Which distinguished graduate fellowships and dissertation awards to apply for this fall
Please visit the distinguished awards webpage for more detailed information, including eligibility requirements for these awards.
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) offer outstanding scientist and engineers an opportunity to learn about and contribute to policymaking and the realm of policy. The fellowship is a yearlong appointment in the federal government. Approximately 300 fellows a year are placed in all branches of the federal government as Policy Fellows.
Funding: The Fellowship offers a $75,000–$100,000 per year stipend as well as reimbursement for health care insurance.
Deadline: November 1, 2018 — Applicants may submit up to two applications to AAAS per year.
AAUW International Fellowship
The American Association of University Women’s International Fellowship program has been in existence since 1917. A limited number of awards are available for study outside of the United States (excluding the applicant’s home country) to women who are members of Graduate Women International (see the list of GWI affiliates).
Funding: $18,000 Master’s/first professional degree, $20,000 Doctoral and $30,000 Postdoctoral
Deadline: November 15, 2018
ASHA Research Mentoring (ARM) Network: Pathways Program
The Pathways program helps to mentor early-career clinical scientists to build strong foundations in independent research careers. The program helps scholars create a 5-year research career plan, learn about funding mechanisms, learn how to build a publication record, and discover other components of fostering a research career.
Funding: In addition to the mentorship, funds are provided for participant travel, hotel and meals to attend the annual Pathways Conference.
Deadline: December 1, 2018
Critical Languages Scholarship
A program of the U.S. Department of State, the Critical Languages Scholarship is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for U.S. citizens enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences in 13 different languages:
Azerbaijani, Bangla, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu: Beginning, advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced levels; Arabic and Persian: Advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced levels; Chinese, Japanese and Russian: Intermediate and advanced levels.
Info Sessions:
- Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 4:30 p.m., Honors Hall 242, Tempe
- Wednesday, October 3, 4:30 p.m., Honors Hall 242, Tempe
Deadline: TBA, likely mid-November, 2018
Ford Foundation Fellowship
The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Info Session: Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 9:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in MU 236, the Mohave room in the Memorial Union.
Hertz Foundation Fellowship
The Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit (not need) and consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend. In addition to providing the necessary funding along with the research freedom to pursue their PhD, we also provide mentorship and counsel through the lifelong community of peers to which they now belong — the Hertz Community.
Deadline: October 24, 2018; References due by October 26, 2018
Mellon/ACLS Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships supports a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing complete the PhD in a timely manner.
Funding: Total award of up to $38,000 includes a stipend plus additional funds for university fees and research support
Deadline: October 25, 2018
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
The National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education.
Funding:$27,500
Deadline:October 4, 2018 at 2 p.m.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
NSF Fellows have the opportunity for international research, professional development, and freedom to conduct their own research within any accredited U.S. institution.
Funding: Annual $34,000 stipend and $12,000 annual cost of education allowance
Deadline: October 22-26 including various dates depending on field of study; Reference letter deadline is November 2, 2018 by 5 p.m. (Eastern Time)
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship is highly competitive and awarded to U.S. citizens and nationals who intend on pursuing a doctoral degree in one of fifteen supported disciplines.
Funding:$102,000 in stipend funds over the course of three years which provides payment for full tuition and all mandatory fees, monthly stipend and up to $1,000 yearly in medical insurance (excluding dental and vision)
Deadline: December 31, 2018
Paul & Daisy SOROS Fellowship for New Americans
Every year, the SOROS Fellowship for New Americans supports thirty Fellows, new Americans who are immigrants or the children of immigrants pursuing graduate degrees in the United States.
Funding: Up to $25,000 in stipend support as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees up to $20,000 per year for one to two years
Deadline: November 1, 2018
Presidential Management Fellowship
The Presidential Management Fellowship Program is a flagship leadership development program at the entry level for advanced degree candidates. The program is designed to develop potential government leaders.
Deadline: Early November
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers in-residence opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff.
Funding: Graduate student fellowship – $7,500 for 10 weeks; pre-doctoral fellowship – $36,000 annual, research allowance up to $4,000
Deadline: November 1, 2018 for 2019, November 1, 2019 for 2020
SSRC (Mellon) International Dissertation Research Fellowship
The Social Science Research Council (Mellon) International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics.
Funding: Average of $21,500 awarded
Deadline: November 7, 2018 at 7 p.m.
Supreme Court Fellows Program
The fellowship places a total of four Fellows at the Supreme Court of the United States, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the U.S. Sentencing Commission for a year-long fellowship.
Deadline: November 9, 2018