External Fellowship Deadlines - US Permanent Residents
September Deadlines
PhRMA Foundation Fellowships
This program provides up to two years of stipend funding to support full-time advanced students who will have completed most of their pre-thesis requirements (at least two years of study) and be engaged in thesis research as Ph.D. candidates by the time the award is activated.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
MERCK Graduate Science Dissertation Fellowship
The UNCF•Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships are intended to support African American graduate students as they complete coursework, conduct research, and prepare the dissertation required for the doctoral degree in the biomedical relevant life or physical sciences.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, African Americans
October Deadlines
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program
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.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: Dissertation Grants in Women’s Studies
The Women’s Studies Fellowships are provided to Ph.D. candidates at institutions in the United States who will complete their dissertations during the fellowship year. The most competitive applications include not only a clear, thorough, and compelling description of the candidate’s work, but also evidence of an enduring interest in and commitment to women’s issues and scholarship on women and gender.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
November Deadlines
American Association of University Women: American Fellowships
American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions or fields of research
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, Women
Autism Science Foundation
The Autism Science Foundation invites applications for its Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards from graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research relevant to autism spectrum disorders.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
The Foundation supports graduate students working towards the Ph.D. degree in applications of the physical sciences ranging from electrical engineering to molecular biomedicine. These are the fields: applied physics, applied chemistry, applied mathematics, applied modern biology and all areas of engineering which apply results from the basic physical sciences to generate solutions to problems of comparatively near-term, widespread human interest. The Foundation's efforts complement the applied physical sciences portion of the NSF's graduate fellowship program (and the Foundation coordinates with the NSF periodically).
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
GEM Fellowship
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.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
NSF Graduate Research Fellow Program
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships are open to immigrants and the children of immigrants who are entering or have begun graduate school. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in support of their education: $40,000 in tuition support and $50,000 in stipend support over two years. More importantly, they join a lifelong community of New Americans who are making significant contributions to society.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
December Deadlines
Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Fellowship Program
Two-year fellowships for predoctoral students interested in pursuing careers in autism research.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)
PURDUE DEADLINE: December (process is ran through Purdue) This award is to foster collaborations between investigators at IUSM, Purdue, ND, IUB, and IUPUI involved in translational research projects with strong potential to develop into externally funded programs or IP.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
January Deadlines
American Psychological Association Predoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (MHSAS)
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.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program
The DOE CSGF program provides a $36,00/year stipend and all tuition and fees paid, as well as opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields of study that use high performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. This fellowship is intended for students at or near the beginning of graduate study for doctoral degrees in one of fifteen supported disciplines.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration
This fellowship is intended for students at or near the beginning of graduate study for doctoral degrees in one of fifteen supported disciplines. DOE NNSA SSGF recipients must be enrolled as full-time graduate students at an accredited U.S. college or university and must study and research within the fellowship's goals. During the summer, fellows should conduct full-time research related to completing their degree, enroll in classes or take a practicum assignment at one of the DOE NNSA laboratories.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
Josephine de Karman Fellowship
To be competitive, graduate applicants should have outstanding letters of recommendation, significant publications, and have completed several chapters of the dissertation at the time of application. Although the competition is open to students from any US university or college, the vast majority of awards go to students at top-tier schools.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
To help students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training. Research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease and stroke, or to related clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems, including multidisciplinary efforts.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
Whitaker International Program (Last award cycle will be 2017)
The Whitaker International Program sends emerging leaders in U.S. biomedical engineering (or bioengineering) overseas to undertake a self-designed project that will enhance their careers within the field. The goal of the program is to assist the development of professional leaders who are not only superb scientists, but who also will advance the profession through an international outlook. Along with supporting grant projects in an academic setting, the Whitaker International Program encourages grantees to engage in policy work and propose projects in an industry setting.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
February Deadlines
SRC Fellowships and Scholarships
SRC offers doctoral fellowships and master's scholarships through the Global Research Collaboration (GRC) and one doctoral fellowship through the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), the SRC NRI/Hans J. Coufal Fellowship. The Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP) and the GRC Master's Scholarship Program (MSP), (targeting underrepresented minorities and women), are funded through GRC and the SRC Education Alliance and is made available through an annual call and application process beginning in November of each year for awards the following fall.
Both the GFP and MSP include company-named awards supported by GLOBALFOUNDRIES, IBM, Intel Foundation, and Texas Instruments.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
Tau Beta Pi Fellowships
Tau Beta Pi fellows are free to do graduate work in any field which will enable them to contribute to the engineering profession. The only specific duty of awardees is to write a report at the completion of the fellowship year summarizing their work.
Eligibility: Tau Beta Pi Alumnus, US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, International Students
Chorafas Foundation Awards
Purdue University will nominate one PhD graduate student researcher for the 2015 Chorafas Foundation Award. The $5,000 award, made available by the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation, is intended as a prize for advanced studies and/or research during or shortly after graduation. Professor Dimitris N. Chorafas was founder and a member of the Board of the Foundation from 1992 to 2014, when he passed away. Each year, the Foundation awards prizes to more than 20 universities, with the goal of stimulating promising young researchers. Participating universities nominate their own candidates.
Eligibility: Must be under 32 years of age, No stipulation on citizenship
April Deadlines
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships
The purpose of this program is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research. The proposed mentored research training is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. The F31 is also used to enhance workforce diversity though a separate program.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships
The purpose of this program is to enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of predoctoral students from population groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce. The proposed mentored research training is expected to clearly enhance the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist.
Eligibility: Underrepresented Minorities in Science, US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
May Deadlines
American Society for Microbiology: Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship
The goal of the fellowship is to increase the number of underrepresented groups completing doctoral degrees in the microbiological sciences. The ASM Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship is aimed at highly competitive graduate students who are enrolled in a Ph.D. program and who have completed their graduate course work in the microbiological sciences. The fellowship encourages students to continue and complete their research project in the microbiological sciences.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents
Neuroscience Scholars Program
The Neuroscience Scholars Program strives to build the capacity of underrepresented graduate and postdoctoral researchers to cultivate long-term success through mentoring and networking, professional skill development, and educational programming.
Eligibility: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents