The Rosen Fellowship Program
2019 Rosen Fellowship Deadline: January 11, 2019
If you ever imagined a unique project that would advance your personal development, the Rosen Fellowship Program is designed to help you achieve your dreams.
The fellowship grants undergraduate students the possibility to create an out-of-classroom experience that will promote creative or career advancement. Each year, the program supports up to eight students who might not otherwise be able to afford such opportunities and who exhibit extraordinary creativity, determination and promise in articulating and pursuing their career and life goals.
Students may propose a full range of activities, including study abroad, personalized internships, scientific research, artistic expression or community engagement. All applications will be evaluated on the basis of creativity and the degree to which the proposal will credibly advance the student's personal and professional life goals.
Fellowships are competitive and will provide stipends of up to $5,000 to each chosen recipient.
The Rosen Fellowship Application is available online.
It is vital that applicants work with the Scholarships Office to craft their applications. E-mail Stephen Gracia for information and feedback.
The Fellowship Experience
The range and nature of each fellowship experience will be bounded only by an applicant's imagination, feasibility and resourcefulness. The duration and location of the fellowship may vary, but it should be completed within the summer immediately following the submission of the application. The application should propose a fellowship experience that:
- reflects the student's ability;
- advances the student's intense interest in some demonstrable fashion;
- is concretely and coherently conceived and planned;
- has a logical and definable duration;
- is "achievable" under the terms of the program and within CUNY rules, policies and procedures;
- is supported by a budget demonstrating that the experience has been planned in an efficient and economical manner; and
- is likely to positively affect a student's life.
Each fellow will be responsible for making his/her own fellowship experience arrangements. Each fellow takes full responsibility for these arrangements and for his/her own conduct and safety during the fellowship experience. Each fellow will be required to sign a form releasing the University from responsibility for property damage, personal injury, accidents, illness, death, or other harm that might occur as a result of the fellowship experience. Each fellow will be required to carry sufficient medical insurance for the period of the award. If the fellowship experience includes travel, that insurance must include a specific provision for evacuation to a location for appropriate medical treatment, if necessary.
Eligibility
All full-time undergraduate Brooklyn College students in good standing may apply for the Fellowship provided that, at the time of application, the student has completed at least 12 credits and will be a full-time student through the fall 2019 semester. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Criteria
To be chosen as a Rosen Fellow, a student must provide convincing evidence of exceptional intellectual, creative, civic, or leadership ability and promise through the application, recommendations, and personal interview. He or she must further propose a fellowship experience that will facilitate the pursuit of an intense interest beyond the scope of an academic course, a vocational commitment, routine summer job, internship, or enrichment program. In short, to become a Rosen Fellow, a student must demonstrate:
- exceptional capacity to self-identify a compelling life goal;
- the drive, focus, and will-power to pursue the goal; and
- the imagination and resourcefulness to plan a fellowship experience that will credibly advance the likelihood of achieving the goal.
The Rosen Fellowship Presentation and Dinner
Students will attend the Fellows Dinner each spring. On that occasion, new fellows will describe the experiences they are about to undertake, and those completing fellowship experiences will discuss their projects. Newly selected fellows will be required to present on their experience during a fall 2019 event. Rosen Fellows may also be required to participate in various events designed to promote the Rosen.
In Addition to the Online Application, Students Must Submit Two Recommendation Letters and an Unofficial Transcript
Give a copy of your completed application to two individuals who are in a position to (1) assess the talent/promise you cite as the basis for your consideration as a Rosen Fellow, and (2) comment on the likely benefit and feasibility of the fellowship experience you propose. If your proposed experience requires obtaining special permission from companies, archives, government agencies, faculty members, or other individuals/organizations, letters of support or authorization must be separately attached.
Ask them to send one original copy of their letter to:
Stephen Gracia
Office of Scholarships
Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
The letters must arrive by the application deadline, January 11, 2019. Letters of support must be received separately from your application.
You must also e-mail an unofficial copy of your current college transcript.
