Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
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Internal Stanford Graduate Student/Dissertation Funding Opportunities
NIH and AHRQ R36-Pre-doctoral Disssertation Grants
NIH F 30/F31 NRSA Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grants
Miscellaneous External Dissertation Grants
NSF Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
Grants.gov Training Sessions announced for
NIH NRSA F Series applicants
NIH F Series NRSA individual pre-doctoral and individual postdoctoral fellowship hands on computer lab grants.gov training sessions have just been announced for those individuals who are submitting applications for the standard NRSA F series December 8 deadline or the standard January 7 AIDS/AIDS related NRSA deadline.
To find out more about these sessions and the NRSA F Series resources available, please go to the Grants.gov@Stanford NRSA Resource webpage.
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Graduate Student Fellowships 2009/2010
Deadline: March TBA
Submission GuidelinesOffice of Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE)
VPGE administers seven fellowships. For a chart containing an overview of all seven fellowships, as well as links to other funding opportunities, please see the
VPGE funding Opportunities home page.
SPECTRUM- the Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research
Requests for Pilot Project Proposals:
Pilot Projects that have the objective of Translating Technology into Novel Medtech, Biopharma, or Diagnositic Projects
Eligibility: Faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2009
Program description, eligibility, and submission guidelines
NIH NIA: Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36) PAR-08-250 National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Eligibility:
Diversity: individuals from an underrepresented minority; with disabilities, from disadvantaged backgrounds (see program announcement for complete details)
Eligibility is related to contributing to the diversity of the workforce in research on aging.
* you are registered in an accredited research doctoral degree program;
* you are in good-standing in that program;
* you will have completed all non-dissertation requirements for your degree by the anticipated start date of the award (except a clinical internship where that is required to follow the dissertation phase);
* your doctoral committee has approved your dissertation proposal;
* you are a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national (e.g., residents of U.S. territories), or permanent resident by the time of award.
Standard R36 deadlines: Feb. 16, June 16, Oct. 16 all via grant.gov
Standard AIDS/AIDS-related deadlines: May 7, Sept. 7, Jan. 7 all via grants.gov
Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
Program announcement PAR-08-250
AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) PAR-09-212
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Eligibility: For dissertation grants, the applicant organization must be the doctoral granting institution at which the student is registered and matriculating.
*Are U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents by the time of the award;
*Are full-time students in good standing, who are enrolled in an accredited research doctoral program in such fields as the social or behavioral sciences, health services research, social sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, and health informatics.
*Will have completed all non-dissertation requirements for their doctoral degree by the time of submission of the application (except a clinical internship where that is required to follow the dissertation phase).
*Have received approval of the dissertation proposal by the doctoral committee by the time of the grant award
Application Due Date(s): February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 annually all via grant.gov
Expiration Date: August 2, 2012
Program Announcement /PAR-09-212
NIH NIMH: Mental Health Dissertation Research Grant to Increase Diversity (R36) PAR-09-132
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Eligiblity: Diversity: from an underrepresented minority; individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, from disadvantaged backgrounds (see program announcement for complete details)
Individuals are eligible to apply for this award provided that:
* they are registered in an accredited research doctoral degree program;
* they are in good-standing in that program;
* they will have completed all non-dissertation requirements for the doctoral degree by the anticipated start date of the award (except a clinical internship where that is required to follow the dissertation phase);
* the doctoral committee has approved the dissertation proposal;
* they are a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national (e.g., residents of U.S. territories), or permanent resident by the time of award.
Application Due Date(s): December 22, 2009; April 22, 2010; August 24, 2010; December 22, 2010; April 22, 2011; August 24, 2011; December 22, 2011 (including resubmissions) all via grants.gov
Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
Program announcement PAR-09-132Processing requirements for your NIH R36 applications:
NIH R36 Application submission via grants.gov
The NIH R36 dissertation awards must be processed via the NIH grants.gov online application system. For more information see the ORA grants.gov@stanford resources webpage.Hands-on Grants.gov training sessions (just announced)
There will be hands-on computer lab grants.gov training courses offered in October and November for those individuals submitting NRSA F Series applications for the standard NRSA F Series December 8 deadline and the standard AIDS/AIDS related NRSA F Series Jan. 7 deadlines. Please note: it is highly recommended that you attend one of the sessions as it will give you an opportunity to download your application forms, learn about internal forms that are required. For more information, go to the Grants.gov@Stanford NRSA Resource webpage.Institutional representatives for your NIH R36 applications:
You must process be ready to submit via Stanford's eSubmit (the internal Stanford system used in grants.gov application submissions) for your institutional representative* system at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline
*School of Medicine NIH R36 dissertation grant applicants: Research Process Manager (RPM) Assignments by department.
*Other schools: OSR assignments
REQUIRED GRANTS.GOV TRAINING SESSIONS FOR NRSA F SERIES APPLICATIONS
NIH F Series NRSA individual pre-doctoral and individual postdoctoral fellowship hands on computer lab grants.gov training sessions have just been announced for those individuals who are submitting applications for the standard NRSA F series December 8 deadline or the standard January 7 AIDS/AIDS related NRSA deadline.
To find out more about these sessions and the NRSA F Series resources available, please go to the Grants.gov@Stanford NRSA Resource webpage.Application processing instructions
NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) PA-09-232
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
The NHLBI mission is to provide leadership for national programs in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders.
Standard F30 Deadlines: April 8, August 8, December 8 via grants.gov
Standard AIDS/AIDS-related deadlines: May 7, Sept. 7, Jan. 7 via grants.gov
Expiration August 9, 2012
Program announcement PA-09-232
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Pre-doctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (F30) PA-09-207
Participating Institutes
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
Standard F30 Deadlines: April 8, August 8, December 8 via grants.gov
Standard AIDS/AIDS-related deadlines: May 7, Sept. 7, Jan. 7 via grants.gov
Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
Program announcement PA-09-207
Table of F30 Institute specific interests, instructions and contacts
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows (F31)
Participating Institutes
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
Standard F30 Deadlines: April 8, August 8, December 8 via grants.gov
Standard AIDS/AIDS-related deadlines: May 7, Sept. 7, Jan. 7 via grants.gov
Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
Program announcement /PA-09-208
Table of F31 institute specific interests/instructions and contacts
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research PA-09-209
Participating institutes
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS),
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB),
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM),
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The purpose of the F31 predoctoral fellowship to promote diversity in health-related research is to provide up to five years of support for research training leading to the PhD or equivalent research degree, the combined MD/PhD degree; or another formally combined professional degree and research doctoral degree in biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical sciences.
Standard F30 Deadlines: April 8, August 8, December 8 via grants.gov
Standard AIDS/AIDS-related deadlines: May 7, Sept. 7, Jan. 7 via grants.gov
Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
Program announcement PA-09-209
Table of F31 (to promote diversity) institute specific interests, instructions and contactsProcessing requirements for your NIH F30/F31 NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship applications:
NIH F30/F31 Application submission via grants.gov
The NIH F30/F31 applications must be processed via the NIH grants.gov online application system. For more information see the ORA grants.gov@stanford resources webpage.Hands-on Grants.gov training sessions (to be announced)
There will be hands-on computer lab training courses offered in November for the December deadlines especially for grants.gov submission. Please note: it is highly recommended that you attend one of the sessions as it will give you an opportunity to download your application forms, learn about internal forms that are required, etc.Institutional representatives for your NIH F30/F31 applications:
You must process be ready to submit via Stanford's eSubmit (the internal Stanford system used in grants.gov application submissions) for your institutional representative* system at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline
*School of Medicine NIH F30/F31 applicants: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group
*Other schools: OSR assignments
American Lung Association
Lung Health Dissertation Grant
Pre-doctoral support for nurses or students with an academic career focused on the various disciplines of social science. Research areas of particular interest to the American Lung Association are: psychosocial, behavioral, health services, health policy, epidemiological, biostatistical and educational matters related to lung disease. Duration: up to two years.
Deadline: Oct. 21, 2009
Program announcement, eligibility and application guidelines
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your ALA application materials for your institutional representative* system at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) department assignmentsAmerican Association of University Women (AAUW)
Educational Foundation: American Fellowships
Dissertation Fellowship
$20,000
These fellowships are available to women who will complete their dissertation writing between April 15, 2011 and June 30, 2011. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2011. To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposal or plan by Nov. 15, 2009. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowship year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math and also researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009
Program announcement, eligibility and application guidelines
California Breast Cancer Research Program
Dissertation Grant
The intention of the award type is to support the completion of dissertation research for Masters or Doctoral-level graduate students. The mentor must have research expertise in breast cancer.
Deadline for the full proposal: Jan. 14, 2010
General application requirements, Application forms and instructions
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your CBCRP application materials for your institutional representative* system at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Research Process Manager (RPM) in the Research Management Group
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) department assignments
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
Dissertation Research Awards
This award is intended to support the dissertation research of a doctoral candidate pursuing tobacco-related research. Applications in all relevant research areas are welcomed, but applications in the social/behavioral sciences and in public policy are encouraged. The award is designed for students advanced to candidacy no later than July 1, 2010, and initiating their dissertation research. The applicant and principal mentor must be affiliated with an academic research institution. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement. The candidate must commit a minimum of 80 percent time to the research project.
Maximum of $20,000 annual direct costs averaged over the duration of the award for stipend, supplies, and domestic travel. This award also provides an additional maximum of $10,000 per year for tuition/enrollment fee remission, fringe benefits, and health insurance. No equipment purchases are allowed. No indirect costs are allowed. Maximum Duration: 2 years.
Deadline: Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
Program announcements, guidelines, eligibility (available 10/01/09)
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your CBCRP application materials for your institutional representative* system at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Research Process Manager (RPM) in the Research Management Group-Department assignments
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) department assignments
NSF National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) NSF 09-603Program announcement
Graduate students submit their proposals directly via the NSF fastlane system. You do not need to submit your proposals via the institutional representatives. (See the program guidelines.) Please allow yourself at a week prior to the deadline to begin the submission of your application. These are awarded directly to the student.
Deadlines:
November 02, 2009 Interdisciplinary fields of Study
November 04, 2009 Mathematical Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
November 05, 2009 Social Sciences; Psychology; Geosciences
November 06, 2009 Life Sciences
November 10, 2009 Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy
November 12, 2009 EngineeringEligibility (see guidelines for complete details):
1) Citizenship: Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States.
2) Degree requirements: Fellowships are intended for individuals in the early stages of their graduate study. Below are general guidelines for determining eligibility according to the degree requirements criterion. Applicants are expected to have adequate preparation to begin graduate study and research by summer or fall 2010. In most cases, this will be demonstrated by receipt of a bachelor's degree earned prior to Fall 2010.
Individuals are typically eligible to apply:
During the senior year of college
After graduating from college and prior to entering graduate school
During the first year of graduate school
Prior to completing the first term of the second year of graduate school.
3) NSF supported fields of study
Categories (see the NSF webpage below for details): Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Engineering, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology, Social Sciences
Note:
* Individuals pursuing research in a policy science are eligible for funding only if they are pursuing research-based Master’s or Ph.D. degrees.
* NOT FUNDED: Research with disease-related goals is not eligible for support by NSF. Applicants in this field will be judged ineligible if their Proposed Plan of Research has disease-related goals and/or is insufficiently focused on basic research questions.
* NOT FUNDED: Clinical and counseling psychology are not supported in this program; applicants in this field will be judged ineligible if their Proposed Plan of Research focuses on mental disease, abnormality or malfunction.Amount of funding:
Other Budgetary Limitations: NSF awards $40,500 each year to the affiliated institution to cover the GRF stipend and cost of education allowance for each Graduate Research Fellow on Tenure at that institution. Fellows Abroad receive direct grant awards for up to the same amount.
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program fellowship stipend currently is $30,000 for a 12-month tenure period, prorated monthly at $2,500 for shorter periods as approved by NSF.
The cost-of-education allowance currently is $10,500 per tenure year per fellow. For Fellows Abroad, all tuition and assessed fees are reimbursed to the Fellow up to a maximum of $10,500 per tenure year.
Fellows are eligible for a one-time $1,000 International Research Travel Allowance.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 1,654 graduate fellowships in this competition pending availability of funds. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees.
NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences
Division of Environmental Biology
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG) NSF 08-564Program announcement
Deadline: Nov. 20, 2009* via grants.gov*
(and thereafter, the deadline will be the third Friday of November)
The proposal must be submitted by the dissertation advisor(s) on behalf of a graduate student who is at the point of initiating or is already conducting dissertation research.Institutional Representative
The dissertation advisor must submit the application via Stanford's eSubmit system (part of Stanford's internal grants.gov system) for their institutional representative at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
School of Medicine: Research Process Manager <http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/rpmmaster.html>
Other Schools: OSR Contract OfficerAmount of funding: Grants are typically awarded for periods up to 24 months and for amounts up to $15,000.
Eligibility:
--NOT SUPPORTED: NSF will not support research on the etiology, diagnosis, treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality, or malfunction. Studies of animal models for such conditions, the design and testing of drugs or other procedures for their treatment are also not eligible for support.
--A student must have advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D. degree before the submission deadline to be eligible to submit a proposal. A statement that the student has advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D., signed and dated by the department chairperson, graduate dean, or similar administrative official is required (see "Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions").
--The student must be enrolled at a U.S. institution, but need not be a U.S. citizen.
--Organizations should limit applications to outstanding dissertation proposals with unusual financial requirements that cannot be met otherwise. Preference may be given to projects that are underway and for which feasibility is demonstrated.
--Proposals whose focus falls within the scope of any cluster in the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) or in the scientific area of animal behavior supported by the Behavioral Systems Cluster in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) are eligible.These awards are intended to provide supplemental funds for items not normally available from the student's university or other sources. They are not intended to provide the total costs of a student's dissertation research.
Allowable items include
travel to specialized facilities or field research locations and professional meetings,
use of specialized research equipment,
purchase of supplies and services not otherwise available,
fees for computerized or other forms of data, and
rental of environmental chambers or other research facilities.
Funds may not be used for stipends, tuition, textbooks, journals, allowances for dependents, publication costs, dissertation preparation or reproduction, or indirect costs.
The budget justification must explain why and how the requested funds are supplemental to funding from the university or other sources.About Environmental Biology (DEB)
For purposes of this funding opportunity: Proposals whose focus falls within the scope of any cluster in the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) are eligible.
The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) supports fundamental research on populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. Scientific emphases range across many evolutionary and ecological patterns and processes at all spatial and temporal scales.
Areas of research include: biodiversity, phylogenetic systematics, molecular evolution, life history evolution, natural selection, ecology, biogeography, ecosystem services, conservation biology, global change, and biogeochemical cycles. Research on origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and evolutionary history may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative experiments; synthesis activities; as well as theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or simulation modeling.About Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
For purposes of this RFA, only the scientific area of animal behavior supported by the Behavioral Systems Cluster in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) are eligible.
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) supports research aimed at an integrative understanding of organisms. The goal is to predict why organisms are structured the way they are, and function as they do. Projects that innovatively apply systems biology approaches, i.e. approaches that combine experimentation, computation, and modeling, and which lead to new conceptual and theoretical insights and predictions about integrated organismal properties that may be experimentally verified, are particularly encouraged.
Funding Opportunity Email Announcements:
All Stanford University faculty and staff: please send a message to Jeanne Heschele jheschele@stanford.edu to be added to the funding opportunity email distribution list.
For corrections or updates for the RMG website, please contact Jeanne Heschele at jheschele@stanford.edu.
