Graduate Students

MSU Council of Graduate Students (COGS) established this endowment in 2021 to recognize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts by graduate and professional students in or through their program, unit, or department at MSU.

The recipients are selected during Spring Semester 2023 to be awarded the following Fall Semester 2023. Recipients need to be enrolled for the Fall Semester.

Eligibility: Graduate and professional students regularly (not provisional or lifelong) enrolled in a graduate or grad-professional program (not a certificate program only) at MSU and who are in good standing in their programs may apply. Faculty or others are encouraged to nominate a graduate student (Please email: fellowshipapps@grd.msu.edu to submit a nomination).

Nominators should be those who directly worked with the applicant/nominee, can demonstrate, and explain the applicant/nominee’s impact on their program, unit, or department at MSU and/or on their campus community, or who are otherwise knowledgeable about how the applicant/nominee embodies DEI philosophy through their DEI actions. Students must be enrolled for the minimum credits to be in full-time status or provide a justification for less than full-time status. A graduate or professional student can receive a DEI Award once during their time at MSU. 

Learn more at: https://grad.msu.edu/fellowships/cogs-dei-award

Due date: November 14, 2022

Funding Amount: $1,000.00

Semester due: Fall Semester