The Educational Opportunity Fellowship (EOF) is designed to enable promising students who do not fare well in conventional competition for graduate fellowships.
Students are encouraged to apply who are first generation college graduates; who have attended marginally adequate or inadequate schools; who have been required to work excessively while attending school; or whose social and economic background made acquiring education an unreasonably difficult enterprise.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Incoming or currently enrolled students in graduate study at Indiana University, Bloomington.
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident. International students are not eligible.
- Nominee must be a first-generation college student (neither parent achieved a Baccalaureate Degree) or must demonstrate acute financial need.
The EOF is a one-year award which includes
1. $2,500 stipend
2. Fee reduction. Out-of-state fellowship recipients are eligible to pay tutition at the resident rate up to 24 credit hours or 12 hours per semester
Department will submit the following documents:
- EOF nomination form
- FAFSA for most recent academic year. Please redact critical data including social security number and other sensitive data
- For incoming students, please include the complete graduate application
- For current students, please include an unofficial copy of transcripts
School/department deadline: All nominations must be submitted by the school/department. Students must contact their school/department for their internal deadline. We will not accept any self-nominations.
EOF support is limited to two years; however, renewal is not automatic. Nominees must be nominated each year for consideration by their graduate department.