Presidential Doctoral Fellowships
Texas Tech Presidential Doctoral Fellowships in Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Begun in the 2009-10 school year, the Texas Tech technical communication and rhetoric program began offering four annual Presidential Doctoral Fellowships to be awarded to incoming doctoral students. We award four $25,000 fellowships to doctoral students who apply by January 15th and begin their doctoral studies in the Fall of the same year.
TCR Fellows receive total award amounts of a little more than $25,000, which covers fees, tuition, and other expenses, yielding a salary of approximately $18,000 for the first academic year. The fellowships are awarded with no teaching requirement, providing recipients the time and space to immerse themselves in their new doctoral program and to complete much of their doctoral coursework in one year. Fellows must be in residence at Texas Tech during the tenure of their fellowship. After the first year of study, TCR Fellows will continue to receive up to four more years of assistantship support and will become eligible for the full range of scholarships provided by the Department of English and the Graduate School.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Do I Apply?
By applying for the on-campus PhD program, you will automatically be considered for the Doctoral Fellowship. The application deadline is January 15, and all program information about application requirements is available online.
How is the award broken down?
$18,000: salaries
$ 2,500: scholarship (to cover non-waived tuition and fees)
$ 2,687: waiver for all eligible tuition and fees
$ 1,890: estimated fringe benefits paid from institutional fringe pool
$25,077: total package
What are the expectations of the fellowships?
Fellows under the program are required to apply for individual nationally competitive fellowships at least once during their first two years of doctoral support. To aid this process, the Graduate School will organize one or more fellowship application workshops per year to assist funded fellows and the TCR program will register the fellow for Grants and Proposals (ENGL 5383) in the student's first spring semester.
What is the history of this fellowship initiative?
The provost of Texas Tech University established this fellowship program in mid-2009, and the first four fellows were admitted to begin their studies in fall, 2009.
How many courses will I be expected to take during the fellowship?
Fellows take four courses per semester until they're finished with coursework, which, in most cases, will be Spring or Summer of the first year.
Are the fellowships available to online doctoral students?
No, the provost of the university specified that these fellowships be granted to doctoral students taking classes on the Texas Tech physical campus.