Are you looking for advice or assistance in your grant and fellowship applications? Would you like someone to review your job search documents and give you feedback? Check out the Career and Professional Development resources available through the Office of Graduate Studies!
American Association of University Women
American Fellowship - Dissertation Fellowship
Award: $20,000
Deadline: November
Eligibility: Graduate Student, Woman, U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents
Description: The purpose of the Dissertation Fellowship is to offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Study/Research Awards
Award: 2 month - 1 year international study (varies by country)
Deadline: October
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, graduate student, postdoc
Description: Applicants for study/research awards design their own projects and will typically work with advisers at foreign universities or other institutes of higher education.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program
Award: 2 month - 1 year international study (varies by country)
Deadline: October
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, graduate student
Description: The English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Programs place Fulbrighters in classrooms abroad to provide assistance to the local English teachers.
Department of Defense – Multiple Agencies
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
Award: For a period of up to three years (based on continued funding), this felllowship covers full tuition and mandatory fees. Fellows also receive a monthly stipend ($3,200), and up to $1,200 a year in medical insurance.
Deadline: September - December
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen and Nationals, First or second year graduate student
Description: This opportunity will support a student that proposes a project in response to a currently active BAA from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO), or the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Department of Energy - Office of Science Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR)
Award: Award intended to cover living costs ($3,000/mo) and travel expenses ($2,000/award) for work conducted at a DOE facility.
Deadline: November
Eligibility: Ph.D. candidate, U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents
Description: The SCGSR Program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory/facility, in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
RISE Germany
Award: summer internship in Germany
Deadline: December
Eligibility: Graduate student
Description: Internship opportunities for science and engineering students from the United States interested in gaining serious practical experience in Germany.
Graduate Women in Science
National Fellowship Program
Award: $10,000 maximum
Deadline: February
Eligibility: Graduate Student, Woman, U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents(?)
Description: The GWIS National Fellowships Program offers fellowships to help increase knowledge in the natural sciences and to encourage research careers in the sciences by women.
Ford Foundation
Predoctoral Fellowship
Award: Annual Stipend of $24,000 for three years
Deadline: May
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen
Description: ...to provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Dissertation Fellowship
Award: Stipend of $24,000 for one year
Deadline: December
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen
Description: ...to provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The Hertz Foundation
Graduate Fellowship Award
Award: Ccost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend (~$34,000 per year for 5 years)
Deadline: October
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, First-year PhD student
Description: Successful candidates are broadly knowledgeable, are eager to make a positive impact in the applied physical sciences, and are either applying to or are in the first year of their PhD program
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
HSF Scholarship
Award: $500-5,000 based on need
Deadline: March
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate students, hispanic heritage, U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident
Description: The HSF Scholarship is designed to assist students of Hispanic heritage obtain a college degree.
James S. McDonnell Foundation
Understanding Dynamic and Multi-Scale Systems
Award: $200,000 for up to 3 years for postdoc stipend and research
Deadline: June
Eligibility: Graduate student in last stages of Ph.D.
Description: The JSMF Fellowship is intended to provide students in the final stages of completing a Ph.D. degree more leeway in identifying and securing postdoctoral training opportunities in complex systems research.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
NETL Methane Hydrates Fellowship Program
Award: A two or three year appointment, including $30,000/year stipend, $15,000 supplies budget, $6,000 travel budget for Master's students. Slightly higher for Ph.D. students.
Deadline: Four yearly deadlines
Eligibility: U.S. Citizens
Description: "...projects that will provide improved tools, methods, and information relative to the remote detection, characterization, and appraisal of production potential of Methane Hydrates. With respect to gas hydrates as a part of the global environment, interest is in projects that provide an improved understanding of the processes that control the distribution, occurrence, and stability of gas hydrates in marine and permafrost settings."
National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Award:monthly stipend and 60% of tuition costs. Up to 5 years of predoctoral support
Deadline:Standard NIH deadlines apply
Eligibility:Citizen, Permanent Resident
Description:To provide predoctoral individuals with supervised research training in specified health and health-related areas leading toward the research doctoral degree (e.g., PhD).
Individual Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (National Cancer Institute) (F99/K00)
Award:For the F99 phase, award budgets are composed of stipends, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance, as described below. For the K00 phase, award budgets are composed of salary and fringe benefits, tuition and fees, research and career development support, and indirect costs
Deadline:February
Eligibility:Citizen, permanent resident
Description:The purpose of the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students recognized by their institutions for their high potential and strong interest in pursuing careers as independent cancer researchers. The award will facilitate the transition of talented graduate students into successful cancer research postdoctoral appointments, and provide opportunities for career development activities relevant to their long-term career goals of becoming independent cancer researchers.
Dissertation Award (R36)
Award:$40,000
Deadline: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 annually
Eligibility: U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, Completion of qualifying exams
Description: Applications for dissertation research grants must be responsive to AHRQ’s mission, which is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Early Independence Award (DP5)
Award:up to $250K direct costs per year, 5 year maximum
Deadline:September
Eligibility: No citizenship requirements. Must have received doctoral degree by June 1st
Description: The NIH Director's Early Independence Award supports exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research essentially directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career.
National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Award: Each Fellowship consists of three years of support during a five-year fellowship period. Currently, NSF provides a stipend of $34,000 to the Fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the graduate degree-granting institution for each Fellow who uses the fellowship support in a fellowship year.
Deadline: October
Eligibility: U.S. Citizens only
Description: The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowships for New Americans
Award: one to two years of graduate study support. (stipend + tuition)
Deadline: November
Eligibility: U.S. Citizen with both parents born outside the U.S., must not have started year 3 of graduate study
Description: This fellowship is meant for immigrants or the children of immigrants pursuing graduate school in the United States. The competition is merit-based. Selection criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment. The program values a commitment to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Schlumberger Foundation
Faculty for the Future
Award: 1 year of support
Deadline: November
Eligibility: Graduate Student, Postdoc, Women, From emerging or developing country
Description: This foundation supports women from developing countries to study physical sciences, are engaged in outreach activities, and plan to return to their home country after their study
United States Office of Personnel Management
Presidential Management Fellows Program
Award: PMF Program participants are paid full salary and benefits at the GS-9, GS-11, or GS-12 (or equivalent) grade level depending on the position into which hired and the hiring agency. This is a two-year appointment.
Deadline: various opportunities are available on USAJOBS.gov, with opportunities usually opening in the fall. Search: "Presidential Management Fellows"
Eligibility: Applicant must be expected to complete their advanced degree during the current academic year, or have obtained their advanced degree no more than two years prior to the opening date of the announcement.
Description: The participant will work for a single Federal agency, with rotational opportunities. The program is designed to develop potential government leaders. You will receive formal training, be given regular work assignments and at least one 4-6 month development assignment.
The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States
Churchill Scholarship
Award: This scholarship is for one-year of Master's study at the University of Cambridge, based in Churchill College
Deadline: October
Eligibility: senior undergraduate, first year grad student
Description: The one-year awards lead to the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or the Master of Advanced Study (MASt).