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Note: This list is intended as a starting point for graduate students seeking fellowships and grants. It is in no way a comprehensive listing. Many other opportunities may be found using the Illinois Researcher Information Service or Community of Science databases. Also, for fellowship lists compiled by other universities, click to Other Useful Links.

American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) - Farm Credit System Foundation Scholarship Program. Scholarships of $3,000 for doctoral students, and $2,000 for master's students, are available to support research relevant to U.S. agriculture or agribusiness finance. May deadline. For more information send an e-mail to: info@aaea.org

Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) - Research Grants. The HRI provides grants for research of relevance to the plant nursery and landscape industry. Of particular interest is research on production and operational efficiency as well as post-production practices. May deadline. For more information consult the web site at http://www.anla.org/research/index.htm

Academy for Educational Development and National Security Exchange Program - Graduate International Fellowships. Up to $10,000 per semester to support the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security, but which are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students. January deadline. http://www.aed.org/nsep

National Science Foundation - Cultural Anthropology Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research. $12,000 awards for dissertation research in all substantive and theoretical fields within the discipline of cultural anthropology. January and July deadlines. http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/anthro/cultdadv.htm#top

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants. The NSF provides grants of $12,000 for research work in archaeology and physical anthropology. Note as well that the Division of International programs within the NSF/SBE also has dissertation enhancement awards for scientific and engineering research conducted in Europe, Latin America or Asia. Continuous deadlines. For more information consult the NSF/SBE web site at http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/

National Science Foundation - Linguistic Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research. $12,000 grants to support research on the development, the psychological processes, and the cultural factors relating to language. January deadline. http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/common/disserts.htm

Social Science Research Council - Dissertation Fellowships on International Migration. $12,000 stipends to foster innovative research in immigration to the United States, the processes of migration and settlement, and the outcomes for both immigrants and native-born Americans. January deadline. http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/intmigration/

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research - Dissertation Fieldwork Grants. $20,000 grants cover research expenses for doctoral candidates in the field of anthropology, including the branches of cultural and social anthropology, enthnology, biological and physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. November deadline. http://www.wennergren.org

American Center of Oriental Research - Kress Fellowships in the Art and Archaeology of Jordan. These three to six month fellowships offer up to $14,000 to pre-doctoral students completing dissertation research in art history. Fellows will reside at the ACOR facility in Amman, Jordan. February deadline. http://www.bu.edu/acor/1page04-05.htm

Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities - Graduate Internships. $20,000 museum internships for graduate students who intend to pursue careers in art museums and related fields of the visual arts, humanities, and sciences. January deadline. http://www.getty.edu/about/opportunities/intern_opps.html

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts - Carter Manny Award. This $10,000 award is for doctoral candidates whose dissertation focuses on architecture or related fields (e.g., urban design and planning, interior designÂ.). March deadline. http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grants/intro.asp?parentID=21&pageID=66

Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF). The GAERF provides mini-grants of up to $2,500 for artists conducting work in graphic communications. April deadline. For more information consult the GAERF web site at: http://www.gaerf.org

Greenshields Foundation - Young Artists Awards. $10,000 grants are awarded to artists in the early stages of their careers in painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Continuous deadline. http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=3366

Library of Congress - Swann Foundation Fund Fellowship. One fellowship with a $15,000 year-long stipend will be offered to graduate student candidate from any field doing research on caricature and cartoon art. February deadline. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swannhome.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Theodore Rousseau Fellowships. $20,000 awarded to students planning careers as museum curators of paintings. The fellowship offers an extended stay in Europe to study paintings first-hand. Applicants should be enrolled in advanced degree art history programs. November deadline. http://www.metmuseum.org/education/fellowship.html#theo

National Gallery of Art - Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship. $16,000 fellowship intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in a field other than Western art. The Andrew Mellon Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad, and one year at the center to complete the dissertation. November deadline. http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvapre.htm

Samuel H. Kress Foundation - Kress Conservation Fellowships. Ten $25,000 fellowships will be made available to people who have finished a M.A. in art conservation and interested in a one-year internship. Applications must be made by the museum or conservation research facility at which the internship will be based. March deadline. For more info: http://www.shkf.org/

Smithsonian Institution - Predoctoral Fellowships. $17,000 stipends for students to conduct independent research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Fields of research include: American history, history of music, history of science and technology, American art. Also, anthropology, environmental biology and conservation, and geological sciences and astrophysics. January deadline. http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm

U.S. Department of Education - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program. $11,000-$25,000 fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, financial need, and exceptional promise to undertake graduate study leading to an advanced degree in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. November deadline. http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsjavits/index.html

Brookings Institute - Research Fellowships in Economic, Foreign Policy, and Governmental Studies. $17,500 stipends for eleven months research and one month vacation. Candidates must be nominated by a graduate department and should have completed the preliminary examinations for the doctorate. Separate fellowships available in Economics, Foreign Policy, and Governmental Studies. December deadline. http://www.brook.edu/admin/fellowships.htm

Deloitte & Touche - Doctoral Fellowship Program for Accounting. A $20,000 award for ten doctoral candidates in accredited accounting programs. The fellowships support students as they complete coursework, dissertations and teaching. October deadline. http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=9841

Link Foundation - Fellowship in Advanced Simulation and Training. $25,000 research awards in theoretical and practical training using simulations of real-world environments. January deadline. http://www.ist.ucf.edu/foundation.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Student Research Participation. $4,000 stipends for graduate students working in the life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business, or computer sciences; a ten-week collaboration with senior professionals at the NOAA. Continuous deadline. http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/NOAA/gi-gugSRP.htm

National Science Foundation - Economics Program Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research. $12,000 awards to support research on the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and the larger global systems. February deadline. http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/econ/ddrip.htm

Newcomen Society of the United States - Dissertation Fellowship in Business and American Culture. $10,000 fellowship for the study of the history of American business, industry, and/or technology. January deadline. link to newcomen.org

State Farm Companies Foundation - Doctoral Dissertation Awards. Awards of $13,000 are available to doctoral candidates whose dissertation topics relate to insurance and risk management or business. March deadline. http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/doctoral.htm

The UMass Eugene M. Isenberg Awards are awarded annually in the amount of $10,000 to graduate students who demonstrate academic merit and a commitment to the integration of science, engineering and management. February deadline. For more information, log on to http://intra.som.umass.edu/awards/

Link Foundation - Fellowship in Advanced Simulation and Training. $25,000 research awards in theoretical and practical training using simulations of real-world environments. January deadline. http://www.ist.ucf.edu/foundation.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Student Research Participation. $4,000 stipends for graduate students working in the life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business, or computer sciences; a ten-week collaboration with senior professionals at the NOAA. Continuous deadline. http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/NOAA/gi-gugSRP.htm

National Science Foundation - Women in Engineering and Computer & Information Science Awards. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to women students near the beginning years of graduate study in engineering or computer and information science. The NSF aims to ensure the vitality and diversity of study in science, mathematics, and engineering. November deadline.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

American Educational Research Association - Dissertation Grants Program. $10,000 annual awards to stimulate research on U.S. education policy with a priority for math and science using National Science Foundation and National Center for Education Statistics data sets. January deadline. http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/subweb/DGFly-FR.html

American Education Research Association (AERA) - Spencer Fellowship Program. Fellows will receive up to $16,000 for a one year fellowship, plus $4,500 in travel funds for professional development. The fellows are usually midway through their doctoral programs, and involved in educational research. May deadline. For more information visit the following web site: http://www.aera.net/anews/announce.htm

Association for Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education - Dissertation Grant Program. $15,000 grants to conduct research on postsecondary education using the National Center for Educational Statistics databases. January deadline. http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=19

International Reading Association - Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship. A $6,000 fellowship encourages and supports doctoral research investigating reading development. October deadline. http://www.reading.org/awards/grantcha.html

American Association of University Women - Engineering Dissertation Fellowships. $15,000 awards to women engineering doctoral candidates in the final stages of their dissertations. November deadline. http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/selectprof.html

American Society of Civil Engineers - Student Scholarships.  A listing of scholarships offered by ASCE. Deadlines vary. http://www.asce.org/inside/stud_scholar.cfm 

American Society for Engineering Education - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships. Between 100 and 150 three-year fellowships will be offered to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. Fellowships will be awarded for study and research leading to doctoral degrees in the physical, biological, engineering, mathematical and ocean sciences. Stipends for the three years total $58,500. January deadline. For more information: http://www.asee.org/ndseg

American Society of Mechanical Engineering - Graduate Teaching Fellowships. A $5,000 stipend encourages outstanding graduate students, especially women and minorities, to pursue engineering education as a profession. Fellowships are for two years. October deadline. http://www.asme.org/education/enged/aid/fellow.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Student Research Participation. $4,000 stipends for graduate students working in the life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business, or computer sciences; a ten-week collaboration with senior professionals at the NOAA. Continuous deadline. http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/NOAA/gi-gugSRP.htm

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowships. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to students near the beginning of their graduate study in science, mathematics, or engineering. Approximately 900 new fellowships are awarded each year. November deadline. http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

National Science Foundation - Women in Engineering and Computer & Information Science Awards. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to women students near the beginning years of graduate study in engineering or computer and information science. The NSF aims to ensure the vitality and diversity of study in science, mathematics, and engineering. November deadline.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

Environmental Protection Agency - STAR Graduate Fellowship Program. $34,000 fellowships for masters and doctoral level students in environmentally-related fields of study. The purpose of the awards are to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields. November deadline. http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/

Morris K. Udall Foundation - Environmental Public Policy and Conflict Resolution Dissertation Fellowships. $24,000 awards for the study of environmental public policy and environmental conflict resolution. January deadline. http://www.udall.gov/p_fell_guide.htm

Smithsonian Institution - Predoctoral Fellowships. $17,000 stipends for students to conduct independent research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Fields of research include: American history, history of music, history of science and technology, American art. Also, anthropology, environmental biology and conservation, and geological sciences and astrophysics. January deadline. http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm

Department of Health and Human Services - AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation. The dissertation will focus on areas relevant to health services research, with emphasis placed on methodological and research topics that address the mission of AHRQ. The total direct costs for applications submitted under this PA must not exceed $30,000 for the entire project period, which is expected to range from a minimum of 9 months to a
maximum of 17 months.  AHRQ will return without review any application that exceeds this amount. February, June, and October deadlines. http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-039.html

Dissertation Grants in Women and Children's Health. Johnson & Johnson and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation sponsor grants of $2000 to encourage significant research on issues related to women's or children's health. October deadline. http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/health

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Predoctoral Fellowships. There are a number of NIH fellowships ranging from $14,500 to $25,000 for doctoral students. April deadline. For more information visit the NIH web site at: http://www.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding.htm

Social Science Research Council - Sexuality Research Fellowship Program. Approximately ten $28,000 fellowships for graduate students working on dissertations that formulate new research questions, generate new theories, and apply new methods in sexuality research. December deadline. http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/sexuality/

Wellesley College - M.A. Cartland Shackford Medical Scholarship. $9,000 scholarship for women studying medicine with a view toward general practice. January deadline. http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/wellfs.html

McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania - Dissertation Fellowship Program. A $15,000 fellowship is available to doctoral candidates at the dissertation research or writing stages studying Early American Studies. Of particular interest is the political, social, economic, or cultural developments of the mid-Atlantic region to 1850. Students will be based in Philadelphia, using the resources of the center's archives. March deadline. For more information send an e-mail to the center at: mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

Naval History Center - Hayes Predoctoral Fellowship in U.S. Naval History. This one year fellowship provides $10,000 to doctoral candidates who are studying any aspect or time period of U.S. naval history. February deadline. http://www.history.navy.mil/prizes/prize1.htm

Smithsonian Institution - Predoctoral Fellowships. $17,000 stipends for students to conduct independent research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Fields of research include: American history, history of music, history of science and technology, American art. Also, anthropology, environmental biology and conservation, and geological sciences and astrophysics. January deadline. http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm 

Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies - Fellowships. $15,000 fellowships support research and writing projects for which the Museum's archival and other resources are critical. The Center welcomes a variety of approaches by scholars in history, political science, philosophy, religion, sociology, literature, and psychology. November deadline. http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/

National Foundation for Jewish Culture - Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies. $8000 award for dissertation writing related to the field of Jewish studies or Jewish history, community or institutions. January deadline. http://www.jewishculture.org/scholarship/doctoralgrants.htm

University of Washington - Hazel D. Cole Fellowship. An $18,000 fellowship for doctoral research in Jewish history, religious studies, Hebrew literature, or contemporary Jewish studies. Includes a residency at the university. December deadline. http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/jewish/colefellowship.html 

National Science Foundation - Law and Social Science Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research. $12,000 grants for proposals that advance fundamental knowledge about legal relations between countries. Proposals should take account of the growing interdependence and interconnections of the world. January deadline. http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/law/start.htm

Special Libraries Association - Affirmative Action Scholarship. A $6000 scholarship to assist a minority graduate student in library or information science. October deadline.
http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/scholarship/sch-index/hpschol/index.cfm

Special Libraries Association - Plenum Scholarship. A $1000 award for doctoral candidates in library or information science. October deadline.
http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/scholarship/sch-index/hpschol/index.cfm

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowships. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to students near the beginning of their graduate study in science, mathematics, or engineering. Approximately 900 new fellowships are awarded each year. November deadline. http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

National Science Foundation - Women in Engineering and Computer & Information Science Awards. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to women students near the beginning years of graduate study in engineering or computer and information science. The NSF aims to ensure the vitality and diversity of study in science, mathematics, and engineering. November deadline.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

Ford Foundation - Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities. The $21,500 fellowships are awarded to individual minority students who demonstrate superior scholarship and show greatest promise for future achievement as scholars, researchers, and teachers in institutions of higher education. November deadline. http://www.nationalacademies.org/fellowships

American Sociological Association - Minority Fellowship Program. An annual stipend of $14,688 for up to three years for minority graduate students in the early stages of sociology graduate programs with emphasis on mental health issues and research. December deadline. http://www.asanet.org/student/mfp.html

Dartmouth College - Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowship. This fellowship provides $25,000 to African-American doctoral candidates from any discipline taught in the Dartmouth Undergraduate Arts and Sciences curriculum and who are planning a career in college or university teaching. February deadline. For more information: e-mail Ms. Dorothea French, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies at: dorothea.french@dartmouth.edu

United Negro College Fund & Merck Foundation Science Initiative - Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships. $30,000 fellowships to assist African-American graduate students in completing coursework, conducting research, and preparing the dissertation for the doctoral degree in the life or physical sciences. January deadline. http://www.uncf.org/merck/programs/grad.htm

Aspen Institute - Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Grants, Targeted Research Grants and Model Applied Research Initiative Grants. Grants of up to $25,000 are available to doctoral students conducting research relevant to the nonprofit sector. August deadline. http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1530/newsletter.htm

Brookings Institute - Research Fellowships in Economic, Foreign Policy, and Governmental Studies. $17,500 stipends for eleven months research and one month vacation. Candidates must be nominated by a graduate department and should have completed the preliminary examinations for the doctorate. Separate fellowships available in Economics, Foreign Policy, and Governmental Studies. December deadline. http://www.brook.edu/admin/fellowships.htm

Dirksen Congressional Center - Congressional Research Awards. These awards of up to $3,500 fund research examining the U.S. Congress. April deadline. For more information consult the web site at: http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantcongresearchaward.htm

Social Science Research Council - Information Technology, International Security, and Global Cooperation Summer Fellowships. $5500 summer fellowships for research on information technology, international cooperation, and global security. January deadline. http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/

U.S. Department of Education - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program. $10,000-$70,000 awards to Ph.D students to conduct research in the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean). Projects focused on Western Europe are not eligible. October deadline. http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation - Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships. $16,000 awards are made to Ph.D. candidates in the dissertation stage to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Approximately 35 fellowships will be awarded. December deadline. http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/

American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Horton Research Grant. Two $10,000 research grants are available to doctoral students researching hydrology or water resources policy sciences. March deadline. For more info: http://www.agu.org/inside/honors.html#SH

American Meteorological Society - Graduate Fellowship in History of Science. This award carries a $15,000 stipend and supports one year of dissertation research in the history of the atmospheric, or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences. February deadline. For more information: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs

Environmental Protection Agency - STAR Graduate Fellowship Program. $34,000 fellowships for masters and doctoral level students in environmentally-related fields of study. The purpose of the awards are to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields. November deadline. http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/

Hertz Foundation - Graduate Fellowship Program. A $25,000 award supports the graduate education of students with outstanding potential in the applied physical sciences. November deadline. http://www.hertzfndn.org/awards.html

International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications -Welch Foundation Scholarship. This $15,000 scholarship is to support research involving the study of vacuum science, techniques, or their application in any field. April deadline. For more information see the web site at: http://www.iuvsta.org/

Link Foundation - Energy Fellowship Program. $25,000 fellowships for graduate research that enhances theoretical and practical knowledge and application of energy research and the dissemination of results. Preference will be given to proposals dealing directly with energy and exploring ideas not yet fully tested. December deadline. http://www.linkenergy.org

National Physical Science Consortium - Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences. $12,500 awards for doctoral candidates in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, geology, material science, mathematics, or physics. November deadline. http://www.npsc.org

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Student Research Participation. $4000 stipends for graduate students working in the life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business, or computer sciences; a ten-week collaboration with senior professionals at the NOAA. Continuous deadline. http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/NOAA/gi-gugSRP.htm

NASA - Graduate Student Fellowships in Earth System Science. $24,000 awards to graduate students pursuing degrees in fields related to Earth System Science. Research topics must be relevant to NASA's Earth remote sensing science, process studies, modeling and analysis in support of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Mid-March deadline.
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_y/code_y.cfm

NASA - Graduate Student Researchers Program. $22,000 awards to graduate students in a variety of science-related disciplines. Candidates must be nominated by a faculty advisor. February deadline. http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/nav/ 

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowships. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to students near the beginning of their graduate study in science, mathematics, or engineering. Approximately 900 new fellowships are awarded each year. November deadline. http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

National Science Foundation - Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research. $8000-$12,000 grants are awarded to applicants for dissertation work in a variety of fields. October deadlines. http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs/nsfddig.html

National Science Foundation - Women in Engineering and Computer & Information Science Awards. $21,500 fellowships are awarded to women students near the beginning years of graduate study in engineering or computer and information science. The NSF aims to ensure the vitality and diversity of study in science, mathematics, and engineering. November deadline.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society - Grants-in-Aid of Research. $1000-$2500 awards to individuals conducting scientific investigation in any field. October deadline. http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/guide.shtml

Smithsonian Institution - Predoctoral Fellowships. $17,000 stipends for students to conduct independent research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Fields of research include: American history, history of music, history of science and technology, American art. Also, anthropology, environmental biology and conservation, and geological sciences and astrophysics. January deadline. http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm

Universities Space Research Association - Visiting Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellows. Visiting Fellows are young scientists of high ability with financially supported one-year appointments, renewable for a second year. Those accepted carry out experimental research programs using the facilities of the Lunar and Planetary Institute or the Johnson Space Institute. Continuous deadline.
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=8314

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowships. A $4,000 stipend is available to graduate students interested in conducting research on the nonlinear dynamics of rotating, stratified fluids. February deadline. For more information, consult the web site at: http://www.whoi.edu/home/index_education_main.html 

Academy for Educational Development and National Security Exchange Program - Graduate International Fellowships. Up to $10,000 per semester to support the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security, but which are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students. January deadline. http://www.aed.org/nsep

Department of Justice - Graduate Research Fellowships. This fellowship program provides fifteen awards of $15,000 each to doctoral students undertaking research on issues in crime and justice. May deadline. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation - Dissertation Fellowships. A small number of $10,000 fellowships will be awarded to doctoral candidates seeking to address problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. February deadline. For more information consult the web: http://www.hfg.org/html.pages/dissert.htm

National Science Foundation - Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research. $8000-$12,000 grants are awarded to applicants for dissertation work in a variety of fields. October deadlines. http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs/nsfddig.html

Social Science Research Council - Program on Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector Â- Dissertation Fellowships. Seven fellowships of $18,000 will be awarded to graduate students of the social sciences and humanities who plan to address issues concerning philanthropy and the non-profit sector in their dissertation research. December deadline. http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/philanthropy/

U.S. Department of Education - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program. $11,000- $25,000 fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, financial need, and exceptional promise to undertake graduate study leading to an advanced degree in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. November deadline. http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsjavits/index.html

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation - Andrew Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies. $15,000 awards to prepare first-year Ph.D candidates for careers in teaching and scholarship in humanistic studies. December deadline. http://www.woodrow.org/mellon

Academy for Educational Development and National Security Exchange Program - Graduate International Fellowships. Up to $10,000 per semester to support the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security, but which are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students. January deadline. http://www.aed.org/nsep

American Councils for International Education - Combined Research and Training. This $12,000 award is for graduate students interested in studying and conducting research in the humanities or the social sciences in Russia or the former Soviet Republics. April deadline. For more information consult the web site at: http://www.americancouncils.org/home.asp?PageID=1

Belgian American Educational Foundation - Graduate Fellowships for Study in Belgium. $17,000 fellowships for study at a Belgian university for the 2002 to 2003 academic year. January deadline. http://www.baef.be/content/fellow_us_to_bel.html

The Camargo Fellowship - Camargo Fellowship Grant. Graduate students in art, music, and writing who are interested in using the foundation's collections in Cassis, France, and who are studying some aspect of French and francophone cultures are encouraged to apply. February deadline. For more information call Ms. Sheryl Mousley at the American headquarters office in St. Paul, MN at (651) 290-2237.

Council of American Overseas Research Centers - Fellowships for Advanced Multi-Country Research. Eight fellowships of $9,000 will be awarded to U.S. doctoral candidates who wish to carry out fieldwork in the Near and Middle East or South Asia to research broad questions in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences. December deadline. http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/

French Embassy - Chateaubriand Fellowships. $10,500 fellowships for more than 25 American graduate students to conduct research (in a variety of fields) in French laboratories for six to twelve month periods. December deadline. http://www.ambafrance-us.org/sst/chateaubriand/

Institute of International Education - Fulbright Full Grants. Provides funds for one year of graduate student study or research in a country outside the U.S. Awards include round-trip transportation, language courses, tuition, living allowances, and health insurance. October deadline. http://www.iie.org/fulbright/us/#overview

Kobe College Corporation - Cross Cultural Institute Graduate Fellowship Program. $24,000 fellowships to support American graduate students for one year of research or study in Japan. January deadline. http://www.crossculturalinstitute.org/fellowships.htm

U.S. Department of Education - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program. $10,000-$70,000 awards to Ph.D students to conduct research in the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean). Projects focused on Western Europe are not eligible. October deadline. http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program. $15,000 grants to doctoral candidates completing their research on housing and urban development issues. January deadline. http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/ddrg.cfm

American Association of University Women - Dissertation Fellowships. $20,000 fellowships available to women in their final year of a doctoral degree program. Candidates are evaluated on their active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, and fields of research. Over fifty fellowships are awarded annually. November deadline. http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

American Association of University Women - International Fellowships. $18,000 awards to women graduate students studying in the United States who are not U.S. citizens. November deadline. http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/international.cfm

American Association of University Women - Selected Professions Fellowships. Approximately $5,000-12,000 awards for women in the final year of graduate study in historically under-represented professions. Awards are included in the fields of Business Administration, Law, Medicine, Architecture, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering. December deadlines. http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm

Social Science Research Council - Sexuality Research Fellowship Program. Approximately ten $28,000 fellowships for graduate students working on dissertations that formulate new research questions, generate new theories, and apply new methods in sexuality research. December deadline. http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/sexuality/

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation - Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies. Fifteen winners receive grants of $3,000. Applicants must be students in doctoral programs who have completed pre-dissertation requirements in any field. The award encourages original and significant research about women in society, history, psychology, literature and art. October deadline. http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/

Academy of American Poets - Walt Whitman Award. Established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets, the Whitman Award offers a first-book publication to an emerging poet, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center. November deadline. http://www.poets.org/awards/whitman.cfm

Humanities Fellowships at the New York Public Library. Fellows receive a stipend of $50,000 and a housing allowance. Open to scholars, researchers, scientists engaged in the humanities, and creative writers whose proposed subjects will benefit directly from access to the collections at the library's Center for the Humanities. October deadline. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/scholars1.html

Institute for Humane Studies - Film and Fiction Scholarship Competition. $10,000 awards from George Mason University for students pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking, fiction writing, or playwriting. January deadline. http://mason.gmu.edu/~ihs/mfa.html

U.S. Department of Education - Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program. $11,000- $25,000 fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, financial need, and exceptional promise to undertake graduate study leading to an advanced degree in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. November deadline. http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsjavits/index.html