DEADLINE: January 5, 2011

We have received materials announcing the competition for the Dolores Zohrab
Liebmann Fellowships for 2011/2012. I ask that you advertise this
competition to your students, some of whom may wish to apply. The Office of
Graduate Studies can nominate up to three UT graduate students for this
fellowship. We are asking each department to collect and pre-screen the
students  applications and forward no more than 2 nominations to us in the
Graduate School. Last year we received sixteen applications; submitted
three nominations to the Foundation and two were approved. Hopefully, we
will do as well in this new competition.

The terms of the fellowships are very attractive, providing the costs of
study, tuition, room and board and ordinary living expenses, as well as
income taxes on the money received in past this has typically amounted to
$18,000 plus tuition for nine months. Recipients can apply for renewal of
the fellowship for two additional years, and to date all renewal requests
have been approved. Applicants must be citizens of the United States. An
unusual feature of the application is that the applicant must declare that
he or she is not an advocate or supporter of communism. There is no
restriction on field and no longer any age requirement.

A copy of the application form is attached to this letter. Your office
should endorse students who wish to apply, and all required materials must
reach our office by January 5, 2011, so that we can process them and meet
the deadline of January 21 for submission to the awarding Foundation.

For further information please feel free to call my assistant, Mary Alice
Davila at 232-3603.