The Fellowship Board, comprised of distinguished faculty and graduate students, reviews applications and selects 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 plays a key role in helping the University of Illinois recruit and support exemplary graduate students.
Fellowship Board Membership 2020-2021
Executive Committee
| Lance Cooper | 2018-2021 | 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 |
| Brad Sutton | 2019-2022 | Bioengineering |
Humanities & Arts (Area II)
| Manisha Basu | 2019-2022 | English |
| Michael Silvers | 2019-2022 | Musicology |
| Eleonora Stoppino | 2019-2022 | French & Italian |
Social & Behavioral Sciences & Professional Programs (Area III)
| Lisette Piedra | 2019-2021 | Social Work (Graduate College Faculty Fellow) |
| Chadly Stern | 2020-2023 | Psychology |
| Gisela Sin | 2018-2021 | Political Science |
Biological & Agricultural Sciences (Area IV)
| Alexandria Harmon-Threatt | 2019-2022 | Entomology |
| 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 | 2017-2021 | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Lance Cooper | 2018-2021 | Physics |
Humanities & Arts (Area II)
| Donna Buchanan | 2020-2021 | Music |
| Jim Brennan | 2019-2022 | History |
| Carla Santos | 2019-2022 | Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
Behavioral & Social Sciences & Professional Programs (Area III)
| Anna-Maria Marshall | 2020-2023 | Sociology |
| Dan Simons | 2020-2023 | Psychology |
| Monika Stodolska | 2019-2022 | Recreation, Sport, & Tourism |
Biological & Agricultural Sciences (Area IV)
| Anna Dilger | 2019-2022 | Animal Sciences |
| CheMyong Jay Ko | 2018-2021 | Comparative Biosciences |
| Yuan-Xiang Pan | 2019-2022 | Food Science & Human Nutrition |