Nickola Wolf Nelson IHS-PhD Scholarship Award
The Nickola Wolf Nelson IHS-PhD Scholarship will be awarded annually to doctoral students engaged in dissertation research while enrolled in the IHS-PhD Program. The awards (up to $1,500) will defray educational expenses, including tuition and fees, materials, and travel related directly to the completion of the dissertation.
About Nickola Wolf Nelson
Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, is Professor Emerita in the Department of Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences at Western Michigan University, where she previously also served as Director of the Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health and Human Services. Nelson is a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language (BCS-CL) who continues to conduct research and provide consultation on language/literacy development and disorders among school-age students, emphasizing an interprofessional perspective on assessment and intervention. Nelson has been awarded Fellowship in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, the Kleffner Clinical Career Award, and the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Nicki now lives in Wichita, Kansas, with her husband, Steve Nave.
One of her favorite pastimes in "retirement" is tracking the accomplishments of alums of the IHS-PhD Program.
How to Apply
Doctoral students may receive a maximum of one Nickola Wolf Nelson IHS-PhD Scholarship Award. These competitive scholarships are not guaranteed awards for each student. The IHS-PhD Program Academic Affairs Committee will review applications and make final determinations of the awarding of these funds.
Application Deadlines:
For full consideration, 4 weeks prior to the start of each semester
Guidelines and Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants must have confirmation of candidacy. The designation of “candidacy” means that students have an approved dissertation committee; approved dissertation proposal; completed all courses and program requirements, with the exception of the dissertation; completed all research tools; and completed all qualifying or comprehensive examinations. Nominees must (a) be in good academic standing; (b) be an enrolled student; (c) be continuously enrolled and (d) demonstrate progress toward degree completion.
Award amount: Up to $1,500
Letter of Application:
Important: The application letter should be addressed to the IHS-PhD Academic Affairs Committee and emailed as an attachment to the IHS-PhD Director.
The application letter must clearly address the following elements:
- Student's name
- Name of the student’s IHS/PhD program advisor and dissertation chairperson who may be contacted during the application process
- The student’s candidacy status/approved dissertation project
- The Student’s anticipated completion of the dissertation within the allocated time frame
- The interdisciplinary significance of the dissertation research as it is situated in the respective discipline
- The student’s academic/scholarly accomplishments
- The student’s scholarly scientific promise
- Any other elements that will distinguish the student’s application