The Graduate School is proud to announce the distinguished students who were awarded Dean’s Fellowships, University of Miami (UM) Fellowships, Maytag Fellowships, McKnight Fellowships, National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, the Wulkan Scholarship, and the Graduate School’s Dissertation Fellowship. Congratulations to our 2021-2022 Fellows!
Dean’s Fellowship
The Dean's Fellowship provides recipients with two years of support and is the most prestigious award offered by the Graduate School. Nominees must be incoming first-year doctoral students from any area of study.
- Alexandra Stiffler, Biology
- Eric Mischell, Atmospheric Sciences
- Ethan Prall, Environmental Science and Policy
- Fatima Al-Hanoosh, Biomedical Engineering
- Ifedioranma Anikpo, Epidemiology
- Jahn Jaramillo, Prevention Science and Community Health
- Katrina Torsoe, Philosophy
- Kevin Day, Composition
- Leonor Guilherme Nicolau Ferreira Teles, Biomedical Engineering
- Nona Kiknadze, Counseling Psychology
- Paula Popok, Psychology
- Reid Rumelt, Biology
- Yoan Moreno, Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
UM Fellowship
The UM Fellowship provides recipients with two years of support and is one of the highest awards offered by the Graduate School. Nominees must be incoming first-year Ph.D. students from any area of study.
- Emily Bosworth, Counseling Psychology
- Gabi Schwartz, Biomedical Engineering
- Gabriel das Chagas Alves Pereira de Souza, Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
- Jalyse Cuff, Environmental Science and Policy
- Jiye Bahng, Nursing Science
- Katherine Wolcott, Biology
- Lacey Craker, Prevention Science and Community Health
- Mayra Cruz, Environmental Science and Policy
- Will Downs, Atmospheric Sciences
- Yumei Chen, Psychology
Maytag Fellowship
The Maytag Fellowship, funded by an endowment from the Robert E. Maytag estate, recognizes and supports promising researchers in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology, biology, chemistry, physiology and biophysics, marine biology, molecular cell and developmental biology, marine and atmospheric chemistry, and psychology.
- Alexandra Wen, Marine Biology and Ecology
- Olivia Bosquet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Yasmin Shemali, Psychology
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program, funded by the Florida Education Fund, is designed to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the state of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels. Up to 50 Fellowships are awarded annually to African American or Hispanic students to attend one of nine participating Florida universities, including the University of Miami. Eligible fields of study include any field in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Nursing, or the Visual and Performing Arts.
- Olivia Bosquet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Sandra Cepeda, Psychology
- Jalyse Cuff, Environmental Science and Policy
- Angelique Rosa Marin, Marine Geosciences
McKnight Dissertation Fellowship
The McKnight Dissertation Fellowship program, funded by the Florida Education Fund, is designed to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the state of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels. The Dissertation Fellowship provides up to one year of support to individuals working to complete dissertations in STEM disciplines.
- Jhonelle Bailey, Psychology
- Brittney Davis, Community Well-Being
- Elisabeth Jeffrey, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Monique McKenny, Counseling Psychology
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The NSF GRFP recognizes outstanding students who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math. The GRFP provides three years of support to graduate students who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in these fields.
- Leyna Stemie, Biology
- Lynee Turek-Hankins, Environmental Science and Policy
Wulkan Family American Public Transportation Foundation Scholarship
The University of Miami has established the Wulkan Family American Public Transportation Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund for graduate students with an interest in a future career in the public transportation industry.
- Ying Wang, Civil Engineering
Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship
The Graduate School’s new Dissertation Fellowship is awarded to doctoral students in their final year of writing and defending the dissertation, without the obligation of a teaching, research, or graduate assignment. Fellows must be Ph.D./Ed.D./D.M.A. students who have been admitted to candidacy.
- Brittney Davis, Community Well-Being
- Christine Pardo, Environmental Science and Policy
- Daisy Lopez, Psychology
- Deborah Perez, Teaching and Learning
- Michael Dudley, Instrumental Jazz Performance
- Sameena Sheikh-Wu, Nursing Science
- Seyed Mohammad Reza Ghiasian, Civil Engineering
- Damian Hernandez, Biology
