Application Process

Application Requirements:

  • Download and complete the Holmes Scholars® application
  • Submit the following documents along with your application:
    1. A one to five-page curriculum vitae
    2. One letter of nomination (recommendation/support) from a faculty member
    3. A statement outlining a description of your:
      1. Primary research interest
      2. Professional goals
      3. Commitment to scholarship, diversity, and educational practice
      4. Why you want to be a Florida Atlantic University-College of Education Holmes Scholar and how you will contribute to the program?

Application Selection Process:

  1. Each year applicants will be selected as Holmes Scholars
  2. Applications will be reviewed/interviewed and judged by members of an ad hoc committee from the College of Education
  3. Notification will be emailed to applicants as soon as the selection process is completed.

Please send your entire Application electronically to:

Rangasamy Ramasamy, PhD.
Coordinator, Holmes Scholars® Program
Special Education
College of Education
Florida Atlantic University
rramasam@fau.edu