Graduate fellowship opportunities
Fellowship Application deadline Eligibility requirements Description
CMU's Fellowship & Scholarship Office N/A N/A Fellowship and Scholarship Office

NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Training Program

N/A
  • CMU faculty, staff, students, and alumni graduated in the past year
  • STEM discipline projects

Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site program at CMU, NSF grantees can receive up to $3,000 in grant funding to conduct customer discovery, market research or purchase supplies to create a prototype for their STEM technology

Teresa Heinz Scholarship for Environmental Research

N/A

Open to all advanced doctoral students (those who will have passed their thesis proposal by May of the previous year). No citizenship constraints

 

Provides doctoral dissertation support for research on emerging environmental problems. Research must have public policy to increase society's understanding of environmental problems and their solutions.

Steinbrenner Institute U.S. Environmental Sustainability PhD Fellowships

Contact Neil Donahue for details

The Steinbrenner Institute Doctoral Fellowship program has been established to provide support to highly qualified, second-year doctoral students across all 7 colleges at Carnegie Mellon University who are involved in environmentally focused, interdisciplinary research projects on topics aligned with the strategic focus areas of the Steinbrenner Institute. The two strategic focus areas are a) energy transition strategies and b) urban infrastructure and sustainable cities.

 

For students interested in topics of U.S. environmental sustainability

Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship

Rolling application

Open to all

 

Fellowship awarded up to $12,000 to support the work of graduate students "exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary for a free society"

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: NRC Research Associateship Programs

Multiple application cycles; see website for more details

Open to both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals. Postdoctoral applicants should hold/anticipate receiving a doctorate in science or engineering

Research in: chemistry, earth/atmospheric/ocean sciences, engineering, applied sciences, computer science, mathematics, life/biomedical sciences, and physics. Awards are made for 1 or 2 years and are renewable for a maximum of 3 years. Annual stipends for recent doctoral recipients range from $45,000-80,000

Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)

See website for more details

Programs and resources for prospective and current STEM undergraduate and graduate students -- including funding opportunities and professional development programs and resources

See website for more details

Link Foundation Fellowship

Varies by fellowship; see websites for details

No limitations on citizenship

To foster education and innovation in the area of societal production and utilization of energy

University of Connecticut Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships

Varies; see website for details

Varies; see website for details

Varies; see website for details

Tau Beta Pi Fellowship

Feb. 1, 2025

Alumnus members of Tau Beta Pi who pursue full time graduate study the following academic year in a field that contributes to the profession of engineering

Since the beginning, the purpose has been to finance, for a select group of members chosen for merit and need, a year of graduate study at the colleges of their choice. A distinguishing feature of Tau Beta Pi fellowships has always been that they are as free of binding rules as possible. Tau Beta Pi fellows are free to do graduate work in any field which will enable them to contribute to the engineering profession. The only specific duty of awardees is to write a report at the completion of the fellowship year summarizing their work.

Graduate Fellowships for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Diversity, or GFSD

Dec. 27, 2024

Open to all American citizens

Lasting for up to six years; providing a $20,000 annual stipend; covering tuition; allowing a fellow also to hold a research or teaching assistantship; including one or two paid summer internships with a government agency; providing a mentor and the opportunity for a lasting relationship with the sponsor

DoD- SMART (The Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship)

Dec. 6, 2024
5:00 PM EST

Citizen of US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or UK

For graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who have a strong interest in working for the DoD as a civilian research scientist or engineer

Schlumberger Foundation Faculty of the Future Fellowship

Nov. 15, 2024

Female citizens of a developing country or emerging economy

Provides support for students preparing for a PhD degree or post-doctoral research in the physical sciences, engineering, technology, and related disciplines

AAUW Scholarships for Women

Nov. 15, 2024

Open to all women

Available Scholarships: American Fellowships, Career Development Grants, Community Action Grants, International Fellowships, Selected Professions Fellowship

GEM: Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science

Nov. 8, 2024

  • Applicants must be from one of the following underrepresented groups: Native American, African American, Latino, Puerto Rican, or other Hispanic American
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

For underrepresented MS or PhD students in physical or natural sciences, or engineering

DoE Office of Science Graduate Research Program

Nov. 6, 2024
5:00PM ET

U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens

1st and 2nd year students pursuing graduate studies in physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, math, engineering, computational sciences, and environmental sciences aligned with the Office of Science mission

National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Nov. 1, 2024

U.S citizens or nationals

These fellowships are awarded to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering

The Hertz Foundation Fellowships

Nov. 1, 2024

U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens

  • Students pursuing PhD studies in applied physics, biological and engineering sciences.
  • US citizens or permanent residents. Applications from students currently beyond their first year of graduate school are rarely acted upon favorably and are only considered in cases of exceptional leverage. (Critical to apply to as a first year).

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Oct. 31, 2024
2:00PM ET

  • Naturalized Citizen, Green Card, DACA, adopted, or granted asylum in the US
  • Both parents born abroad
  • 1st or 2nd-year graduate students only
  • 30 years or younger

Fellowships available for all fields of graduate study

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Oct. 15-18, 2024 (depending on field)
See website for details

U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent resident aliens. No more than 1 full year of graduate study completed.

Provides support for graduate study leading to research in science, math, or engineering. Also, fellowships are available for women in engineering and computer and information sciences.

Meta Research Fellowship

Sep. 20, 2024

  • No citizenship constraints
  • 1st or 2nd year PhD students who fit the criteria of a minority group that is underrepresented in the technology sector are given preference.

For students studying computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system architecture, or a related area.

NVIDIA Fellowship

Sep. 13, 2024
6:00 PM ET

  • Students must have already completed their first year of Ph.D.-level studies
  • Majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area
  • Must be engaged in active research as part of their PhD thesis
  • Must be enrolled as a full-time Ph.D. student during the academic year of the award

Provides funding in the amount of $25,000 per award to Ph.D. students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries and are investigating innovative ways of leveraging the power of the GPU.

IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program

Aug. 30, 2024

Applicants must be nominated by doctoral faculty members and enrolled full-time in a college or university Ph.D. program

Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in multiple areas

DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

Jan. 16, 2024

U.S citizens and permanent resident aliens who are in their 1st or 2nd year of graduate study

Fellowships are available for students pursuing a Ph.D. in scientific or engineering disciplines with an emphasis in high-performance computing

DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship

Jan. 14, 2024

  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a doctoral degree at an accredited U.S. university
  • 1st-year graduate student

Fellowships in high energy density physics, nuclear science, and materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann

Jan. 4, 2024

U.S Citizens only who demonstrate financial need and must be submitted through the dean of the university

For students in any of the following fields of study: humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including engineering)

Applications can be picked up at the CMU Fellowships Office