and expenditure of funds.
