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E.E. Just Graduate Fellowship

Description

E.E. Just Graduate Fellows are established graduate students (typically second year or above) who serve as near-peer mentors for undergraduate and new graduate students in the E.E. Just STEM Community, and work closely with the Faculty Director to design and implement initiatives that help the program achieve its mission.

RESPONSIBILITES

Graduate Fellows will work approximately 40 hours per quarter (Fall-Spring) and approximately 20 hours during the summer quarter. Duties will include some of the following:

  • Weekly Jam Sessions

  • Organizing Scientific Programming & Community Building

  • Mentorship and Promoting Academic Success

  • Serving on Selection Committees

  • Attending Team Meetings

BENEFITS

In recognition of their contributions, E.E. Just Graduate Fellows receive the following benefits:

  • Annual Stipend

  • Annual Professional Development Fund

  • Professional Development Workshops

APPLICATION & TIMELINES

2025 Application Process: Candidates will need to complete the two forms linked below. The recommendation request form should be submitted well in advance of the application form.

THE DEADLINE FOR ALL MATERIALS IS JULY 21, 2025.

1. Recommendations Request Form - Once you have communicated with your faculty, complete this form to request your Faculty Recommendation (see info below) & a Graduate Program Endorsement (see below). Please follow up with both faculty members to check they have received the notification email with the link and are aware of the deadline.

  • Faculty Recommendation: This should be completed by a faculty member who is familiar with your academic work, intellectual interests and professional goals. This can be your thesis advisor, the PI of your lab, or someone from whom you've taken a graduate course, but it need not be.  
  • Graduate Program Endorsement Form: This form, which documents that you are in good standing with your current graduate program, should be filled in by the chair of your graduate program or your thesis advisor. It is not a lengthy or time-consuming form. 

2. E.E. Just Graduate Fellowship Application Form (need not be completed in one session) Deadline 11:59 PM, Monday, July 21, 2025.

3. Interviews - projected to be the week of August 18, 2025.

4. Announcement of New Fellows - late August, 2025.