External Fellowship Opportunities for Students
Graduate fellowship opportunities are available from a variety of public and private sources. The graduate school continues to compile and provide access to this list. For assistance in identifying and applying for fellowships, please email Stuart Ravnik, PhD, at stuart.ravnik@utsouthwestern.edu.
NIH Podcast on Writing a Successful Fellowship Application
Learn more about writing a successful predoctoral or postdoctoral fellowship application from Henry Khachaturian, PhD, the Director of Policy and Liaison Activities in the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health.
NEW Fellowship Opportunity for Students and Postdocs - Pharmacology
The American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has a new funding opportunity available for its members. The ASPET Graduate & Postdoctoral Awards for Integrative Research in Pharmacology will provide support for graduate and postdoctoral trainees who are involved in active research projects that involve in vivo pharmacology or are focused on organ systems as an integral part of their research efforts. Competitive one-year awards will be made to support training in any research area of interest. Application deadline is October 15, 2012, and awards will begin in January 2013. More details
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Fellowships
Fellowships available for all Division of Basic Science students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents:
- California Council on Science and Technology
Eligibility: None - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Eligibility: Citizen of the U.S.; Application made before 2 years of graduate school have been completed - National Science Foundation (NSF)
Eligibility: Citizen of the U.S. or permanent resident; Application made before 2 years of graduate school have been completed - Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
Eligibility: Citizen of the U.S. or permanent resident - National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Fellowships
Eligibility: Citizen of the U.S. or permanent resident
Fellowships specifically for students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and whose ethnicity is considered to be underrepresented in the biomedical sciences:
- Ruth Kirschstein NRSA Program for NIGMS MARC Pre-doctoral Fellowships (F31)
- Porter Physiology Fellowships for Minorities
Fellowships for other groups:
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Eligibility: A green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country - Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Scholarships and Loans Available through Outside Organizations for All Graduate Students
International Peace Scholarship – Philanthropic and Educational Organization (PEO)
Available to foreign female students. Some of the requirements tied to this scholarship include the student cannot be a permanent resident, and she must sign an agreement to return to her own country for at least 2 years upon completion of her studies. Other requirements exist. If you meet these first 2 requirements, please email Nancy Street, PhD, at nancy.street@utsouthwestern.edu.
Additional information may be found at PEO International.
Educational Loan Fund–Philanthropic and Educational Organization (PEO)
Available to women students. This loan varies in amount, up to $9,000, with various payback terms (loan must be paid in full by 6 years post study) and has an interest rate of 2 percent. Applicant must be within 2 years of completing course of study. To apply, please email Nancy Street, Ph.D., at nancy.street@utsouthwestern.edu. Additional information may be found at the PEO International website.