Prestigious Fellowships
Each year, approximately 35 to 40 of Notre Dame’s top doctoral students—among an entering class of about 250—are awarded one of the Graduate School’s prestigious fellowships. While criteria for each fellowship differ, all recognize outstanding performance in undergraduate studies as well as promise in graduate studies and professional life.
All students who are accepted into doctoral programs at Notre Dame will be considered automatically for these fellowships. Selection of Fellows is competitive and based on nominations from the admitting departments.
Premier Fellowships
- The Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellowships
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $28,000 on a 12-month basis for up to six years
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- Priority in accessing professional development funds
- Naughton Graduate Student Exchange Program in Science and Engineering (with Trinity College, Dublin)
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $28,000 on a 12-month basis for up to five years
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- Living stipend while at the host institution
Presidential Fellowships
The University has a significant number of prestigious fellowships at a funding level slightly below that of the Notebaert and Naughton Premier Fellowships:
- Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowships in Science and Engineering
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $26,500 on a 12-month basis for four years (followed by normal departmental funding in subsequent years)
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- Clare Boothe Luce Fellowships for Women in Science and Engineering
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $26,500 on a 12-month basis for four years (followed by normal departmental funding in subsequent years)
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- University Presidential Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $25,000 on a 12-month basis for five years
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- Voll Family Presidential Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $25,000 on a 12-month basis for five years
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
Special Endowed Fellowships
A third set of fellowships provides funding just below the level of the Presidential fellowships but still considerably above the base University stipend.
- Fernández Fellowships
- Full tuition
- Stipend for doctoral students of $22,000 on a 12-month basis for two years in science and engineering (followed by normal departmental funding in subsequent years) or up to five years in humanities and social sciences
- Stipend for master’s students of $16,000 on a 12-month basis
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- Gaia Fellowships
- Full tuition
- Stipend of $22,000 on a 12-month basis for up to four years (followed by normal departmental funding in subsequent years)
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
- Diversity Fellowships
- Full tuition
- Stipend for doctoral students of $20,000 on a 12-month basis for two years (followed by normal departmental funding in subsequent years)
- Stipend for master’s students of $12,500 on a 9-month basis
- Full coverage of the University’s health insurance premium cost
