Applicaton Process By Nomination Division Humanities Social Sciences Eligibility DCE students Funding Type Base Administered By Graduate School About The Dean's Completion Fellowship / Postgraduate Research Associate (DCF/PGRA) Program in Humanities and Social Sciences offers two components: financial support for graduate students for dissertation completion, and, should they complete their degree during the award period, a post-graduate research assistantship through the Dean of the Faculty. Terms The fellowship provides full Dissertation Completion Enrollment (DCE) tuition and stipend at the standard rate to selected sixth-year in the humanities and social sciences. Students selected for the program who finish dissertation work and successfully complete the Final Public Oral (FPO) before the end of the semester in which they hold the fellowship then have the opportunity to be appointed as Postgraduate Research Associates (PGRAs) through the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.
