External Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students

(last updated on 08/26/08)

External Travel Grants

Non-Federal Sponsors

Sponsor	Description	Announcement
Institute of International Education Fulbright Program	Post-Baccalaureate fellowships for Master's and pre-doctoral students pursuing foreign research	Funding Opportunities
National Science Foundation	Doctoral Disseration Improvement Grants in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Funding Opportunities
U.S. Department of Education	Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship and the Group Projects Abroad, Jacob Javits Fellowship	Funding Opportunities
U.S. Department of Justice	Graduate Research Fellowship on crime and justice	Funding Opportunities

Sponsor	Description	Announcement
American Academy in Rome	Pre-doctoral fellowship in the arts or humanities for either 11 months or 2 years (latter restricted to art history and architecture students only)	Funding Opportunities
American Association of University Women	Fellowships and grants in support of aspiring graduate women around the globe	Funding Opportunities
The American Council of Learned Societies	Fellowships and grants in the Humanities and the Social Sciences	Funding Opportunities
The American Historical Association	Research grants and fellowships for History ABD's and Ph.D.'s; Gutenberg<e> Prize for dissertation	Funding Opportunities
The American Philosophical Society	Research grants and dissertation fellowship for minority Ph.D. candidate	Funding Opportunities
The Brookings Institution	Dissertation research fellowships in foreign policy studies, and pre-doctoral fellowships in governance studies (nomination required for each)	Funding Opportunities
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.	Congressional Fellowships for minority persons with graduate or professional degrees, professionals with a minimum of five years experience pursuing graduate studies, and junior faculty for experience in the development of legislative and public policy initiatives	Funding Opportunities
Consortium of Universities in the Washington Metro Area	Economic Club Doctoral Research Fellowship, Cosmos Club Grants	Funding Opportunities
Council for European Studies	Two-month fellowship to conduct original archival and field research in Europe	Funding Opportunities
Council on Library and Information Resources	Mellon Fellowship for dissertation research funding in the humanities in original sources	Funding Opportunities
German-American Academic Exchange (DAAD)	Scholarships to study and research in Germany (*requires nomination by the Graduate School); research funding for M.A. and Ph.D. candidates	Funding Opportunities
The Ford Foundation	International Fellowship Program for prospective non-U.S. applicants	Funding Opportunities
The Hayek Fund for Scholars Strategic Awards	Provides strategic grants for travel to conferences, symposia, job interviews, article dissemination, etc.	Funding Opportunities
Hispanic Theological Initiative	Provides funding (stipend, dissertation-writing, mentoring) for Latino/a doctoral students	Funding Opportunities
The Gilder Lehrman Institute	Short-term fellowship for doctoral candidates in American History	Funding Opportunities
The George C. Marshall Foundation	Marshall/Baruch Fellowship offering travel grants in doctoral and post-doctoral research in 20th century U.S. Military or Diplomatic History and related fields	Funding Opportunities
McNeil Center for Early American Studies	Pre- and Post-doctoral fellowships in a variety of disciplines	Funding Opportunities
The National Academies	Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships for pre-doctoral and dissertation-level graduate students	Funding Opportunities
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science	Funding for Ph.D. candidates in engineering or science and M.S. candidates in engineering	Funding Opportunities
National Foundation for Jewish Culture	Grants and Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for topics in Jewish culture/studies	Funding Opportunities
National Physical Science Consortium Fellowships (NPSC)	Funding for graduate study in the physical sciences at participating institutions, with continued emphasis toward the recruitment of minorities and females in the physical sciences	Funding Opportunities
National Security Educational Program (NSEP)	NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship for issues in national security, of international focus, or language study	Funding Opportunities
Phi Beta Kappa Society	Sibley Fellowship for Greek Studies	Funding Opportunities
The Spencer Foundation	Fellowship provides dissertation-writing support for those completing dissertations relevant to the improvement of education; post-doctorate at NAE	Funding Opportunities
The Wenner-Gren Foundation	Dissertation fieldwork grants to support anthropological research	Funding Opportunities
Wesleyan U Center for the Humanities	Pre and post-doctoral teaching/research fellowships; non-stipendiary research fellowships	Funding Opportunities
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation	Fellowship and grant opportunities for graduate students and recent post-docs	Funding Opportunities
Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts	Post-doctoral fellowship with part-time teaching requirement	Funding Opportunities
Social Science Research Council	Pre-doctoral, dissertation, and post-doctoral fellowships for social scientists and humanists	Funding Opportunities
Society for the Humanities at Cornell University	Postdoctoral teaching-research fellowships	Funding Opportunities
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans	Fellowship awards up to two years of graduate study in the professions and academic disciplines at any institution of higher learning in the U.S.	Funding Opportunities
Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities	Short-term fellowships intended for post-doctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates from outside of the Chicago area, who have a specific need to use the Newberry collections	Funding Opportunities
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation	Merit-based fellowships consisting of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend	Funding Opportunities
GU-CONACYT Funding for Mexican Nationals	Fellowships for Mexican nationals enrolled in a GU doctoral program in the sciences and social sciences	Funding Opportunities
Harvard Academy for International & Area Studies	Pre-doctoral fellowships in international and area studies	Funding Opportunities
Council of American Overseas Research Centers	Fellowships for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance	Funding Opportunities
Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges at DePauw University	Dissertation and post-doctoral fellowships for minorities	Funding Opportunities
Rand Corporation	Graduate Student Summer Associate Program	Funding Opportunity
U.S. Institute of Peace	Dissertation Fellowships on Conflict Management and International Conflict Resolution	Funding Opportunities