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Department/college/university Awards
Travel Awards
Diversity Awards
Graduate School Awards
Other Sources of Funding
This page contains several announcements for graduate research, travel, and dissertation awards. Graduate students will, in addition to this page, receive emails with current information and application advice
 
New Awards!
 
DAN HOLA LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS - application
Eligibility:    The Dan Hola Leadership Scholarships are available to Pacific Islander students who are attending the University of Utah or plan to enroll at the University of Utah next fall semester.  The one year scholarships are awarded in the spring and applied toward the scholars’ tuition in two installments - one at the start of the fall semester and one at the start of the following spring semester
Purpose: -
Deadline: February 18th, 2008
Contact: Cristina Caputo
Award: varies
Apply To: Cristina Caputo

JAMESON FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP - application
Eligibility:    If you are a HB144 student attending the University of Utah and have completed, or will have completed after the current spring semester, at least one year of studies at the University of Utah, you are eligible to apply for the Jameson Family Scholarship. Only valid at the University of Utah and will be paid out in two installments - one at the start of the fall semester and one at the start of the following semester.
Purpose: -
Deadline: February 18th, 2008
Contact: Cristina Caputo
Award: $2000
Apply To: Cristina Caputo

Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship - application
Eligibility:    The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is accepting applications for its 2008 Graduate Scholarship Program. The Foundation seeks excellent students who will be entering graduate school in fall 2008. A maximum of two students are nominated from each institution and forwarded to the Foundation by March 14, 2008. The Scholarship covers up to $50,000 for up to six years.
Purpose: -
Deadline: February 8th, 2008
Contact: Cristina Caputo
Award: $50,000
Apply To: Cristina Caputo

 
Department/college/university Awards

GRF - Graduate Research Fellowship - web.utah.edu
Eligibility:    Graduate students (foreign and domestic) who have completed their Master's thesis and preliminary exams prior to the fall semester.
Purpose: To fund a student with great potential for success and a record of academic excellence engaging full time in a high quality research project.
Deadline: Early January
Contact: Drews, Kunz
Award: $15,000 for one academic year plus tuition
Apply To: Nancy Seegmiller

UTA - Utah Teaching assistantship - www.admin.utah.edu
Eligibility:    Graduate student in good standing with prior teaching experience and good teaching evaluations
Purpose: To fund integrated and novel TA/GI experiences that benefit UG education and graduate student's professional development
Deadline: Early January
Contact: Werner, Vaughn
Award: For one academic year plus tuition
Apply To: Nancy Seegmiller

Clayton award: research on underrepresented populations - Announcement
Eligibility:    Graduate students in good standing -- no other restrictions apply
Purpose: To fund a research project aimed at addressing issues pertinent to underrepresented populations
Deadline: March 28, 2008 - noon
Contact: Suchy, Fagundes
Award: Approximately $4,000
Apply To: Nancy Seegmiller

Clayton award: excellence in research - Announcement
Eligibility:    Any graduate student
Purpose: To fund excellent research project at any level
Deadline: March 28, 2008 - noon
Contact: Suchy, Fagundes
Award: Approximately $4,000
Apply To: Nancy Seegmiller

Jack B. White award
Eligibility:    Jack White was on the faculty of the Psychology Department from 1957 to 1987. This is a memorial award in his name. The award is given annually to an advanced psychology graduate student who has shown overall excellence in performance, taking into account coursework, research productivity, teaching, and departmental service. Eligible students must have successfully defended their Master's thesis (or entered the program with an approved thesis)
Purpose: -
Deadline: April 1
Contact:  
Award:  
Apply To: Nancy Seegmiller

SPENCER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP - www.spencer.org
Eligibility:    For candidates in any doctoral field of study in the U.S.; applicants
need not be a U.S. citizen. Dissertation topics must concern
education. All course work and qualifying examinations must
be completed by June 1.
Purpose: -
Deadline: -
Contact: -
Award: -
Apply To: www.spencer.org

NIH INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD - grants1.nih.gov
Eligibility:    For U.S. citizens, non citizen national or permanent residents who are pre-doctoral researchers in the health sciences. These are individuals who demonstrate potential for successful career as independent researchers. Stipends and award periods vary.
Purpose: -
Deadline: -
Contact: grantsinfo@od.nih.gov
Award: -
Apply To: grants1.nih.gov

EPA Star Graduate Research Fellowships - es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
Eligibility:    For graduate students pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees who are U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents.
Purpose: One part of the program supports “environmental decision making” which includes attitudes, behavior change, and impact of environmental behaviors.

Star Graduate Fellowships
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study for FY2008.  Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years with funding available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support.

GRO Graduate Fellowships
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study for FY2008. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years with funding available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support.
Deadline: annually in the fall. See web page for specifics.
Contact: http://es.epa.gov/cgi-bin/ncerqamail.pl
Award: -
Apply To: es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH - www.nsf.gov
Eligibility:    For graduate students pursuing master's or doctoral degrees who are U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents at or near the beginning of graduate study in anthropology, archeology, biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental life science, geography, geo-sciences, international relations, math, microbiology, physiology, neurosciences, physics, political science, and psychology. Awards are for a three-year period.
Purpose: -
Deadline: early November
Contact: NSF Contact Us
Award: -
Apply To: www.nsf.gov

HERBERT SCOVILLE JR. PEACE FELLOWSHIP - www.scoville.org
Eligibility:    Both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals residing in the United States are eligible to apply.
Purpose: The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest organization focusing on arms control and international security issues. The fellowship is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall. It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington. The Scoville Fellowship does not award grant or scholarship money to students.
Deadline: -
Contact: Herbert Scoville Jr.
Award: -
Apply To: www.scoville.org

APA DIVISION 38 (HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY) - web page
Eligibility:    -
Purpose: The Division of Health Psychology (Division 38) of the American Psychological Association is sponsoring four graduate student awards to support new research in any of the following areas: 1) understanding the etiology, promotion and maintenance of health; 2) the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of physical illness; 3) the study of psychological, social, emotional and behavioral factors in physical illness; and 4) the improvement of the health care system and formulation of health policy. One of the four student research awards is designated specifically for support of research in ethnic minority health psychology. A second of these awards will support research in the area of child health psychology, in memory of Lizette Peterson, a former Health Psychology editor and Division 38 member.
Deadline: -
Contact: -
Award: -
Apply To: See web page

DISSERTATION GRANTS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH - www.woodrow.org
Eligibility:    -
Purpose: The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous Fellows have explored such topics as women’s role in African-American adult literacy, militarism and the education of American women, the influence of grassroots entrepreneurship on gender roles in India, the evolution of women’s movements in Eastern Europe after the Cold War, and the dynamics of employment and childbearing.
Deadline: -
Contact: Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Contact Us
Award: -
Apply To: www.woodrow.org

Garr Cutler Energy Award
Eligibility:    -
Purpose: Award for best paper on energy (including attitudes, behavior change).
Deadline: 2/1/2008
Contact: Graduate School
Award: $2,000
Apply To: Graduate School

 
Travel Awards
 
APA STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD - www.apa.org
Eligibility:    -
Purpose: The purpose of the Travel Award program is to help psychology graduate
students travel to the annual APA Convention to present their
research. Applicants who are both members of the American Psychological
Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) and first authors are
eligible to have their convention registration fees waived.
Further information about this potential fee waiver will be
provided to all applicants in the notification of application
receipt, which will be e-mailed.
Deadline: -
Contact: -
Award: -
Apply To: www.apa.org

GRADUATE TRAVEL AWARD - PDF
Eligibility:    Awards are available on a “first come - first served” basis.
Purpose: Sponsored by the graduate school.
Deadline: Monthly
Contact: -
Award: up to $400 if matched by department
Apply To: Graduate School

 
Diversity Awards
 
DAVIS-PUTTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND - www.davisputter.org
Eligibility:    The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has applications available for students activists. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression.
To request an Application - see contact.
Purpose: -
Deadline: -
Contact: davisputter@hotmail.com
Award: -
Apply To: www.davisputter.org

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION - www.aauw.org
Eligibility:    -
Purpose: One of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
Deadline: -
Contact: -
Award: -
Apply To: www.aauw.org

Hiatt - PDF
Eligibility:    Traditionally underrepresented graduate students (broadly defined)
Purpose: To enhance career potential and professional development; To enhance ethnic and cultural diversity among graduate students
Deadline: Late February
Contact: Gelfand, Skinner
Award: $5,500
Apply To: Nancy Seegmiller
Other Sources of Funding
 
APA Funding
SPSP Funding
NIH Funding
NIMH Funding
APS Funding
EPA STAR Graduate Fellowships
Society for Neuroscience