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, Doctoral & Master's Merit 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 2023-2024
Staff
Chair: Ken Vickery, Assistant Dean for Fellowships
Co-Chairs of Section 1: • Lisa Abston, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
• Zenep Madak-Erdogan, Associate Dean
section 1: diversity & INCLUSION recruitment fellowships (mERIT & aspire)
Engineering, Physical Sciences, & Mathematics (Area I)
| Karen Mortensen | 2022-2025 | Mathematics |
| R. Mohan Sankaran | 2022-2025 | Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiation Engineering |
| Vetle Torvik | 2022-2025 | Information Sciences |
Humanities & Arts (Area II)
| John Stallmeyer | 2023-2026 | Architecture |
| Carol Symes | 2023-2026 | History |
| Helga Varden | 2023-2026 | Philosophy |
Social & Behavioral Sciences & Professional Programs (Area III)
| Andrew J. Greenlee | 2022-2025 | Urban & Regional Planning |
| Kimberly Michelle Rios | 2023-2026 | Psychology |
| Sharde Smith | 2021-2024 | Human Development & Family Studies |
Biological & Agricultural Sciences (Area IV)
| Juanmahel Davila | 2021-2024 | Comparative Biosciences |
| Zeynep Madak-Erdogan | 2023-2026 | Food Science & Human Nutrition |
| James O'Dwyer | 2022-2025 | Plant Biology |
section 2: illinois distinguished fellowships, distinguished graduate fellowships in humanities & arts, dissertation completion fellowships, & travel grants
Engineering, Physical Sciences, & Mathematics (Area I)
| Lance Cooper | 2021-2024 | Physics |
| Wawosz Dobrucki | 2023-2026 | Bioengineering |
| R. S. Sreenivas | 2022-2025 | Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering |
Humanities & Arts (Area II)
| Javier Irigoyen-Garcia | 2021-2024 | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Peter Leslie Mortensen | 2022-2025 | English |
| Michael Silvers | 2024-2027 | Music |
Behavioral & Social Sciences & Professional Programs (Area III)
| Christy L. Lleras | 2022-2025 | Human Development & Family Studies |
| Anna-Maria Marshall | 2023-2026 | Sociology |
| Chi-Fang Wu | 2023-2026 | Social Work |
Biological & Agricultural Sciences (Area IV)
| Maria Cattai de Godoy | 2021-2024 | Animal Sciences |
| Makoto Inoue | 2023-2024 | Comparative Biosciences |
| Yuan-Xiang Pan | 2022-2025 | Food Science & Human Nutrition |