Graduate Fellowship Opportunities


The following is a short list of potential funding sources for graduate student fellowships.  It may be of use to supewrior graduate students seeking to obtain their  own support, independent of their faculty mentor.  In many cases the awards may be made to the student prior to their selection of a graduate student program.  In all cases applications may come from students in the early phase (typically first year except for EPA) of their program and may reflect a specific research interest of the student. 

NSF Graduate Student Fellowship Program -new announcement will appear in August or September of each year - submission in November / December

URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 Program Title:
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Synopsis of Program:
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
 
Eligibility Information
Organization Limit: Fellowship applications must be submitted by the prospective Fellow. Applicants must register with the FastLane system prior to submitting an application and must affiliate with an accredited United States university, college, or non-profit academic institution or appropriate international institution of higher education offering advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics prior to activating the Fellowship award.

Applicant Eligibility Limit: Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States. The term "national" designates a native resident of a commonwealth or territory of the United States, such as American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. It does not refer to a citizen of another country who has applied for U.S. citizenship.Fellowships are intended for individuals in the earliest stages of their graduate study.

Applicants must have completed no more than twelve months of full-time graduate study or the equivalent in part-time study.

Individuals may apply during the senior year of college, prior to or during the first year of graduate school, and at the beginning of the second year of graduate school.

Limit on Number of Applications: Applicants are limited to only one application in this competition.
Award Information

Anticipated Type of Award: Fellowship

Estimated Number of Awards: 1000

Anticipated Funding Amount: $40,500 Annually: $30,000 Stipend and $10,500 Cost of Education allowance per award
=============================================================================================

Title: FALL 2006 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Graduate

Environmental Study - out now due 10/18/2005


URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_gro_fellow.html

Open Date: 07/15/2005 - Close Date: 10/18/2005

Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its
Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships
for master's and doctoral level students in the environmental fields of study.
The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is October 18, 2005. Subject to
availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 15 new
fellowships by July 21, 2006. Master's level students may receive support for
a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of
three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program
provides up to $37,000 per year of support.

Applicable Category(s): Grant/Fellowship Announcements
========================================================================================================


Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (GREF) 

Announcmements will come out in the fall and applications come due in February

The GREF program began in June 1999 to support graduate students in the Office of Biological and Environmental Research-funded collaborative global change research at universities and national laboratories. All qualified students are encouraged to apply, but minority and female students are particularly encouraged.

The fellowship program makes three-year appointments, renewable annually, and pays an annual stipend of $19,200 ($1,500 monthly plus a $600 Research Education Supplement in March and October), and tuition and fees. Graduate students selected for GREF are encouraged to participate in the SURE 2005 orientation and research focus sessions. If you decide to participate, GREF will pay transportation, per diem and lodging.

Applicants must have completed their first year in graduate school, unless they have participated previously in SURE. Applicants are required to complete the application form, and submit a five-page description of proposed research, letters of recommendation from the two mentors and an outside individual, and undergraduate and graduate transcripts. The deadline for the submission of applications will be February 7, 2005. Announcement of fellowships awards will be made in April 2005. The annual fellowship renewal application depends on evidence of the Fellow’s satisfactory academic and research direction and progress.

An important aspect of the GREF project will be the encouragement of interdisciplinary work among colleges, universities, and national laboratories involved in global change research efforts. Proposed doctoral research projects that bridge the gaps between the various GCEP programmatic research efforts will be particularly welcome. GREF Fellows have two mentors: a university faculty advisor and a national laboratory researcher who collaboratively guide the research activities. Successful applicants will be asked to give a presentation of their research efforts at a GREF workshop to be held in August 2005.


======================================================================================

NASA Graduate Student Research Program

http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/program/

Deadline usually February - each year, new infor for 2006 is not yet available but the abopve link should take you there
====================================================================================

 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship -Jan each year


http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/ndseg/


Cornell Graduate Fellowship data base

The Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Database primarily lists fellowships from non-Cornell sources. Anyone interested in
consulting the database is welcome to do so. Please browse the topics in the link or type in your own keyword search ("Einstein," "Kenya," "molecular biology," "January," etc.). Further inquiries regarding fellowships listed in the database should be directed to the sponsoring organization, rather than the Cornell Graduate Fellowships office. The Fellowships office limits its responses to requests for information from prospective applicants to Cornell and from current Cornell graduate students.
Created by W.T. Winter <wtwinter@syr.edu> or 315-470-6876
Last Modified Aug 2, 2005