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PIPS Research Fellowship Application Guidelines

PIPS is accepting research fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applicants should submit the following required material to the PIPS Research Fellow listing in Tribe Careers.  Search for PIPS to find the listing.

Required Material:

• PIPS Fellowship Application Form. To save your completed document, “save as” and use the file name formatting listed below.
• Resume, which includes cumulative and major GPAs and graduation year.
• A 5 to 10-page writing sample from a previous class, an excerpt from a larger document is acceptable. 
• Letters of recommendation are not required. Applicants will list two potential references on the Fellowship Application Form.

PIPS Research Fellowship Application Guidelines:

All submitted files must be in Adobe PDF format and each file name must use the following format:

Lastname.Firstname.Graduationyear.FellowshipApplication  (e.g. Skywalker.Luke.2026.FellowshipApplication) 
Lastname.Firstname.Graduationyear.Resume
Lastname.Firstname.Graduationyear.Transcript
Lastname.Firstname.Graduationyear.WritingSample

Note: PIPS will only review applications that meet the specified formatting.

The submission deadline for the 2022-2023 academic year is Friday, August 4, 2023 by 5 pm. PIPS Fellowship selection is a two-step process.  The first step involves a review of applications and an initial down select.  The second step involves interviews, which will take place during the first week of fall semester classes. The program will notify applicants by Friday, August 25th if they have been selected to interview. If you have any questions, please contact the PIPS Directors, [[pips, Amy Oakes and Dennis Smith]].