Financial Aid Sources

 

External Fellowships

The opportunities listed below are not funded by USC, rather, they are external organizations whose deadline dates as well as other information are subject to change. All questions should be directed to the external funding agency.

Dumbarton Oaks

  • 2006-2008 Bliss Prize Fellowship in Byzantine Studies.
  • 2006-2007 Project Grants in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies and Garden and Landscape Studies.
  • 2006-2007 Fellowships in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies and Garden and Landscape Studies.

    For additional information go to Dumbarton Oaks.

The Center for Khmer Studies Fellowship

The Center for Khmer Studies Fellowships offer opportunities for research in Cambodia and neighboring countries. This program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in the social sciences and humanities. Scholars can pursue reseach in other countries in mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam) provided that part of their research is undertaken in Cambodia. For additional information click here.

The Haynes Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

The Haynes Foundation provides fellowships for Ph.D. students in the social sciences in the greater Los Angeles area. For additional information go to The Hayes Foundation Web site and check under Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships.
Click here for the Haynes Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship flyer.

The Fannie & John Hertz Graduate Fellowships

The Hertz Fellowships support Ph.D students in the Applied Physical and Engineering Sciences. For fellowship details and application information go to Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Awards.

Jacob Javits Fellowships

Javits Fellowships provide a need-based stipend of up to $30,000 for up to three years. For additional information on this fellowship go to Javits Fellowships website.

Josephine De Karman Fellowship

The Josephine de Karman Fellowship seeks students in any discipline who are entering their senior undergraduate year or who are Ph.D. candidates. For additional information go to The Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies

For over two decades the Mellon Fellowships have been available. The fellowships supplement a school's financial assistance by covering tuition and fees for the first year of study in a humanities Ph.D. program at any U.S. or Canadian graduate school. For additional information go to The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies.

The American Council of Learned Societies is launching this year a significant new fellowship program providing support for young scholars to complete their dissertation and, later, to advance their research after being awarded the Ph.D. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program will award fellowships in two categories: Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients. A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports this program. For more information go to the ACLS website.

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities

Application forms and detailed information may be found at The Mellon Fellowship Web site.
Click here for the Mellon Fellowship flyer.

National Bureau of Asian Research's Next Generation

This year-long fellowship focuses on bridging the gap between scholarship and policy making. Recent master's degree recipients are encouraged to apply. Click here for additional information.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program

The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The stipend is currently $30,000 for a 12-month tenure period. For more information go to The National Science Foundation Website.

A list of programs providing either direct funding from the NSF or indirect funding (i.e., from an awardee institution) for graduate students can be found here.

NDSEG, OSR & ONR Fellowships in Science & Engineering

Contact Information:

  • NDSEG: Phone:(202)331-3516, Email: ndseg@asee.org
  • OSR: Phone:(202)334-2760, Email: rap@nas.edu
  • ONR: Phone:(703)696-5031, Email: onrpao@onr.navy.mil

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

The Soros Fellowships for New Americans support thirty individuals a year for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the United States. For additional information go to The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans.

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program.

There are a number of Woodrow Wilson Fellowships available to graduate students.

For more information go to the Woodrow Wilson Fellowships website.

Switzer Environmental Fellowships

The Switzer environmental fellowship program was created to assist talented scholars dedicated to environmental problem-solving and to encourage those highly trained and committed individuals to become leaders in the environmental field. Fellowships are not limited by fields of the study. The fellowship includes a stipend, career coaching, net-working support with Switzer. Fellowship alumni and environmental professionals and access to other professional development and grant support.
For more information click here.

 

American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)

ARIT directly supports and administers a variety of programs of fellowships for scholarly research and for language study in Turkey Programs for U.S.-based scholars and graduate students include the ARIT, Kress, Erim, NEH, and the ARIT-Princeton Summer Language Program at University in Istanbul. ARIT Fellows come from all regions of the country and represent many fields of the humanities and social sciences. ARIT fellowships support individual research projects in ancient, historical, and modern times in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, that must be carried out in Turkey. For more information go to the ARIT website

 



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