Fellowships

In general, fellowships are very competitive but are also very prestigious. They do not require service, such as teaching, in return for funding, but some fellowships may have payback requirements (recipients must work in a designated field for a certain period of time). Portable fellowships are externally funded and allow recipients to use the funding at the institutions of their choice. Institutional fellowships, on the other hand, must be used to pursue graduate study exclusively at the institution awarding the fellowship. In most cases, you would be automatically considered for an institutional fellowship as part of your application for admission to the department.

Some federal government agencies and many non-profit foundations offer portable fellowships. The portable fellowship links in the GradPortal student section will give you some guidance in searching for such fellowship opportunities.

Remember, however, that most graduate students are NOT funded on fellowships but on Teaching or Research Assistantships.

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