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As we celebrate another season of academic achievement, I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to our graduating students and a warm acknowledgment to those continuing their journeys. This moment is not just a milestone — it’s a transition into a new phase of contribution, leadership and possibility.
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Funding Hot Sheet April 24, 2020: Increasing higher ed attainment, physics innovation, and more
Lumnia Foundation awards
Lumina's overarching goal is to increase the higher education attainment rate of the United States to 60 percent by 2025. This will represent an increase of 23 million graduates above current levels of production. While…
Funding Hot Sheet April 10, 2020: Using AI for aging research, minority dissertation fellowship, and more
Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research
The fellowship program provides support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by outstanding minority graduate students, and to improve the quality and diversity of…
Funding Hot Sheet March 27, 2020: Graduate research, social work, and geospace science fellowships
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding innovative doctoral dissertation research that is relevant to…
Funding Hot Sheet March 13, 2020: Using psychology to solve social problems, international research experiences, and more
The Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grants
Research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas:
Applying psychology to at-…Funding Hot Sheet May 24, 2019: NIAID Research Education Program, a pledge to pay off student loans, and more
NIAID Research Education Program
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases (NIAID) R25…
Funding Hot Sheet May 10, 2019: Dynamic and multi-scale systems, how a math class sparked community engagement, and more
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-Scale Systems
Fellowship awards are designed to provide students with opportunities to pursue postdoctoral training and research opportunities aligned with their interest in obtaining…
Funding Hot Sheet April 5, 2019: Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders, proposed admissions reforms, and more
Education for American Civic Life
The Teagle Foundation seeks to elevate the civic objectives of liberal arts education through faculty-led efforts within the curriculum grounded in the issues that define and challenge American democracy.…
Funding Hot Sheet March 22, 2019: Funding for Parkinson's research, how to cut counseling wait times in half, and more
Innovation in Graduate Education
IGE focuses on projects aimed at piloting, testing, and validating innovative and potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for their…
Funding Hot Sheet March 8, 2019: Funding for ocean health research, gender imbalance in economics, and more
Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies
The purpose of this program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in learning technologies to prepare learners to excel in work at the human-technology frontier. This program responds to the…
Funding Hot Sheet February 22, 2019: Collaborative Science Award, rise of the mega-university, and more
Collaborative Science Award
To foster innovative collaborative approaches to research projects that propose novel pairings of investigators from at least two broadly disparate disciplines. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship…
Funding Hot Sheet February 8, 2019: Geospace research awards, teaching an ivy league curriculum at community college, and more
Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE)
Proposals should be focused in the investigation of the connection between eruptive events and magnetic phenomena on the Sun and the corresponding solar wind structures in the…
Funding Hot Sheet January 25, 2019: Promoting music and health research, humanities Ph.D. careers, and more
Promoting research on music and health
To increase our understanding of how music affects the brain, body, and behavior. Then to use that knowledge to develop evidence-based music interventions to enhance health or treat specific diseases and…
The best ways to search for an industry job
What are the best ways to approach the search for an industry job? Natalie McIntyre, Career and Industry Specialist from ASU’s Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS), joined the Grad15 team to share some suggestions…
Salute to Service: Mackenzie Mollohan is the top leadership cadet in ASU’s Army ROTC program
When Mackenzie Mollohan was 14 years old, she joined the Civilian Air Patrol, a non-profit corporation that serves as an official civilian reserve for the United States Air Force.
She’s wanted to be a military pilot…
First-ever Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight Grants Awarded for COVID-19 Innovation
For this round of grants, applicants were asked to summarize what they’re studying, explain how COVID-19 has impacted them, and share innovative ways they were able to move their projects forward despite the pandemic.
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2020-21 Graduate College Fellows focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, inclusive practices and academic and research integrity
The more time I spend in the Graduate College, the more impressed I am with the depth and variety of intellectual resources we have at our disposal, especially among our amazing graduate faculty. If I had any doubts about that, I had…
Salute to Service: Reynaldo Kieser is serving as an essential worker on multiple fronts during the COVID-19 pandemic
Reynaldo Kieser has been serving as an essential worker on several fronts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As a teacher and health care worker, he is working to keep people safe while educating others to do the same. Simultaneously,…
GFSD seeks diverse applicants for fellowship
Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) is seeking graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to apply for its fellowship opportunity.
GFSD’s goal is to increase the number…
Salute to Service: Nathan Blaes is the first candidate in the ASU/Army Master’s Degree Fellowship Program
Nathan Blaes was born into a military family, the son of a Navy Seal.
Growing up, Blaes and his family moved around a lot due to his father’s job; from California to Arizona and even to Israel. Blaes said that…
ASU Shares and Celebrates the Cultures of Indigenous Peoples for Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month, a national celebration that aims to recognize “the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the United States.”* The ASU Office of Student and…
2020 ASU Salute to Service events honor veterans, service members and first responders during November
For nearly a decade during November, ASU has honored those who have served and contributed to our nation’s defense. This tradition was aligned with Veteran’s Day on November 11 and developed under the banner, ASU Salute to Service. This…
ASU Graduate College Distinguished Lecture highlights Dr. Sylvia Hurtado’s work in civic learning
The ASU Graduate College Distinguished Lecture series, now in its second year, featured Dr. Sylvia Hurtado, professor at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Dr. Hurtado addressed the topic of utilizing civic…
Student Funding Spotlight: ASU Graduate College Travel Award
In response to travel restrictions due to COVID-19, the Graduate College shifted our "Travel Awards" to provide funding for remote/online opportunities for graduate students to continue their professional development in spite of the current…
Tips to help graduate students manage mid-semester fatigue and stress
As October marks the midpoint of the fall semester, many graduate students have begun to feel mid-semester fatigue set in. During this time of year, it is not uncommon for motivation and performance to slip, especially with the added…