The following merit-based awards are available through the Graduate College (GC), although some may require you to apply through your department:

• ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists)
  The ARCS Foundation is dedicated to helping meet our country's need for scientists and engineers by providing fellowships to academically outstanding students who are United States citizens in need of financial assistance to complete their higher education, thereby contributing not only to the advancement of science, but also to the material and intellectual welfare of all people. Eligible academic units will be notified by Graduate College each year with nomination requirements.

• DeMund Memorial Scholarship provides a $2,000 fellowship. More info...

• GC Completion Fellowships reward academic excellence, aid completion of the doctoral or MFA degree, and allow the student to complete his/her dissertation/project. More info...
  

• GC Dissertation Fellowships are competitive university-wide fellowships designed to support highly meritorious doctoral students who are in the final stages of post-candidacy doctoral work. More info...

• GC Doctoral Enrichment Fellowships are competitive university-wide fellowships designed to enhance recruitment of highest quality doctoral students who will contribute to the achievements of diversity in our graduate student population. More info...

• Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award recognizes individual faculty who place high value on and excel in mentoring doctoral and MFA students. More info...

• Reach for the Stars Fellowships are competitive university-wide fellowships designed to promote the diversity of the graduate student population by providing ASU’s most promising undergraduate students with a pathway to graduate school and the tools and resources for their success. More info...

• Research Conference Award Program provides three to four research conference awards each year. These conferences are designed to enhance recruitment and placement of ASU graduate students as well as intellectual discussions and exchanges. More info...

• Tripke Scholarship. The Earl A. and Lenore H. Tripke Professional Workshop Travel Awards provide up to $800 to support doctoral students who have been invited to attend prestigious professional development workshops. These are not intended to be national or international conferences for which regular GC travel support is already available. More info...

• UGEM (Underrepresented Graduate Enrichment Match) program is designed to assist academic units in the recruitment and retention of excellent first-year graduate students from underrepresented groups. More info...