EFG Scholarship Program

EFG scholarships are available to UM graduate or senior undergraduate students registered full-time during the fall and/or spring term and throughout the application process. Students must be eligible for financial aid.

Dual-degree students are eligible if enrolled in at least one eligible graduate degree program at the time of application. Online students, non-degree, and certificate-only students are not eligible at this time.

1. Notice of Intent: 6-12 weeks before the application deadline, use this form to submit a non-binding Notice of Intent to ORED Research Development and the UM Graduate School.
2. Eligibility: ORED Research Development, in consultation with the Graduate School and the Office of Financial Aid, will confirm that you and your fellowship opportunity are eligible.
3. Greenlight: ORED Research Development will confirm that you can proceed with the application, offering any additional conditions or information you need to know before applying.
4. Feedback: Before submitting your application, you must get format feedback on your application narrative from two people:
   1. First reader. A member of the University of Mississippi faculty, who may be the applicant’s advisor, or any other faculty member.
   2. Second reader. Any other member of the UM community who is able and willing to provide constructive feedback on the proposal. Examples of UM units or roles who might be in a position to offer insights include, but are not limited to: the Graduate Writing Center, the Intensive English Program, the Office of National Scholarship Advisement, ORED Research Development, internal or external members of the applicant’s dissertation or thesis committee, more advanced students in the applicant’s program, or postdocs in the applicant’s department.
5. Application: Submit your application to the funding organization and keep proof of submission and receipt/acceptance/completeness by the sponsor. This can be a confirmation email or an online confirmation notification captured as a screenshot. It should confirm your name, a date of submission, and the name of the sponsor or program.
6. Scholarship Request: Within two weeks of submitting your application, submit a proof-of-submission and internal request for the EFG Scholarship via the UM InfoReady Review Portal.
7. Confirmation: ORED or the Graduate School will confirm that your application for the scholarship is complete.
8. Reporting: When you learn from the sponsor whether your fellowship application was successful, you must report this in the InfoReady portal.

The $500 EFG scholarship will be included as part of your financial aid package. If you receive financial aid, you are responsible for checking with the financial aid office to determine if this scholarship will affect other aid.

If your financial aid package has already reached cost-of-attendance limits due to other fellowship and scholarship awards, you are generally not eligible to apply for additional scholarships like this one. If you have reached cost-of-attendance limits due to loans, this award can be used to offset the total loan amount up to the limit for that semester.

Before you develop your application, contact efgawards@olemiss.edu so that we can evaluate the opportunity. If it is appropriate, we will add it to the pre-approved list.

These opportunities will need to go through a different process. Contact ORED Research Development for guidance at resdev@olemiss.edu.

No. Overall funding for the program is limited. If the limit of funding is reached during the year, no more awards will be given that year.

EFG scholarships are usually processed within four weeks of confirmation that ORED has received your proof-of-submission. They are processed as financial aid scholarship payments to your Bursar account.

Yes, but you can only apply for one $500 during each fiscal year (July 1-June 30). You must report whether or not you received your fellowship if you want to be eligible to apply for another one.