Funding Opportunities

Awards and Fellowships

The Graduate College provides funding and support to a number of awards, fellowships, training and development opportunities for entering and continuing students. Schools and departments at ASU often combine these along with other types of funding to offer competitive financial packages designed to attract and retain outstanding and diverse graduate students.


Graduate College Fellowships and Awards

Graduate programs at ASU can nominate students for or apply for the following fellowships and awards, both merit-based and need-based, administered and funded by the Graduate College. Students can not apply directly to these funding opportunities.

Accelerated Master's Award

Completion Fellowship

Graduate College Enrichment Fellowship

Graduate College University Grant

Recruitment Advancement Awards

Travel Awards

University Graduate Fellowships


Fellowships and Awards Administered and Supported by the Graduate College

The Graduate College administers and/or provides additional funding support for the following programs which are awarded and funded outside of the Graduate College.

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)

Earl A. and Lenore H. Tripke Travel Grant

Gastwirth Graduate Student Loan Fellowship Program 

GPSA Graduate Support Research Program

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Incoming Fulbright Scholars

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

In addition to graduate fellowships and grants at ASU, there are thousands of national, state and private organization resources to search, including awards for teachers, those seeking a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, military and their family members, minorities and women who are underrepresented in their fields, and many more.