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Graduate Studies

External Funding Opportunities

This is a list of selected awards, fellowships, grants, and scholarships funded by agencies outside the University of Minnesota. Most of these opportunities have application deadlines in late fall, but not all, so please read the information available on the respective websites carefully.

 

Title

Field(s) Relevant to NRSM

 

Eligibility

 

Funding Type

American Geophysical Union Horton (Hydrology) Research Grant

Hydrology; water resources policy

Doctoral students; must be student member of AGU

Grant for completion of doctoral dissertation

American Geological Institute Minority Participation Program Student Fellowships

Geoscience; hydrology

US citizens with ethnic minority status

Scholarship support; professional development experiences

American Water Works Association Scholarships

Water supply

Varies by award

Fellowship; grants; awards

Borlaug LEAP Fellowship

Agricultural economics; other social sciences; forestry; wildlife; other environmental & natural resource sciences

Currently, students from USAID-assisted country in sub-Saharan Africa, but can vary from year to year

Grant for research at program-specific sites

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships:
Predoctoral and Dissertation

Earth sciences, economics, engineering, geography, international relations, sociology, urban planning

US citizen or national; plan to teach & research at college level

Stipend; varies based on award

Ford Foundation International Fellowships

Community development; development finance and economic security; environment development

Students from select countries outside the US

Varies

Graduate Women in Science

Natural sciences, including environmental

Female graduate students

Varies by specific award

Hertz Fellowships

Applied biological sciences

Incoming or first year doctoral students; US citizen or permanent resident; “moral commitment” to serve US in term of national emergency

Stipend plus tuition equivalent

Mellon Mays Predoctoral Research Grants

Earth sciences; ecology; sociology

Varies by
award

Grants for various purposes; see site

National Academies of Science Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Grad Fellowship

Social science; physical or biological science; engineering

US citizens & internationall students possessing appropriate visa

Stipend/grant 12- week program various locations in Washington, DC

NASA Grad Student Researchers Project

Science; engineering

US citizens

See website

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

Selected areas of biological sciences (see list of recently awarded abstracts)

 

Grants for partial support of dissertation research

Social Science Research Council Int’l Dissertation Research Fellowship

Social science.

All but dissertation doctoral students, regardless of citizenship

Grants for dissertation research outside of the US

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowships

Forest scienceecology; biogeography

Varies by award

Varies by award

Morris K. Udall Environmental Public Policy and Conflict Resolution Dissertation Fellowship

Environmental public policy or environmental conflict resolution

Doctoral students entering final year of dissertation writing

One year fellowship

Sustainable Energy Fellowship

Technical, organizational, policy & economic imperatives of conventional and renewable energy

First-year Master’s students

For attending special week-long conference on sustainable energy

Together Green Conservation Leadership Program

Habitat/land; water; energy

Six years of experience in conservation, environmental education, policy, or environmental issues

Professional development opportunities; grant for supporting Conservation Action Project

US Department of Energy Global Change Education Program

 

US citizens who’ve completed at least one year of grad school

Stipend, tuition, and fees

US Department of Energy Office of Science Grad Fellowships

Biology; environmental sciences

US citizens; incoming grad students

Three-year living stipend; tuition support; research stipend