Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Scholarship
The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund provides graduate school fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training).
Fellowships cover the cost of tuition and provide an annual $18,000 stipend for living expenses.
Graduate student applicants can be of any national descent but must be U.S. citizens. Applications must be submitted through the dean of the university where the student is pursuing graduate studies. Please contact your school’s financial aid or fellowship office for more information and to obtain an application.
ELIGIBILITY
Fellowships are restricted to graduate students who are United States citizens attending an accredited and designated institution of higher education within the United States. CMU is currently a “designated institution”.
Fellowship candidates must have an outstanding undergraduate record, demonstrate financial need and be attending a designated college or university.
Application Procedure
The internal CMU deadline is in early January.
Required Materials:
- A completed and signed Application.
- One copy of your personal vitae or résumé.
- Certified copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts to date.
- Copy of graduate exam test scores (if applicable).
- A Statement of Purpose up to three pages long (double spaced) which considers the relationship between your graduate level study and your intended personal and/or professional goals. Your Statement of Purpose must include a 10-15 line abstract at the top (included in the three pages) that explains, in LAYMAN’S terms, the essence of your proposed topic of study or dissertation, the methodology of its treatment and its anticipated impact on your field of study.
- Letter of Recommendation from Dean of Graduate School or Department Chair. (OPTIONAL)
- Letters of Recommendation from at least two professors who have taught or worked closely with you. (REQUIRED)
- Copy of your Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (FASFA)
- Financial Aid information from the University or other applicable source.
- Copies of Federal Income Tax Returns for the prior two years (including spouse’s returns, if applicable). Only submit Tax Return Form – DO NOT send schedules, etc.
The recommendation letters should be emailed directly to oursd-general@andrew.cmu.edu by the internal deadline.
Applicant materials should be emailed as a single .pdf file to oursd-general@andrew.cmu.edu by the internal deadline.
Those moving forward as endorsed candidates for CMU will be notified as quickly as possible after the internal deadline so that they can make any additional revisions to their materials. The deadline for endorsed candidates to submit their materials to OURSD will be in mid-January.
Notifications are sent by mid-June.