Ilitch Business management Ph.D. student Courteney Buchanan receives $46,000 Thomas C. Rumble Fellowship for research

Courteney Buchanan, a Ph.D. student studying management at the Mike Ilitch School of Business, has been named as the 2024 recipient of the Thomas C. Rumble Fellowship for Research, a $46,000 award.

The Thomas Rumble Fellowship is designed to optimize Ph.D. students' performance by providing support for students to conduct research and further their studies. This fellowship provides a $20,000 stipend for the academic year, a tuition scholarship and medical, vision and dental insurance.

This program targets Ph.D. students who have built a record of exceptional research and allows them to begin the dissertation process without having to teach classes or serve as a research assistant. Recipients are expected to pursue research projects that could be presented at professional conferences, published in peer-reviewed journals or to pursue extramural fellowship, scholarship or grant submissions to national funding agencies.

Buchanan was thrilled when she received the award, saying that "It's really exciting, and I'm certainly very appreciative of it. I think this is a testament to the Ph.D. program, that they are able to give students opportunities like this to really focus on building a good framework for their dissertation, and help you establish your identity as a researcher before you enter the workforce."

Learn more about this fellowship, and other graduate fellowships offered by Wayne State University.