Please note: This award is currently paused.
The Marvin Fisher Book Award is given biannually to an international student enrolled in a graduate program in the Department of English. The award is $250 and is to be used for the purchase of books needed by the applicant.
Criteria: Recipient must be an international student currently enrolled in the Department of English. Recipient must have at least a 3.00 GPA.
Application: Upload one PDF document containing a letter of application, a biographical sketch of no more than 250 words, substantiating academic needs and suggested list of books, and one letter of recommendation from a professor who can comment on the student's work and book list.
Deadlines: October 15 for the spring award and February 1 for the fall award
Previous Recipients:
Spring 2025: Xueyi Yuan
Fall 2024: [No award given]
Spring 2024: [No award given]
Fall 2023: Mikhail Zaikovskii
Spring 2021: Leila Gholami
Spring 2020: Melika Nouri
Fall 2016: Haroon Alsager