Funding Sources for Graduate Students
- Department Chairs - Many times individual departments make funds available for graduate students to attend conferences, conduct research, purchase equipment, etc. Contact your department chair to inquire about availability of funds and application requirements.
- Grants - There are many grants that have been awarded to individual departments. Contact your department chair or your professors to inquire about the availability of grant funds.
- Provost Graduate Student Travel Award
How much? Up to $450
What can be funded? Travel to a conference to present research or travel to perform at an event.
Where to obtain applications?
- The Graduate School
Albert Pick Hall (Brescia) Room 101
(305) 284-4154
- Max and Peggy Kriloff Graduate Student Travel Scholarship (Arts & Science students only)
How much? Up to $200.
What can be funded? Travel to scholarly/professional meetings to present research.
Where to obtain applications?
- College of Arts and Sciences
Office of Graduate & Administrative Services
Ashe Building, Room 200
(305) 284-3188
- GAFAC - Graduate Activity Fee Allocation Committee
How much? Up to $250
What can be funded? Conferences, equipment, field research, filmmaking, events, performances, exhibitions, & publications.
Where to obtain applications?
- External Sources of Funding - Web sites for more information
How much? Varies depending on the organization.
What can be funded? Tuition, books, fees, conferences, equipment, field research, events, performances, exhibitions and publications.
Where to obtain applications? Visit any of the web sites listed below. There are many others, but these are the best starting points.
Scholarship Resource Network Express
MOLIS Scholarships/Fellowships
Student Services, Inc.
National Research Council
Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education
USIA Fulbright Program/Fulbright-Hays
GrantsNet
NCSS Online
FastWeb! Financial Aid Service Finder
The United Nations
The Organization of American States
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humantistic Studies
National Science Foundation
