Graduate Study Fellowships
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
November 13-19, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and permanent residents, US nationals.
Disciplines: Computer, Information Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences.
Academic elegibility: Prospective graduate student / 1st and 2nd year graduate student.
Award: stipends of $30,000 plus up to $12,000 for tuition (3 years).
SMART Scholarship Program
December 14, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens, able to obtain security clearance, and willing to work as a civilian at the DoD after graduating.
Disciplines: wide range of technical areas, including most fields of engineering, science, and mathematics.
Academic elegibility: graduate student.
Award: full tuition, plus stipend ($36,300-$41,800), book allowance, health insurance, paid summer internship.
Department of Defense (DOD), National Defense Science And Engineering Graduate Fellowship
December 14, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens only.
Disciplines: biosciences; computer science; cognitive, neural and behavioral sciences.
Academic elegibility: Prospective graduate student / 1st and 2nd year graduate student.
Award: stipends of $30,000 plus full tuition (3 years).
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Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral
December 8, 2012; April 8, August 8, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and permanent residents.
Disciplines: All disciplines relevant to National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Academic elegibility: Experienced graduate student.
Award: stipends of $21,000 plus institutional allowance and some tuition (3 years).
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
November 2, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens or permanent residents only.
Disciplines: applied physical, biological, engineering sciences.
Academic elegibility: prospective and first graduate student.
Award: stipend of $28,000 plus academic allowance (9 months).
Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral (Graduate) Fellowships
November 14, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and nationals.
Disciplines: computer science, engineering, life sciences, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology.
Academic elegibility: Prospective graduate students / 1st and 2nd year graduate student.
Award: stipends of $20,000, but no tuition (3 years).
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
November 19, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and nationals.
Disciplines: computer science, engineering, life sciences, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology.
Academic elegibility: 4th - 5th year graduate student.
Award: stipends of $21,000 but no tuition (9-12 months).
HHMI International Student Research Fellowships
november, 29, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: International predoctoral students studying in the United States.
Disciplines: Eligible biomedical-related fields include biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, engineering, and plant biology—as well as interdisciplinary research.
Academic elegibility: 2nd - 3rd year graduate students. Institutional nomination.
Award: three-year fellowships to support years three, four, and five of a Ph.D. program.
Facebook Fellowship Program
December, 16, 2012 ? - link to website
Requirements: Ph.D. students, any nationality
Disciplines: Computational Advertising, Computer Vision, Compiler Technology, Computer Architecture, Computer Networking, Computer Security, Databases, Data Mining, Distributed Computing, Fault Tolerance, Human-Computer Interaction, Internet Economics, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Search, Smart Datacenters, Social Computing.
Academic elegibility: Ph.D. students, any year
Award: Tuition and fees will be paid for the academic year, $30K stipend (over 9 months of the academic year) p[lus tuition, $5K per year for conference, $2.5K toward a computer.
Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program
January 8, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and permanent residents.
Disciplines: physical, engineering (including image processing), computer, mathematical, or life sciences (and computational and systems biology, cell molecular biology).
Academic elegibility: 1st and 2nd year graduate student.
Award: stipends of $31,000 plus full tuition (4 years).
Google US/Canada PhD Fellowship Program
February 1, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and permanent residents.
Disciplines: computer science, related disciplines and promising research areas.
Academic elegibility: Graduate student, any year. Nomination by the university
Award: stipends of $32,000 + tuition
Josephine De Kármán Fellowship Trust
~ January , 2013 - link to website
Requirements: Graduate students of any nationality may apply.
Disciplines: all disciplines.
Academic elegibility: working on doctoral dissertation.
Award: Stipend of $22,000 - 1 academic year only.
American Psychological Foundation Scholarships & Fellowships
Various deadline - link to website
Requirements: Varied.
Disciplines: open to all fields related to psychology.
Academic elegibility: prospective/ current graduate students.
Award: Various fellowships and scholarships for travels, etc.
Department of Education, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Program not offered in 2011 - 2012 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens and permanent residents, US nationals.
Disciplines: Social Sciences, Psychology (not clinical), Linguistics, Philosophy.
Academic elegibility: Prospective graduate student/ 1st year graduate student.
Award: stipends of ~ $30,000 plus full tuition (4 years).
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program
October 9, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: Graduate student from any nationality can apply. Must be nominated by the department/school.
Disciplines: computer science and engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering , physical and mathematical sciences, business sciences and management.
Academic elegibility: Apply during 2nd or 3rd year of PhD graduate study.
Award: stipend of $28,000, and full tuition, and travel allowance (for two academic years).
Microsoft Research: Graduate Women's Scholarship Program
October 16, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: Graduate student from any nationality can apply. Must be nominated by the department/school.
Disciplines: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics.
Academic elegibility: Apply during 1st year of PhD graduate study.
Award: stipend of US$15,000 and travel allowance (for one year).
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
November 9, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: "New Americans" (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country), under 31 years old.
Disciplines: open to all fields.
Academic elegibility: prospective/ current graduate students (1st and 2nd year).
Award: stipends of $25,000 plus partial tuition for up 3 or more years
American Psychological Foundation, Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Fellowships
November 15, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: no citizenship requirements.
Disciplines: child developmental psychology.
Academic elegibility: Advanced graduate students (from 3rd year or having passed qualifying exams).
Award: stipend up to $25,000 + travel funds. 1 year of support
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG)
November 9, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: Affiliation with US institution, but no citizenships requirements.
Disciplines: Environmental Biology or Animal Behavior.
Academic elegibility: candidate for Ph.D.
Award: stipend up to $25,000 + travel funds.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships
November 15, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: Women, US citizenship or permanent residents only.
Disciplines: all fields of study.
Academic elegibility: working on doctoral dissertation (4th year or later).
Award: $20,000 dissertation fellowship.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships
December 1, 2012 - link to website
Requirements: Women, non US citizens.
Disciplines: all fields of study.
Academic elegibility: performing a PhD in the U.S.
Award: $20,000 doctoral fellowships. one year, with a possibility to renew it for a second year.
Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31)
December 13, 2012; April 13, August 13, 2013 - link to website
Elegibility: Individuals with disabilities, or from racial and ethnic groups, or individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing advanced degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Disciplines: prospective/ current graduate students; preference given to underrepresented students.
Academic elegibility: life sciences, engineering, health sciences, biomedical, behavioral, or statistical research.
Award: NIH stipends up tp 5 years.
UNCF-Merck Graduate Science Scholarship and Research Dissertation Fellowships
December 1, 2011 - link to website
Requirements: African American US citizens or permanent residents.
Disciplines: science or engineering.
Academic elegibility: PhD research or working on doctoral dissertation.
Award: maximum award of $30,000.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowships
December 15, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: All nationalities.
Disciplines: Computer Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area.
Academic elegibility: Graduate students starting their 2nd year and above.
Award: One year, renewable up to 5 years.
American Physiological Society (APS), Porter Physiology Fellowships for Minorities
January 15, 2013 - link to website
Requirements:underrepresented ethnic minorites who are US citizens or permanent residents.
Disciplines: physiological sciences.
Academic elegibility: prospective/ current graduate students pursuing full-time studies toward the PhD.
Award: annual stipend for 1 to 2 years
Intel Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Applications are not accepted directly from students. Contact EE&CS department to check MIT's Participation in program - link to website
Requirements:Unknown (applications vis department).
Disciplines: Engineering, Computer Science and other technical majors focusing on semiconductor technologies, micro-architecture, and communications.
Academic elegibility: Advanced Graduate student from 2nd year.
Award: Two-year fellowship is renewable for up to two years.
National Security Education Program, David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
January 31, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens, desire to add an international or language component to graduate studies.
Disciplines: life sciences, social sciences, engineering, language, and culture.
Academic elegibility: prospective/ current graduate students.
Award: stipends up to $30,000 per year for international study.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Dissertation Fellowship
Early February, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: must be enrolled in a graduate program, agree to participate in Fellowship activities.
Disciplines: all fields.
Academic elegibility: Advanced graduate students working on dissertation.
Award: one-time award of $25,000.
AT & T Labs Fellowship Program
January 15, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: women and minority groups who are US citizens or permanent residents.
Disciplines: information studies, engineering.
Academic elegibility: prospective/ current graduate students.
Award: full tuition, books, travel expenses, and stipends of $2,380 per month.
American Psychological Foundation, Esther Katz Rosen Fellowship
March 1, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: Open to all nationalities.
Disciplines: Fellowships supports activities related to the psychological understanding of gifted and talented children and adolescents.
Academic elegibility: Advanced graduate students (from 3rd year or having passed qualifying exams).
Award: Up to $25,000 for a one year graduate student fellowship.
American Statistical Association, ASA/NSF Research Fellowship Programs
Various Deadlines - link to website
Requirements: academically recognized research records, and respective expertise.
Disciplines: social sciences, statistical methodology and computing, quantitative methods and data.
Academic elegibility: Prospective/ Current graduate student.
Award: stipends are dependent on qualifications and experience.
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships
Deadlines vary depending on local rotary club, from March-August, 2013 - link to website
Requirements: US citizens. Foreign nationals can apply to Rotary Clubs in their home countries.
Disciplines: open to all fields.
Academic elegibility: prospective/ current graduate students who wish to continue their studies abroad for an academic year.
Award: stipends up to $25,000.
National Institute of Justice (NiJ), Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Requirements: no citizenship requirements.
Disciplines: interest in research on issues in crime and justice.
Academic elegibility: working on doctoral dissertation.
Award: stipend of $20,000.
US Department of Homeland Security
No graduate awardsTHIS YEAR ?- link to website
Requirements: US citizens and permanent residents.
Disciplines: physical sciences, mathematical sciences, computer and information sciences, life sciences, social sciences, psychology, and engineering.
Academic elegibility: Prospective graduate student/ 1st and 2nd year graduate student.
Award: stipends of $30,000 plus full tuition (3 years).
IBM Graduate Fellowship Award
Program open for 2012-2013
Requirements: Graduate student from any nationality can apply.
Disciplines: computer science and engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering , physical and mathematical sciences, business sciences and management.
Academic elegibility: From 2nd year of graduate study. Nomination by a faculty member
Award: tuition, fees, and a stipend for one nine-month academic year (up to 3 years).