Texas Tech University's Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowships are designed to increase the completion rate of Ph.D. students and to enhance recruitment of new students. Recipients must be advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. by the beginning of the fellowship award period, be scheduled to be employed on an assistantship (RA, TA, or GPTI) for the award year, and expect to complete their dissertation during the year of their fellowship. Support will be available for up to 12 months to enable students to dedicate their time exclusively to dissertation research. Students must be nominated for these awards. Nominations must come from faculty and must include contributions from the major advisor and an endorsement from the department or program. Students may contact the Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Fellowships for more information.