Name: AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows Program

Due Date: January

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: The AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows work for 10 weeks during the summer as reporters, researchers, and production assistants in mass media organizations nationwide. Fellows collaborate with media professionals at radio and television stations, newspapers, and magazines. As part of their job, the student-scientists and their host-journalists strive to make science news easy for the public to understand. Applicants must be enrolled as college or university students (in their senior year, or in any graduate or post graduate level) in the natural, physical, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences or mathematics in order to apply. Successful applicants will attend an orientation at AAAS headquarters at the beginning of the summer and a wrap-up session at the end of the summer. They will prepare reports on the progress of their fellowships throughout their placement.

Tuition: No

Stipend: $450/wk during the summer

Other: Travel funds between AAAS and your site.

Name: Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity

Due Date: March

Interest: Minority

Stage: Late

Eligibility: Encouraged applicants are individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis, individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals that have completed all non-dissertation requirements for your Ph.D. degree by the anticipated start date of the award.

Tuition: No

Stipend: current fiscal year National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral stipend level (http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm#policy) and up to $15,000 for additional expenses

Other:

Name: American Association of University Women International Fellowships

Due Date: December

Interest: International

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility:  International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Doctoral applicants must have applied by December to an accredited institution of study for the period of the fellowship year and must indicate the name of the institution in the International Fellowship application.

Tuition: No

Stipend: 20000

Other:

Name: American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Predoctoral Fellowship

Due Date: January

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Late

Eligibility: Post baccalaureate, pre-doctoral M.D., Ph.D., D.O., D.V.M. (or equivalent) students seeking research training with a sponsor/mentor prior to embarking on a research career. Awardee must meet American Heart Association citizenship criteria throughout the duration of the award.  See link for criteria details. All basic disciplines as well as epidemiological, community and clinical investigations that bear on cardiovascular and stroke problems.

Tuition: No

Stipend:  $20,000

Other: $1,000 for insurance

Name: American Psychological Association Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program in Neuroscience

Due Date: January

Interest: Neuroscience

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: Applicants must be American citizens or permanent resident aliens with an alien registration card (I-151 or I-551). Fellowship recipients must be enrolled full-time in a program leading to the PhD by the fall term immediately following the application deadline. Those students identified as under-represented ethnic minorities in the neurosciences are strongly encouraged to apply.

Tuition: No

Stipend: Yes, varies year to year

Other: Travel funds to attend the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Survival (SPINES) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Lifetime professional association with our network.

Name: American Society for Microbiology Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship

Due Date: May

Interest: Minority

Stage: Late

Eligibility: Eligible candidates must be from groups that have been determined by the applicant's institution to be underrepresented in the microbiological sciences,  have successfully completed the first year of the graduate program (first year graduate students cannot apply),  have successfully completed all graduate coursework requirements for the doctoral degree by the date of activation of the fellowship,  be a student member of ASM and be mentored by an ASM member, and be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.  Candidates must not have funding OR have funding that will expire by the start date of the fellowship.

Tuition: No

Stipend: $63,000 ($21,000 a year) for a three year period

Other:

Name: A*STAR National Science Scholarships

Due Date: April

Interest: International

Stage: Early

Eligibility: Singaporeans, Singapore Permanent Residents and ASEAN Nationals. Successful candidates who are not Singapore Citizens are expected to take up Singapore Citizenship.  Candidates must have a first degree in relevant disciplines, and have obtained First Class Honours, GPA of 3.8 and above from US universities or a CAP of 4.5 and above from local universities.  Awardees are expected to attain good GRE scores. Successful candidates are required to undergo a one-year research attachment at an A*STAR research institute, prior to their PhD studies. Exceptions may be granted but will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 

Tuition:  full for up to 5 years

Stipend: yes, varying according to country and university

Other: Many other benefits, see website for details

Name: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award

Due Date: October

Interest: International

Stage: Late

Eligibility: The program is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada at the time of application. Only those students engaged in full-time research training in a graduate school are eligible for support. At the time of application, all candidates must have completed at least 12 months of graduate study at the Master's or PhD level. Candidates who have transferred directly from a Bachelor's degree to a PhD program (with no time in a Master's program) cannot have been registered for more than 34 months as a full-time student in a PhD program.

Tuition: No

Stipend: CA $13,000/year

Other:

Name: Canadian Federation of University women (CFUW) Margaret McWilliams Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

Due Date: November

Interest: International

Stage: Late

Eligibility:  A female who is a Canadian citizen or has held landed immigrant status for at least one year.  The candidate must have completed at least one full calendar year as a full-time student in doctoral level studies, and be a full-time student at the time of the application.

Tuition: No

Stipend: CA $27,000/year ($26,000 for stipend, $1,000 for research allowance) for up to three years

Other:

Name: Croucher Foundation Scholarship

Due Date: November

Interest: International

Stage: Early

Eligibility: Applicants who are permanent residents of Hong Kong who devote themselves to a period of full-time study or research in NATURAL SCIENCE, MEDICINE or TECHNOLOGY for a PhD in approved academic institutions outside Hong Kong. Applicants must have obtained First Class Honours in their first degree.  A Croucher Scholarship normally comprises an annual maintenance allowance, assistance towards air passage, plus tuition fees up to and including the third year of the relevant PhD studies programme – this does not therefore necessarily mean that all recipients will get three years of support, e.g. a candidate starting the Scholarship from the second year of his/her PhD study will get only two years of support, starting from the third year of PhD will get one year, etc.

Tuition: up to and including the third year of the relevant PhD studies programme

Stipend: Annual maintenance allowance, assistance towards air passage as well as additional benefits (see website).

Other:

Name: Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

Due Date: January

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Early

Eligibility: Students in their first or second year of graduate study in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences are eligible to apply for the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens.  Students must be enrolled at a department that either does not require that graduate students perform support activities (e.g., teaching, grading, etc.) to qualify for the doctoral degree, or will waive such requirements, if they exist, for DOE CSGF fellows during the period of their fellowship. Support of this fellowship is limited to 4 years and must be renewed each year.

Tuition: Full tuition and required fees

Stipend: 31200

Other: A $1,000 academic allowance is paid annually to the fellow to be used for duplication expenses, conferences, copies of conference proceedings, travel, or other expenses incurred while doing research or activities directly related to the professional development of the fellow. Upon request, matching funds of up to $2,500 will be made available to provide computer support. Specifically, these matching funds are available to help purchase a computer workstation or an upgrade to an existing workstation that may be used during the fellowship program.

Name: Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and Women and Sex/Gender Differences (R36)

Due Date: July

Interest: Neuroscience

Stage: Late

Eligibility: A citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or an individual who has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. A doctoral student who receives support for dissertation research under a grant from NIDA may not hold concurrently another federally sponsored fellowship or similar Federal award. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announces the availability of NIH Dissertation Award grants (R36) to support drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services, and women and sex/gender differences, areas in which there is a significant need for new investigators.

Tuition: No

Stipend: may not exceed $50,000 per year in direct costs (salary plus limited research costs)

Other:

Name: Epilepsy Foundation Predoctoral Research Training Fellowship

Due Date: August

Interest: Neuroscience

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility:

Tuition: No

Stipend:  $20,000/year

Other:

Name: Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities

Due Date: November

Interest: Minority

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: All citizens or nationals of the United States who are enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution. Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. Positive factors include membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding, capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds, or sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level.

Tuition: 2000

Stipend: 20000

Other:

Name: Harvey Fellows Program

Due Date: November

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: The Harvey Fellows was developed to encourage followers of Jesus Christ to integrate their faith and vocation and pursue leadership positions in strategic fields where Christians appear to be underrepresented.   All individuals receiving the Harvey Fellowship must affirm and sign the Lausanne Covenant as an expression of their faith and theological understanding.

Tuition: No

Stipend: $16,000, renewable for up to three years

Other:

Name: Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award

Due Date: November

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America, and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency (see website's Moral Commitment section). The only HILS field that qualifies is "Quantitative Biology and Bio-Engineering."

Tuition: Yes

Stipend: Two options:  $31,000/ 9-month personal stipend renewable for 5 years, OR $36,000/ 9-month personal stipend for 2 years and $3,500/ year supplemental stipend* from Hertz to supplement another fellowship

Other:

Name: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study

Due Date: October

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Early

Eligibility: Past participants in the HHMI Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP); must be graduating seniors or recent baccalaureate recipients (within two years) who have completed no more than one year of Ph.D. training. No citizenship requirement.

Tuition: $46,500, renewable up to 5 years

Stipend: $46,500, renewable up to 5 years

Other:

Name: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Due Date: November

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Early

Eligibility:  The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States.  Applicants are expected to have adequate preparation to begin graduate study and research by summer or fall of the application year.  Applicants must have completed no more than twelve months of full-time graduate study or its equivalent by the August 31st prior to the program submission deadline. Medical sciences or research with disease-related goals, including work on the etiology, diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality or malfunction in human beings or animals, animal models of such conditions, or the development or testing of drugs or other procedures for their treatment are ineligible for this award.

Tuition: $42,000 for new fellowships in FY 2012 pending the availability of funds.

Stipend: $42,000 for new fellowships in FY 2012 pending the availability of funds.

Other:

Name: National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship

Due Date: January

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Early

Eligibility: The NDSEG Fellowship Program is open only to applicants who are citizens or nationals of the United States. Applications are encouraged from women, persons with disabilities, and members of ethnic and racial minority groups that historically have been underrepresented in science and engineering fields.  To be eligible, applicants must either be enrolled in their final year of undergraduate studies, or have completed no more than the equivalent of one year of academic full-time graduate study as a part-time or full-time student.

Tuition: Yes

Stipend: 12 month stipend (~ $31,000)

Other: Maximum $1,000 for insurance

Name: National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Pre-Doctoral Fellowships (F31)

Due Date: April

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Late

Eligibility: The applicant must be at the dissertation research stage of their training and must show evidence of both high academic performance in the sciences and substantial interest in a research area of high priority to the participating Institutes.  Participating Institutes may have different eligibility requirements for individuals applying for a Kirschstein-NRSA F31 award.  Additional information and requirements specific to a particular Institute are located at the F31 contact website (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/pa-07-002_contacts.htm ). By the time of award, the individual applicant must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. An applicant must have a baccalaureate degree and be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree program in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences at an accredited domestic or foreign institution.

Tuition: up to $16,000 per year

Stipend: Yes, $22,030 in FY12

Other: Predoctoral fellows will receive an institutional allowance of $4,200 per 12-month period

Name: National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

Due Date: April

Interest: Minority

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: Encouraged applicants are individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis, individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. By the time of award, the individual applicant must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. An applicant must have a baccalaureate degree and be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree program in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences at an accredited domestic or foreign institution.

Tuition: 60% of the level requested by the applicant institution, up to $16,000 per year

Stipend: Yes, $22,030 in FY12

Other: Predoctoral fellows will receive an institutional allowance of $4,200 per 12-month period

Name: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Due Date: November

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Early

Eligibility: A New American is an individual who (1) is a resident alien; i.e., holds a Green Card, or, (2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen, or (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. The applicant must either have a bachelor's degree or be in her/his final year of undergraduate study. To be eligible you must not be older than thirty years of age as of NOVEMBER 1.The Trustees strongly encourage applications from candidates who have not yet begun their graduate studies, but full consideration will be given to candidates in the first or second years of graduate studies in their current program.

Tuition:  one-half the tuition cost of the U.S. graduate program attended by the Fellow (up to a maximum of $16,000 per academic year)

Stipend:  $20,000

Other:

Name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA): Predoctoral Fellowships for Training in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Due Date: September

Interest: Uncategorized

Stage: Late

Eligibility: The fellowship program of pre doctoral support is designed to assist full-time, in-residence Ph.D. candidates in the fields of pharmacology or toxicology who are enrolled in USA schools of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or veterinary medicine. The program supports full-time advanced students who will have completed the bulk of their pre-thesis requirements (at least two years of study) and are engaged in thesis research as Ph.D. Candidates by the time the award is activated. Students just starting in graduate school should not apply.

Tuition:

Stipend:

Other:

Name: Samsung Scholarships

Due Date: August

Interest: International

Stage: Early

Eligibility: Korean Nationals studying Engineering, Science, Liberal Arts and Social Science. Individuals who have not completed the mandatory military service must be under 24 for Ph.D degree, while students who have completed military service must be under 30.

Tuition:  tuition and living expenses up to US$50,000 each year

Stipend:  tuition and living expenses up to US$50,000 each year

Other:

Name: Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships for Overseas Studies

Due Date: September

Interest: International

Stage: No Restriction

Eligibility: Applicants must be permanent residents of Hong Kong; have received at least 7 years of continuous education in Hong Kong; fulfill all application procedures and admission requirements at the institution of their choices and be offered places subsequently; hold good Honours degrees obtained in Hong Kong or equivalent qualifications OR expect to obtain such degrees or equivalent qualifications; and be proficient in English and Chinese, and have a good command of the language in which their studies will be undertaken.

Tuition: HK$283,000 for the 2012/2013 academic year

Stipend: HK$283,000 for the 2012/2013 academic year

Other:

Name: UNCF • Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship

Due Date: December

Interest: Minority

Stage: Late

Eligibility: African American full-time Ph.D. degree candidates engaged in and within 1-3 years of completing dissertation research having successfully completed all qualifying exams. A citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

Tuition: No

Stipend:  Each fellowship provides up to a maximum of $52,000, which includes a Stipend of up to $42,000 for the Fellow and a Research Grant of up to $10,000 to support the research needs of the Fellow.  The fellowship stipend is intended to cover from 12-24 months of fellowship tenure.  A maximum of $30,000 in stipend may be received in any 12 month period.

Other: Each UNCF • Merck graduate Fellow will be mentored by a Merck scientist and will be expected to maintain regular contact with his/her mentor.  Each Fellow will present a progress report of research work during the last half of the fellowship tenure.