Funding Resources

Use the links below to navigate this page.

 

ALL STUDENTS

Adventures in Education

www.adventuresineducation.org

American Education Services

www.acsSuccess.org

American Indian College Fund

www.collegefund.org

American Physical Society Education and Outreach – Minority & Women Scholarships

http://positron3.aps.org/educ/com/index.cfm

Sallie Mae – College Answer

www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp 

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

www.astronautscholarship.org

College Confidential – Financial Aid   

www.collegeconfidential.com

College NET – Scholarship Search and Financial Aid

www.collegenet.com

Columbia University Fellowship & Grant Database

http://www.ais.columbia.edu/sws/gsas/search.php

Community of Science Funding Database (includes grants)

http://fundingopps.cos.com/

Dartmouth College- Undergraduate & Graduate Scholarships

www.dartmouth.edu/~scholarship/scholarlist/

FastWeb: Free Scholarship and College Searches Plus Financial Aid Tools and More

www.fastweb.com  

FinAid! The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid         

www.finaid.org

GrantsNet

www.grantsnet.com

Higher Education Information             

www.tericollegeaccess.org

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

www.hsf.net/

Minority Scholarships

www.free-4u.com/minority.htm

National Institute of General Medical Sciences – National Institutes of Health – Minority Programs

www.nigms.nih.gov/minority/        

Petersons’s Education Portal – Colleges, Graduate Programs, Financial Aid

www.petersons.com      

Scholarships.com –Scholarship Search & Financial Aid

www.scholarships.com 


UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Apply as a high school senior or while you are enrolled in an undergraduate program

General Links

Coalition to Increase Minority Degrees

mati.eas.asu.edu:8421

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

www.mmuf.org

Jefferson Scholarship

www.jeffersonscholars.org

Hyper Aid

mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/hyperamp/db.html

Truman Scholarship for Public Service

www.truman.gov
Truman-Stanford Nomination Information

Humanities and Social Sciences

Beineke Scholarship

www.beineckescholarship.org
Beineke-Stanford Nomination Information

Dolores Liebman Fund

www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/liebmann/

James Madison Fund

www.jamesmadison.com

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

www.rbf.org/programs/educationproglist.html

Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice              

www.familiesusa.org/about/wellstone-fellowship.html

                             

Sciences/Engineering

American Geological Institute Minority Scholarships

www.agiweb.org/mpp/

Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology

ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dlhinson/dfb_sch.htm

Environmental Protection Agency Undergraduate Fellowships

es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/current/2004_gro_undergrad_fellow.html#Summary  

Microsoft College Scholarships

www.microsoft.com/college/ss_overview.mspx

Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships

www.microsoft.com/citizenship/diversity/inside/dac/bam/scholarships.asp

Millennium Scholars Program

www.gmsp.org

National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship www.ugsp.nih.gov
NIGMS Minority Programs www.nigms.nih.gov/minority

American Chemical Society Diversity Program Education and Training Resources Scholars Program

www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html

 

 

GRADUATE STUDIES

Apply as a college senior or while you are enrolled in a graduate program

General Links

Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Database

www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132

Michigan State University’s library Database

www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3electro.htm

Scholarships for Minorities

http://scholarships.fatomei.com 

United College Negro Fund and the Merck Foundation

www.uncf.org/merck/programs/grad.htm

National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine

www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/othfells.html

Yale University Portal

www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/fellowships.html

Project 1000 (grad school application fee waivers)

http://mati.eas.asu.edu/p1000/  

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships (Predoctoral & Dissertation)

www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/index.html

Humanities and Social Sciences

Andrew Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies              

www.woodrow.org/mellon/

Awards for Social Sciences 

www.texashealthcareers.org/AWS_social_sciences.htm

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program

www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html

Sciences/Engineering

American Society for Microbiology

www.asm.org/Education/index.asp?bid=1214

AT&T Academic Programs

www.research.att.com/

Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowship Program

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/foundation

Biomedical Science Careers Program – Scholarships and other resources

www.bscp.org/scholarships.asp

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol1no3/fellow.htm        

Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

www.krellinst.org/csgf/application

Duke University Graduate School portal

www.ors.duke.edu/find/student/grad/gradsci.html

The National GEM Consortium

www.gemfellowship.org       

The Hertz Foundation

www.hertzfndn.org

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship

www.igert.org

Minority Faculty Development Program – Medical and Graduate Programs – Visiting Clerkship Program

www.mfdp.med.harvard.edu/med_grad/vcp/index.htm

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering – Scholarships

www.nacme.org/scholarships    

National Medical Fellowship, Inc. Graduate Engineering for Minorities

www.nmf-online.org

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving  Institutions

epp.noaa.gov

National Physical Science Consortium

www.npsc.org

National Science Foundation              

www.nsf.gov/grfp

Sloan Foundation Minority PhD Program

www.nacme.org/sloan

   

 

Business

The PhD Project

http://www.phdproject.org/

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS

Apply for these awards while you are enrolled in a graduate program.  Your coursework must be completed before the funds can be applied, so plan ahead.

General Links

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships (Dissertation)

www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/index.html      

Humanities and Social Sciences

Awards for Social Sciences 

www.texashealthcareers.org/AWS_social_sciences.htm

International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) (dissertation field research) from The Social Science Research Council

www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf

The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies

www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/fellowships.php

Sciences/Engineering

American Society for Microbiology

www.asm.org/Education/index.asp?bid=1214

Biomedical Science Careers Program – Scholarships and other resources

www.bscp.org/scholarships.asp

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol1no3/fellow.htm        

Duke University Graduate School portal

www.ors.duke.edu/find/student/grad/gradsci.html

National Medical Fellowship, Inc. Graduate Engineering for Minorities

www.nmf-online.org

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Apply for these awards as you are completing your dissertation

General Links

Ball State University Academic and Research Programs

www.bsu.edu/research/article/0,,25024--,00.html

Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities           

townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/postdocs_date.shtml

Humanities and Social Sciences

George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation

www.brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/howard

The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies

www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/fellowships.php

National Endowment for the Humanities

www.neh.gov

Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Social Sciences

www.spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/socpostdoc.html

Sciences/Engineering

American Physical Society

www.aps.org

American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology – National Research Council Postdoctoral & Senior Research Associateship Awards

asgsb.indstate.edu/newsletter/V13_1/nrc_assoc_awards.html

Biology Postdoctoral Opportunities/Fellowships – MIT

web.mit.edu/biology/www/postdoc/fellowshipsall.html

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (genomics)

http://www.broad.mit.edu/diversity/

Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol1no3/fellow.htm    

Dana-Farber Open Positions

www.danafarber.org/abo/working/open/searchresults.asp?category=Fellowships

Employment Opportunities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

http://jobs.ornl.gov  

Ford Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships

www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html

Jackson Laboratory, The

www.jax.org/research/post_doc_ops.html

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship

fellowship.llnl.gov

Massachusetts Post-Doc Training Programs

www.masspsych.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=6

National Academies, The

www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – NIH

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook  

PhDs.org: Science, Math, & Engineering Career Resources

www.phds.org/career-guide/   

Post-Doctorate Net Advice and Resources

www.postdoctorate.net/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – Postdoctoral Program

www.whoi.edu/education/postdoctoral/scholarship.html    

EMPLOYMENT LINKS

General Links

Academic Careers for all disciplines

www.academiccareers.com

Collection of Internet Sources for Employment

www.academic360.com/

Academic Keys

www.academickeys.com/splash_flash.php

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s job supplement

www.chronicle.com

Jobs in Higher Education

www.higheredjobs.com

Careers in Higher Education              

www.insidehighered.com

Humanities and Social Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences Online

www.h-net.org/

              

Sciences/Engineering

Online Career Links for the BioSciences

www.his.com/~graeme/employ.html