1. Funding Your Graduate Work Through Fellowships March 29, 2011 Claudine M. Riccillo Proposal Development Team Office of Research & Sponsored Projects (ORSP) 1

3. They usually provide a monthly stipend for living expenses, tuition and required fees2

5. 1 - 6 year award

6. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident requirement

7. Research-specific/discipline-specific

8. Merit-based

9. Summer internships offered3

12. Fellowship can be path to a job (e.g., National Lab) or postdoc4

14. “Writing a grant proposal forces you to think about your proposed thesis research in a concrete fashion. In particular, it makes you think about the work from the point of view of justifying it to others.”*

15. Practice for future faculty or professional

16. “Seeking funding and writing grant proposals will be a part of your future, whether you're going into academia, government, or industry. Get practice now, so you'll be more successful later. Faculty with funding wield power. “*

17. Eliminates money concerns

18. Money is the number one worry of graduate students5 * Educational Advising Center "Osvita" website http://www.osvita.org/eng/guides/financial.aid/fundingschool/

20. Search online for programs in your discipline e.g. - NSF S-STEM, NASA Center for Space Exploration Technology Research, NIH MARC, GK-12 Grad Fellows, HS-STEM …

21. Fellowships offered through departments and/or college

22. Check department websites

23. University-Wide Fellowships

24. Contact Graduate School6 Campus Resources

27. NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowships

28. U.S. Dept of Education Jacob Javitz Fellowships

29. GEM Consortium Fellowship Program

30. Ford Foundation

31. DoD Science and Engr Grad Fellowships

32. NASA Earth System Science Fellowship Program

33. DHS Scholarship Program

34. EPA STAR Awards

35. AAUW Fellowships and Grants