Per federal guidelines, all fellowship and tuition support is taken into consideration when determining student loan eligibility. If you will receive federal student loans during the same academic year as a fellowship, please note your student loan eligibility could, and most likely will, be reduced by the amount of the fellowship stipend.
Students funded from full external fellowships are not permitted to hold employment during the tenure of their award or receive another full fellowship. Full fellowships are typically defined as providing a stipend commensurate with a teaching or research assistantship; that is, sufficient to cover general support (living, transportation, personal, and research expenses) necessary to support the pursuit of educational goals within the award period.
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The Hertz Foundation Fellowship The Hertz Fellowship provides financial and lifelong professional support for the nation’s most promising graduate students in science and technology. The fellowship includes up to five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000 and the freedom to pursue innovative projects. In addition, fellows take part in ongoing mentoring, symposia, and workshops with more than 1,200 fellows. Estimated Support: Up to 5yrs: $34,000/yr stipend + tuition & fees, $5,000/yr stipend for fellows with dependent children. |
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) |
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National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship The DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program is a competitive fellowship that is awarded to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. dual citizens who intend to pursue a Doctoral degree aligned to the DoD services Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) in research and development at a U.S. institution of their choice. Estimated Support: 3 years and pays for full tuition and all mandatory fees; a monthly stipend ($38,400 annually); a $5,000 travel budget over the Fellow’s tenure for professional development; and up to $1,200 a year in health insurance |
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Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) The goal of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories. The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory/facility in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students’ overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories/facilities. Estimated Support: up to $3,000 for general living expenses while at the host DOE laboratory/facility during the award period; total travel benefit of up to $2,000 per award |
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NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) The Kirschstein-NRSA program helps ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda. Fellowship activities can be in basic biomedical or clinical sciences, in behavioral or social sciences, in health services research, or in any other discipline relevant to the NIH mission. The major emphasis of the application should be the research training experience and broadening of scientific competence of the applicant. Estimated Support: Up to 5yrs; $24,324/yr stipend + up to $16,000/yr tuition & fees |
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Ford Foundation Fellowship 1 Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks 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. Estimated Support: 3yrs; $24,000/yr stipend |
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DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) The DOE CSGF provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. Estimated Support: Up to 4yrs; $36,000/yr stipend + tuition & fees |
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NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program is an Agency-wide fellowship program for graduate study leading to masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering related to NASA research and development. Estimated Support: 1yr; $27,000 stipend/travel + $3,000 for PI |
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NASA Interns, Fellows & Scholars (NIFS) One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) OSSI is a NASA-wide system for the recruitment, application, selection and career development of undergraduate and graduate students primarily in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Estimated Support: Varies |
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UC MEXUS-CONACYT Doctoral Fellowships 2 & 3 The UC MEXUS-CONACYT doctoral fellowships provide up to five years of funding for Mexican students doing their doctoral studies at any one of the ten University of California campuses. Students may pursue doctoral studies in most of the academic disciplines, with the exception of the arts. Estimated Support: 5yrs; $1,100 - $1,375/mo stipend + tuition & fees |
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Fulbright US Student Program The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide. Fulbright U.S. Student alumni populate a range of professions and include ambassadors, members of Congress, judges, heads of corporations, university presidents, journalists, artists, professors, and teachers. Estimated Support: Round-trip travel to host country + cost of living in host country |
1 DACA students eligible
2 Diversity preference/requirement
3 International students eligible
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Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships 1 & 3 ACLS invites applications for the ninth annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships, which support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the PhD. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than August 31, 2016. ACLS will award 65 fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2015 for the 2015-16 academic year. Estimated Support: 1yr; $30,000 + $3,000 research costs + $5,000 toward tuition & fees |
1 DACA students eligible
2 Diversity preference/requirement
3 International students eligible
Additional Resources
- A-Z Fellowships and Grants List
- California Student Aid Commission
- Edupass: Financial Aid for International Students
- fastWEB
- Fellowship Opportunities: Where to Find Them & How to Apply
- Foundation Center
- Graduate Scholarship List from E4FC for students that do not have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
- Grants.gov
- IRIS Database
- Johns Hopkins Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
- UC Davis List of External Fellowships
- UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database
Important :There has been a change in the way you receive fellowship awards and how you accept them. If you are awarded a fellowship, you will be notified through OnBase, the document management system used by Graduate Division. Please be sure to review these emails and accept or decline your awards in a timely manner. Read helpful handout.
