DEPARTMENT or DEPARTMENT-RELATED FELLOWSHIPS

Barbour Scholarship
In 1914 the bequest of Levi L. Barbour established a scholarship program at the University of Michigan for women of the highest academic and professional caliber from the area formerly known as the Orient (encompassing the lands extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and the Philippines in the east) to study modern science, medicine, mathematics and other academic disciplines and professions critical to the development of their native lands.

BART Summer Only Research Fellowships

BART Summer Only Research Fellowships allow graduate (PhD and Masters) students an opportunity to conduct research at UMBS and learn more about the BART IGERT Program. Currently, summer research fellowships are only available to students at the following institutions: Indiana University Bloomington, Ohio State University, Purdue University, Western Michigan, and University of Michigan.

Block Grant (Ph.D. students)
Funds for research, travel, and living expenses.  Funds are distributed to students.  Contact: EEB Graduate Office, 2019 Natural Science Building.

Brower, Helen Olson Memorial Fellowship (through the EEB Department)
A memorial fellowship for doctoral student(s) whose research is in the area of environmental studies.  Recipients may use award for summer research, as a stipend to allow relief from teaching for a term, or as a research supplement while teaching.  Contact: EEB Graduate Office.

Cole, Emma J. Fellowship (through the EEB Department)
Support for plant biology students in financial need.  Eligible students may request fellowships for supplies related to dissertation research, and/or for summer living support.  Awards vary.  Application information available in the EEB Academic Office.  Contact: EEB Graduate Office.

DAAD Scholarships in Germany Exchange Program
This is an exchange program with the German Academic Exchange Service for advanced study or research abroad in Germany. The scholarship includes tuition, transportation, living expenses, and language training.

Distinguished Dissertation Awards
The purpose of the awards, each of which includes a $1,000 honorarium, is to recognize exceptional and unusually interesting work produced by doctoral students in the last phase of their graduate work. The nominees’ overall academic accomplishments will also be taken into account. This special award gives us an opportunity to celebrate the splendid diversity of scholarly interests examined and explored by our talented doctoral students. STUDENTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR DEPARTMENT.

King-Chavez-Parks Initiative—Future Faculty Fellowship Program
The King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program is funded by the State of Michigan and is intended to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Applications are encouraged from minorities, women, people with disabilities, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations.

Lurcy Fellowship for Study in France
The Trust seeks to promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of the United States and France, by supporting scholarly activities between memvers of both societies. The award is a stipend in the amount of $15,000, for attending a university in France for an academic year. Applicant must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards
Graduate students actively pursuing advanced degrees and who have completed at least two full terms (not necessarily consecutive) as Graduate Student Instructors may be nominated for this award. Graduate students whose second term of teaching will occur during the final semester of their program may be nominated for the next Outstanding GSI competition, even though they may no longer be enrolled at the University by that time. Departments and programs are encouraged to nominate women, minorities and members of other groups historically underrepresented in their disciplines.

Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Funds
The Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Fund is intended to help meet the financial needs of Rackham graduate students who encounter an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, or unforeseen expenses during their degree program.

Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant
The Rackham Graduate School is committed to excellence in graduate education. The Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant is designed to support Rackham graduate students who need assistance to carry out research that advances their progress toward their degree. The grant is intended to defray costs of conducting clearly defined research projects.

Rackham/International Institute Travel Grant
This program is to assist Rackham students who are delivering oral papers at international conferences.  Awards are up to $1000 depending on location.  Awards are contingent upon availability of funds.  University of Michigan Fellowship and Recruitment Office, 413 E. Huron 764-8119.

Rackham Merit Fellowship/ Rackham Science Awards
The Rackham Merit Fellowship is competitive and recognizes entering students who have outstanding academic qualifications, show exceptional potential for scholarly success in their graduate program, and demonstrate promise for contributing to wider academic, professional, or civic communities. The fellowship is a full funding package that includes a monthly stipend, full-time tuition, registration fees, health and dental coverage, and some summer stipend support. Students do not apply directly for this fellowship, but are nominated by faculty in their graduate program. Nominees are encouraged to provide their graduate program with relevant information regarding their personal background and life experiences, including educational, cultural, familial, or other opportunities or challenges in their Personal Statement on the application for admission to the Rackham Graduate School. Nominations are reviewed by faculty committees on an individual basis. STUDENTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR DEPARTMENT.

Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship
The Rackham Graduate School has established the Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship Program to aid Michigan residents who return to graduate school after an extended absence. Because an interruption in schooling may place such students at a disadvantage in competing for financial assistance awarded at the time of admission, these awards help non-traditional students fund their return to formal education. STUDENTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR DEPARTMENT.

Rackham One-Term Dissertation Grant
Selected departments are allocated a certain number of awards to use at their discretion.  Award consists of candidacy tuition, GradCare, and $7,800 for one term.  Students should be at the writing stage of their degree.  STUDENTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR DEPARTMENT.

Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
For doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are near completion of their degree.  Stipend of $2,100 / month for 12 months, candidacy tuition for three terms, registration fees, and GradCare.  STUDENTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR DEPARTMENT.

Rackham Regents Fellowship
The Rackham Regents' Fellowship Program was created to support Rackham Interdepartmental Programs and designated Schools or Colleges throughout the University.  The funds are awarded by the graduate programs involved and are to be used as fellowships to support outstanding, incoming doctoral students.  Students do not apply directly for these awards. 

Rackham Travel Grants
The Rackham Conference Travel Grant is intended to provide opportunities for Rackham graduate students to become familiar with, and take part in the life of their academic professions. As part of its University-wide commitment to advancing international research and training, the International Institute provides enough funding for 30 awards to international destinations. All the rest of the funding for these travel awards come from Rackham.

Susan Lipschutz, Margaret Ayers Host and Anna Olcott Smith Awards
The Susan Lipschutz Fund for Women Graduate Students was established to honor the memory of Dr. Susan Lipschutz, former Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. Many people in the University community esteemed Susan Lipschutz as a valued colleague, mentor and friend, and as an advocate committed to the support of women students as they pursued their doctoral degrees. The Susan Lipschutz Fund recognizes and supports promising women scholars. Margaret Ayers Host received a Rackham degree in 1942. She studied at Oxford, was President of the Alumni Association, Chair of the Alumnae Council, member of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, and a member of the Rackham Board of Governors. The Margaret Ayers Host Award was established to honor her remarkable contributions as a woman scholar and to the University of Michigan community. Ella Smith Avery made a gift in 1938 in order to honor the memory of her mother and to support women graduate students at the University of Michigan. According to the terms of the gift, the Anna Olcott Smith Fellowship Endowment is intended to aid women graduate students who show "promise of the development of useful original ideas."

Underwood-Alger Scholarship Fund
This scholarship it to assist graduate and undergraduate students in the biological sciences at the University of Michigan. Preference is given to female students. Special consideration is given to those applicants who have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, and whose family situation makes tuition difficult but prevents receiving other financial aid. In addition, special consideration is given to applicants who can demonstrate that an ancestor rode on the Mayflower or was an active participant in the Revolutionary War.

Whittier, Angeline B. Fellowship (through the EEB Department)

Funds are intended to support advanced students in plant biology.  Eligible students may request fellowships for supplies related to dissertation research, and / or for summer living support.  Application information available in the EEB Graduate Office.

Yossi Schiff Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Yossi Schiff Awards assist outstanding international students. Yossi Schiff received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 2005. Born in Israel and proud of his Jewish heritage, Yossi was an enthusiastic traveler who enjoyed his sojourns in Africa and Southeast Asia. This award honors his memory-his open mind and kind heart, the concern he showed for others, and his passion and curiosity in life. Designed to promote international understanding and offer an educational opportunity to foreign graduate students in need, the Yossi Schiff Memorial Scholarship Fund is a fitting tribute to a young man who cared deeply for the world around him and tried to foster values of mutual respect between people, cultures and nations.

GENERAL RELEVANT FELLOWSHIPS

American Association for the Advancement of Science
A ten week summer program that places 20 students in the natural and social sciences and engineers to work as reporters, researchers or production assistants with media organizations nationwide.  The program is designed to strengthen connections between science and the media.  Fellows will receive a weekly stipend and paid travel expenses.

American Iris Society
$2,000 scholarship for US citizens enrolled in graduate studies in the field of plant sciences.  There is no application.  Applicant should send resume, transcript, outline of research program or goals and verification of above from an academic advisor.

American Meteorological Society (AMS)
The fellowships are available to students entering their first year of graduate school.  Student should pursue a related full-time course of study in atmospheric, oceanic or hydrologic sciences over a full academic year.  Candidates must be citizens of the United States or hold permanent resident status.

American Museum of Natural History
Various short term research grants available for support of studies in fields of zoology, anthropology, mineral sciences, and museum education.  Awards range from $200 to $1,000.

American Wildlife Research Foundation
Funding for research on fish, wildlife, and other natural resources, or for conservation and education projects. The maximum grant is $2,000.

Atlantic Salmon Foundation
Offers fellowships of up to $3,000 to North American residents seeking to improve their knowledge or skills in Atlantic salmon biology, management or conservation.  Also an award for overseas travel, study and research benefiting wild Atlantic salmon.

The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) awards small emergency grants to graduate students and nontraditional undergraduates, including parents and returning students, who face serious and unexpected financial problems. To apply for a "critical difference" grant, call (734) 998-7210 to make an appointment with a counselor.

Chicago Zoological Society
Funding for research on conservation or human impacts on the environment, including threatened species or habitats, sustainable use, wildlife management, and restoration.  Grants ordinarily will not exceed $5,000.  In appropriate cases a grant may be used to initiate a project that will help the applicant secure additional funding for the project from other sources.

Creativity Center Fellowship
A residential fellowship to provide 8 weeks away from the distractions of normal life to pursue an independent study of an innovative project or creative idea.  Offers transportation to and from Midland, room and board, and a stipend of $750.  Project ideas must have impact in fellows' field.

The Explorers Club
Funding for scientific expeditions, exploration, and field research.  Maximum funding is $1,200.

Garden Club of America

Various awards to assist with studies and fieldwork in the area of tropical botany and other environmental programs.  Need not be a US citizen.  Send SASE for more information on programs available.

Guggenheim, Harry Frank Foundation
Five fellowships of $10,000 each for support during the writing stage for projects in any of the natural and social sciences and humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression and dominance in the modern world.  Awards range from $15,000 to $35,000 for one to two years.

Hearst, William Randolph Foundation Fellowship
For a student to work at the museum site with the museum collection for six to eight weeks between June & August.  Stipend award of $2,500.

International Institute Conference Travel
The institute provides supplemental travel support for graduate and professional school students in area and international studies who are presenting papers at conferences in the U.S. and its territories.  Papers must be on international or area studies topics, and must have been selected by a juries process.  Grants are available for travel to area studies meetings, annual disciplinary meetings and similar conferences and workshops.  Students may apply for up to $250 for travel support each year.

Lindbergh Grant
Approximately 10 grants of up to $10, 500 are awarded each year for research and education proposals that address furthering a balance between nature and technology.  The grants program is international in scope and citizens of all countries are eligible.

National Science Foundation
National competition for graduate students in Science, Engineering and Math programs.  Three-year tenure for beginning graduate students in the Fall term, or those who will have less than one full year of graduate study.  Stipends are $15,000 per year and tuition.  Also grants for improved Doctoral Dissertation Research minority fellowships and additionally awards to encourage women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science.

The Office of Financial Aid (OFA) provides short-term emergency loans. Students may apply directly through Wolverine Access. After selecting "Student Business," click on "Short Term University Loan" within the "Financial Information" section. Select "Apply for an eUloan" for a full description, including eligibility criteria.

The Nature Conservancy Small Grants Program: The Michigan Chapter
Grants for research that will assist the Michigan Chapter of TNC in the protection and management or rare species and communities in Michigan, especially on Conservancy preserves.  Grant maximum is $2,000.

Rockefeller Foundation
To assist men and women of outstanding promise to make significant contributions to research and teaching or public service in the future as potential staff members of developing-country institutions associated with the Foundation.

Sigma Xi:  The Scientific Research Society
Research awards are made to support scientific investigation in any field.  Funds can be requested for the purchase of specific equipment, travel, and living expenses necessary to undertake the proposed research project.  Maximum awards range from $600 to $1,000.

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
Awarded to support independent research in residence at the Smithsonian Institution.  Predoctoral fellowships and directed research fellowships are available in the following disciplines:  American History, Material Analysis, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, History of Art.  Stipends range from $3,000 for 10-week study to $14,000 plus allowances for a one year grant.

Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund
Priority given to projects that enhance biodiversity and maintain ecosystems, field studies, environmental education programs, development of techniques that can be used in a natural environment and captive propagation programs that stress an integrative and/or multidisciplinary approach to conservation.  Maximum funding is $1,000.

Spring/Summer Research Grant Program

This program was created to provide faculty with research assistance during the spring/summer term to enable them to conduct research projects, complete books and articles, or initiate new scholarly endeavors.  Tenure track and emeritus faculty, research scientists, and librarians are eligible to submit applications.  Employment through this program is limited to students enrolled in doctoral programs.  Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded.  The research assistant will be expected to commit to work at least 200 hours during the combined spring/summer term.  Students who have previously received a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship are not eligible.  Awards will be announced in April.

Udall, Morris K. Scholarship & Excellence in National Environmental Policy
For students in their final year of writing their dissertation in the area of environmental public policy and conflict resolution.  Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

US/USAF/Laboratory Grad. Fellowship Program 
For US citizens who have not attended graduate school in science or engineering science receiving undergraduate degree.  Tuition, fees and stipend starting at $16,000 per year.  Must be enrolled in one of the following fields:  Aeronautical & Astronomic Engineering, Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & Computer Modeling, Electrical Engineering, Geophysics and Meteorology, Industrial & Civil Engineering, Life Sciences, Biology & Biophysics, Material Sciences, Ceramic Engineering, Metallurgy, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering or Physics.

Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropological Research
Awards for research in all branches of Anthropology and in related disciplines pertaining to the sciences of man including basic research to aid in the thesis or dissertation work.  Amount varies with program.

World Nature Association
Funds for conservation research, conservation education, and sustainable development in areas outside of the 50 United States.  Emphasis on involvement of local people, applied research, and “start-up” projects.  Maximum grant is $2,000.

FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES

Chinese-American Educational Foundation
Grant of $1,000 for students of Chinese decent entering or continuing an accredited graduate degree program.  Must have 'B' or above GPA.

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
This program is open to students beginning their doctoral work who are American Indian (Native, Eskimo, Aleut), Black American, Mexican American/Chicano, and Puerto Rican.  Studies must be research-based in the areas of behavioral and social sciences, humanities, engineering, mathematics and physical and biological sciences.  The award consists of a stipend of $14,000.

GEM:  Ph.D. Engineering & Sciences Fellowship Program
The objective of this program is to increase the number of US citizens, minority students (same as above) in the engineering and natural science disciplines.  GEM provides a stipend of $14,000 per year, tuition and fees.  The sciences program also has paid summer internships.

National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
US citizens or permanent residents of the US who are from Hispanic American background and are full time students are eligible.  Must attend a US or Puerto Rican institute.  Awards range from $500 to $1,000.

National Institute of Health Predoctoral Fellowships for Minority Students
These fellowships will provide up to 5 years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree in biomedical or behavioral sciences.  For US citizens or permanent residents, and from an ethnic/racial group underrepresented in research in the biomedical sciences in the US.  Provides an annual stipend of $10,008, tuition, fees and a $2,000 research allowance.

National Physical Science Consortium
The National Physical Science Consortium offers a unique and exciting 6-year doctoral fellowship program for women and minorities in the physical sciences.  Each fellowship is worth from $150,000 up to $180,000.  Open to U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic, American Indian and/or female, have a 3.0 GPA, and are eligible to pursue graduate study at a participating NPSC member university.

National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship
National competition for graduate minority students in Science, Math and Engineering  programs.  Must be citizens or nationals of the US and members of an ethnic minority group.  Award is a three-year tenure at a graduate school which student selects and has been admitted.  Beginning graduate students as of the fall term or those who will have less than one full year of graduate study are eligible to apply.  Annual stipend of $14,400 plus tuition.

FELLOWSHIPS FOR WOMEN

American Association of University Women
Various fellowships and grants available for women who are US citizens or permanent residents.  Awards for individual research projects and  formal academic pursuit.  All applicants must have demonstrated scholarly excellence.  Preference given to women whose civil, community or professional work shows a commitment to advancing the welfare of women and girls.  Women of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

CEW Scholarships for Women
Approximately 30 awards ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 for part or full-time study.  Criteria includes strength of motivation, promise of impact in chosen field, academic performance, potential and financial need.  For women whose education has been interrupted for an extended period of time, who are admitted by the time of the award in April to any program at any University of Michigan campus.

CIC Travel Grants for Women in Science & Engineering
Graduate women students enrolled in any science, engineering, or mathematics degree program at CIC institutions are eligible to apply.  WISE  travel grants will be limited to a maximum award of $500 per student, including the institution’s match.  Awardees will also be asked to present their papers or posters and to describe their conference experience at an appropriate forum on their home campus.

Kappa Kappa Gamma 
For members in a variety of fields who need assistance.  Must be a US or Canadian citizen.  Enclose stamped self-addressed envelope for request, and note chapter membership.

Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowships
Fellowship in support of first-year graduate or professional study, normally undertaken within the year following receipt of the baccalaureate degree, are awarded by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.  Must be active member of Phi Kappa Phi on the date the awards are made.

Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowship
Designed to increase knowledge in the fundamental sciences and encourage research in science by women.  Three different programs.  Awards range from $300 to $3,000.