The Graduate Scholarship Fund was established in 2006 by annual gifts from NMU graduate degree alumni. This annual fund is designed to provide financial support for graduate students to further their scholarly activities.

To be considered for support from this fund, students must meet the minimum criteria:

  • Full-time Status:  Preferred, but not required
  • Financial Need:  Preferred, but not required
  • Class Level:  Graduate Student
  • GPA:  Good Academic Standing (3.0 or above)

Qualifying Expenses

Financial support will be considered for:

  • Expenses related to attending regional, national, and international conferences to present their research
  • Expenses related to faculty-approved research projects
  • Expenses related to further students scholarly activities at the graduate level

Process

Student or respective faculty member must submit a proposal detailing the scholarly activity to the Graduate Education and Research Office (906-227-2300 or graduate@nmu.edu). Upon approval by the Assistant Provost for Graduate Education and Research (or his/her designee), the award will be processed as follows:

  1. Faculty Member Request:  A request for a transfer of funds in the amount of the award will be sent to the NMU Foundation.
  2.  Student Request: 
    1. Student name/NMU IN# will be sent to the NMU Foundation.
    2. Student must provide name of mentoring Faculty Member and Department. Signature of Faculty Member or Department head must be included on report submission.
    3. Upon approval, award will be processed, as an electronic check request through the NMU Foundation. (Forms for payment filled out- can be acquired from NMU Foundation or Grad Studies Office
  3. A final report must be submitted detailing how the funds were utilized to further scholarly activity. 
  4. Deadlines:

Semester

Submission to Graduate Education & Research

Awards Announced

Fall

Sept. 15

Oct. 22

Winter

Jan. 15

Feb. 22

Summer

Mar. 15

Apr. 22

Within one month after the end date of a project, the grant recipient must submit a Final Project Report to each of the following: faculty advisor, the NMU Foundation Office (rstille@nmu.edu or jesjones@nmu.edu), and the Grants and Contracts Office (grants@nmu.edu).  Individuals will not be eligible for a subsequent internal grant if they have not submitted a Final Project Report for a previous grant.

The upper left-hand corner of the first page of the report must include the award recipient's name, the original title (on the proposal), and the semester and year of the award.

The Final Project Report must briefly address the following:

    1.  What was done?  (Summarize the project activities.)

    2.  What were the results?

    3.  What was produced (publication, presentation, creative work, etc.)?

    4.  What further research might this lead to?

    5.  What sources of external grants did you (or might you) seek?

    6.  Detail the actual budget expenditures.

Submit the final report to: faculty advisor, the NMU Foundation and the Grants and Contracts office (grants@nmu.edu).

Award

Award amounts will be considered on a case-by-case basis and at the discretion of the Assistant Provost for Graduate Education and Research (or his/her designee) but will not exceed $2,000.  A maximum of one award will be made per individual.

Past Awards

Summer 2016

Biology

Benjamin Bolcer - Undere the Soil: Examining the interactions between Plant Roots, Mychorrhizal Fungi, and Soil Bacteria

Marissa Kane - HIF-1α and HIF-1β hetero-dimerization induced overexpression of GLUT1 in GBM cell lines

Aaron Mellesmoen - Characterization of Glioblastoma Multiforme Cell Types with Chlorotoxin, a Scorpion Venom Protein

Travis Moe - Sub-lethal and lethal effects of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, on Northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) tadpoles

 

SELPS

Kathryn Johnson - Why cut a program that works? Undergraduate Teaching Assistants, Large Lecture Retention, Institutional Policy & Culture

 

Winter 2015

Biology

Kaylagh Hollen - A Novel and Rapid Staphylococcus aureus Bacterial Identification Method Utilizing ImmunoMagnetic Beads and Single Cell Laser Scattering

 

Education

Emily Stultz - Present at International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Conference

 

Health & Human Performance

Kevin Phillips - The Influence of Drop Height on Muscle Activation and Ground Reaction Forces in Mountain Biking

Aaron Eastham - Yoga’s Effect on Growth Hormone Secretion

 

SELPS

Andrew Mills - Hodgepodge Reconfirmed: Pre-Service Teachers’ Assessment of 7th –Grade Students’ Learning

Elizabeth Billie, Trish Sippola, Amy Young - Presenting scholarly work at the Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference

 

Summer 2015

English

Cory Ferrer - Finding Tuswaqachi

 

Health & Human Performance

Andrew Jones - Changes in Performance Profiles Of Endurance Athletes After 12 Days Altitude Exposure

Matthew Kilgas - Transitioning from Road to Trail Running