Graduate Fellowships & Scholarships

A wide variety of fellowships are available to graduate students at all levels and in all disciplines. We encourage you to see out and apply for all external funding opportunities which you qualify for. Below are a list of organizations which have multiple opportunities for students. Further down are individual grant and fellowship opportunities, which some international students may be eligible for as well.

 

American Political Science Association Minority Fellows Program



Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy Annual Student Research Award

Federal Programs Supporting Graduate Students

Ford Foundation Fellowship Program

The Getty Foundation



Hispanic Scholarship Fund



Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program



Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program



LASPAU

Medieval Academy of America

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

Oak Ridge Institute of Science & Education (ORISE) & Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)

Organization of American States Rowe Fund

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans



P.E.O. International Peace Scholarships



Smithsonian Institution 

Social Science Research Council

US Department of State Fulbright Grants

US Department of Transportation

 

American Institute of Indian Research Fellowships

To support students conducting dissertation research in India



Asian Cultural Council Programs

Grants to pursue creative activities in Asia



Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowships

Post-doctoral and dissertation fellowships for exploring the problems of violence and aggression in the modern world

American-Scandinavian Foundation

One-year fellowships for Scandinavian citizens studying in the US

Belgian American Educational Foundation

Fellowships for Belgian citizens to study in the US and for American citizens to study in Belgium



Population Council, Social Science Fellowship Program

Post-doctoral fellowships for those from developing nations

Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future

For women from developing countries who plan to become professors to pursue PhDs 



Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund



American Statistical Association, ASA/NSF Research Fellowships

Dissertation research and other small grants in various subject areas



Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies



National Estuarine Research Reserve System, Graduate Research Fellowship Program



Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

Predoctoral, dissertation, and post-doctoral fellowships in anthropology



Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education

Spencer also offers post-doctoral awards



Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

For “original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences”



American Association for University Women International Fellowships

For women who are not US citizens or permanent residents and who show “demonstrated commitment to women and girls”



Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship in the Arts 

For advanced study in music, art, history, theatre, architecture, or urban/regional planning



American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships

One or two year fellowships for PhD, MD, DPH or equivalent students



American Musicological Society

Alvin H. Johnson dissertation year fellowship

Howard Mayer Brown fellowship for minority scholars in musicology



The Leakey Foundation

Grants and fellowships for research related to human origins



NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship

Program matching coastal management programs with graduate students



American Geophysical Union Horton Research Grant

Research projects in hydrology and water resources



Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Research Grants

Grants for research projects in social policy and social science



Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

For doctoral students whose work involves field studies and the collections of specimens and data

Post-docs and doctoral students eligible for separate award specific to astrobiology



Scholarship search engines:

http://www.internationalscholarships.com/

http://www.iefa.org/