Graduate Student Fellowship Opportunities

Find more information on the Dean’s Fellowship funding opportunity for Ph.D. students.

American Educational Research Foundation

• Minority and fellowship programs
• Education policy research using existing large-scale data sets
• Ph.D. students eligible

American Heart Association

• Pre- and postdoctoral fellowship programs
• Cardiovascular and stroke research
• Ph.D. students eligible

Ford Foundation

• Ford Foundation Fellowship
• Higher education teaching or research in certain fields
• Ph.D. students eligible

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

• Teaching fellowships
• Math/science teacher education
• M.S. students eligible

National Institutes of Health

• National Research Service Award pre- and postdoctoral fellowships
• Scientific health-related fields (F31)
• Ph.D. students eligible

National Science Foundation

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• STEM disciplines
• Ph.D. / M.S. students eligible

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

• USDA NIFA National Needs Fellowships
• Food, agricultural, and natural resources sciences
• Ph.D. / M.S. students eligible

U.S. Dept. of Defense

• National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
• Biosciences; cognitive, neural, and behavioral sciences and other STEM disciplines
• Ph.D. students eligible

U.S. Department of Transportation

• Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship program
• Transportation research
• Ph.D. / M.S. students eligible