External Fellowships

AAUW Dissertation Fellowship

• Deadline: Mid November
• Applicants must be U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Applicants must be women scholars completing doctoral dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research, or finishing research for publication
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AAUW International Fellowship

• Deadline: Early December
• Applicants must be women who are not United States citizen or permanent resident
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Department of Defense National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program

• Deadline: Mid-December
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen or nationals
• Applicants must be in the field of: Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biosciences, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer and Computational Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• Applicants must be in their first year of their graduate studies or starting 2nd year of graduate studies
• Fellowships are awarded only to applicants who intend to pursue a doctoral degree
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Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

• Deadline: Early January
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Applicants must be in their first year of graduate studies (M.S. degree or Ph.D. students without an M.S. degree). Note: Second year graduate students are no longer eligible
• Applicants must be enrolled full-time first year PhD student at an accredited U.S. university and conduct research in an area of interest to the Department of Energy
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Department of Energy STEM Graduate Fellowships

• Applicants must be U.S. citizen
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Department of Homeland Security Graduate Fellowships

• Deadline: Early January
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen
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Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

• Deadline: Mid November
• Applicants must be U.S. Citizen
• Applicants must be enrolled in a research-based program leading to a Ph.D. degree
• Applicants must be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
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Ford Foundation Fellowships

• Deadline: varies in November
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen, US national, permanent resident, or have deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
• Applicants must demonstrate evidence of superior academic achievement
• Applicants must be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
• Applicants must meet all other eligibility requirements as set forth by the specific fellowship they are applying for (Predoctoral, Dissertation, or Postdoctoral)
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Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

• Deadline: Mid November
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen
• Applicants must be enrolled in a research-based program leading to a Ph.D. degree
• Applicants must be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
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Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program

• Deadline: Mid March
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Applicants must be a graduate student in good standing at an institution of higher education in the US who, when the fellowship begins, is admitted to candidacy in a doctoral program in modern foreign languages and area studies at the institution
• Applicants plan a teaching career in the US upon graduation.
• Applicants possess adequate skills in the language(s) necessary to carry out the dissertation project.
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Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD)\

• Deadline: January
• Applicants must be U.S. Citizen
• Applicants must be in first or second year of a graduate program
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Google PhD Fellowship Program

• Deadline: May
• Applicants must remain enrolled full-time in the Ph.D. program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
• Applicants will have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the fellowship begins (fellowships are effective in the following school year).
  • Students must be in at least their 3rd year of a PhD program by the fall semester or quarter of the year when the fellowship begins. The nominating university will be asked to confirmed the student’s PhD program start date.
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Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award

• Deadline: varies in October
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Applicants must be in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences fields
• Applicants should not be beyond their first year of graduate study
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Korean American Scholarship Foundation

• Deadline: April
• Applicants must be of Korean heritage studying in the United States regardles of citizenship status
• Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate need for financial assistance
• Applicants must be a full-time student the school year they are awarded
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Link Foundation Energy Fellowship

• Deadline: December 1st
• Applicants must be working toward a Ph.D. in an academic institution
• No limitations have been placed on citizenship.
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Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship

• Deadline: mid-August
• Applicants must attend a United States or Canadian universityApplicants must be in a Ph.D. program in an NSF-supported field
• Applicants must be enrolled in the Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics department
• Applicants must be in their third year of an eligible Ph.D. program
• Applicants must be nominated by the Department Chair of their University
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

• Deadline: Varies in late October
• Applicants must be a US citizen, US national, or permanent resident
• Applicants must be in a research-focused Master’s or Ph.D. program in an NSF-supported field
• Applicants must be enrolled in an eligible program at an accredited United States graduate institution
• Applicants must have completed no more than twelve months of full-time graduate study (or the equivalent)
• Applicants must meet all other eligibility requirements as set forth in the current Program Solicitation
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program – Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide

• Deadline: Early February
• Applicants must be a US citizen, US national, or permanent resident
• Applicants must be in a research-focused Master’s or Ph.D. program in an NSF-supported field
• Applicants must have completed at least one year of their graduate program at the time of application
• Applicants must be active awardees of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
• Applicants must be enrolled at U.S. institutions, making satisfactory progress towards their degrees, and have fulfilled all GRFP reporting requirements
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NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program

• Deadline: Early February
• Applicants must be U.S. citizen (permanent residents are not eligible).
• Students may apply at any time during their graduate program. All applicants must have a University Faculty Research Advisor (who will be the Principal Investigator of the GSRP Training Grant) from the institution where they plan to receive their graduate degree.
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NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Project

• Applicants must be U.S. citizen
• Applicants must be a member of an underrepresented group, which includes women, ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities majoring in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline
• Applicants must either be within the first 3 years of a graduate program at an accredited, U.S. university OR be in the process of applying to an accredited STEM graduate program. Note: Persons who have advanced to doctoral candidacy are in-eligible
• Minimum 3.00 GPA
• If selected, students cannot participate in any other federally-funded fellowship or scholarship program
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NVIDIA Fellowship

• Deadline: varies
• Applicants must have already complete their first year of a Ph.D. level studies
• Applicants must be have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Architecture, Electrical Engineering or a related area
• Applicants must be engaged in active research as part of their Ph.D. dissertation
• Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time Ph.D. student
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Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

• Applicants must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a Qualified Graduate Program with the Ph.D. as their degree objective. At the time of application, applicants must have obtained the Ph.D. candidacy at their home institution, and must have established a defined graduate thesis project and graduate thesis advisor.
• Applicants must be pursuing a Ph.D. in physics, chemistry, material sciences, biology (non-medical), mathematics, engineering, computer or computational sciences, or select areas of environmental sciences at an accredited college or university in the US.
• Applicants and their primary graduate thesis advisor are responsible for identifying a collaborating research scientist at a DOE laboratory and jointly developing the research proposal as part of the SCGSR application process.
• Applicants thesis research must meet certain circumstances to be considered eligible for this award.
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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

• Deadline: Early November
• Applicants must be a New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country).
• Applicants must be not yet 31 years old
• Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and cannot be beyond second year in the graduate degree program
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SPIE Educational and Travel Scholarships

• Deadline: Mid February
• Applicants must be a member of SPIE
• Applicants must be enrolled in electrical engineering
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Switzer Foundation Graduate Environmental Fellowship

• Deadline: Mid January
• Applicants must be U.S. Citizen
• Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited graduate institution in California
• Applicants must have strong academic qualifications
• Applicants must have academic and career goals focused on environmental improvement
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UC Natural Reserve System Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant Program

• Deadline: Early October
• Applicants must be enrolled at a UC campus other than UCSF while conducting their research
• Studies must be conducted on reserves in the Natural Reserve System or at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park or White Mountain Research Station
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