Madison & Lila Self Graduate Programs
Who are we?
Madison and Lila Self Graduate Programs provides financial support and professional development opportunities for promising graduate student leaders at The University of Kansas with the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship and the Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship.
Madison “Al” and Lila Self were deeply motivated by the idea that developing and investing in young leaders was vital for a successful future. In 1989, the Selfs launched and permanently endowed their flagship program, the Self Graduate Fellowship. With the addition of a scholarship in 2019, the Self Graduate Programs department administers two distinct Self programs: the Self Graduate Fellowship and the Self Memorial Scholarship. Both programs support graduate students at KU and align with the Selfs' mission to “identify, recruit, and provide development opportunities for exceptional students who demonstrate the promise to make significant contributions to their fields of study and society as a whole.”
It is because of the donors' vision and generosity that the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Programs is celebrating over 30 years of supporting students who have the capability and promise to make a real difference in the world.
Self Graduate Fellowship
The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship at the University of Kansas is a community of doctoral student leaders who have been nominated and selected to receive four years of financial and professional development support. The Self Graduate Fellowship is a merit-based program made up of an interdisciplinary group of Fellows from 22 eligible academic fields.