Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship

2012-2013 NOMINATION DEADLINE:  March 30, 2012, 12 noon (PDT)

The Gatzert Child Welfare fellowship was established in the 1930s by the Bailey and Babette Gatzert foundation for Child Welfare. In accordance with the donor’s wishes, the funds are to be used to promote education for “the better care and treatment of children suffering from defects, either physically or mentally.” The one-quarter fellowship will be awarded to support doctoral dissertation research in the field of child development with special reference to children with disabilities.

Questions can be directed to the Fellowships and Awards Office at gradappt@uw.edu or 206.543.7152.

Eligibility

• a student must have achieved doctoral candidate status by the time of nomination and
• must anticipate completion of the degree by the end of Summer Quarter 2013 or sooner.

Nomination Process

Nominations should be submitted to the Catalyst Collect-It Box at: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/collectit/dropbox/megray/19016
Nominations are due no later than Noon, Monday, March 30, 2012.

Departments can nominate no more than two students.

Nominations materials should be submitted only by the department as one file per nominee in Portable Document Format (pdf), if possible. Nominations must include the following:

1. A completed nomination sheet (found at http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/gatzert/gatzertform.doc
2. A letter of nomination from the chair of the department. Information about the nominee’s current status and performance in the program or comparison with other recent students would be useful. If you submit two nominees, please do not rank your nominees
3. A statement from the candidate describing the dissertation project, including its title, relation to current literature, methodology and goals, not to exceed four typed, double-spaced pages.
4. A one-page statement from the dissertation adviser demonstrating his/her opinion
   • of the significance of the research and
   • the progress made to date, including the anticipated completion date.
   • Where appropriate, the nature and importance of the nominee’s contribution to a team project should be included.
5. The nominee's curriculum vitae, including names of publications.
6. A copy of the student's current UW transcript. An unofficial copy is acceptable.

Awards will be announced in late April or early May.

Terms of Award

This is a one-quarter award. Students must enroll for at least 10 credits, and full-time state tuition will be covered for each award. The award amount will be divided into 6 payments for the quarter selected, allowing us to provide Graduate Appointee Insurance for the fellow. The award approximates the funding for a graduate teaching assistantship stipend at the standard PDTA II level, currently $1761 per month. The number of awards will be determined by the caliber of the applications and the amount of funding available. Funding must be used during the 2012-2013 year (summer 2012 through spring 2013).

Eligible programs for the Graduate School Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship competition include:

• Anthropology
• Bioengineering
• Center for Human Development and Disability
• Communication
• Education
• Epidemiology
• Human Centered Design and Engineering
• Information School
• Medical Genetics
• Neurobiology and Behavior
• Nursing
• Nutritional Sciences
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physiology and Biophysics
• Psychology
• Public Health Genetics
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Social Work
• Speech and Hearing Sciences
• Urban Design and Planning Group