Accountancy

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Lyceum Series

William F. Ezzell
Deloitte LLP
March 4, 2010

Timothy P. Flynn
KPMG LLP
March 11, 2010

Billy M. Atkinson
PwC LLP
Chairman of the Board, NASBA
April 1, 2010

Robert H. Herz
Chairman, FASB
April 15, 2010

Illinois Int'l Summer Conference
Taipei, Taiwan
June 20-22, 2010

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Contact Us

Department of Accountancy
University of Illinois
360 Wohlers Hall
1206 South Sixth Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone: 217-333-0857
Fax: 217-244-0902
Email: accy@illinois.edu

Fellowships and Funding Opportunities

Deloitte and Touche Doctoral Fellowship

The D&T Foundation limits award of their fellowship to candidates who have completed at least 2 semesters of the Ph.D. program as of the application date. Fellowship is divided into 2 phases. Phase one pays $5,000 in two payments of $2,500 each, to support the candidate in his or her final 12 months of coursework and prelim exams. Phase 2 pays $15,000 in two $7,500 payments to support the Fellow during 12 months of dissertation work. In addition, selected award recipients can accept other Ph.D. program financial assistance of up to $10,000 from external sources  (outside the applicant's school) while receiving payment from D&T and must be a Ph.D. student for at least 2 more years when applying.

Students should get copies of the application form from Cindy Wood if applying. Note that completed applications (before letters of reference are solicited) are reviewed by the Ph.D. program committee at U of I. Only one student is selected from those applying (i.e., the Program Committee serves as a preliminary screen for the D&T Foundation). Application Deadline: October 15

Irwin Doctoral Fellowship

Please contact the PhD Program Director for further details on an Irwin Doctoral Fellowship.