Eligibility
To be considered for an ICGC Master's Fellowship, applicants must:
- Hold at least a Bachelor’s degree
- Have applied and been admitted to the Master of Development Practice program at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota
- Receive a nomination for these fellowships by the MDP program
In reviewing nominees ICGC gives priority to students with academic interests related to equity, justice, and global change, particularly as they apply to the Global South*; potential for scholarly excellence; and a commitment to interdisciplinary work.
*Please note that ICGC interprets the Global South broadly, in terms of social and material conditions that may also be found in the northern hemisphere, rather than solely as a geographical location.
Nomination Process
Applicants must be nominated by their departments to be considered for fellowship.
- The MDP program must nominate students through the Graduate School Application System.
Prospective students may also express interest in nomination by sending the Request for Departmental Nomination form, along with their application for admission to graduate study, to their department or school of intended enrollment (generally before mid-December).
Funding Package for MDP ICGC Scholar
ICGC Fellowships are supported jointly by ICGC and the student’s home department. Fellowship award terms vary depending upon the program/department, category of fellowship and whether students have other funding. ICGC’s support is in the form of fellowship stipends with an expectation that the student’s home department provides support in the form of tuition and health insurance during fellowship years and graduate assistantships or other forms of support during subsequent years.
Master’s funding package
For students enrolling in the MDP program, the MDP program is required to provide tuition and subsidized health insurance coverage for two years and is strongly encouraged to provide a minimum of 25% time teaching or research assistantship in the second year of study.
| Academic Year One | Summer | Academic Year Two |
|---|---|---|
| ICGC provides a $18,000 academic-year fellowship. The department provides tuition coverage up to 16 credits each semester. | ICGC provides a $4,000 ICGC grant to support the costs of the required field experience, to be granted upon approval of the advisor and receipt of a proposal acceptable to the ICGC faculty committee. | The department will provide tuition coverage up to 16 credits each semester and subsidized health insurance coverage for the academic year. It is strongly encouraged that the department also provides a 25% time assistantship for the year. |
Notification Timeline
ICGC will begin to notify departments of awards in March. Please be aware that our fellowship awards process continues on a rolling basis if fellowships are declined in the initial round. The notification timeline for alternates can and typically does take place over several weeks, sometimes as late as April.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ICGC at [email protected].