Meet Our Ph.D. Fellows

The Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies offers fellowships to promising Ph.D. applicants to invite and encourage them to conduct their doctoral studies at SMU. Fellowships are also offered to current Ph.D. students in the dissertation-writing phase of their programs to help them finish their degrees and to support their exceptional research projects.

Moody Graduate Fellowships Mustang Fellowships  University Ph.D. Fellowships Moody Dissertation Fellowships Dean's Dissertation Fellowships 

Moody Graduate Fellowships

Moody Graduate Fellowships are offered to Ph.D. applicants who show exceptional promise for academic success and are a mark of the University's commitment to excellence in graduate education. They provide tuition waivers, health insurance, and stipends of $30,000 for up to five years. 

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Moody Dissertation Fellowships

These fellowships recognize and support outstanding Ph.D. students as they complete their dissertations. They are reserved for Ph.D. students in the dissertation-writing phase of their degrees whose research shows exceptional promise for impact in their field of study. They provide tuition waivers, health insurance, and a stipend of $30,000 for one year. Recipients commit to complete and defend their dissertations in the fellowship year. Students must be nominated by their departments to be eligible for this fellowship.

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Filippo Bodo

Filippo Bodo

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Alexa Jimenez

Alexa Jimenez

Psychology

Vaisakh Rajeev

Vaisakh Rajeev

Physics

Mustang Fellowships

Mustang Fellowships are offered to Ph.D. applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and show great promise for academic success.  

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University Ph.D. Fellowships

SMU is proud to offer University Ph.D. Fellowships to outstanding Ph.D. applicants. This fellowship provides funding above the amount typically available to students through their department and is renewable for a total of five years of support, contingent upon acceptable progress towards the degree.

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Dean's Dissertation Fellowships

These fellowships provide support to Ph.D. students in the dissertation-writing phase of their degrees, allowing them to focus on completing and defending their dissertations. They provide tuition waiver, health insurance, and a stipend commensurate with the standard Ph.D. stipend in their department. Recipients commit to complete and defend their dissertations in the fellowship year. Students must be nominated by their departments to be eligible for this fellowship.

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Lida Aeindartehran

Lida Aeindartehran

Chemistry 

Jaryd Domine

Jaryd Domine

Computational and Applied Mathematics

Samantha Lagos

Samantha Lagos

Anthropology

Katelyn Lehman Franco

Katelyn Lehman Franco

Geology

Daniel Lightsey

Daniel Lightsey

Religious Studies

Mohammad Qasem

Mohammad Qasem

Electrical Engineering

Leyla Tavassoli

Leyla Tavassoli

Operations Research

Zichang Xiang

Zichang Xiang

Statistical Science

Juilanna Washington

Julianna Washington

Education