Departmental Awards

Application forms and/or additional information available on the departmenal Awards/Scholarships page. (All applicants must be currently enrolled as students at ISU)

• Pearl Hogrefe Grants-in-Aid for Creative Writing (Up to $250 each) - Graduate (any major). Criteria: Excellence and promise in creative writing. Current Hogrefe fellows cannot apply.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• Critical Writing Award (Varies up to $100) - Graduate or undergraduate (any major). Criteria: Excellence in critical writing as shown by an essay written for an ISU English class.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• W. Paul Jones Scholarship ($500) - Doctoral student in Rhetoric and Professional Communication; full-time student; has not completed the preliminary doctoral examination. Criteria: Scholarly excellence in rhetoric or professional communication as demonstrated by a paper written after admission to the ISU doctoral program in Rhetoric and Professional Communication.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• Aubrey Galyon Award ($1000) - Undergraduate senior or M.A. student ready to begin work toward a Ph.D. in literature, linguistics, or rhetoric. Criteria: Academic excellence. Preference may be given to students with financial need.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• Quentin Johnson Award (Varies, approx. $100) - Graduate or undergraduate. Criteria: Academic excellence; interest in linguistics; preference for financial need.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• Albert L. Walker Excellence-in-English Awards ($1000) - Graduate (any major). Criteria: Academic excellence; exceptional ability in the study of literature.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• Richard R. Wright Award ($200) - Graduate student. Criteria: Expository writing ability demonstrated by an essay written for an ISU graduate English class; preference for financial aid.
  Deadline: March 9, 2012.
• Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award ($50) - Graduate student. No application form required. Criteria: Portfolio submitted with letter of nomination.
  Deadlines: mid-October, mid-March, and mid-June.
• Graduate College Research Excellence Award ($50) - Graduate student. No application form required. Criteria: Copy of thesis or dissertation with letter of nomination from major professor. Must be cleared to graduate term of nomination.
  Deadlines: mid-October, mid-March, and mid-June.