Graduate Fellowships & Financial Support

Applicants to our program may be nominated by our faculty to receive prestigious awards funded by the Graduate School including:

Donald D. Harrington Recruitment Fellowships

• Harrington Doctoral Fellows
• Harrington Master’s Fellows

Graduate Advancement Fellowships

• McNair Scholars Graduate School Fellowships
• South Texas Graduate School Fellowships
• West Texas Graduate School Fellowships
• Graduate School Mentoring Fellowships

Fellowship decisions are made as part of the regular application review process. When applying to our program, you do not need to submit an additional application to be considered for fellowships.

As part of this initiative, we have a number of funded Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) positions to support incoming students into our graduate program. These GRA positions provide a stipend of $31,218 for the first academic year plus paid tuition. Incoming students have an opportunity to apply to the program upon admission in the spring.

Awarded to up to three incoming students who have earned a Pharm.D. or B.S. from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree program.

Graduate student applications for the B. Berard Matthews Scholarship will be sent to eligible incoming students after all admission decisions are complete in the spring.

Up to four $5,000 scholarships are available annually to candidates for admission to the Graduate Program at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy.
 

Eligibility

Applicants must be in their fourth professional year of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. program,

OR be graduates of an ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree program, either B.S. or Pharm.D.

Individuals applying for entry into the UT-Austin Pharmacy Graduate Program for the first time, and qualified students graduating from the masters program at UT-Austin or other U.S. Colleges of Pharmacy who wish to pursue the Ph.D. degree in Pharmacy are eligible for this program.
 

Establishment of Matthews Scholarship

The scholarship is made possible from a bequest from the estate of Maebess Matthews, a UT Business School graduate who worked for the UT System for 42 years before retiring in 1976. Provisions of her will established three scholarships at UT Austin – one in the College of Nursing, one in the College of Business, and one at the College of Pharmacy. The gift to the College of Pharmacy honors her father, B. Berard Matthews.

Eligibility varies according to specific awards. Students must be registered for classes in the semester the fellowship is awarded.

• American Pharmacies Fellowship in Independent Pharmacy Management
• Duane A. Boyle Fellowship in Pharmaceutics
• Max and Mary Anne Burlage Fellowship
• Dr. Michael and Carrie Crowley and Dr. Jason and Maggie Vaughn Graduate Fellowship
• Carl and Eunice Erickson Graduate Endowment
• Josefina Lesvia Falcon Graduate Fellowship Fund
• Johnson & Johnson Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Pharmacy
• Dr. James W. McGinity Graduate Endowment in Pharmaceutics
• Pharmacy Administration Graduate Student Endowment
• F. Dewitt Reed Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
• Schering-Plough Research Institute Graduate Fellowship
• Dr. Elaine S. Waller Graduate Endowment
• Dr. Bill and Jill Williams and Dr. Jim and Kitty McGinity Graduate Fellowship
• Dr. Robert J. Wills Graduate Fellowship Endowment
• Dr. Feng Zhang and Dr. James McGinity Graduate Fellowship

1. A general call for submissions will go out in mid-spring for the following academic year.
2. The application will require a curriculum vita (CV).

A CV is a detailed but brief description of your research goals and a timeline for completion, and it must be accompanied by two letters of recommendation.

1. Fellowship recipients are selected by the College of Pharmacy Graduate Financial Aid Committee, and all decisions are final.
2. Selection may be based on financial need, academic achievement, extracurricular activities, and/or other criteria.
3. Several factors are taken into consideration including, but not limited to, the following:

• Anticipated graduation date
• Academic achievement
• Personal statement
• Involvement in student organizations within the college and/or university
• Research
• Estimated income and expenses
• Unmet need as determined by the Office of Student Financial Services.

1. Recipients are notified of selection in late spring.
2. Disbursements vary according to the type and amount of award and will be outlined in the notification letter.
3. Thank you letters are required for all recipients. The award letter will give instructions for sending thank you letters.