This award is offered through The Graduate School. Incoming students are nominated by their department; no direct application is necessary.
External opportunities
Incoming Student
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences
Ph.D., Master's
Academic Year
NIGMS supports individual grants within its scientific mission areas. Most grants are given for research projects, but funding is also available for program projects and some research resources. | More information
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Incoming Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D.
Academic Year, Summer
The awards were established in honor of Ruth L. Kirschstein, who was instrumental in polio vaccine development and became the first woman director of an NIH institute.
External opportunities
Continuing Student
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D.
Academic Year
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has expanded its programs to include medical and graduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in pediatric oncology research.
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Incoming Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D.
Summer
Eligible candidates must be from groups that have been determined by the applicant’s institution to be underrepresented in the microbiological sciences; must be student members of ASM; must have successfully completed all graduate coursework requirements for the doctoral degree by the activation
External opportunities
Continuing Student
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D.
Academic Year
Designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, the Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs offer predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral awards to qualified US students who plan on a career in teaching and resea
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Incoming Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences
Ph.D.
Academic Year
The AAUW is one of the largest sources of funding for graduate education for women. The American Fellowships are the AUW’s oldest and largest fellowship and grant program.
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences
Ph.D.
Academic Year, Summer
International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Up to five fellowships are renewable for a second year.
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Incoming Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences
Master's, Ph.D.
Academic Year, Summer
The AICF awards scholarships funded by corporate and partner sponsors annually for American Indian students seeking to better their lives through higher education.
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Incoming Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences
Master's, Ph.D.
Academic Year
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is designed for doctoral students enrolled at American universities who wish to conduct part of their doctoral research in a French laboratory for a four- to nine-month period.
External opportunities
Continuing Student, Incoming Student, Dissertation Phase
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences
Ph.D.
For Travel, International Travel
Academic Year
