University Committee on Fellowships and Awards

Charge

(a) To consider applications, interview candidates, and select nominees for various awards, scholarships, and fellowships for which Rice University has been invited by national foundations to submit nominations.

Recommendations made by members of the Committee are based on application materials and interview processes, and applicants are ranked according to the criteria set out by the funding organizations. Both academic excellence and the vision of candidates are the primary considerations in the nominee selection process for most scholarships and awards.

(b) To review applications, interview candidates, and screen or rank applicants for exchange programs, such as the Abraham-Broad Trinity Exchange.

(c) To determine recipients of endowed or other internal fellowships which are awarded to students continuing at Rice as undergraduates in the year of the award, or recent alumni, according to qualifications established for each fellowship.

(d) To work closely and in consultation with the Center for Civic Leadership fellowship advising staff to review criteria for awards, scholarships, and fellowships, determine a schedule for reviews and interviews, and promote award opportunities to the Rice community.

(e) The Chair of the Committee shall prepare a brief, written report on the activities of the committee at the end of each academic year and to submit copies of this report to the president of the university, the provost, and the Faculty Senate.

2022-2023 Members

Updated May 10, 2023