GRANTS TO STUDENTS - YALE OVERLAP

AWARD NOTIFICATIONS

YALE AWARD OVERLAPS: Although the CSEAS Council initially reviews and ranks all SEAS applications, final awards are not determined until after a “Student Grant Overlap Meeting,” usually held in mid-April. At this time, representatives from a majority of grant and fellowship sources throughout the University convene to coordinate funding for students who may be recipients of more than one award. A process of negotiation for sharing or relinquishing awards for individual students aims to eliminate any overfunding, and thus free up program resources for full or partial awards to selected students who may be underfunded. Awards and negotiations are based on the Total Project Budget as presented in the application(s), and recorded in the database. (Barring appropriate explanation, an applicant’s Total Budget for a particular project should be the same for each application).

* Note: As the best strategy for acquiring full funding, we recommend that students request maximum amounts allowed by each funding source in all applications, rather than dividing their total budget among potential funding sources.