Racial/Ethnic Minority Students
Financial Assistance Resource List
| Council for Advancement and Support of EducationMaster’s/Dissertation Awards | |
| Contact: | John Abrahams Director of Research and Information
CASE 1307 New York Avenue NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005-4701 Phone: (202) 478-5575 11 Dupont Circle, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036-1261 Phone: (202)328-5900 |
| Description: | CASE sponsors 3 master’s/dissertation research awards:
Alice L. Beeman award for outstanding writing about communication. John Grenzebach Research Award for writing about educational fund raising. H.S. Warwick Research Award for writing about alumni relations for educational advancement. Winners receive $2000 and an all expense-paid trip to the CASE International Assembly in Washington, DC July 5-8 |
| Eligibility: | – Recommendation.
– Curriculum Vitae. – Abstract and full copy of dissertation |
| Deadline: | January 31 |
| Mellon Minority Predoctoral Research Fellowships | |
| Contact: | Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 377-2700 |
| Description: | Mellon Minority Predoctoral grant defrays expenses associated with grad school for minority students who are about to enroll, or are currently enrolled in PhD programs. This award is designed to increase the number of African-Americans, Latinos and Native American in Arts and Sciences and to diversify the faculty at universities. Award of $5000 is distributed in installments over the course of the PhD tenure. |
| Eligibility: | Minority students who held a minority undergraduate fellowship at their undergraduate university. |
| Deadline: | Application accepted July 1 – November 15. |
| International Migration Program | |
| Contact: | Gaku Tsudu
Associate Director The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA Phone: 858-822-0526 |
| Description: | Summer dissertation workshop on refining research topics, designing research methods, and preparing research and funding proposals.
June 18-24, 2003. Stipend, travel, and participation cost. |
| Eligibility: | Advanced graduate students and recent post docs. |
| Deadline: | February 15. |
| Humanities Fellowship | |
| Contact: | The Rockefeller Foundation
Resident Fellowships in the Humanities and the Study of Culture Arts and Humanities Division 420 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10018 |
| Description: | The Rockefeller Foundation sponsors several fellowships dedicated to a “humanistic or cultural analysis” of the experience and circumstances of poor and excluded communities, either in a historical or contemporary context. The fellowships are sponsored through host institutions. Awards vary. |
| Eligibility: | Most fellowships are postdoctoral, and open to scholars who have obtained a PhD. |
| Deadline: | According to host institution criteria. |
| Warren Weaver Fellows Program | |
| Contact: | The Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 852-8407 |
| Description: | $40,000 to $55,000
One-year residency at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York that starts September 15. |
| Eligibility: | Work with foundation in a program area of relevance to their interestand priorities, and participate in staff meetings, and other events. |
| Deadline: | March 1 |
| Pre-Doctoral Fellowship | |
| Contact: | Professor Cedric J. Robinson
Chair, Dissertation Fellowship Committee Department of Black Studies University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 |
| Description: | Dissertation fellowships for research focusing on areas relevant to African Caribbean, and/or African-American studies Recipients are expected to be in residence at UC Santa Barbara during the academic year of the fellowship, and to teach one undergraduate course and to present one public lecture.
$20,000 stipend. |
| Eligibility: | Graduate students who have been advanced to candidacy in any discipline are encouraged to apply. Submit Curriculum Vitae, dissertation prospectus, 3 letters of recommendation, and a writing sample. |
| Deadline: | March 15 |
| Pre-Doctoral Fellowship | |
| Contact: | Professor Cedric J. Robinson
Chair, Dissertation Fellowship Committee Department of Black Studies University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 |
| Description: | Dissertation fellowships for research focusing on areas relevant to African Caribbean, and/or African-American studies Recipients are expected to be in residence at UC Santa Barbara during the academic year of the fellowship, and to teach one undergraduate course and to present one public lecture.
$20,000 stipend. |
| Eligibility: | Graduate students who have been advanced to candidacy in any discipline are encouraged to apply. Submit Curriculum Vitae, dissertation prospectus, 3 letters of recommendation, and a writing sample. |
| Deadline: | March 15 |
| Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities | |
| Contact: | Fellowship Office, GR 346A
National Research Council of the National Academies 550 Fifth St NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202)334-2872 |
| Description: | Ford Foundation Minority Fellowships are designed to increase the presence of underrepresented minorities on college and university campuses and enhance diversity at the nation’s universities. 60 predoctoral fellowships are awarded. Award includes three years of support for use within 5 years. Annual stipend: $16,000, plus $7500 paid to institution for payment of tuition and fees. |
| Eligibility: | Citizens or nationals of the United States, who are members of a recognized minority group.
Fellows must be enrolled in a PhD or ScD program for one year or more. |
| Deadline: | August is the on-lineapplication deadline. November is the deadline for transcripts, grades, CV, etc. February is deadline for submitting letters of reference. |
| NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Contact: | Graduate Research Fellowship Program
National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard-Room 907 Arlington, VA 22230 Phone: (703) 292-8694 Fax: (703) 292-9048 [email protected] |
| Description: | NSF awards approximately 900 research fellowships to provide 3 years of funding support for graduate study towards a research based graduate degree.
Special advisement provided for minority research fellows. Funding may be used over a 5-year period. Current funding is approximately $21,500 for a 12 month period plus a $10,000 cost of education allowance. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be US citizens or nationals, permanent resident aliens of the US in the early stages of their graduate education (i.e. first year, for all exceptions to eligibility requirements see website)Applicants to the Minority Fellowship program must be a member of one of four ethnic/minority groups: Native American, Black/African-American, Hispanic, Native Alaskan, or Native Pacific IslanderSubmit online application, letters of reference, GRE scores, proposed plan of research form, previous research experience form, official academic transcripts |
| Deadline: | November 7 |
| Minority Dissertation Research Grants in Aging | |
| Contact: | Dr. Robin A. Barr
Office of Extramural Affairs National Institute on Aging 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2C218, MSC 9205 Bethesda, MD 20892-9205 Phone: (301)496-9322 Fax: (301)402-2945 |
| Description: | Request for Applications is related to the “Healthy People 2000” agenda of the Public Health Service. Grants to support dissertation research on topics related to aging. Grants of up to $30,000 in direct costs and $25,000 in indirect costs. |
| Eligibility: | Citizens or non citizen national of the US, or have lawful residence in the US through alien registration. Applicants must belong to an ethnic or racial group that is recognized by the grantee institution as underrepresented in biomedical or behavioral research.
Submit application, statement of career goals, letter from faculty, graduate transcript. |
| Deadline: | April 18 |
| Dartmouth College Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowships for African-American Scholars | |
| Contact: | Gary Hutchins, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
Dissertation Fellowship Committee 6062 Wentworth, Room 304 Hanover, NH 03755-3526 Phone: (603)646-2107 Fax: (603)646-3488 |
| Description: | The purpose of this award is to increase the number of African-American faculty in higher education. Award supports a African American scholar for a year-long residency at Dartmouth college, with departmental affiliation. Fellows are expected to participate in selected activities for undergraduates.
Award provides $25,000 salary, $2500 stipend for research assistance, office space and library privileges. |
| Eligibility: | U.S. citizens of African American descent who plan careers in college or university teaching. Full CV, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, 3 letters of reference, abstract of dissertation prospectus, 2 page limit, proposed plan for completion of dissertation, statement of academic career plan. |
| Deadline: | Postmarked by January 12 |
| Dartmouth College Charles A. Eastman Dissertation Fellowship for Native American Scholars | |
| Contact: | Gary Hutchins, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
Dissertation Fellowship Committee 6062 Wentworth, Room 304 Hanover, NH 03755-3526 Phone: (603)646-2107 Fax: (603)646-3488 |
| Description: | The purpose of this award is to increase the number of Native American faculty in higher education. Award supports a Native American scholar for a year-long residency at Dartmouth college, with departmental affiliation. Fellows are expected to participate in selected activities for undergraduates.
Award provides $25,000 salary, $2500 stipend for research assistance, office space and library privileges. |
| Eligibility: | U.S. citizens of African American descent who plan careers in college or university teaching. Full CV, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, 3 letters of reference, abstract of dissertation prospectus, 2 page limit, proposed plan for completion of dissertation, statement of academic career plan. |
| Deadline: | Postmarked by March 15 |
| Underrepresented Minority Dissertation Fellowships | |
| Contact: | Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Mental Health 6001 Executive Boulevard Room 6154, MSC 9609 Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 |
| Description: | Dissertation research awards are provided to encourage underrepresented minority candidates to pursue research careers in scientific fields that are relevant to the mission of NIMH including sociology, psychology, nursing, etc. |
| Eligibility: | Citizens or non citizen national of the US, or have lawful residence in the US through alien registration. Applicants must belong to an ethnic or racial group that is recognized by the grantee institution as underrepresented in biomedical research. Trainees must have obtained an undergraduate degree, and be enrolled in a PhD or ScD program. |
| Deadline: | Deadlines for application process: Letter of intent October 1, Application December 10. |
| Carol Angus Five College Fellowship Program | |
| Contact: | Five Colleges Incorporated
97 Spring Street Amherst, MA 01002-2324 Phone: (413) 256-8316 |
| Description: | 1) To fund the final year of graduate training. 2) To increase interest in college teaching. $25,000 plus office space, housing and library privileges. Teaching is completed at schools located in Western Massachusetts. |
| Eligibility: | Fellowship provides a year’s support for minority doctoral candidates who are at the level of ABD. The selection of Fellows is carried out by the hosting institution, where the Fellow will reside within an academic department. |
| Deadline: | January 16 |
| Illinois Consortium For Educational Opportunity Program | |
| Contact: | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901 Phone: (618) 453-4558 |
| Description: | $10,000.
Stipend is $10,000/year for two years (master’s student) or four years (doctoral student) plus tuition and fee waivers. |
| Eligibility: | Fellowships for African American, American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Native, or Hispanic American students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and Illinois residents. Fellows must agree to accept a full-time teaching or non-teaching position with an Illinois post-secondary institution or an Illinois educational board or agency for a period equal to the number of years that the award was held. |
| Deadline: | |
| Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities | |
| Contact: | National Research Council
Fellowship Office, GR 346A National Research Council of the National Academies 550 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 334-2872, (202) 334-3419 (fax) www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/ E-Forms: www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/applyonline.html |
| Description: | Annual stipend: $16,000.
Institutional award to be accepted in lieu of tuition and fees: $7,500. Three years of support to be used within five years. Expenses paid to attend three Conferences of Ford Fellows, an opportunity that cannot be measured in dollars. |
| Eligibility: | Citizens or nationals of the United States (must have become a citizen by the application deadline date: November 20, 2002). Members of the following groups: Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), Puerto Ricans. Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. program. Individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career at the college or university level Persons who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field. |
| Deadline: | November 20 |
| Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities | |
| Contact: | National Research Council
Fellowship Office, GR 346A National Research Council of the National Academies 550 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 334-2872, (202) 334-3419 (fax) www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/ E-Forms: www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/forddiss.html |
| Description: | Stipend: $21,000
Expenses paid to attend three Conferences of Ford Fellows. No dependency allowances. |
| Eligibility: | Citizens or nationals of the United States (must have become a citizen by the application deadline date: November 20, 2002). Members of the following groups: Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), Puerto Ricans. Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. program. Individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career at the college or university level Persons who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field. |
| Deadline: | December 4 |
| Willamette University Minority Graduate Fellowship | |
| Contact: | |
| Description: | Stipend of $25,000, office space, library and computer privileges, and a $2,500 research assistance fund. |
| Eligibility: | The Fellowship supports a minority scholar for a year-long residency at Willamette University. Qualified individuals must be U.S. citizens and have completed all other Ph.D. requirements. |
| Deadline: | January 15 |
| Health and Human Services (Department of) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dissertation Research Grants for Underrepresented Minorities in the ELSI of Genetics Research | |
| Contact: | Extramural Outreach and Information Resources Office
Office of Extramural Research 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC 7910, Room 6207 Bethesda, MD 20892-7910 (301) 435-0714, (301) 480-8443 (fax) |
| Description: | Costs requested may not exceed $25,000. |
| Eligibility: | The applicant must be a full time student in good standing enrolled in an Accredited doctoral degree program in a relevant social science or humanities Discipline. Member of a minority group. |
| Deadline: | February 1, June 1, October 1 |
| Dartmouth College Cesar E. Chavez Dissertation Fellowship for U.S. Latina/Latino Scholars | |
| Contact: | Gary Hutchins, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
6062 Wentworth, Room 304 Hanover, NH 03755-3526 (603) 646-2107, (603) 646-3488 (fax) |
| Description: | Provides a stipend of $25,000, office space, library privileges, and a $2,500 research assistance fund. |
| Eligibility: | – Research or dissertation.
– Graduate Students. – U.S. Latina/o scholars for a year-long residency at Dartmouth College. |
| Deadline: | February 13 |
