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Departmental

Some graduate departments, as listed below, have posted information on department-specific scholarships or assistantships on their webpages for the benefit of their students.

Links to all UNO Graduate Department Webpages

External Agencies

All of the following awards come from sources outside of the University.

Graduate Students - General / Under-Represented Students / Post-Graduate

Graduate Students - General

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - DISSERTATION GRANTS
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/subweb/dgfly-fr.html
Purpose: To improve the infrastructure for conducting quantitative policy and practice-related education research.
Amount:Up to $15,000
Eligibility: Advanced graduate students who are ready for their dissertation.

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS and POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/subweb/rffly-fr.html
Purpose: Provide experience in the design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of policy research.
Amount: Commensurate with a beginning assistant professor salary for a 9-month fellowship plus $1,000 travel funds. Awards for postdoctoral fellows include stipend of $40,000 for 12 months and health insurance, plus 8% overhead to the host institution.
Eligibility: Beginning researchers, including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, assistant professors, and those who have received their doctorate within the past seven years. U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents. Minority researchers strongly encouraged to apply.

LLOYD G. BALFOUR FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.nif-inc.net/scholarships/lloyd_balfour/
Purpose: To provide financial assistance to professional/graduate students.
Amount: $1,000 and $5,000
Eligibility: Must be initiated member of an NIC, NPC, NPHC or PFA org in good standing and enrolled in an accredited program.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - SCIENCE and ENGINEERING FELLOWSHIP
http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/ndseg/
Purpose: To support graduate students in fields important to national defense needs.
Eligibility: Science/engineering doctoral students.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - JACOB K. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Purpose: To provide financial assistance to students who have demonstrated superior academic ability and achievement, exceptional promise, financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a terminal degree.
Amount:The fellowship consists of an institutional payment and a stipend (based on financial need). In fiscal year 2004, the fellowship consisted of an institutional payment of $11,511 and a maximum stipend of $30,000.
Eligibility: Graduate students in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - SCIENCE TO ACHIEVE RESULTS and GREATER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMS
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/grants/
Purpose: For master's and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study.
Amount: Up to $37,000/yr.
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a relevant program and a US citizen or permanent resident.

DR. NANCY FOSTER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/doc/noaa/gmc/11429foster06302004/grant.html
Purpose: For graduate studies in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology.
Amount: Up to $32,000/yr.
Eligibility: Students in the above disciplines, esp. women and members of other underrepresented groups in the sciences.

HAYEK FUND FOR SCHOLARS
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/26.html/
Purpose: Help graduate students and untenured faculty present at conferences and travel to academic job interviews and participate in research/publication/career enhancing activities.
Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Graduate student or untenured faculty.

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS
http://www.oup.org/index.html
Purpose: Support research that explores issues relevant to helping people create communities of opportunity. Recent grantees were in the fields of architecture, history, planning, economics, anthropology, government, sociology, and public policy.
Amount: $25,000
Eligibility: All but dissertation.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES - FILM AND FICTION SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/15.html
Purpose: Support promising young filmmakers and writers who share an appreciation for the potential and promise of a free society.
Amount: Up to $10,000.
Eligibility: M.F.A. grad students in filmmaking, fiction writing, or playwriting who have a demonstrated interest in classical liberal ideas.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES - GRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/16.html
Purpose: Opportunity for mentoring and networking through summer to aid in the completion of an individual writing project.
Amount: $3,000.
Eligibility: Graduate student.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES - HUMANE STUDIES FELLOWSHIP
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/2.html
Purpose: For graduate study in the humanities in the US or abroad.
Amount: $12,000.
Eligibility: Graduate students, law students, and professional students who are interested in the classical liberal tradition.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES - CHARLES G. KOCH SUMMER FELLOW PROGRAM
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/17.html/
Purpose: Assist students in advancing careers while also advancing liberty through a D.C. public policy internship and career workshops.
Amount: $1,500 + housing and airfare.
Eligibility: Graduate student. See website.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES - JOURNALISM SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/24.html/
Purpose: To give aspiring journalists experience doing real reporting for a newspaper.
Amount: $1,500 plus housing/travel.
Eligibility: Graduate student. See website.

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES - PRODUCTION INTERNSHIPS
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/88.html
Purpose: To help communications students gain hands-on experience, tackle an important issue, make valuable connections within the industry, and contribute to the production of a film or television program that can make a difference.
Amount: $2,000 plus for summer.
Eligibility: Communication students interested in documentaries/TV investigative journalism.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH and EXCHANGES BOARD - INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
http://www.irex.org/programs/grants.asp
Purpose: To provide for individual long-term policy-relevant research opportunities in Europe and Eurasia for Masters, pre- and post-doctoral students.
Amount: Competitive stipends and benefits. $600- monthly stipend for graduate students. $50,000 annual salary for postdoctoral scholars and holders of professional degrees.
Eligibility: Masters, pre- or post-doctoral candidate must be a US citizen or permanent resident of the US for three consecutive years prior to application.

LINK FOUNDATION ENERGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
http://www.linkenergy.org/guidelines.html
Purpose: To foster education and innovation in the area of societal production and utilization of energy. Amount: 2-year fellowships of $25,000/yr.
Eligibility: Student working toward PhD degree at US/Canadian universities (student may be of any nationality).

LOUISIANA OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - FEDERAL STUDENT TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/arc/programinfo.cfm?program_id=800
Purpose: To provide part-time temporary employment with Federal agencies in order to allow students to continue their education without interruptions caused by financial pressures. Students work during the school year while attending school and while on official school breaks.
Eligibility: Graduate (or undergrad) student

THE ANDREW W. MELLON FELLOWSHIP \endash HUMANISTIC STUDIES
http://www.woodrow.org/mellon/eligibility.html
Purpose:To support exceptionally promising students as they pursue advanced study in the disciplines of the humanities. For first-year doctoral students only.
Amount: Covers full graduate tuition and required fees and includes a stipend of $17,500.
Eligibility: You must be a college senior or graduate applying for a Ph.D. program in the humanities.

FELIX MORLEY JOURNALISM COMPETITION
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/41.html/
Purpose: To Reward outstanding young writers whose work best demonstrates and communicates an appreciation of classical liberal principles.
Amount: $250-$2,500 (First Place = $2,500).
Eligibility: Young students who have at least 3-5 recent works published in student newspapers or other periodicals.

OTTO D. GROVE, JR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
http://www.cefpi.org/pdf/grove_fund.pdf
Purpose: To support dissertation work on quality learning environments from the colleges and universities of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Amount: $2,500.
Eligibility: Graduate student in good standing in Architecture, Education or other related field, at a college or university within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

NATIONAL ACADEMIES - CHRISTINE MIRZAYAN SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY POLICY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/
Purpose: To engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government.
Amount: Stipend for 12-week program is $5,700. $4,800 for 10-weeks. Those outside DC receive an additional $500 to help with travel.
Eligibility: Applications for the fellowships are invited from graduate students through post-doctoral scholars in any physical, biological, or social science field or any field of engineering, medicine/health, or veterinary medicine as well as business, law, education, and other graduate and professional programs. Applicants should currently be in a graduate program or within 5 years of receipt of their graduate or professional degree.

NATIONAL ACADEMIES - RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP PROGRAMS
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf
Purpose: To conduct research at a specific laboratory chosen by the applicant.
Amount: Contact organization.
Eligibility: Doctoral level scientists and engineers and Postdoctoral Associates (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior Associates (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate).

NASA - VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/nasa/activity_1.html

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION - GRANTS
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
Purpose: To strengthen scientific and engineering research potential, and education programs at all levels, and appraise the impact of research upon industrial development and the general welfare.
Amount: Varies.
Eligibility: Most funding goes to students in biology, computer science, education, engineering, geosciences, international studies, math, the physical sciences, polar research, statistics, the social/behavioral sciences, and interdisciplinary work.

RURAL POVERTY RESEARCH CENTER: DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
http://www.rupri.org/rprc/dissertationfellowshipflyer.pdf
Purpose: To enable PhD candidates to complete dissertations on issues relating to rural poverty, especially on poverty-reduction and increased self-reliance.
Amount: $20,000
Eligibility: Current doctoral students from a range of disciplines.

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
Purpose: To target the spaces between disciplines, where new perspectives emerge and struggle for acceptance, thus ensuring the production of knowledge on key topics, regions, and social challenges.
Amount: Up to $15,000.
Eligibility: American citizen or permanent resident studying in the social sciences or humanities doing pre-dissertation or dissertation work.

THE SPENCER FOUNDATION
http://www.spencer.org/programs/
Purpose: Support dissertation research that shows potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history/theory/practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline or professional field.
Eligibility:Candidate for a doctoral degree at a US school. Must provide a clear and specific plan for completing the dissertation within one to two-years.

USA FUNDS - ACCESS TO EDUCATION
http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html
Purpose: To assist financially needy students in achieving their higher-education goals.
Amount: $1,500/yr.
Eligibility: Annual (adjusted) family income under $35,000. Students from Arizona, Indiana, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming get special consideration, and 50% of awards will be given to ethnic minorities.

WOODROW WILSON NATONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION - DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS IN WOMENS STUDIES
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/purpose.html#purpose
Purpose: To encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries.
Amount: $3,000 for dissertation expenses.
Eligibility: All but dissertation in any field of study.

YOUNG COMMUNICATORS FELLOWSHIP
http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/25.html/
Purpose: To help graduate students or recent college grads take advantage of strategic opportunities that can enhance their abilities and credentials to pursue careers that involve the communication of ideas.
Amount: Up to $2,500 for 12 weeks, varies with circumstances.
Eligibility: A college grad or grad student in the communications fields who believes in promoting the classical liberal tradition, who has applied for a career-enhancing program.

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UNDER-REPRESENTED STUDENTS

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA - MERIT OR FINANCIAL AID SCHOLARSHIPS
http://www.akaeaf.org/scholarships.htm
Purpose: To reward students who excel academically, and to assist financially needy students.
Amount: $750 to $1,500.
Eligibility: Varies for each type of award; see website.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
Purpose: To support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Grants provide support for course work beyond a bachelor's degree, including a master's degree, second bachelor's degree, or specialized training in technical or professional fields.
Amount: $2,000-$8,000
Eligibility: Women who hold a bachelor's degree. Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/international.cfm
Purpose: For full-time study or research for graduate or post-graduate women.
Amount: $18,000-$30,000
Eligibility: Open to master's level, doctoral, or post-doctoral women who are NOT U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - SELECTED PROFESSIONS FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm
Purpose: To increase contributions by women in fields where their participation has traditionally been low.
Amount: $5,000 - $20,000
Eligibility: Women who intend to pursue full-time study in one of the degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low (see list). Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - MINORITY FELLOWSHIP
http://www.aera.net/fellowships/
Purpose: To improve the quality and diversity of faculty and to encourage outstanding minority doctoral degree holders to pursue academic careers and careers in educational research.
Amount: $10,000. Fellowships may be supplemented by campus or department awards and tuition waivers.
Eligibility: US minorities (African Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Native Pacific Islanders, Filipino Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans) who are full time students and have successfully defended their dissertation proposal.

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION - MINORITY FELLOWS PROGRAM
http://www.apsanet.org/section_177.cfm
Purpose: To increase the number of minority Ph.D.s in political science and to encourage institutions to provide financial assistance to them.
Amount: $2,000 for 2 years
Eligibility: US minority students, in financial need, applying to enter a doctoral program in political science for the first time with an interest in teaching and potential for research.

FORD FOUNDATION - DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS\
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/forddiss.html
Purpose: To increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Amount: $21, 000
Eligibility: US Citizen PhD candidates of any demographic committed to teaching and research at the university level.

FORD FOUNDATION - PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/fordpredoc.html
Purpose: To increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Amount: $17,000/yr for 3 years.
Eligibility: Any US citizen committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D.

DR. NANCY FOSTER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/doc/noaa/gmc/11429foster06302004/grant.html
Purpose: For graduate-level studies in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology.
Amount: Up to $32,000/yr.
Eligibility: Students in the above disciplines, especially women and members of other groups underrepresented in the sciences.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/pa-00-069.html
Purpose: To support minority graduate students for up to five years. PhD or equivalent research degree.
Amount: Stipend, tuition, health insurance and fees for up to five years.
Eligibility: Minority graduate student in biomedical or behavioral sciences.

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST - ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FOR MINORITIES\
http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1530/newsletter_show.htm
Purpose: To introduce a diverse group of students to issues relating to philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations.
Amount: $2,500-$5,000.
Eligibility: A social science or humanities graduate student in financial need, from an underrepresented group, who has achieved academic excellence.

NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR GRADUATE DEGREES FOR MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING, INC. GRADUATE ENGINEERING FOR MINORITIES (GEM)
http://was.nd.edu/gem/gemwebapp/public/gem_01_100.htm
Amount: All tuition and fees. The funding for the MS Award is for three semesters or four quarters with a minimum $10,000/yr stipend. The funding for the Ph.D. programs is for 5 years with a minimum $14,000/yr stipend.
Eligibility:American Indian, African American, Latino, Puerto Rican, and other Hispanic American masters and doctoral students in the engineering fields and doctoral students in the sciences.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK CHEMISTS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS - FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
http://www.nobcche.org/index.cfm?PageID=50174597-757C-432E-BA8C253625586175
Purpose: To promote the work of African-American students in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Amount: Varies with award.
Eligibility: PhD candidate in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Life Sciences.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/nsf/activity_1.html
Various NSF grants for students, faculty, institutions. Offers some grants specifically for underrepresented groups. Offerings change yearly.

PAUL AND DAISY SOROS FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW AMERICANS
http://www.pdsoros.org/requirements.html
Purpose: To support new Americans in any professional field who can contribute significantly to society.
Amount: $20,000 and one-half of your tuition.
Eligibility: New Americans (who intend to stay in the US) with a bachelor's or who are in their final undergraduate year. No award for grad students who are in their third year or beyond. You must not be older than thirty when applying.

PHILANTHROPIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, PEACE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
http://www.peointernational.org/projects/policies-ips.php
Purpose: To support international women graduate students.
Amount: Up to $6,000, based upon need.
Eligibility: International students only.

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL - MELLON MAYS PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH GRANT
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
Purpose: To support the development and training of minority scholars.
Eligibility: Only those students recognized as Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows, and currently enrolled in Mellon designated fields in participating colleges and universities, are eligible to apply.

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND
http://www.uncf.org/scholarships/index.asp
http://www.uncf.org/internships/index.asp< index.asp?
Purpose: To aid promising, financially needy African-American scholars in achieving their academic goals.
Amount: Varies. Some funds are only applicable at Member HBCUs.
Eligibility: African-American students through doctoral level (research funded through post-doctoral).

USA FUNDS - ACCESS TO EDUCATION
http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html
Purpose: To assist financially needy students in achieving their higher-education goals.
Amount: $1,500/yr.
Eligibility: Annual (adjusted) family income under $35,000. Students from Arizona, Indiana, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming get special consideration, and 50% of awards will be given to ethnic minorities.

WOODROW WILSON NATONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION - DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS IN WOMENS STUDIES
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/purpose.html#purpose
Purpose: To encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries.
Amount: $3,000 to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation.
Eligibility: Doctoral students who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements in any field of study.

XEROX TECHNICAL MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP
http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/s/scholar.doc
Purpose: To provide funding to minority students enrolled in one of the technical sciences or engineering disciplines.
Amount: $1,000.
Eligibility: Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Alaskan, or Hispanic full-time students working toward a BS, MS or PhD in technical science or engineering.

ZONTA INTERNATIONAL DOUNDATION - AMELIA EARHART FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
http://www.zonta.org/site/pageserver?pagename=zi_scholarships_fellowships_awards
Purpose: To promote research by women in fields related to aerospace science and engineering. (There are awards at this link also for young women in public affairs and in business.
Amount: $6,000 toward tuition and related expenses, renewable once.
Eligibility: Women of any nationality who hold an aerospace-related bachelor's degree in science or engineering and have completed a year of graduate work (see link for requirements for public affairs and business students). Applicants must be engaged in well-defined research.

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POST-GRADUATE

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES - VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
http://www.amacad.org/visiting.aspx
Purpose: To stimulate and support research conducted by scholars and practitioners who show promise of becoming leaders in their field, especially those who work on multidisciplinary topics. Interest in broadening public understanding of important intellectual trends and contemporary policy choices, especially the exploration of the impact of scientific and technological advances over the past two centuries on American institutions, humanities and culture in America, American foreign policy, and global security.
Amount: $35,000/yr for post-docs. Faculty can receive up to $50,000 (depending on current salary).
Eligibility: US citizens and permanent residents. Terminal degree should have been completed within the last 10 years (although exceptional circumstances will be taken into consideration).

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - AMERICAN FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
Purpose: To support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication.
Amount: $6,000-$30,000
Eligibility: Doctoral candidates who are U.S citizens or permanent residents.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - SELECTED PROFESSIONS FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm
Purpose: To increase representation and productivity of women and especially minority women in fields in which they are underrepresented.
Amount: $5,000-$20,000
Eligibility: Women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low (see list on website). Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/acs/activity_1.html

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS and POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/subweb/rffly-fr.html
Purpose: Provide valuable experience in the design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of policy research.
Amount: Stipends commensurate with a beginning assistant professor salary for a 9-month fellowship plus $1,000 in travel funds. Awards for postdoctoral fellowships include a stipend of $40,000 for 12 months and health insurance, plus 8% overhead to the host institution.
Eligibility: Beginning researchers, including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, assistant professors, and those who have received their doctorate within the past seven years. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents. Minority researchers strongly encouraged to apply.

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - RESEARCH GRANTS
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/subweb/rgfly-fr.html
Purpose: To stimulate quantitative policy- and practice-related research on U.S. education using large-scale, nationally- representative NCES and NSF data sets.
Amount: Up to $20,000 for 1-year projects, or up to $35,000 for 2-year projects.
Eligibility: Faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level researchers. Applicants must have received the doctoral degree by the start date of the grant.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/aha/activity_1.html

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/aid/activity_1.html

COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION WITH CHINA PROGRAMS
http://www.acls.org/csccguid.htm
Purpose: For scholars in the humanities who have done significant study and preparation in America and are now ready to do in-depth research in the People's Republic of China.
Amount: Living allowance, health insurance, and international airfare.
Eligibility: Individuals with the Ph.D. or equivalent. US citizens and permanent residents who have lived in the US continuously for at least three years.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/ed/activity_1.html

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOE/activity_1.html

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/doi/activity_1.html

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/epa/activity_1.html

FORD FOUNDATION - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/fordpost.html
Purpose: To increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Amount: $40,000
Eligibility: Any US citizen with a PhD committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.

ALEXANDER VAN HUMBOLT FOUNDATION - HUMBOLT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp.htm
Purpose: To carry out research projects of the student's choice in Germany.
Amount: See website.
Eligibility: Young highly qualified PhDs who are not residents of Germany (age limit: 40 years).

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH and EXCHANGES BOARD - INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
http://www.irex.org/programs/grants.asp
Purpose: To provide for individual long-term policy-relevant research opportunities in Europe and Eurasia for Masters, pre-doctorial and postdoctoral students. Limited funding for pre-doctoral humanities scholars.
Amount: Competitive stipends and benefits offered to all fellows. $600- monthly stipend for graduate students. $50,000 annual salary for postdoctoral scholars and holders of professional degrees.
Eligibility: A Masters, pre-doctoral and postdoctoral candidate must be a US citizen or permanent resident (green card holder) of the US for three consecutive years prior to application.

JILA
http://jilawww.colorado.edu/
Purpose: To provide advanced research experience in the years immediately after the PhD degree.
Amount: Salaries range from $28,00-$36,000 depending on experience, qualifications and funding source.
Eligibility: Recent PhD recipients in the physical sciences.

THE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION
http://www.lsrf.org/geninfo.htm
Purpose: To support postdoctoral activities in all areas of the life sciences.
Amount: The fellowship award is $51,000 per year and is meant to be a mini grant. LSRF keeps $1000 for administrative expenses and passes the rest to the fellow. The salary scale begins at $36,000 for a first-year postdoctoral, $38,000 for a second year, and $40,000 thereafter.
Eligibility: Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees.

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION - VARIOUS
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/mmc/activity_1.html

NATIONAL ACADEMIES \endash CHRISTINE MIRZAYAN SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY POLICY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/
Purpose: To engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students (or recent post-grads) in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government.
Amount: The stipend for a 12-week program is $5,700. The stipend for a 10-week program is $4,800. Those outside DC receive $500 to help with travel.
Eligibility: Graduate students through post-doctoral scholars in any physical, biological, or social science field or any field of engineering, medicine/health, or veterinary medicine as well as business, law, education, and other graduate and professional programs. Applicants should currently be in a graduate program or within 5 years of receipt of their graduate or professional degree.

NATIONAL ACADEMIES - RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP PROGRAMS
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf
Purpose: To conduct research at a specific laboratory chosen by the applicant.
Amount: Contact organization.
Eligibility: Doctoral level scientists and engineers and Postdoctoral Associates (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior Associates (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate).

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
http://fedgrants.gov/applicants/nsf/activity_1.html
Various NSF grants for students, faculty, institutions. Offerings change yearly.

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
Purpose: To promote research and/or publication records and to further the recent PhDs academic career. Support for significantly revising and re-writing an existing project or on designing a new research project.
Amount: Up to $20,000.
Eligibility: Junior faculty and independent scholars, from a relevant field in a social science or humanities discipline, either at an accredited university or working as an independent scholar in the US, who are within the first five years of having received their PhD who require release time.

THE SPENCER FOUNDATION
http://www.spencer.org/
Purpose: For investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the US or abroad. Supports researchers from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields.
Amount: Small grants = $1,000 - $40,000. Large grants = $40,000+.
Eligibility: Ordinarily, must be affiliated with a school district, a college or university, a research facility, or a cultural institution. Researchers must also have a doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in the teaching profession.

THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES
http://www.virginiafoundation.org/fellowships/index.html
http://www.virginiafoundation.org/grants/index.html
Purpose: To offer time, space, and resources to scholars bringing the humanities to visibility, applying the tools of history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, and literary criticism to matters of public concern.
Amount: Up to $15,000 per semester; summer Fellows receive less. Fellowships are awarded for one semester, a full year, or for the summer session only. All Fellows have University of Virginia faculty status while in residence.
Eligibility: Independent and affiliated scholars, professionals, and others working on projects in the humanities. Applicants need not have advanced degrees, but the VFH generally does not support work toward a degree.

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Funding Databases

IRIS - The University of New Orleans subscribes to the Illinois Research Information Service which allows you to search funding opportunities by keywords and other search criteria. Available to UNO IP addresses.

GRAPES - UCLA's Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support database

NSF - National Science Foundation Specialized Information for Graduate Students

Students.gov - Links to Federal Resources for Graduate Students

 

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