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Spanning STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities





  • American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowships
    The fellowship is awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low. These Include Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, and Computer Sciences. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
    www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm

  • Association for Women in Science Predoctoral Fellowships
    "About 5-10 AWIS graduate fellowships in the amount of $1,000 are awarded each year. The four memorial awards are: (1) Amy Lutz Rechel Award, for an outstanding graduate student in the field of plant biology, (2) Luise Meyer-Schutzmeister Award, for an outstanding graduate student in physics (see note below), (3) Ruth Satter Award, for an outstanding graduate student who interrupted her education for at least three years to raise a family, and (4) the Diane H. Russell Award, for an outstanding graduate student in the field of biochemistry or pharmacology. AWIS may also award Citations of Merit ($300)."
    www.awis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=67

  • Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
    "The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students."
    www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships

  • Harvey Fellows Program
    "The Harvey Fellows Program seeks to encourage Christian graduate students to integrate their faith and vocation and pursue leadership positions in strategic fields where Christians tend to be under-represented."
    www.harveyfellows.org/index.cfm?FuseAction=About.Home

  • Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships
    "Every year, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi awards sixty Fellowships of $5,000 each and forty Awards of Excellence of $2,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. Each Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from among its local applicants to compete for the Society-wide awards." Open to Phi Kappa Phi members only, there are also named fellows for specific majors.
    www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Awards/Fellowship.html

  • The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program
    "The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world."
    www.spencer.org/content.cfm/fellowship-awards