Funding Sources
If you are faced with funding problems as a current graduate student, it will help to know where to look for new funds. This section of the website is dedicated to educating you about different sources of funding. For the most part, this is the path that is recommended for you to follow:
- Start with your faculty advisor. They usually have the most financial support available from research funds.
- Go to your Graduate Chair.
- Go to your Department Chair next.
- The Center for the Education of Women has emergency funding available for any student, male or female.
- As a last resort, you can contact Rackham, the Financial Aid Office, or the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education.
U OF M FUNDING RESOURCES
- Collaboratory for Advanced Research and Academic Technologies (CARAT)
- College of Engineering Departmental Financial Aid Contacts
- Division of Research Development and Administration
- Horace H. Rackham Graduate School Fellowships Office
Center for the Education of Women
- Scholarship Opportunities
- CEW Critical Difference Grant
The CEW has emergency funds for graduate and professional students who face unexpected financial crises. To apply for a Critical Difference Grant, the student should make an appointment to talk with a counselor by calling 998-7210. - Institute for the Humanities Grants and fellowships for those who show interest in interdisciplinary research
- International Center
- International Institute Funding
- Non-Departmental Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Positions
- Office of Financial Aid - Graduate Programs
- Rackham Student Government Funding for student organizations only
- Student Employment Office
University Library:
The University of Michigan Nonprofit and Public Management Center
- RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANTS for doctoral students
NON-U OF M FUNDING RESOURCES
- 100 Minority Scholarships Gateway from Black Excel
- Agilent Technologies Graduate and Professional Development Fellowship
- AGC Education & Research Foundation Graduate Scholarships in Construction and Civil Engineering
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf Scholarships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowships
- American Association of University Women Graduate Fellowships
- American Council of the Blind
- American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Graduate Fellowships Program
- American Meteorological Society (AMS) Scholarship and Fellowship Resources
- American Nuclear Society Environmental Sciences Division Travel Grant
- American Nuclear Society Scholarship
- American Public Power Association (APPA) Scholarships/Grants/Internships
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Waldo Smith Hydraulic Fellowship
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Jack E. Leisch Memorial National Graduate Fellowship
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Trent R. Dames and William E. Moore Fellowship
- Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Graduate Scholarship Program
- AT&T Labs Fellowship Program
- The Black Collegian Online Fellowship Channel
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- College Answer by Sallie Mae
- CollegeBoard.com
- College Compass
- College NET Scholarships
- Collegiate Inventors Competition
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation
- Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Corporation for National and Community Service: Office of Americorps
- Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholar Program)
- Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program
- The Electrochemical Society
- e Student Loan
- EPA Research Grants and Fellowships
- Fannie & John Hertz Foundation Fellowships for Students in Applied Physical Sciences
- Fastaid.com
- FastWEB Financial Aid Search
- FedMoney.org
- FinAid
- Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities
- Foreign Languages and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
- The Foundation Center
- Foundation for Science and Disability
- Fusion Energy Sciences Fellowship Program
- Gates Millennium Scholars Program
- GoCollege.com
- Google Anita Borg Scholarship
- Grants.gov
- GrantsNet
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Graduate Scholarships
- Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
- The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Scholarships
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program
- Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Program
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Michigan Nonprofit Association
- Michigan Society of Fellows
- NASA Earth System Science Fellowship Program
- NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP)
- National Academies of Science Fellowships Office
- National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM)
- National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Lawrence F. Skibbie Graduate Scholarship
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
- NOAA/National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowships
- National Institutes of Health
- National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Graduate Fellowships for African-Americans (NOBCChE) --> Tools and resources --> Awards and scholarships
- National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowships
- The National Research Council Associateship Program
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Graduate Fellowship Program
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- Peterson's Financial Aid Channel
- President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering
- The Princeton Review
- Rackham International Research Awards
- ResearchResearchLite
- Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarships
- Roy G. Post Foundation
- Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program
- Scholarships and Financial Aid for Minorities and Women
- Scholarships for Hispanics
- Semiconductor Research Corporation Graduate Fellowship Program
- Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid of Research Program (GIAR)
- Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Grants
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) E. Wayne Kay Graduate Scholarship
- Society of Plastics Engineers Scholarships
- SpinPlus Funding Opportunities
- Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Ammann Research Fellowship
- Students.gov
- StudentJobs.gov (E-Scholar)
- Tech-Interns
- United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
- UNCF Merck Science Fellowships
- US Department of Education--Financial Aid Student Guide
- US Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowships (CSGF)
- US Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Society Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
- US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Graduate Fellowships Program
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship Program
- UCLA Graduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database
- Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program
- Yanmar/SAE Scholarship
- Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award for Women in Aerospace Engineering
