Funding

Whether you are a new student, current graduate, or postdoctoral scholar, opportunities are available to apply for funding! View these options now and be sure to check the program websites regularly for the most updated information. Start now, save time, and plan ahead!

By Noreen Balos, Funding Peer
Monday, October 31st, 2016 - 12:51pm


If you are looking for financial support for the coming year or next, the time to start applying is now! Whether you are a new student, current graduate, or postdoctoral scholar, opportunities are available at different points of your academic trajectory. Below is a sample list of upcoming deadlines to consider. A friendly reminder: start talking to your faculty advisor about opportunities you are interested in, especially if you plan on requesting their support with letters of recommendation. And be sure to check the program websites regularly for the most updated information. Start now, save time, and plan ahead!

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Oct. 31 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Nov. 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nov. 1 Library Company of Philadelphia Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Nov. 1 California Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nov. 1 Columbia University Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Nov. 7 School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Fellowships
Nov. 7 University of Michigan LSA (Literature, Arts, Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nov. 10 Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nov. 14 Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Postdoc Fellowship
Nov. 15 American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships
Nov. 25 US Geological Survey Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dec. 1 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dec. 1 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oppenheimer Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dec. 1 AAUW Postdoctoral Fellowship for International Women
Dec. 11 NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematical Biology
Jan. 10 Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships

DISSERTATION GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS

Nov. 1 International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
Nov. 1 AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship and Travel Grant
Nov. 1 Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Scholars)
Nov. 3 Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
Nov. 10 Ford Dissertation Diversity Fellowship
Nov. 15 Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowships
Nov. 15 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowships
Nov. 15 Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship on Religion and Ethics
Nov. 18 Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Nov. 22 US Institute of Peace Randolph Dissertation Fellowship
Dec. 1 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
Dec. 1 American Academy of Religion International Dissertation Research Grants
Dec. 1 AAUW Graduate Fellowship for International Women
Feb. 1 Mellon-Council for European Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Feb. 1 McNeil Center for Early American Studies Dissertation Fellowships
Feb. 1 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) Dissertation Fellowship

PREDOCTORAL or DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Nov.. 1 Mellon Mays Predcotoral Research Grants
Nov. 15 National GEM Consortium Graduate Fellowships in Science, Engineering, and STEM fields
Nov. 15 Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award for Women
Nov. 15 GEM Graduate Fellowship Award
Nov. 15 Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship
Nov. 17 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
Nov. 18 Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship
Nov. 21 National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship in STEM
Dec. 1 Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies Pre-Doctoral Residential Research Fellowships
Dec. 1 Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Graduate Scholarship
Dec. 9 NDSEG Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Feb. TBD Fund for Theological Education North American Doctoral Fellowships

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Nov. 1 Roy Scrivner Research Grants in Psychology Research
Nov. 1 UCLA Library Special Collections Short-term Research Fellowship
Nov. 1 American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship Program
Nov. 1 Folger Institute Shakespeare Library Research Long-Term Fellowship
Nov. 2 African Humanities Program Fellowship
Nov. 2 Hemingway Research Grants
Nov. 7 School for Advanced Research (SAR) Resident Scholar Fellowship
Nov. 13 Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowship
Nov. 15 Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowships in the Humanities
Nov. 15 Center for Khmer Studies Fellowships for Research in Southeast Asia
Dec. 1 Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellowships
Dec. 1 Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
Dec. 15 Frances C. Allen Research Fellowship for Scholars of American Indian Heritage
Dec. 15 Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship for Scholars of American Indian Heritage
Dec. 15 Phillips Library Research Grants
Dec. 15 Holzheimer Fellowship in the History of Cartography
Jan. 1 Council of American Overseas Research Fellowships
Jan. 9 Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program
Jan. 9 The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and AAMC Foundation Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome
Jan. 13 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships
Jan. 16 Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) Research Fellowship
Jan 20. Chateaubriand Fellowship in STEM
Jan. 20 African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Grants
Feb. 1 ETS (Educational Testing Service) Summer Research for Graduate Students
Feb. 15 Henry David Psychology Research Grant
Feb. 15 Small Grants for Doctoral Research In Second or Foreign Language Assessment
TBD NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF)

OTHER (AWARDS, TRAVEL, BOOK PRIZE, or TRAINING)

Nov. 1 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Nov. 13 NC State University Building Future Faculty (BFF) Program
Nov. 15 US Holocaust Memorial Museum Visiting Scholar Program
Nov. 16 Critical Language Scholarship Program
Nov. 30 Phillips Exeter Academy Writing Fellowship
Dec. 1 Henry P. David Grants for Research and International Travel in Human Reproductive Behavior and Population Studies
Nov. 1 Asian Cultural Council Individual Grants for Asian Artists
Dec. 15 Immigration and Ethnic History Society Pozzetta Dissertation Award
Dec. 15 AAUW Career Development Grants
Dec. 15 Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing
Dec. 15 AAUW International Community-based Project Grants
Jan. 9 Switzer Environmental Leaders Fellowship Program
Jan. 15 AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships
Jan. 15 Mensa Foundation Essay Award for International Students
Mar. 15 AAUW Community Action Grants
Mar TBD Human Rights Campaign HIV 360 Fellowship Program
TBD Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program