Can participants be appointed for less than 12 months?
A. No. The individual student development plan must be designed such that students will have to carry out and finish a research project as well as take courses, workshops, and/or supplemental instruction that will allow them to enhance their research skills and academic credentials within a 1-year period. This is an intensive Ph. D. preparatory program and not a financial assistance program for students who have already been accepted into a Ph.D. program and are just waiting for the enrollment period.
