Funding

FAMU Feeder Fellowship

Description

The FAMU Feeder Fellowship gives Florida A&M University (FAMU) students the opportunity to pursue graduate degree programs not offered at FAMU.

The University of Florida is among 40-plus universities in the FAMU Feeder Program aimed at increasing FAMU student advancement into graduate education.

UF offers five fellowships each year to qualified FAMU students admitted to a UF Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or terminal Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree program.

Details

This fellowship includes…

• A stipend
• In-state tuition
• A fee waiver
• Health insurance

...for up to five years for a Ph.D. student and up to three years for an MFA student.

FAMU Feeder Fellowship candidates who apply to UF are also eligible for a graduate admission application fee waiver. To get that fee waiver, contact the UF Office of Admissions via this link: Contact UF Admissions.

This fellowship starts in the fall semester of your first year in your UF graduate degree program.

Eligibility & Requirements

• You must have graduated from FAMU or be about to graduate from FAMU.
• You must apply to a UF Ph.D. or MFA degree program not available at FAMU.
• You must be admitted to that UF graduate degree program. (You can apply for this fellowship before you are admitted, but we cannot make a decision on your application until you’re officially admitted to UF as a graduate student.)
• You must follow all instructions on the application form and submit a complete application for this fellowship by the deadline posted on this webpage.

Deadlines & Critical Dates

• You must email your complete application and support materials as a single PDF file to grad-support@ufl.edu  by Saturday, March 1, 2025.
• Apply early! We accept applications on a rolling basis and review them as we receive them.
  
• We cannot accept any application materials after the deadline.

Application & Instructions

• Fall 2025 FAMU Feeder Application

Questions?

• Email the UF Office of Graduate Student Support and Engagement (OGSSE) at grad-support@ufl.edu.