Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial for Mental Health Dissertation Award

The Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial for Mental Health Dissertation Award provides partial support for an outstanding doctoral student's dissertation research on "the cause and treatment, cure, and prevention of mental disease, mental illness, and mental disorders" as designated by Mrs. Wallace in her will.

Doctoral students conducting dissertation research related to mental health at The University of Texas at Austin are eligible to apply for the award. The award is administered by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.

The award provides up to $1,500 to support research-related expenses such as survey mailings, software, participant stipends and training. Award recipients must provide a copy of the final dissertation to the foundation.

Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the award:

     • Plan to conduct a rigorous dissertation that advances the donor's wishes to “research
          and study the cause, treatment, cure and prevention of mental disease, mental illness
          and mental disorders.”

     • Have successfully defended their dissertation proposal by the time of application.

Application Deadline & Notice of Awards
The deadline for this year's submissions was 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST) on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Notice of awards will be made in December 2009.

To be notified when this award is open to applicants for the 2010 award, please e-mail your name and mailing address to Hogg-Grants@austin.utexas.edu. You will be notified by postal mail and/or email.

Inquiries
Questions about the award or application process may be emailed to Rick Ybarra, Hogg Foundation program officer, at rick.ybarra@austin.utexas.edu.