The 2025 application cycle is not yet open.
Diversity is essential to science. Having access to varying perspectives means having access to multiple unique ideas that could accelerate efforts to find solutions to complex problems, as well as help provide a more extensive understanding of the world.
The CUNY ASRC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ASRC DEI) Fellowship, created to provide additional support to graduate students from underrepresented minority groups, will award a $10,000 top-up stipend for the 2024–2025 academic year. Please review the fellowship’s requirements and check your eligibility below.
Who is eligible to apply?
- CUNY Ph.D. students based at the CUNY ASRC in their second to fifth year
- Applicants must belong to an underrepresented minority group defined by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
- US citizenship or residency is not required
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Mark Hauber
Executive director of the CUNY ASRC and DEI committee member
mhauber@gc.cuny.edu
Requirements
- Personal statement (500 words)
- Complete the online student application
- Complete the online PI application
If you are interested in fully or partially funding this fellowship, please do not hesitate to reach out.
2024–2025 Recipient
Congratulations to fifth-year Ph.D. student Siedah Hall for being the first recipient of the ASRC DEI Fellowship! Hall, a New York native and York College alumna, studies ultrafast methods development and the photophysics of two-dimensional materials as a member of Professor Matthew Sfeir’s lab at the ASRC’s Photonics Initiatives. She developed the optical layout and software to a highly sensitive broadband pump-probe system in the Sfeir Lab.