In addition to the numerous awards, grants, and fellowships that may be accessed through the Provost’s Office of Graduate Education, the CEHD Office of Student and Academic Affairs is pleased to be able to share some additional sources of graduate student funding and support. Many thanks to CEHD Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Eamonn Kelly for compiling these resources.
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Since 1888, AAUW has been one of the largest funders of women’s graduate education.
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority Graduate Scholarship Programs
The purpose of the Alfred P. Sloan Graduate Scholarship Programs is to assist efforts to diversify the U.S. Ph.D. degree-holding workforce by increasing the recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented doctoral students in sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), especially in fields where national trends document persistent underrepresentation. A secondary aim is to change the demographics of STEM faculty in U.S. colleges and universities by paying special attention to the preparation of doctoral students from underrepresented minorities (URM) for careers in academia.
National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $27,500 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, analysis, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Special Funding for Graduate Students
Programs providing either direct (i.e., from NSF) or indirect (i.e., from an awardee institution) funding for students at this level or identify programs that focus on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training, or retention.
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
AGEP alliances consist of institutions dedicated to supporting underrepresented minority students, women, and students with disabilities to complete advanced degrees in the STEM fields. Alliances provide a variety of support programs including research support, professional development, and mentoring, as well as cultural and social activities.
Follow the link and type “internships” into the Full Record field to locate U.S. government-related science internship opportunities.
Pathways and Presidential Management Fellows Programs
The Pathways Program offers federal internship and employment opportunities for current students, recent graduates, and those with an advanced degree.
GEM is a network of leading corporations, government laboratories, top universities, and top research institutions that enables qualified students from underrepresented communities to pursue graduate education in applied science and engineering.
The following links come from the McNairs Scholars website. These sources are from private and public organizations that have ties to higher education but are not degree-granting entities.
Arts & Humanities:
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: support for the arts, environmental conservation, prevention of child abuse, and medical research
- National Endowment for the Humanities: various opportunities
- Smithsonian Institution: various fellowship opportunities with the Smithsonian system
Business:
- AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students in Accounting https://www.aicpa.org/search.html?source=AICPA&q=doctoral
- John L. Carey Scholarships for Accounting: for graduate studies in accounting and CPA tracks
Diversity:
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: for minority students in STEM fields
- Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate: for minority students in STEM fields
- American Association of University Women: fellowship and grant opportunities
- AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students in Accounting
- Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
- Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Studies Program: designed for minority Ph.D.-seekers
- United States Institute of Peace: https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships
General Graduate/Scholar:
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: support of research projects by/cooperation with scholars in Germany https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: funding opportunities for research and other activities, and funding for fellowships
- American Political Science Association
- Council for International Exchange of Scholars: The Fulbright Scholar Program
- Council on Undergraduate Research: Registry of Undergraduate Researchers, a free database to join. https://www.cur.org/
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: support for the arts, environmental conservation, prevention of child abuse, and medical research
- Federal Grants Wire: clearinghouse for federal grant opportunities, organized by category: https://www.federalgrantswire.com/federal-grants-by-assistance-type.html#.X0-xZeeSnIU
- Grants.gov: searchable database of grant opportunities within the U.S. federal government [https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html; search under “doctoral”]
- Grants.net: searchable database maintained by AAAS and Science Magazine
- IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
- The Rhodes Scholarship:
- Southern Regional Education Board: program for Southern states’ students to pay in-state when studying out-of-state
- US Department of Education: resources for both undergrads and grads; https://www2.ed.gov/students/landing.jhtml
- Western Regional Graduate Program: in-state costs for regional students
Life and Health Sciences:
- The Hearst Foundations: education, health, culture, social service
- Howard Hughes Cloister Program: for medical, dental, and veterinary students
- Howard Hughes Competitions: various competitive funding opportunities, including the Early Career Scientists
- Howard Hughes Medical Investigators: work for HHMI as a researcher
- Life Sciences Research Foundation: post-doctoral support opportunity
- McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: for Master’s and Ph.D. degree-holders
- National Institutes of Health: Grants portal
- Tylenol Scholarship: awarded to health students with demonstrated leadership in community activities
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: grants page
Social Sciences:
- American Psychological Association: searchable clearinghouse and database
- Central Intelligence Agency: support opportunities for a variety of disciplines
- The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation: supporting studies of violence, aggression, and dominance
- The Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation: for the pursuit of graduate degrees in public service: https://www.truman.gov/candidates/2021-competition
- Jacob J. Javits Fellowships: for MFA and Ph.D. students of arts, humanities, and social sciences
- Lena Chang Internship/Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF): https://www.wagingpeace.org/about/opportunities/internships/
- Smithsonian Institution: various fellowship opportunities with the Smithsonian system
- U.S. Department of Education: grants page