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Funding Opportunities for Minority Doctoral Students

(This page represents only a sample of funding opportunities for this population of students. Graduate students are also encouraged to take a more active approach - using the funding databases COS and IRIS - when searching for funding)

American Society for Microbiology, Robert D. Watkins minority Graduate Fellowship. A three year $45,000 stipend available for doctoral candidate in the microbiological sciences. 
http://www.asm.org/Education/index.asp?bid=6278

Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence at Liberal Arts Colleges, Minority Scholar-in-Residence Program, Dissertation Fellowship. This fellowship is for doctoral students studying in all disciplines of the liberal arts as well as in engineering. http://www.grinnell.edu/Dean/CSMP/DISSERTATION.html

Fund for Theological Education, Inc, Dissertation Fellows Program. A one-year stipend of $15,000 is available to African-American PhD students at the final stage of their graduate work in religious or theological studies. http://www.thefund.org/programs/fellowships/dissertation/index.html

Kenyon College, Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship for Minority Scholars. A stipend of $32,000 is available to a minority PhD student in the arts, humanities, education, law, business, and social sciences. E-mail Dr. Ronald A. Sharp for more information sharp@kenyon.edu

Korean American Scholarship Foundation, Scholarships - Eastern Region. Any student of Korean heritage currently enrolled in a full-time graduate program is eligible to apply. http://www.kasf.org/home/eastern.html

Merck Science Initiative of the United Negro College Fund, Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships. Awards of up to $30,000 are available to African-Americans enrolled in a PhD program majoring in a physical or life science. http://www.uncf.org/merck/programs/grad.htm

National Academy of Sciences, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities. Forty dissertation fellowships of $24,000 each are available for doctoral students conducting research in a variety of fields. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Ethnic Minority Program Postgraduate Scholarship. Several $6,000 scholarships for minority applicants entering into their first year of postgraduate studies.  link to minority women scholarship

National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science, Underrepresented Minority Dissertation Research Grants in Mental Health. A $25,000 grant for PhD students conducting research on mental health or mental disorders.

National Science Foundation, Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships NSF 00-139. A two- year fellowship up to $108,000 is available for postdoc research in the biological sciences.

National Society of Hispanic MBA, Scholarship Program. Awards range from $2,000-15,000 to assist Hispanic students pursuing a Masters degree in management or business. http://www.nshmba.org/home.asp

Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity. A one year stipend of $24,000-$30,000 for minority students writing a dissertation in Humanities, Social Sciences and Business. http://www.diversityoncampus.com/id2.html

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Advanced Industrial Materials Fellowship. A $24,000 fellowship available for students studying materials science, materials engineering, and ceramic engineering. http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/uggrad/aim.htm

Organization of American Historians (OAH), Huggins-Quarles Award. Up to $1,000 for doctoral students at the dissertation stage who are conducting research on American History. http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/hugginsquarles/index.html

School of American Research (SAR) Resident Scholar Fellowship, Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship. $30,000 award for Native Americans who have completed their doctoral dissertation research and are at the writing stage of their work. http://www.sarweb.org/scholars/scholars.htm

Williams College, Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship for Minority Graduate Students. A stipend of $26,500 is available to two minority PhD students in the humanities or in the natural, social, or behavioral sciences. http://www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/bolin.html