Resources

Resources for NAEd/Spencer Fellowships

• Highly suggested by NAEd/Spencer as a guide when writing your application:  "The Art of Writing Proposals"

• Presentation by NAEd/Spencer Officers on What's Required, Expected, and Strategies for the Dissertation Fellowship:  webinar for dissertation fellowship applicants
• Presentation by NAEd/Spencer Officers on What's Required, Expected, and Strategies for the Postdoctoral Fellowship:  webinar for postdoctoral fellowship applicants

Search Tools

We encourage students to review these established databases for learning more about various award, fellowship, and scholarship opportunities.

• GradSchools.com – information about various types of awards and external links to resources:
  https://www.gradschools.com/financial-aid/graduate-fellowships-scholarships/fellowships-for-graduate-students
• Loyola University Chicago – has links to other search engines: http://www.luc.edu/fellowshipoffice/graduateinfo.shtml/
• University of Chicago – has a thorough internal search engine: http://grad.uchicago.edu/fellowships/fellowship-database
• University of Illinois, Chicago –links to external search engines https://grad.uic.edu/online-funding-resources
• An expansive (but not always up to date) private resource: https://www.profellow.com/
• Berkeley Graduate Division – has links to external search engines: http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/headlines/guide-to-fellowships-grants/
• Institute for International Education (IIE) – to study or conduct research outside the United States: https://www.iie.org/en/Programs
• H-Net (Humanities and Social Sciences Online) – comprehensive site for Humanities and Social Science related fellowships, grants, events, conferences, calls for papers and publications, and other news: https://networks.h-net.org/h-announce?type=Funding 
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (data on a total of 1393 awards and honors in all fields)
  • Arts and Humanities: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_044582.xls
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_044586.xls
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_044585.xls  
  • Life Sciences: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_044583.xls

Writing Resources

• ASU Graduate College: Schedule an appointment to review blind copies of previous proposal submissions for Ford, Fulbright, and NSF Fellowships. For an appointment, Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., contact the ASU Graduate College at grad-gps@asu.edu.
• ASU Writing Centers: https://tutoring.asu.edu/student-services/writing-centers
• Scholarly Pursuits: A Guide to Professional Development During the Graduate Years: https://gsas.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/atoms/files/Scholarly%20Pursuits_CURRENT.pdf
• On the Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions: https://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/the-art-of-writing-proposals/
• Writing Proposals for ACLS Fellowship Competitions: http://www.acls.org/uploadedfiles/publications/programs/writing_fellowship_proposals.pdf
• A Guide for Proposal Writing (National Science Foundation): https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm
• Grantspace: Proposal Writing Short Course: https://grantspace.org/training/introduction-to-proposal-writing/