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FELLOWSHIP SOURCES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

An outstanding, searchable site to look up grants available is http://www.grantsnet.org. One can enter the standing of the student as well as the discipline of study to learn about potential funding sources.

Some sources of graduate student funding include:

  • The National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Awards (F grants) are designed to insure that highly trained scientists will be available to carry out the nation's biomedical research agenda. This is the only federal program that funds students pursuing joint MD/PhD degrees. Walter Golschmidts 301-451-4225 http://grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm
  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Grass Fellowships in Neuroscience
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
  • Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Student Fellowship
  • American Australian Fellowships
  • PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology
  • Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Bio-Engineering)

    • Diversity grants

    In addition to the sources above, students may qualify for various grants that seek to promote diversity, including those listed below:

  • APA Minority Fellowship Program
  • Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities
  • The Minority Neuroscience Fellowship Program
  • NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students
  • NIH Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities
  • NSF Fellowship - Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) provides support for students in early stages of their graduate studies in science, math or engineering. Eugene Brown 703-292-5302. http://www.her.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf
  • Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT)
  • Ford Fellowships currently provide American Physiological Society / Porter Physiology Minority Fellowships - http://www.the-aps.org
  • American Society for Microbiology Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship - http://www.asm.org/Education/index.asp?bid=6278
  • Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities Harold M Weintraub Graduate Student Award - http://www.fhcrc.org/basic/weintraub.html
  • National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) Inc. NCID Postdoctoral Research Associate Program NSF Graduate Research Fellowship - http://www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm
  • Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) $25,000 Genome Scholarship Opportunity.