Nationally Competitive Opportunities
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Fulbright provides grants for research, study, or English teaching assistantships abroad.
The program is open to graduating senior undergrads, all graduate students who have not yet completed a Ph.D., as well as faculty.
AAUW Fellowships & Grants
AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe.
Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program – HHMI
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), recognizing the value of individuals from different backgrounds to move science forward, seeks to increase diversity in the biomedical research community.
DOE Nuclear Energy University Program
Fellowships are awarded for graduate level work in the fields or disciplines of nuclear science and engineering relevant to the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy mission.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Enhance your expertise and collaborate with many of the nation’s leading science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) experts as you complete your research.
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) STEM Internships and Fellowships
ORISE connects college students, recent graduates, postdocs, and faculty to STEM internship and fellowship programs closely aligned with the interests of a variety of research facilities.
DOE Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program (MLEF)
The program aims to improve opportunities for women and minority students, however all eligible candidates are encouraged to apply.
Utah NASA EPSCoR
Available to graduate students who are American citizens and whose research is in an area of biomedical research related to human space travel, life support systems in space, and space crew health maintenance facilities.
The American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS supports scholarship in the humanities and social sciences and advocates for the centrality of the humanities in the modern world.
The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program is a combined educational and workforce development opportunity for bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. students to gain technical skills in critical STEM fields and support the national security mission of the Department of Defense.
The Hertz Foundation – Freedom to Innovate
The Hertz Fellowship provides the nation’s most promising graduate students in science and technology with five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000, and the research freedom to pursue innovative ideas with real-world impact.
DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF) provides financial benefits and professional development to Ph.D. students in fields that solve complex science and engineering problems critical to stewardship science.
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) provides benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.
NRC Research Associateship Programs
Competitive awards are available for scientists and engineers to conduct independent research in federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.
Vietnam Educational Foundation
The VEF offers three funding opportunities.
- Fellowship Program
- Visiting Scholar Program
- U.S. Faculty Scholar Program
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Fellowships for research in Japan in all fields including humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
The DHS offers a variety of prestigious scholarships, fellowships, internships and training opportunities to expose talented students to the broad national security mission.
L'Oréal USA For Women In Science
Applicants are welcome from the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering, and mathematics.
Applications are generally due in March.
American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF)
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) is the leading cultural and educational link between the U.S. and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Laura Bassi Scholarship
Award to provide editorial assistance to masters and doctoral candidates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. Scholarships are awarded three times each year: December, April, and August. Open to all disciplines.
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Graduate Fellowship
A mid-career fellowship for students who will be completing coursework and prepared to begin their research experience at the start of the fellowship year (September 2023). Limited to PhD students in social sciences and humanities who, by fall 2023, will have completed at least two years of doctoral studies and have at least two years remaining.
Deadline: November 2, 2022, 9pm ET
Learn More about the Dissertation Innovation Graduate Fellowship
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Program
The Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Program provides seed money for research by junior faculty at ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) member institutions such as The University of Utah. These competitive research awards provide seed money for junior faculty members that often result in additional funding from other sources. The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000.
Gilliam Fellows Program
Preparing science leaders through paired awards to graduate students and their thesis advisers. Fellowship provides up to three years of funding, professional development, and community.
