Student Support: Graduate Scholarships, Grants, etc.
Direct Link to Grants
This page is dedicated to presenting various external sources of support available to students at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Please feel free to email your suggestions for new items to be added to this page.
At a Glance…
- SDE Graduate Women in Science Fellowship
- US Dept of Homeland Security Fellowship
- NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual PreDoctoral Fellows (F31)
- Congressional Fellowship on Women and Pubic Policy
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellowship
- GEM Ph.D. Science Fellowship
- Gates Millenium Scholars Award
Provider: Sigma Delta Epsilon – Graduate Women in Science
Support Offered: Fellowships and grants to predoctoral and postdoctoral women in biological, chemical, and all natural sciences.
Contact Info:
URL: http://www.gwis.org/
Provider: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate
Support Offered: Graduate Fellowships
Contact Info:
E-mail: dhsed@orau.gov
URL: www.dhs.gov and click on Research and Technology
Provider: National Institutes of Health (NIH); Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Support Offered: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual PreDoctoral Fellows (F31)
Contact Info:
URL: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-032.html
Provider: Women’s Research and Education Institute
Support Offered: Fellowship; Average = $11,500; 6-12 awards per year; 9% of applicants awarded.
Contact: Rachel Mears, Fellowship Director.
Mailing Address:
Women’s Research and Educational Institute
1750 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-628-0444 x11
Email: rmears@wrei.org
Provider: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc.
Support Offered: Fellowship; Award Amount = $2, 061 monthly stipend; 10-12 awards per year; 16% of applicants awarded.
Contact: Rico Gandara-Briones, Outreach Manager
Mailing Address:
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc.
504 C Street, NE
Washington. DC 20002
Tel: 1-800-EXCEL DC
Fax: 202-546-2143
Email: rgandara@hq.chci.org
URL: http://www.chci.org
Provider: GEM Fellowship Programs/National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science
Support Offered: Fellowship; Full tuition plus fees, stipend, and summer internship and travel expenses.
Contact Info:
The National GEM Consortium
1430 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-562-3646
Fax: 202-207-3518
URL: http://www.gemfellowship.org/
Provider: United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Support Offered: Scholarship; Full tuition plus books.
Mailing Address:
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
P.O. Box 10444
Fairfax, VA 22031-4511
Tel: 1-877-690-GMSP
E-mail: gmspinfo@uncf.org
URL: http://www.uncf.org
Provider: National Science Foundation
Support Offered: Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Anticipated Funding Amount: $40,500 Annually: $30,000 Stipend and $10,500 Cost of Education allowance per award.
Contact Info:
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04615/nsf04615.htm
Provider: Cosmos Club Foundation
Support Offered: Size of awards will be determined individually, but are contemplated to be about $1,500, not to exceed $3,000. The purpose of the program is to provide small grants to meet specific research needs not covered by other supporting funds.
Contact Info:
URL: http://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/