Fellowship Opportunities - 2008/2009

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research at accredited institutions to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicants must have earned the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree by September 1, 2007, and must have applied to their proposed institution of study by the time of application (no later than December 1, 2008). Selection criteria include outstanding academic record, professional potential, and the potential of the field of study to improve lives of women and girls in the country of origin.
Award: $18,000 for MS; $20,000 for PhD
Application must be submitted on-line by: December 1, 2008 (available after August 15) http://www.act.org/aauw/internat/index.html
Web site: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/international.cfm

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who intend to pursue a full-time course of study during the fellowship year in designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low. Women doctoral candidates in engineering programs are eligible to apply if entering your final year of study.
Dissertation Award: $20,000
On-Line Application Deadline: November 15, 2008 (available after August 1) http://www.act.org/aauw/amdissert/index.html
Web site: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (NDSEG) - applicants must be citizens or nationals of the U.S. (Permanent residents cannot apply) and must receive their B.S. degree by fall 2009. Fellowships are only tenable at U.S. institutions. To be eligible to apply for this fellowship, you must either be in your final year of undergraduate study or have completed no more than the equivalent of one academic year of full time graduate study as a part-time or full-time student.
Award: $30,500-year 1, $31,000-year 2, $31,500-year 3
On-line Application Submission Deadline: January 7, 2009 (available in mid-September) http://asee.org/ndseg2008/
Web site: http://www.asee.org/ndseg/

Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) - a program funded by the Department of Energy which works to identify and provide support for some of the very best computational science graduate students in the nation. Applicants must be planning full-time PhD study at a U.S. university. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens. Applications available in October.
Award: $32,400/year/4 yrs. (must be renewed each year)
On-line application Deadline: January 12, 2009 (5:00 p.m.) http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/appl.shtml (available after Oct. 16)
Web site: http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/

Pre-doctoral Fellowships for Minorities - applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals and a member of one of the following groups: Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), or Puerto Ricans. They must be enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, a research-based PhD program and aspiring to a teaching and research career.
Award: $20,000/year for 3 years (must be used within a 5 year period)
On-line Application Deadline: November 14, 2008 (available early September)
http://nrc58.nas.edu/nrconline/ford/login/login.asp
Web site: http://www.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/fordpredoc.html
Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities - applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals and a member of one of the following groups: Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chacanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), or Puerto Ricans. They must be enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, a research-based PhD program and aspiring to a teaching and research career.
Award: $21,000/one year
On-line Application Deadline: November 28, 2008 (available early September) - http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/applyonline.html
Web site: http://www.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/forddiss.html

Graduate Fellowship Award - eligible applicants must be students of the applied physical sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency. College seniors wishing to pursue the Ph.D. degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply.
Award: $31,000/9 months/renewable up to 5 years
Deadline: October 31, 2008 (available after August 1) https://apply.embark.com/fellowship/Hertz/32/
Web site: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/

Ph.D. Fellowships - intended to honor exceptional PhD students in disciplines of mutual interest, including: computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering, physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences and physics), mathematical sciences, business sciences and service sciences, management and engineering. Students must be nominated by a faculty member (students of all nationalities). Students must have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program at the time of their nomination.
Award: $17,500 for one academic year (9 months), may be renominated yearly for up to 3 years maximum
Deadline: October 31, 2008
Web site: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/phdfellowship/

Energy Fellowship - applicant must be accepted and/or working toward a Ph.D. and there are no limitations placed on citizenship, but fellowships are only tenable at U.S. and Canadian Universities.
Award: $25,000/year for 2 years
Deadline: December 1, 2008
Web site: http://www.linkenergy.org

Graduate Research Fellowships - applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens. Those eligible to apply are college seniors, and first-year graduate students. Applicants must have completed no more than twelve (12) months of full time graduate study and/or no more than 24 semester hours of credit as of August 31, 2008. Women who intend to pursue graduate degrees in engineering or in computer and information science and engineering and who meet the eligibility requirements above can apply for the additional Women in Engineering or Women in Computer and Information Science Awards.
Award: $40,500/year/ 3 years usable over a 5-year period ($30,000 stipend paid out $2500 per month) and $10,500 paid towards tuition and fees. Any remaining tuition balance is covered by the affiliated institution)
Deadline: November 12, 2008 (available after September 1)
Web site: http://www.nsf.gov/
Application available at: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/
Info available at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08593

UIUC Graduate Fellowship Office
IRIS (Illinois Research Information Service) - UofI Library database of grants and fellowships
Grants Net - searchable, on-line database of funding options for biomedical scientists in the early phases of their careers, including graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty members