UNF: National Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships

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Fellowships are nationally competitive and highly regarded awards that provide significant funding to allow select students and alumni to participate in sought-after opportunities both in the United States and abroad. Some of these include advanced academic research, graduate school funding, and short-term employment. We use the term "fellowship" interchangeably with "scholarship" and "grant." The UNF Office of Fellowships serves both current UNF students and alumni.

About the Fellowships Advisor

Dr. Tiffany Kershner is the Director of the UNF Office of Fellowships and has served as UNF's Fellowships Advisor since 2019. She holds a master's in Anthropology from SUNY-Albany, a masters in Linguistics from Indiana University, and and doctoral degree in Linguistics and African languages from Indiana University. After completing her doctorate, she served two years as an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Carleton College, followed by faculty positions at UNC-Greensboro and Kansas State University. Dr. Kershner joined North Carolina State University in Fall 2011 as their new Coordinator for Distinguished Scholarships and Fellowships and later was promoted to Director of the Fellowships Advising Office. In February of 2019, Dr. Kershner joined Hicks Honors College as their Associate Director of Fellowships and was promoted to Director of the Office of Fellowships in 2023. Amongst her other work, Dr. Kershner has earned both a Fulbright Research Grant and a National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant.

The Fellowships Advisor serves UNF students by:

Sharing information on award opportunities and application procedures
Reviewing and critiquing application essays
Providing institutional endorsement for each applicant who receives a campus nomination (for the awards that require a nomination/endorsement)
Submitting application materials on behalf of nominated/endorsed applicants
Staging mock interviews for applicants selected for semi-final and final interviews