The lists in the right sidebar are of external scholarship and fellowship programs available to graduate students. The lists are organized according to the programs available at CGU, but students should check all lists and sections for any applicable fellowships or grants. Please be aware that most of the funding opportunities are highly competitive, and that application deadlines vary throughout the year. Most of the listings include hyperlinks for more information. These are not exhaustive lists. Please check with your respective school for funding opportunities that may be available within the department.
Anchor QEA’s Scholarship Program helps graduate students pay for higher education to assist them in taking on the world’s challenging environmental problems.Various STEM fields are eligible. For more information visit: https://www.anchorqea.com/about/scholarship-program/
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA), Cyber Security Scholarship (April Deadline)
Each year the AFCEA offers scholarships of varying amounts to students studying STEM majors, cyber security, intelligence, homeland security, or related fields. Students must be attending full-time an eligible graduate degree-granting program with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. For more information: https://www.afcea.org/site/?q=foundation/scholarships/stem-majors
Chateaubriand STEM Fellowship Program (Applications Open October)
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. Every year, it allows doctorate students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in a French laboratory for a 4 to 9 month period of time as part of a co-supervised research project. For more information: http://stem.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (September Deadline)
Fellowship is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Open to U.S. & non-U.S. citizens. For more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/policyfellows/
Department of Energy, Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) (January Deadline)
The DOE CSGF program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to first-year graduate students pursuing degrees in fields of study that use high performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. For more information: https://www.krellinst.org/csgf/about-doe-csgf/eligibility-program-requirements
Facebook, Emerging Scholar Award (October Deadline)
The Facebook Fellowship Program and Emerging Scholar Awards are designed to encourage and support promising doctoral students who are engaged in innovative and relevant research in areas related to computer science and engineering. The Emerging Scholar Award is open to first or second year PhD students. It is designed to support talented students from traditionally underrepresented minority groups in the technology sector, to encourage them to continue their PhD studies, pursue innovative research and engage with the broader research community. Winners of the award are entitled to receive two years of tuition and fees paid, a stipend of $37,000 each year and $5,000 in conference travel support. For more information: https://research.fb.com/programs/emerging-scholars/
Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award (Applications Open in August; October Deadline)
Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be first year graduate students of the applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics and engineering who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America, and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency.The Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit (not need) and consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend. For more information: http://hertzfoundation.org/fellowships/application
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, Teaching Fellowships (November Deadline)
For students with degrees in science, engineering or mathematics who are committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in U.S. schools. For more information: http://kstf.org/fellowships/
National Defense Education Program, Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) (December Deadline)
The SMART scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in STEM disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed (by the Department of Defense) upon degree completion. For more information: https://smartscholarshipprod.service-now.com/smart
National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (Applications Open September)
Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in advanced science or engineering. For more information: https://www.ndsegfellowships.org/
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Varying Deadlines)
The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201
Rutgers, School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR)- Beyster Postdoctoral Fellowship (December Deadline)
The Beyster fellowships are awarded to outstanding Ph.D. candidates or postdotoral scholars in the areas of economics, history, management, business and labor relations, law, philosophy, psychology, political science, public policy and sociology studying employee ownership and related ideas such as profit sharing and broad-based stock options in the corporation and society in the US. All fellowships are in the amount of $25,000. For more information about the various opportunities: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/content/fellowships-professorships
Siemens Foundation, PATH Fellowships
Launched in 2016, the Siemens Foundation has partnered with PATH, a leading global health organization to launch the Siemens Foundation PATH Fellowship Program. The program engages science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students in innovative, hands-on assignments that serve society by accelerating high-impact, low-cost solutions to some of the world’s most pressing health needs. Based in PATH’s Seattle, Washington, office fellows are provided a meaningful research and laboratory experience and exposed to career opportunities in global health. The fellowship is a three-month, full-time assignment, May through August or June through September. The fellowship provides a monthly stipend, as well as a housing stipend. For more information: https://new.siemens.com/us/en/company/about/usa-foundations.html
The award is administered by the ASPRS Foundation from funds provided by the estate of Mrs. Helen Altenhofen as a memorial to her husband, Robert E. Altenhofen. A past president of ASPRS, Mr. Robert Altenhofen was an outstanding practitioner of photogrammetry and made notable contributions to the mathematical aspects of the science. For more information: https://www.asprs.org/education/asprs-awards-and-scholarships
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), Paul R. Wolf Scholarship (October Deadline)
The purpose of the Award is to encourage and commend students who display exceptional interest, desire, ability, and aptitude to enter the profession of teaching Surveying, Mapping, or Photogrammetry. The Award is in the amount of $3,500 and is made to a graduate student who intends to enter the teaching profession in the general area of Surveying, Mapping, or Photogrammetry. For more information: https://www.asprs.org/education/asprs-awards-and-scholarships
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), Robert N. Colwell Fellowship (October Deadline)
The purpose of the Award is to encourage and commend college/university graduate students at the PhD level who display exceptional interest, desire and ability, and aptitude in the field of remote sensing or other related geospatial information technologies, and who have a special interest in developing practical uses of these technologies. The Award consists of a certificate and a check in the amount of $6,500 and is made to a graduate student currently enrolled or is intending to enroll in a college or university in the United States, who is pursuing a program of study aimed at starting a professional career where expertise is required in remote sensing or other related geospatial information technologies. For more information: https://www.asprs.org/education/asprs-awards-and-scholarships
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), Ta Liang Award (October Deadline)
The purpose of the Award is to facilitate research-related travel by outstanding graduate students in remote sensing. Such travel includes field investigations, agency visits, participation in conferences, or any travel that enhances or facilitates a graduate research program. A grant of $2,000 is awarded to a graduate student, who is a member of ASPRS. For more information: https://www.asprs.org/education/asprs-awards-and-scholarships
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), Francis H. Moffitt Scholarship (Check Website)
The purpose of the award is to encourage upper-division undergraduate and graduate-level college students to pursue a course of study in surveying and photogrammetry leading to a career in the geospatial mapping profession. For more information visit: https://www.asprs.org/education/asprs-awards-and-scholarships
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), William A. Fischer Scholarship (October Deadline)
The purpose of the Award is to facilitate graduate-level studies and career goals directed towards new and innovative uses of remote sensing data/techniques that relate to the natural, cultural, or agricultural resources of the Earth. The Award is in the amount of $2,000 and is made to a current or prospective graduate student, who is a member of ASPRS. For more information: https://www.asprs.org/education/asprs-awards-and-scholarships
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) Scholarships (April Deadline)
Each year the AFCEA offers scholarships of varying amounts to students studying STEM majors, cyber security, intelligence, homeland security, or related fields. Students must be attending full-time an eligible graduate degree-granting program with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. For more information: https://www.afcea.org/site/?q=foundation/scholarships
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Doctoral Dissertation Award (October Deadline)
ACM established the Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. The award is presented each June at the ACM Awards Banquet and is accompanied by a prize of $20,000 plus travel expenses to the banquet. All winning dissertations are published exclusively in print and electronic formats as part of the ACM Book Series, which includes distribution through the ACM Digital Library. Honorable Mention(s) may also be awarded, with a prize of $10,000 shared among recipients. For more information: https://awards.acm.org/doctoral-dissertation/nominations
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (September Deadline)
Fellowship is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Open to U.S. & non-U.S. citizens. For more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/policyfellows/
Charles Babbage Institute, Adelle & Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Processing (January Deadline)
The Charles Babbage Institute is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for doctoral dissertation research in the history of computing.The stipend in $14,000 and is for students who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the research and writing of the dissertation. Tomash Fellowship recipients must remain students in good standing throughout the term of their fellowship, but there is no restriction on holding other fellowships, scholarships, or awards concurrent to the Tomash Fellowship. For more information: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/research/tfellowship.html
Facebook, Emerging Scholar Award (October Deadline)
The Facebook Fellowship Program and Emerging Scholar Awards are designed to encourage and support promising doctoral students who are engaged in innovative and relevant research in areas related to computer science and engineering. The Emerging Scholar Award is open to first or second year PhD students. It is designed to support talented students from traditionally underrepresented minority groups in the technology sector, to encourage them to continue their PhD studies, pursue innovative research and engage with the broader research community. Winners of the award are entitled to receive two years of tuition and fees paid, a stipend of $37,000 each year and $5,000 in conference travel support. For more information: https://research.fb.com/programs/emerging-scholar
Google’s Women Techmakers Scholars Program (December Deadline)
Through the Women Techmakers Scholars Program- formally the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Program- Google is furthering Dr. Anita Borg’s vision for creating gender equality in the fields of computer science and technology by encouraging women to excel in computing and technology and become active leaders and role models in the field. For more information: https://www.womentechmakers.com/scholars
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, Computers & Geosciences Research Scholarship (May Deadline)
Between two and four Computers and Geosciences Research Scholarships will be awarded every year, to early career scientists (Masters or Doctoral candidates, or Post-Doctoral researchers) working in the field of computational geosciences or geoinformatics. The total annual budget for these scholarships is $10,000. For more information: https://iamg.org/student-affairs/student-and-postdoctoral-research-grants/2-uncategorised/168-c-g-grant-guidelines.html
IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program (November Deadline)
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. These include: computer science and engineering (including cyber security, cloud, and mobile computing), electrical and mechanical engineering, physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences, and physics), mathematical sciences (including analytics of massive scale data with uncertainty, operations research, and optimization), public sector and business sciences, and Service Science, Management and Engineering. A fellowship includes a stipend for two academic year and, in the US, an education allowance for year one. For more information: http://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/phdfellowship.shtml
Microsoft Corporation, Dissertation Grant Program (March Deadline)
Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing. The Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant Program aims to increase the pipeline of diverse talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields by providing a research funding opportunity for doctoral students from groups under-represented in computing (women, African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and/or people with disabilities). PhD students must be in their fourth year or beyond in a PhD program to qualify for this grant. For more information: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/dissertation-grant/
NASA FINESST RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY (February Deadline)
The Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) is a program element in Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)-2020. ROSES is an “omnibus” solicitation, having default guidelines and information in the ROSES Summary of Solicitation that apply to all of ROSES, including this program element. Through FINESST, the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) solicits proposals from accredited U.S. universities and other eligible organizations for graduate student-designed and performed research projects that contribute to SMD’s science, technology, and exploration goals.
For more information: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId={3E72ED7E-1FBD-F815-5A4E-2DA033EF7449}&path=&method=init
National Defense Education Program, Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) (December Deadline)
The SMART scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing a degree in STEM disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed (by the Department of Defense) upon degree completion. For more information: https://smartscholarshipprod.service-now.com/smart
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Varying Deadlines)
The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201
The NortonLifeLock Research Group Graduate Fellowship (December Deadline)
Fellowships will be bestowed on one or more exceptional Ph.D. students who meet the eligibility criteria. The program aims to fund innovative research that not only has real world value but aligns well with key areas within NortonLifeLock. Topics of interest include: Privacy and Identity, Security, Machine Learning and Data Mining, and Human Factors. The fellowship provides up to $20,000 that may be used to cover one year of the student’s tuition fees and to reimburse expenses incurred by the student to engage into research collaboration with NortonLifeLock. For more information: https://www.nortonlifelock.com/about/careers/graduate-fellowship
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowships (Check for Deadlines)
This is the twentieth year that NVIDIA has invited PhD students to submit their research projects for consideration. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievements, professor nomination, and area of research. We have found this program to be a great way to support academia in its pursuit of cutting edge innovation, as well as an ideal avenue to introduce NVIDIA to the future leaders of our industry. For more information: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/research/graduate-fellowships/
Siemens Foundation, PATH Fellowships
Launched in 2016, the Siemens Foundation has partnered with PATH, a leading global health organization to launch the Siemens Foundation PATH Fellowship Program. The program engages science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students in innovative, hands-on assignments that serve society by accelerating high-impact, low-cost solutions to some of the world’s most pressing health needs. Based in PATH’s Seattle, Washington, office, fellows are provided meaningful research and laboratory experience and exposed to career opportunities in global health. The fellowship is a three-month, full-time assignment, May through August or June through September. The fellowship provides a monthly stipend, as well as a housing stipend. For more information: https://new.siemens.com/us/en/company/about/usa-foundations/programs.html#OtherInitiatives
The Botanical Society of America offers several awards each year to support of graduate students in the field of botany. Each of these awards requires membership in the Society. For more information: http://botany.org/Awards/index.php#awards
The Explorers Club, The Exploration Fund Grant (November Deadline)
This grants is for graduate, post-graduate, doctorate, and early career post-doctoral students. It provides grants in support of exploration and field research for those who are just beginning their research careers. Awards range from $500 to $5,000. The grantmaker recommends keeping the budget realistic as the average award is approximately $2,500. Applicable fields of interests include: climate change, geoscience, paleoclimate, marine biology, plants and molds, conservation science, etc. For more information: http://www.explorers.org/index.php/expeditions/funding/expedition_grants
The Garden Club of America (GCA), Scholarships & Fellowships (Varying Deadlines)
The GCA supports several scholarships and fellowships in the area of botany at the Master’s and PhD level. Scholarship opportunities available for field work and summer study. For more information: https://www.gcamerica.org/scholarships
Phipps Conservatory, Botany in Action Fellowship (January Deadline)
The Botany in Action Fellowship fosters the development of a next generation of plant-based scientists who are committed to excellent research and educational outreach. The program is open to PhD students enrolled at US graduate institutions and conducting plant-based field research; supported work must address the following plant-based research priorities: ethnobotany, diversity and conservation, landscape and brownfield restoration, or sustainable landscapes. For more information: https://phipps.conservatory.org/green-innovation/for-the-world/botany-in-action
Torrey Botanical Society, Grants & Awards (April Deadline)
The Torrey Botanical Society offers several awards each year in support of graduate student botanical research, undergraduate and graduate botanical training, and the dissemination of knowledge through symposia. Each of these awards requires membership in the Society. For more information: http://www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/
Welder Wildlife Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (October Deadline)
The program is designed to promote the education of exceptionally qualified students and provide research information to manage wildlife populations. The breadth of the program is suggested by the academic units of previous fellowship recipients, among them: animal behavior, botany, conservation education, and wildlife science. For more information: http://welderwildlife.org/content/research/fellowships/