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Fellowships
For a detailed comparison of RAs, TAs, and fellowships, refer to the table on the Funding Options page.
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 list below 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.
Portable Fellowships
Rome Prize Applications are accepted in the following fields: ARTS (Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Musical Composition, Visual Arts) and HUMANITIES (Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Modern Italian Studies).
- Dissertation Fellowships:
To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plan by a certain date. Open to applicants in all fields of study, except engineering.
- Selected Professions Fellowships : Awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low.
- Research Fellows Program : This program receives support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to provide fellowships for beginning educational policy researchers, including advanced graduate students, to focus on policy-related research while in residence at either NCES or NSF. Minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Dissertation Grants Program : This program receives support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide funding for advanced graduate students conducting educational policy-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. Minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Minority Doctoral Fellowships: Fellowships of up to $12,000 available to minority candidates who have been accepted into a doctoral accounting program.
- Graduate Fellowships for Talented Minorities
Last year the 13 Consortium schools offered more than 300 fellowships covering tuition and mandatory fees for two years of full-time study. Applicants who are admitted through The Consortium process and become Consortium members are considered for these prestigious fellowships. Individual schools may also award other merit based scholarships and financial aid.
This year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.
Predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Dissertation Fellowships
This year the program will award approximately 35 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
- The Academy Fellowship Program
The Academy Fellowship Program is an annual leadership training program for multi-ethnic students who have at minimum completed their undergraduate studies and want experience working on low-income and minority economic development.
Main Project Assignment - Fellows work independently and develop expertise in a specific program area (banking, health, telecommunications, or sustainable development) under the direction of Greenlining staff.
- The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy
The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy is designed to prepare physicians, particularly minority physicians, for leadership roles in formulating and implementing public health policy and practice on a national, state, and/or local level. It is expected that the Fellowship will support the development of a cadre of leaders in minority health, well-trained academically and professionally in public health, health policy, health management, and clinical medicine, as well as committed to pursuing careers in public service.
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M.S. Engineering Fellowship Program
The objective of this program is to promote the benefits of a masters degre within industry. GEM Fellows are provided practical engineering summer work experiences through an employer sponsor and a portable academic year fellowship of tuition, fees, and a stipend which may be used at any participating GEM Member University where the GEM Fellow is admitted.
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Ph.D. Engineering Fellowship Program
The objective of this program is to offer doctoral fellowships to underrepresented minority students who have either completed or are currently enrolled in a master's in engineering program. Fellowships may be used at any participating GEM Member University where the GEM Fellow is admitted.
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Ph.D. Science Fellowship Program
The goal of this program is to increase the number of minority students who pursue doctoral degrees in the natural science disciplines -- chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, and computer science. Applicants to this program are accepted as early as their junior undergraduate year, as well as candidates currently enrolled in a Master's of Engineering program and working professionals. Fellowships offered through this program are portable and may be used at any participating GEM Member University where the GEM Fellow is admitted.
- Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences
NPSC offers a unique graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and related engineering fields. It is open to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented minorities and women. An NPSC Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, depending on the employer who sponsors the fellowship, with the possibility of continuation for several more years providing all the conditions of the fellowship continue to be met. The maximum duration is six years, in which case the overall value (stipend, tuition, fees, summer salary for two summers) of an NPSC fellowship typically well exceeds $200,000.
- Urban/Rural Graduate Fellowships Leading to a Master of Public Administration (MPA)
National Urban Fellows is a rigorous, full-time graduate program comprised of two semesters of academic course work and a nine month mentorship, leading
to a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Bernard M. Baruch
College, School of Public Affairs, City University of New York. During the mentorship, Fellows complete course work via distance learning.
An MPA degree is awarded to Fellows upon completion of all academic
and program requirements.
- Graduate Fellowships Requirements
The Fellowships are grants for up to two years of graduate study in the United States. The recipients are chosen on a nationally competitive basis. Thirty Fellowships will be awarded each year. A New American is an individual who (1) is a resident alien; i.e., holds a Green Card, or, (2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen, or (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. The applicant must either have a bachelor's degree or be in her/his final year of undergraduate study. Those who have a bachelor's degree may already be pursuing graduate study and may receive Fellowship support to continue that study. Individuals who are in the third, or subsequent, year of study in the same graduate program are not, however, eligible for this competition. Students who have received a master's degree in a program and are continuing for a doctoral degree in the same program are considered to have been in the same program from the time they began their work on their master's degree.
- Graduate Fellowships for Master's Degree Candidates in Child Development
The Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development announces the Sydney Fellowship available for students entering graduate study and pursuing the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) or Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.).
Initial funding for the Fellowship has been provided by the Sydney Foundation in memory of William L. Sydney, a 1963 graduate of Tufts and advocate for children. Other generous donors have since added to the fund. The Sydney Fellowship program reflects our department's commitment to increasing diversity in the graduate student population so as to better serve children and families. Students from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. For nearly 80 years, the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development has been a community devoted to the study and well-being of children and families. As a research and training facility, Eliot-Pearson is unique in its integration of child development research and theory with practical applications involving children and their families. Our approach prepares students for many different careers, including teaching, pediatrics, research, human services, special needs, or social policy and advocacy.
- The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is open to all qualified candidates who are committed to university careers in research, teaching, and service that will enhance the diversity of the academic community at the University of California. For fellowships in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Professions, the program will prefer candidates whose research emphasizes issues such as diversity, multi-culturalism and communities underserved by traditional academic research. For fellowships in Math, Engineering, Life Science and Physical Science, the program will prefer candidates with a demonstrated record of mentoring or outreach activities that promote access and opportunity in higher education.
- SUMMA Foundation awards on an annual basis a Graduate Fellowship in Advanced Electromagnetics.
Awarded To:
- Graduate students studying electromagnetics to pursue Ph.D. - may be currently candidate for M.S. or early in Ph.D. work.
- Expect primary interest to students in electrical engineering specializing in electromagnetics, but occasionally students in physics, mathematics, (and geophysics) may be appropriate.
- Scope: International - except in cases where legal problems raise difficulty
- Ernest G. Chachere Doctoral Diversity Fellowships
The Graduate School at The University of New Orleans is pleased to announce the creation of the new Ernest G. Chachere Doctoral Diversity Fellowship for minority students in the fields of science and engineering. The Fellowship provides for full tuition at The Univerisity of New Orleans a $22,000 stipend per academic year for four (4) consecutive years and a 4-year membership in the Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Program. Eligible persons include: U.S. Minority Doctoral students entering a science or engineering program at The University of New Orleans. According to the the U.S. Census Bureau, the "U.S. Minority" refers to: African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native persons.
- Blinks Summer Fellowships in Marine Research
The Blinks Fellowship Program brings together enthusiastic fellows with the remarkable biological resources and scientific minds at University of Washington's marine science research facility. With support from the United Negro College Fund, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the American Society for Cell Biology, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, and the Anne Hof Blinks Memorial Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories offers a full immersion research experience for motivated undergraduates, post-baccalaureates and graduate students. In keeping with the University of Washington's policy of encouraging cultural diversity in its student body, the program seeks 4-8 students of diverse backgrounds and interests to participate in a six to ten week summer research project in the marine sciences. By linking fellows with marine scientists, fellows learn both the process and the substance of scientific research. As the research progresses, fellows will be encouraged to become semi-independent collaborators. The experience will expose fellows to the life and work of a marine science research laboratory.
- Ferguson Fellowship Program
The Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowship Program provides educational and experiential opportunities for racial and ethnic minority medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, and public health graduate students in a broad array of public health activities. Ferguson Fellows are engaged for eight weeks in a rigorous program of public health research and/or intervention, which they summarize in a scientific presentation at the end of the session. Ferguson Fellows' travel and housing expenses are paid, and they receive a stipend for the summer.
- Mickey Leland Energy Fellowships
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy is dedicated to supporting minority students who are studying in academic disciplines that are related to the Fossil Energy mission. Through its Headquarters and field offices, the Fossil Energy Office offers summer internship opportunities to students to enhance their knowledge and gain hands-on experience and encourages them to consider future employment with the Federal Government upon graduation.This fellowship embodies the positive attributes of the two FE Internship programs - Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Internship Programs - showcases their strengths and accomplishments, establishes a third internship program, i.e., the Tribal Colleges and Universities, and addresses participation by disabled students all into one broad-based program that envisions the creation of a model organizational culture at the Department of Energy for the new millennium.
- Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Graduate Fellowships
The Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) increases the number of graduate degrees awarded to underrepresented persons (women, minorities, and/or persons with disabilities) participating in the STEM workforce, thereby eliminating the shortage of skilled workers. Approximately 20 students are selected annually to receive financial support for their graduate education. Fellowship tenure is a maximum of 36 months for individuals pursuing a doctorate and/or master's degree in NASA-related fields, for example; Aeronautics/Aerospace, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, etc.
- Predoctoral Graduate Fellowship Awards for Minority Students
This program encourages students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to seek graduate degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences to help increase the number of well-trained scientists from underrepresented groups. The fellowship provides up to 5 years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree, the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree, or other combined degrees in the biomedical or behavioral sciences.
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Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathemetics (STEM) fields in a host institution only in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences within the purview of NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors and starter research grants for Fellows.
- USDA National Needs Graduate Fellowships for Multicultural Graduate Students in Conservation Fields
The Rubenstein School is a multi-disciplinary academic unit that strives to integrate disparate disciplines to create knowledge and develop solutions to a broad array of environmental issues. Faculty expertise includes forestry, wildlife biology, recreation management, environmental philosophy, sociology, policy, planning, economics, conflict resolution, and environmental sciences. In addition, interdisciplinary fields like ecological economics, ecological design, conservation organizations, the program establishes a strong curricular base to support academic leadership in conservation. Multicultural Fellows will collaborate and be taught by internationally-renowned faculty at UVM and will be part of an academically stimulating environment characterized by seminars from leading scholars and practitioners in the field. Fellows will have access to an array of active conservation-oriented projects and service-learning courses and will have the opportunity to participate in a mentorship program with conservation practitioners and researchers. Finally, Fellows will participate in a paid internship experience with a conservation organization.
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Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous Fellows have explored such topics as transnational religious education for Muslim women, the complex gender dynamics of voluntary marriage migration, women's role in African-American adult literacy, women's sports, militarism and the education of American women, and the relationship between family commitments and women's work mobility. The WW Women's Studies Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways.
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The Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
The Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship program provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply. The goal of the fellowship program is to attract outstanding students who enroll in two-year master's degree programs in public policy, international affairs, public administration, or academic fields such as business, economics, political science, sociology, or foreign languages, who represent all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds and who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The program develops a source of trained men and women who will represent the skill needs of the Department and who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad.
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