Awards and Scholarships
The Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law offers travel awards, teaching awards, and research awards to graduate students. Students are also eligible for travel, teaching, and research awards from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the University. Students are eligible for awards and scholarships from the American Sociological Association, Population Association of America, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and other disciplinary organizations.
Select a section below for Awards and Scholarships
- Travel
- Departmental
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- The Graduate School
- National Research and Disciplinary Organizations
Travel
Competitive travel awards are funded by the department, college, and university to support student travel for presentation of research at national and regional professional conferences.
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Travel Scholarships (PDF)
- The Graduate School Graduate Student Council
- The UF Office of Research and Graduate Programs (RGP) and UF Division of Sponsored Research (DR) (PDF)
Departmental
Jerome A. Connor Dissertation Award. $1,000 awarded annually to one person to cover dissertation expenses.
Winners
| 2024 | Bhavna Sharma |
| 2023 | Rosario Fernandez-Romero |
| 2022 | Sameera Akella |
| 2021 | Edelweiss Murillo Lafuente |
| 2020 | Michelle Eliasson |
| 2019 | John Blasing |
| 2018 | Stephanie Dhuman Ryan Thomson |
| 2017 | Heather Covington |
| 2016 | Julia Arroyo Cristina Ramos |
| 2013 | Alison Adams |
| 2012 | Justin Coran |
| 2011 | Telisha Martin |
| 2009 | Kenzie Latham Ching-Yu Louisa Chang |
| 2008 | Collen Cain |
| 2007 | Jeffrianne Wilder |
| 2006 | Victor Romano |
| 2005 | Dana Berkowitz |
| 2004 | Kuniko Chijiwa |
| 2003 | Shannon Houvaris |
Winners
| 2024 | Chidimma Azubuike |
| 2023 | Luis Rondan-Vasquez |
| 2022 | Giyeon Seo |
| 2021 | Oluwatobi Alawode |
| 2020 | Tianyuan Tang |
| 2019 | David Canarte |
| 2018 | Tolga Tezcan |
| 2017 | Wally Wojciechowski |
| 2016 | Ryan Thomson |
| 2013 | Hanyao Qiu |
| 2012 | Greg Pavela |
| 2011 | Hunhui Oh |
| 2009 | Hunhui Oh |
| 2008 | Telisha Martin |
| 2007 | Billy Jeffries |
| 2005 | Ana Cristina O. Siqueira |
| 2004 | Alma Jeanne Slizyk |
| 2003 | Kuniko Chijiwa |
Winners
| 2011 | Josh Sbicca |
| 2010 | Josh Sbicca |
| 2009 | Rachel Hallum-Montes |
| 2008 | Billy Jeffries |
| 2007 | Namita Manohar |
| 2006 | Mark Allen |
| 2005 | Dana Fennell and Ana Liberato |
Teaching Awards
Department Teaching Award Winners
| 2024 | Luis Gonzalez-Diaz Unna Yared |
| 2023 | Barbi Sanchez |
| 2022 | Grant Jones |
| 2021 | Pilar Morales Giner |
| 2020 | Kate Hartikka |
| 2019 | Tolga Tezcan Jiae Park |
| 2018 | Anne Mook Stephen Pridgen |
J.S. Vandiver Teacher of the Year Award. $200 awarded annually to a graduate student who has excelled in teaching.
Winners
| 2011 | Katie Nutter |
| 2007 | Will Jawde |
| 2006 | Steven Arxer Amanda Moras |
| 2005 | Ramon Hinojosa |
| 2004 | Dan Dexheimer Shannon Houvaris |
| 2003 | Leslie Houts |
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)
The Graduate School
Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Awards. Graduate teaching assistants make a major contribution to teaching and learning at the University of Florida. Each academic year, the UF Graduate School recognizes the best, brightest and most industrious of the University of Florida’s graduate teaching assistants for their work as instructors in the classroom and laboratory.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
Winners
| 2024 | Bhavna Sharma |
| 2019 | Sydney Golditch |
| 2015 | Ronald Floridia |
| 2014 | Lauren Griffin |
| 2013 | Scott Landes |
| 2012 | Katie Nutter Dan Fernandez-Baca |
| 2011 | Steve Jacobs |
| 2010 | Deeb-Paul Kitchen |
| 2009 | Will Jawde |
| 2008 | Maura Ryan |
| 2005 | Ramon Hinojosa |
Several fellowship are dedicated to supporting graduate students to complete their dissertation and earn the doctorate.
- Delores Auzenne Dissertation Award. Named in honor of Delores Auzenne, this award is designed to assist underrepresented minority students in completing their dissertation work. The program provides competitively awarded stipends to Ph.D. candidates who are in the advanced writing stages of their dissertations at UF. Students who are appointed on a state-funded fellowship or assistantship are not eligible. Interested students who meet the eligibility requirements are invited to apply to the OGMP. [ link ]
- Graduate School Dissertation Awards. The Graduate School Dissertation Award is a competitive award to provide final term funding for UF PhD candidates in selected majors in the humanities, arts, and social sciences to complete their dissertations through defense, final clearance by the Editorial Office, and graduation. This program is for students who have exhausted all funding and meant to allow recipients time and resources to focus exclusively on their dissertation.
The program provides a stipend for approximately 6 months. The period of the award will be 1) Summer B and Fall 2012, or 2) Spring 2013 and Summer A. Up to 5 credits of tuition at the instate rate will be provided. Students are expected to graduate at the end of the award period. Applicants may not receive a fellowship, assistantship, or other funding with this award. [ link ] - Supplemental Retention Scholarships. The UF OGMP Supplemental Retention Scholarship Program is designed for UF doctoral students who are three or fewer semesters away from graduation, but are no longer eligible to receive a fellowship, assistantship or other funding from their department or college. It provides limited tuition assistance and the help of a structured retention program under the UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs. Recipients must be US citizens or permanent resident aliens. [ link ]
Grinter Fellowship. Named in honor of Dr. Linton E. Grinter, Dean of the Graduate School from 1952 to 1969, this fellowship helps recruit truly exceptional graduate students. Currently enrolled graduate students are not eligible, except when entering a Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) program. Stipends are normally $2000 to $4000. Continuing the Grinter Fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory student progress.
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