Outside Funding Opportunities

Many Graduate Fellowships have deadlines early in the fall semester one year prior to receiving the award. These fellowships are competitive, applicants should prepare for the application process as early as possible. Students are often requested to find a scientific advisor as part of the application. Students may want to search our list of AMSC faculty by program and begin correspondence with faculty. A list of several graduate and postdoctoral fellowships listed online at science.gov.

The National Science Foundation offers several Graduate Fellowship Programs. Visit their website at www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=DGE for details.

The National Physical Science Foundation offers Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences. Visit their website at www.npsc.org for details.

The Department of Energy offers a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. Visit their website at www.krellinst.org/csgf for details.

NASA has a Graduate Student Research Program. Visit their website at http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/nav/ for details.

The Department of Homeland Security offers Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships. Visit their website at www.orau.gov/dhsed for details.