Resources for Current Ph.D. Students

Dissertation Chair Form

By the end of the spring of the 2^nd year in the program, all students need to select a dissertation chair/major professor. Please see the dissertation chair selection form here.

• Annual Progress Reviews

  Each year, the PhD. Committee conducts an Annual Progress Review meeting with each Ph.D. student. The intent of the review is to assess student's progress in the PhD program and to address any concerns that the student may have. The meetings for the Annual Progress Reviews are held in the Spring semester.

  You will need to complete the Annual Progress Review online in your MyFIU portal. Students should provide a copy of the completed evaluation as well as a brief summary of their work addressing the points below via email to the program coordinator no later than three weekdays prior to the date of the evaluation meeting:
  • Coursework (taken and planned) along with your grades and your overall GPA
  • Dissertation (progress and/or plan defense proposal/dissertation)
  • Teaching/TA work
  • Publications/R&Rs/conference papers
  • Service (at FIU or in professional associations)

Dissertation Funding Sources

• Doctoral Evidence Acquisition (DEA) Fellowship

  The Doctoral Evidence Acquisition (DEA) Fellowship is specifically intended to support doctoral students for whom their current means of financial support would significantly interfere with or preclude their ability to collect the evidence needed for their doctoral research. A DEA Fellow is awarded a stipend to enable evidence acquisition that otherwise would not be possible. Evidence acquisition activities that might be supported by the DEA Fellowship include, but are not limited to, off-campus library/archive research, field work, experiments, interviews, collection of specimens, etc. Click here for more information and to apply for the Doctoral Evidence Acquisition Fellowship.

• Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF)

  The Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) provides support to highly-qualified FIU doctoral students during the writing phase of their dissertation. It is intended to facilitate the timely completion of high-quality manuscripts and dissertations. Dissertation Fellows are expected to graduate within one year after receiving the award. Click here for more information and to apply for the Dissertation Year Fellowship