Esther Ottley Fellowship

The Esther Ottley

The Esther Ottley Fellowship is a one-year, non-renewable award offered to a female doctoral student. The exemplar student should demonstrate the qualities of leadership exhibited by the former Dean of Howard’s Graduate School, Esther Ottley. Dr. Ottley is the only woman to serve as interim Dean from 1986 – 1988. The Ottley fellowship is merit-based and offered on a competitive basis upon the recommendation by the Financial Aid Advisory Committee of the Graduate School. The Ottley Fellowship recipient is required to be admitted to candidacy and participate in a 15-hour per week administrative internship assignment in the office of the Dean of the Graduate School in exchange for remission of tuition and a $24,000.00 stipend for the academic year. Domestic and International students are eligible for this fellowship. Candidates must be advanced to Ph.D. candidacy and enrolled with a minimum GPA requirement of 3.5.

Terms

Full tuition (not including fees) and a stipend of $24,000 for the 2027- 2028 academic year.  The Esther Ottley fellow is required to participate in a 15-hour per week rotated internship under the supervision of the Dean of the Graduate School beginning in mid-August and ending in mid-May for each academic year.

Application Deadline

Application must be electronically submitted by no later than 11:59 p.m., EST on January 8, 2027.

Application Submission Instructions

All applications must be submitted through Qualtrics using the link below:

Application Link: CLICK HERE

Submission Requirements:

• All required documents and attachments must be combined and uploaded as one single PDF file.
• The PDF file must be saved using the following naming format: FirstName_LastName_IDNumber.pdf
• Application Deadline: January 8, 2027, 11:59 PM.

Important Notice:

Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted or considered. No exceptions will be made.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to review all application requirements and verify that their documents are complete before submitting.

If you have questions pertaining to the application, e-mail Ms. Shalisa Smith at graduateschool@howard.edu.

 Deadline: January 8, 2027, 11:59 PM

Funding Type: Fellowship

Related Degrees: Ph.D.