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Many outside organizations fund fellowships for graduate students. This page provides a listing of the fellowships administered by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education; contact fellowship administrator Brima Wurie for details.
Read each description carefully. See also general guidelines on applying for fellowships, scholarships, and grants. The following symbols are used in the fellowship descriptions:
 US citizens may apply
 Permanent residents may apply
 Internationals may apply
Fellowships are grouped according to the following deadlines:
October deadlines:
Jacob
K. Javits Program, US Department of Education
Melissa Burton
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-5247
Telephone (202) 260-3574
The fellowship
supports graduate study for students in the arts, humanities
or social sciences. Study should lead to the highest degree awarded in the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education (usually a doctoral degree, but sometimes a masters). The stipend is $30,000 for a 12-month
period. US citizens and permanent residents only.
Applications are available online, but must be submitted in hard copy.
Deadline: early
October
Fannie
and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program
Fannie and John
Hertz Foundation
P.O. Box 5032
Livermore, CA 94551-5032
Telephone (925) 373-1642
Supports students
in the physical sciences. Candidates may be seniors or students
who have already begun graduate study. They must be US citizens
or in the processing of acquiring permanent residency. The
awards are for one academic year and are renewable. The award
includes a stipend plus an allowance for tuition and other
expenses.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: late
October
November deadlines:
National
Consortium for Graduate Degrees For Minorities In Engineering
and Science, Inc. (GEM)
1800 K. Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
Fax (202) 207-3518
GEM offers financial
support for advanced degrees:
- M.S. Engineering Fellowship
Program
- Ph.D. Engineering Fellowship Program
- Ph.D. Science Fellowship Program
GEM also offers mentoring workshops, graduate research orientation
workshops, summer internships with a sponsoring company, and
student development seminars. Level of support varies by fellowship program.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: November 15 (early consideration by October 1)
Dissertation Fellowship Program
Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Spencer Foundation
875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3930
Chicago, IL 60611-1803
Telephone (312) 274-6526
E-mail fellows@spencer.org
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 $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree in any field of study at a graduate school. They need not be US citizens. Dissertation topics must concern education, and all pre-dissertation requirements must be commpleted by June 1 of the academic year prior to support.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: early November
National
Science Foundation
NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
GRF Operations Center
Suite T-50
1818 N. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone (866) NSF-GRFP
E-mail info@nsfgradfellows.org
Fellowships cover
a wide variety of disciplines and are awarded for three years.
US citizens or permanent residents only may apply.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: early
November
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
400 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019
Telephone 212-547-6926
Fax 212-548-4623
E-mail pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org
The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. Fellowships offer support for up to two years in any academic discipline or professional field, and provide $20,000 maintenance (stipend) and half tuition. Applicants must be a senior in a bachelor's program or a first or second year graduate student, and have status as a "New American": the holder of a Green Card; a naturalized citizen; or the child of two naturalized citizen parents.
Applications are available online.
Deadline:
November 1
December deadlines:
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program
American Society for Engineering Education
1818 N Street N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 331-3544
Fax: (202) 265-8504
Email: smart@asee.org
Through this scholarship program, academically excellent students pursuing degrees in disciplines of particular interest to the Department of Defense receive funding for full tuition, related educational fees, and living expenses and are then placed in civilian laboratory positions upon graduation. The program is open to graduate and undergraduate students.
Applications are available online.
Deadline:
December 15
The Delores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship
Brima A. Wurie
Administrator
Graduate Fellowship and Grant Programs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office of the Dean for Graduate Education
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm. 35-332
Cambridge, MA 02139
This is an external fellowship. Departments are requested to forward ONE nomination each to the Dean's office, and MIT will send three of these to the Liebmann Trust.
The Will of Dolores Zohrab Liebmann created a Perpetual Charitable Trust designated as "The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund" for the purpose of funding advanced education and graduate study grants, as well as for independent research or study projects, which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. "The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships" are to be awarded only to candidates who have outstanding undergraduate records, have demonstrated a need for financial assistance, are citizens of the U.S., are enrolled in in accredited colleges and universities in the U.S., and have received baccalaureate degrees.
Graduate fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) and scholarly publications focusing on American studies and culture are eligible to apply. The trustees welcome applications from students of all national origins who are U.S. citizens
Nomination requirements:
a one-page summary of the proposed research
CV
a budget
Nominations MUST be submitted in hard copy (not electronically).
Fellowships are restricted to graduate students who are U.S. citizens attending an accredited institution of higher education within the U.S.
Nominations should be submitted to Dean Lerman, Attn: Brima Wurie, 35-332, early December.
Notification of successful nominees occurs later in December.
Those nominated must submit a completed application to Brima Wurie, 35-332, early January.
January deadlines:
Department of Energy Computational
Science Graduate Fellowship Program
DOE CSGF Program Coordinator
1609 Golden Aspen Drive, Suite 101
Ames, IA 50010
Telephone (515) 956-3696
Fax (515) 956-3699
E-mail csgf@krellinst.org
This fellowship is for exceptional undergraduate seniors or first or second year graduate students planning full-time study toward a PhD in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences with emphasis in high performance computing. Recipients receive full tuition and required fees for up to 4 years of study, $32,400 yearly stipend, matching funds for a computer workstation up to $2,500, yearly academic allowance of $1,000, yearly conferences, and opportunity to complete a practicum at a national DOE laboratory. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent resident aliens.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: early
January
Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration
Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
1609 Golden Aspen Dr., Suite 101
Ames, IA 50010
Telephone (515) 956-3696
Fax (515) 956-3699
E-mail ssgf@krellinst.org
Fellowship supports graduate students planning full-time study for a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewartship science areas such as high-energy density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent resident aliens. Benefits include yearly stipend, payment of all tuition and required fees for up to 4 years of study at any US university, and a yearly academic allowance for professional development.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: early January
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
Fellowships Office, Keck 576
National Research Council
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-334-2872
E-mail infofell@nas.edu
These fellowships are designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
- Predoctoral fellowships support study toward a Ph.D. or Sc.D.
- Dissertation fellowships offer support in the final year of writing the Ph.D. or Sc.D. thesis
- Postdoctoral Fellowships offer one-year awards for Ph.D. recipients
Applicants must be U.S. citizens in research-based fields of study.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: early January
National
Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
(NDSEG)
US Department
of Defense, NDSEG Fellowship Program
200 Park Drive, Suite 211
P.O. Box 134444,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709
Telephone (919) 549-8505
The NDSEG fellowship
of the US Department of Defense is intended for students at
or near the beginning of graduate study for doctoral degrees
in mathematical, physical, biological and engineering sciences.
Open to US citizens only, it is a three-year award with stipend
plus full tuition and fees. Send e-mail to ndseg@aro-emhl.army.mil.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: early
January
American Psychological Association Neuroscience Fellowships
Minority Fellowship Program
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Telephone (202) 336-6127
TDD/TTY (202) 336-6123
Fax (202) 336-6012
Email mfp@apa.org
Predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in neuroscience are available for full-time students in nonclinical doctoral programs, or those who hold doctorates and are engaged in full-time postdoctoral training in neuroscience. Members of underrepresented ethnic-minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications are available online.
Deadline:
January 15
Josephine de Karman Fellowship
Fellowship Committee
Judy McClain, Secretary
Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust
P.O. Box 3389
San Dimas, CA 91773
Telephone (909) 592-0607
Fellowships are available to students in any discipline entering their senior undergraduate year, or to any candidate for a Ph.D who has completed all requirements for that degree by January 31. Post doctoral students are not eligible for consideration. International students may apply if they are already enrolled in a university located in the United States and if they will be in the United States by July preceding the fall semester of the academic year for which they have enrolled. Grants are for one year and may not be renewed or postponed. Stipend will be $16,000 for the regular academic year.
Applications are available online; completed applications include transcripts of the applicant's scholarship records and two letters of recommendation
Deadline: January 31
February deadlines:
NASA
Graduate Student Researchers Project
Graduate Student
Researchers Program Manager, Ahmed Nurriddin
NASA Headquarters, Code FE, HQ
Washington, DC 20546-0001
Telephone (301) 918-8390
Training grants of
up to $30,000, plus a NASA internship, for one year; renewable for a total of three
years. Students may apply at any time during their graduate
career. An applicant must be sponsored by the department chair
or faculty advisor.
Applications are available online.
Deadline:
February 1
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