Each year, the Science Division will receive one Presidential Dissertation-Year Fellowship and one Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship, to be awarded as year-long (3 quarters) fellowships. Several smaller awards will be given out on a quarterly basis, and the number of quarter-long awards given may change from year to year. These merit-based fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to doctoral students who are in the process of completing their dissertations. Students may not apply for themselves, and must instead be nominated by their respective departments. Each department may only nominate two students per fellowship (4 total).