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Breaking barriers: The case for automatic admission
This article is the sixth in a series exploring how reimagining graduate education can contribute to solving global grand challenges. Previously, I discussed how students can access customized knowledge to develop new or different career skills. Now, let’s consider how automatic admission processes can open doors to graduate education — making the transition from undergraduate to master’s programs more accessible, flexible and student-centered.
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Virtual Graduate Workshop Series returns for Spring 2021 with more academic resources for graduate students
The Graduate Academic Support Center is offering another Graduate Workshop Series for the Spring 2021 academic year.
The Graduate Workshop Series is a collection of virtual lectures focused on a variety of topics…
ASU events promote wellness and equity for Sun Devils
Welcome back Sun Devils! During these hectic times, it is more important than ever to stay informed on current events and to take care of your mental and physical well-being. Here at the Graduate College, we want to highlight events for graduate…
Funding opportunity: Caregiver Assistance Fellowship for graduate student caregivers during COVID-19 pandemic
The ASU Graduate College is pleased to announce the creation of the Caregiver Assistance Fellowship intended to support graduate students who are parents or caregivers and who have had additional financial burden due to COVID-19…
ASU Graduate Student Katreena Thomas wants to make engineering education more diverse and inclusive
Being an engineer has always made sense for Katreena Thomas. She has always been good at math and science, her mother encouraged her to pursue engineering by enrolling her in STEM camps and classes, and she always loved the idea of…
Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: Graduate students find innovative ways to continue educating despite COVID-19 related challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on education, affecting students, teachers and other faculty members. The cancellation of in-person classes and the introduction of virtual learning has posed many challenges to those…
Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: How the research of 3 graduate students studying mental health evolved to include the effects of COVID-19
There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of people all around the world.
Register now for Spring Postdoc Lunch and Learns
This spring’s Lunch and Learn lineup is nearly complete. Postdoc Lunch and Learns are designed to give postdocs the opportunity to learn new skills or concepts to help them to successfully find a job and be more competitive on the…
Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: Graduate students focused on language learning innovated to create virtual projects as COVID-19 limited in-person interaction
Language learning is a very inter-personal subject that often requires face-to face attention and instruction. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a stop to these things and has delayed teaching and research in the field of…
Graduate College Unveils a New iPOS Feature to Improve Student-Advisor Relationships
The Graduate College has unveiled Manage Staff Advisor, a feature of the Interactive Program of Study (iPOS) that allows units to assign students to specific advisors. It helps personalize the student-advisor relationship by providing…
ASU Graduate College Data and IT: How to slay data monsters
How do you slay data monsters in higher education? That was the theme of the fourth annual ASU Data Conference hosted by the ASU University Technology Office (UTO). The conference offered an excellent opportunity for the Graduate…
Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: When travel plans were cancelled due to COVID-19, these graduate students continued their international research from home
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on international travel due to safety concerns, closed borders and travel restrictions. For many, plans to travel internationally had to be put on hold. Those who were already abroad had…
Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: How three graduate students adapted their research as COVID-19 closed art spaces
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many art spaces – such as theaters, studios, and galleries – to close due to safety concerns. As a result, many of those working in the field have had to put their projects, performances, and/or research…
ASU announces free events for Innovation Week and Innovation Quarter
While some universities may be closing for winter break, ASU will be filled with programming designed to keep students, families, and the entire ASU community engaged and connected.
Profiles in the private sector: Lessons from ASU alumni
How does a graduate student get an industry position? What are the expectations of employment in industry?
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…