Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship

The Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research fellowship provides funding for promising graduate students in psychometrics, or a related field, who are conducting innovative, applied research. If you’re selected, you’ll carry out your proposed dissertation research under the mentorship of your academic advisor and in consultation with your ETS mentors over the course of the funding.

Award Type

Your university will receive the following:

• $25,000 to pay you a stipend for your fellowship
• $8,000 to defray your tuition, fees and work-study program commitments
• A small grant to facilitate work on your research project

You will also receive $10,000 for your participation in the 2024 summer internship program.

Eligibility requirements

• You must participate in the 2024 Ida Lawrence Research Summer Internship Program.
• At the time of application, you must be enrolled in a doctoral program, have completed all the coursework toward the doctorate, and be at the dissertation stage of your program. ETS will give dissertation topics in the areas of psychometrics, statistics, educational measurement or quantitative methods priority.

If you’re receiving any additional financial assistance, such as assistantship or grant commitment, during the fellowship period, you’ll need to provide a description of this assistance.

Selection

Selection is based on:

• strength of academic credentials — You must demonstrate superior academic ability and achievement, as well as exceptional promise in the field of educational assessment, psychometrics or statistics.
• suitability and the technical strength of the proposed research project — The project must relate to research currently under way at ETS. The preferred arrangement is that your proposed project is your doctoral thesis and you’re not receiving alternative funding for this work. Non-dissertation projects may be considered provided that you’re doing significant independent work.