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
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
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: https://www.hertzfoundation.org/hertz-fellowship/
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: https://knowlesteachers.org/teaching-fellowship/teaching-fellows-program
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
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/Main/Main/Education—Careers/ASPRS-Scholarships.aspx?hkey=e9e163f0-ed55-40a6-b000-ac3795fe07c7
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/Main/Main/Education—Careers/ASPRS-Scholarships.aspx?hkey=e9e163f0-ed55-40a6-b000-ac3795fe07c7
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/Main/Main/Education—Careers/ASPRS-Scholarships.aspx?hkey=e9e163f0-ed55-40a6-b000-ac3795fe07c7
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/Main/Main/Education—Careers/ASPRS-Scholarships.aspx?hkey=e9e163f0-ed55-40a6-b000-ac3795fe07c7
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/Main/Main/Education—Careers/ASPRS-Scholarships.aspx?hkey=e9e163f0-ed55-40a6-b000-ac3795fe07c7
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/Main/Main/Education—Careers/ASPRS-Scholarships.aspx?hkey=e9e163f0-ed55-40a6-b000-ac3795fe07c7
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/afcea-international-awards-program
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: https://mirzayanfellow.nas.edu/
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
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/guidelines/curriculum-quality-guidelines/student-grants/guidelines-for-geosciences-research-scholarships/
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
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/
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: https://botany.org/home/awards.html
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: https://www.explorers.org/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: https://welderwildlife.org/about-fellowships/