The Graduate School recently awarded donor-supported graduate fellowships to 17 UNC Charlotte students, representing a broad cross section of academic programs.
The 2021-22 recipients were selected from among 987 applications, up more than 250 from 2020.
Established to support exceptionally talented and committed graduate students, the Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships for program specific research or scholarship. The fellowships are presented annually in the spring with award payments beginning in the upcoming academic year.
“We congratulate these students for their dedication to higher education and for their contribution to the creation of knowledge,” said Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. “And we appreciate our generous donors for their investment in student success at UNC Charlotte.”
More information on fellowships is available from the Graduate School’s Student Funding site.
2021-22 recipients for each fellowship are:
Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Student Research Award
- Mukulika Bose, PhD Biology
- Jeba Rezwana, PhD Computing and Information Systems
- Amanda Sargent, PhD Organizational Science
- Paul Scholes, MA Sociology
- Tang Ye, PhD Nanoscale Science
Joanna R. Baker Memorial Graduate Fellowship
- Providence Adu, PhD Geography
- Yash Tadimalla, PhD Computing and Information Systems
Dr. Craig R. Brown Graduate Fellowship
- Janae Cofield, MA Communication Studies
Wayland H. Cato Jr. First-Year Graduate Fellowship
- Dewan Mohammed Abdul Ahad, PhD Electrical Engineering
- Dylan Turner, PhD Geography
DRReaM Graduate Fellowship
- Parth Patel, M. Health Administration
Herschel and Cornelia Everett Foundation First-Year Doctoral Graduate Fellowship
- Kendall Clay, PhD Health Psychology
Herschel and Cornelia Everett Foundation First-Year Master’s Graduate Fellowship
- Kayla Gentry, M. Architecture
Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Dissertation-Year Graduate Fellowship
- Coming soon
Faye Jacques Memorial Graduate Fellowship
- Marquis Mason, PhD Curriculum and Instruction
John Paul Lucas Jr. Scholarship for Educational Leadership
- Ashley Wilson, MA English
Claudia Reynolds Graduate Fellowship
- Hannah Mixon, MA Counseling
Zonta Club Scholarship
- Jessica Bravo, M. Social Work