Such persons may be professors associated with the student's study, administrators from an institution where the applicant has taught, or other persons familiar with graduate standards. Evidence of teaching in or out of school settings. A clear and carefully considered statement of the applicant's academic and career interests, specifying reasons for wanting to enter this graduate program. A completed Horace H. Rackham Graduate School application form. Rackham Merit Fellowships for Historically Underrepresented Groups Michigan actively encourages outstanding minority students to apply.
Doctoral students are eligible for up to four years of funding.
These fellowships support students for 12 months. When to Apply Students should complete and submit applications by January 15. Applications received by that deadline will be acted on, and applicants notified by mid-March. The University of Michigan has long been recognized as a leading research institution. The Department of English Language and Literature, with a full-time faculty numbering over seventy, offers course work in all aspects of the English language and its literatures.