Prairie View A&M Faculty & Staff Doctoral Program Initiative Scholarship

The Prairie View A&M Faculty & Staff Doctoral Program Initiative is a program designed by the Texas A&M University System to invest in and assist employees to further their knowledge, skills, and job effectiveness.

Benefits

  • Covers required (Mandatory) tuition & fees
  • May attend any A&M System University
  • No credit hour limit per semester but funding is limited to 6 years

Eligibility

Must be a full-time, budgeted employee at any Texas A&M System University, Agency, or Texas A&M System Office meeting the qualifications as a qualified faculty or qualified staff as stated below:

Faculty Qualifications

  • Must have been employed in a full-time, budgeted faculty position at an A&M System university or agency no less than 2 long semesters prior to starting the program.
  • Must be employed in a full-time budgeted faculty position at an A&M System university or agency each semester while in the program. (Note: summer eligibility for university faculty is contingent on meeting this standard the previous semester and presumed full-time employment the following semester. Summer eligibility for agency faculty is contingent on employment during the summer months.)
  • Must be admitted to a doctoral program at an A&M System university, have at least a satisfactory performance review on file, be in good academic standing, and making progress towards degree completion (no minimum number of hours per semester required). The employee may be enrolled in a doctoral program at any university in the A&M System, not limited to their own employer.  The doctoral program must be consistent with the faculty appointment such that completion of the degree would be recognized by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) as appropriate credentials on the reaffirmation faculty roster.
  • Funding eligibility is limited to 6 years.

Staff Qualifications

  • Must be employed in a full-time, budgeted professional staff position at an A&M System university, agency, or System office no less than 12 months prior to starting the program.
  • Must be employed in a full-time budgeted professional staff position at an A&M System university, agency, or System office each semester while in the program. (Note:  summer eligibility is contingent on employment during the summer months.)
  • Must be admitted to a doctoral program at an A&M System university, have at least a satisfactory performance review on file, be in good academic standing, and making progress toward degree completion (no minimum number of hours per semester required). The employee may be enrolled in a doctoral program at any university in the A&M System, not limited to their own employer.  Doctoral program must be consistent with the mission of the office in which the administrator or staff member is employed.
  • Funding eligibility is limited to 6 years.

Please read the complete list of eligibility requirements in the Panther Doctoral Program Initiative Scholarship Guidelines

 

Application Deadlines

Applicants must apply each semester for the Prairie View A&M Faculty & Staff Doctoral Program Initiative Scholarship.  Applications must be turned in by the due dates below for the semester you are applying for to be considered for the scholarship.  All completed applications should be submitted to Human Resources at benefitsteam@pvamu.edu:

Fall Due Date:             August 5
Spring Due Date:       December 5
Summer Due Date:    May 5

Prairie View A&M Faculty & Staff Doctoral Program Initiative Scholarship pays the following:

  • If enrolled at PVAMU, the program will cover Tuition, Student Health Fee, Student Center Fee, Athletic Fee, Recreational Fee, Scholarship Fee, University Services Fee, and Laboratory Fee if the course has a lab fee.
  • If enrolled at another A&M System campus, the program will cover (if considered mandatory fees) Tuition, University Advancement Fee, University Services Fee, Rec-sports Fee, Student Center Fee, Health Fee, Athletics Fee, Program Fees, Course Specific Fees, etc.
  • The program will not cover but not limited to Executive DBA courses, parking fees, sport passes, late fees, auxiliary charges, installment fees, miscellaneous fees, etc.
  • Eligible employees will be responsible for any additional costs.

Prairie View A&M Faculty & Staff Doctoral Program Initiative Scholarship Guidelines

 

How/When will funding be awarded?

  • If the eligible employee will be enrolled at PVAMU, they will receive a third-party sponsor credit on their account for the mandatory tuition & fees the program covers once the application is processed. The third-party sponsor credit will prevent the student from being “dropped” for non-payment.
  • If the eligible employee will be enrolling in a PhD program at another A&M System university (provider institution), the provider institution will be notified of your application and eligibility for this program. Once the provider institution receives this information from the employee’s home institution, the provider institution will give the eligible employee a third-party sponsor credit for the mandatory tuition & fees that their institution considers required tuition & mandatory fees.  Funding will also be based on the hours of enrollment of eligible courses in the employee’s degree plan.
  • The System Office shall reimburse the provider institution based on the invoice provided.  Only eligible costs (as defined above) will be reimbursed.  Eligible employees will be responsible for any additional costs.
  • The provider institution will submit an invoice to the System Office for payment on behalf of the eligible employee.

Forms

Please make sure to complete the correct application below based on the campus you will be enrolled at: