Application Open: February 1, 2024 - April 17, 2024
A Summer Emerging PhD Program completed application should include the following items:
1. Completion of the online application
2. Personal Statement: In a 500-800 word statement, please respond to the following prompts:
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Describe how your personal background and experiences influenced your decision to pursue a graduate degree.
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Provide insight on your potential to contribute to a community of inclusion, belonging and respect where scholars representing diverse backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn and innovate productively and positively together.
Questions can be directed to graddiversity@illinois.edu. Only complete applications will be considered.