Duke Graduate School

Through the generosity of the Aleane Webb Endowment, The Graduate School provides small grants for dissertation research projects. This award was created to help graduate students fund miscellaneous projects associated with their research.

The Anne Firor Scott Public Scholarship Fellowship, funded directly by The Graduate School, supports one advanced graduate student with a strong interest in carrying out dissertation research that connects with broader public constituencies through innovative forms of scholarly publication (inclu

Created through an endowment gift from the family of Anne T. and Robert M. Bass, the Bass Instructional Fellowship Program supports high-quality undergraduate teaching experiences for Ph.D. students where normal means of funding are unavailable.

In recognition of the significant disruption that the coronavirus pandemic has caused in the academic and research progress of many Ph.D. students, Duke is providing a mechanism for those students to apply for the following extensions to their standard funding package.

This award is offered through The Graduate School. Incoming students are nominated by their department; no direct application is necessary. The Chancellor’s Scholarship is awarded to incoming graduate students studying biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine.

The Graduate School provides up to $525 for domestic and $700 for international travel for advanced students who have passed all parts of the preliminary examination and are presenting a paper or poster at a regional, national, or international conference. Due to current travel restrictions, The Graduate School will not award conference travel awards related to actual travel at this time until further notice, but will award funds to cover web-based conference registration expenses. The same guidelines regarding the expense and application process should be followed.

The Dean’s Graduate Fellowships are four-year awards provided to students who—by reason of their background, culture, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, work, and life experiences—contribute to a fuller representation of perspectives within the academic life of the University. This award is offered through The Graduate School. Incoming students are nominated by their department; no direct application is necessary. 

Through the generosity of the E. Bayard Halsted Scholarship, The Graduate School offers two competitive fellowships for graduate students who earned their undergraduate degree from any department at Duke University and who are, or shall be at the time of receipt of this scholarship, pursuing advanced studies at Duke University in science, history, or journalism.

These awards go to doctoral students past course work and engaged in the early stages of dissertation research.

The internship is for the new University Center of Exemplary Mentoring at Duke. It’s funded by a three-year grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.