Comprised of distinguished faculty from across campus, the Fellowship Board determines recipients of the Graduate College's main fellowship and grant programs. Those programs include the Illinois Distinguished Fellowships, Graduate College Fellowships, Aspire Fellowships, Distinguished Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities & Arts, Dissertation Completion Fellowships, and Travel Grants. The Fellowship Board also advises the Graduate College on fellowship-related issues and plays a key role in helping the University of Illinois recruit and support exemplary graduate students.
Fellowship Board Membership 2021-2022
Executive Committee
| Lance Cooper | 2021-2024 | Physics |
| Christina Bashford | 2019-2022 | Music |
| Yuan-Xiang Pan | 2020-2023 | Food Science & Human Nutrition |
| Anna-Maria Marshall | 2020-2023 | Sociology |
| Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Dean, ex-officio | Graduate College | |
| Ken Vickery, Director of Fellowships, staff | Graduate College |
section 1: diversity recruitment fellowships (graduate College fellowships for URM Students & aspire fellowships)
Engineering, Physical Sciences, & Mathematics (Area I)
| David Flaherty | 2019-2022 | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| Alison Fout | 2019-2022 | Chemistry |
| Vetle Torvik | 2021-2024 | Information Sciences |
Humanities & Arts (Area II)
| Manisha Basu | 2019-2022 | English |
| Jeananne Nichols | 2021-2024 | Music |
| Carol Symes | 2021-2024 | History |
Social & Behavioral Sciences & Professional Programs (Area III)
| Lisette Piedra | 2019-2022 | Social Work (Graduate College Faculty Fellow) |
| Sharde Smith | 2021-2024 | Human Development & Family Studies |
| Chadly Stern | 2020-2023 | Psychology |
Biological & Agricultural Sciences (Area IV)
| Juanmahel Davila | 2021-2024 | Comparative Biosciences |
| Anna Sokac | 2019-2022 | Cell & Developmental Biology |
| Carin Vanderpool | 2019-2022 | Microbiology |
section 2: illinois distinguished fellowships, distinguished graduate fellowships in humanities & arts, dissertation completion fellowships, & travel grants
Engineering, Physical Sciences, & Mathematics (Area I)
| Wawosz Dobrucki | 2019-2022 | Bioengineering |
| Jeffery Roesler | 2019-2022 | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Lance Cooper | 2021-2024 | Physics |
Humanities & Arts (Area II)
| Christina Bashford | 2020-2023 | Music |
| Javier Irigoyen-Garcia | 2021-2024 | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Carla Santos | 2019-2022 | Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
Behavioral & Social Sciences & Professional Programs (Area III)
| Anna-Maria Marshall | 2020-2023 | Sociology |
| Dan Simons | 2019-2022 | Psychology |
| Monika Stodolska | 2019-2022 | Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
Biological & Agricultural Sciences (Area IV)
| Maria Cattai de Godoy | 2021-2024 | Animal Sciences |
| CheMyong Jay Ko | 2019-2022 | Comparative Biosciences |
| Yuan-Xiang Pan | 2019-2022 | Food Science & Human Nutrition |