Educational Opportunity Fellowship (EOF)

Application Deadline: Monday, April 29, 2024

The Educational Opportunity Fellowship (EOF) is designed to enable promising students who do not fare well in conventional competitions for graduate fellowships.

Those encouraged to apply include: 
- first generation college graduates;
- students who attended marginally adequate or inadequate schools;
- students who have to work excessively while attending school;
- or those whose social and economic background made acquiring education an unreasonably difficult enterprise.

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. 

Eligibility

Eligible students must be:

1. Incoming or currently enrolled students in graduate study at Indiana University, Bloomington. 
2. U.S. citizen or permanent resident. International students are not eligible. 
3. A first-generation college student (neither parent achieved a Baccalaureate Degree) or a student who demonstrates acute financial need.

Stipend and Benefits

The EOF is a one-year award which includes a $2,500 stipend and a fee reduction. (Out-of-state recipients are eligible to pay tuition at the resident rate for up to 24 credit hours or 12 hours per semester.)

EOF support is limited to two years; however, renewal is not automatic. Nominees must be nominated each year for consideration.

Department Nomination Process

Departments must:

• submit the application form
• upload a brief statement from the student describing factors that have limited the opportunities available to them, their academic goals and aspirations, and why they believe they should be awarded an EOF.
• upload a FAFSA for the current academic year (redacts social security numbers and any other sensitive data)
• for current students, upload a copy of their unofficial transcripts
• for incoming students, upload a copy of their WebAdmit application