Winners are announced in December. The entire faculty serves as the Proposal Review Committee. These waivers are awarded competitively on the basis of GPA's and reference letters. They are allocated to the Department each year by the Graduate College. The Graduate Coordinator reviews the academic performance of both new and continuing students and ranks them.
Preference is given to new students.
The student must have an all-university GPA and Landscape Architecture GPA of 3.25 or above. Professional promise is also evaluated through academic achievement and service to the Department. Selection is made by the faculty as a committee of the whole in April. These fellowships include a tuition and fee waiver and are allocated through a complex campus competition system. A Fellow is also expected to perform teaching or research duties for a part, but not all, of his or her stipend.