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Special Announcements

Required NIH NRSA F Series Grants.gov Computer Lab Sessions for those submitting applications for the August standard deadlines are now available.

see the NRSA F Series resource webpage >>

 

Reminder

Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford/ Fogarty International Center/NIH
Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowship
The GHES Fellowship is for:
-- U.S. doctoral students (PhD, DrPH, etc.)
-- professional students (MD, DDS, DVM, PharmD, etc.),
-- postdoctoral fellows
-- foreign scholars from participating international sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
The purpose of the program is to support a one-year mentored research fellowship for investigators who are interested in studying diseases and conditions in developing countries.
Deadlines: May 28, 2012, 3:00 p.m. PDT
Guidelines >>


Collegiate Inventors Competition
The invention, a reduced-to-practice idea or working prototype, must be the work of a student or team of students with his or her university advisor.
Deadline: June 15, 2012
More >>


James S. McDonnell Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in Studying Complex Systems
Provides pre-doctoral students with “letters of intent to fund” which students, in the final phase of graduate school, can use in negotiations with potential postdoctoral training institutions.
Deadline: June 15, 2012
More >>


Limited Funding Opportunities
If the sponsor limits the number of applicants from the institution, then an internal selection process is required.
There are currently no limited programs for graduate students.


Internal Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
Internal Graduate Student Funding Opportunities Research Focus Eligibility Amount of funding Deadline
Bio-X Graduate Fellowships

Criteria for the two programs:
-Bio-X Graduate Fellowships
-Bio-X Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships (SIGF)

Application guidelines*
*Use the Bio-X Fellowship application on the above webpage (ONLY one application is necessary and covers either the Bio-X Fellowship or Bio-X SIGF program.)		 For both fellowships, preference will be given to projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, bringing together biology with physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, or other fields. See the criteria guidelines for each program for eligibility. The funding is for graduate tuition and stipend. March 15, 2012, 5 p.m.
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
Questions? Contact Heidi Lopez at lopezhm@stanford.edu

Guidelines >>

dissertations address issues related to race, culture, and ethnicity (any academic discipline) awarded to 3 advanced Stanford doctoral students whose dissertations address issues related to race, culture, and ethnicity. The fellowship includes shared office space and a financial award of approximately $7,100 stipend plus TGR fees and 50% health coverage per quarter (Autumn, Winter, and Spring). Feb. TBA
Center for Health Policy (CHP)/ Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA) Request for Pilot Projects
Questions? Contact Nomita Divi at nomita@stanford.edu

Guidelines >>

 Demography, Economics, Health and Aging Stanford affiliates: Trainees (graduate students, medical fellows and residents), postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty and senior academic staff $30,000 direct costs for one year (2 to be awarded) Full application: April 5, 2012
Center for Health Policy (CHP)/ Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Center on Advancing Decision Making in Aging (CADMA)
Request for Pilot Project Proposals
Source of funds: NIH/NIA
Questions? Contact Nomita Divi at nomita@stanford.edu

Guidelines >>

health and aging Stanford affiliates: Trainees (graduate students,medical fellows and residents), postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty and senior academic staff $33,000 direct costs for one year Letter of intent (strongly encouraged):
March 8, 2012;
Full application: April 8, 2012
Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford/ Fogarty International Center/NIH
Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowship

Question? Contact Nancy Federspiel at nfeder@stanford.edu


Guidelines >>


Global health and various topics (see the guidelines) The GHES Fellowship is for:
-- U.S. doctoral students (PhD, DrPH, etc.)
-- professional students (MD, DDS, DVM, PharmD, etc.),
-- postdoctoral fellows
-- foreign scholars from participating international sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)		 The purpose of the program is to support a one-year mentored research fellowship for investigators who are interested in studying diseases and conditions in developing countries. May 28, 2012
The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Dissertation Fellowships
Questions? Contact: Jane M. Gruba-Chevalier at jmgruba@stanford.edu


Guidelines >>

 Gender
research		 Currently enrolled Stanford University students, in any discipline, who are in the writing phase of their doctorate are invited to apply for a Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (GDF). The stipend in 2010-2011 will be between $4,000 and $7000, and will be finalized by September 30, 2010. The Clayman Institute's graduate dissertation fellowships do not offer tuition fees. Feb. TBA
Office 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 >>


 Varies see VPGE website See VPGE website See VPGE website See VPGE website
REVS Program and
Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS)

Miles Collier Fellowship in Automobile Studies

Graduate Student Research Travel Grant

Guidelines (download the PDF file>> PDF file

Questions? Contact: Allison Carruth, Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) acarruth@stanford.edu

 To support interdisciplinary research on automotive technology, infrastructure, politics and culture Applicant must be a Stanford PhD student who has advanced to candidacy (TGR status). (See additional criteria) Miles Collier Fellowship: $24K plus TGR fees


Travel grant: $1500 (4 to be awarded)

 Jan. TBA
Spectrum Pilot Grant Proposals
Administered by Spectrum under the guidance of Biodesign (medical
devices) or SPARK (drugs and diagnostics).
Questions? Contact Ari Chaney at achaney@stanford.edu
Program description, eligibility, and submission guidelines>>		 Translating Technology into Novel Medtech, Biopharma, or Diagnositic Projects         Faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows $25,000-50,000/year, with the possibility of a single renewal. Sept. TBA




NIH and AHRQ R36 Dissertation Grants Announcements

NIH and ahrq r36 dissertation grants


NIH R36 Processing requirement:
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: Research Process Manager (RPM) Assignments by department.
*Other schools: OSR assignments

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.


R36 Program Announcements:


AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) PAR-09-212
Agency for Health Research and Quality
Remaining deadlines: May 1, Aug. 1, 2012
Guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-212.html



NIH NIA:
Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36) PAR-11-291
National Institute of Aging (NIA)
Standard R36 deadlines: Feb 16, June 16, Oct. 16
AIDS-related deadlines are: May 7, Sept. 7, and Jan. 7
Expiration date for this RFA: Jan. 8, 2013
Guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-291.html



NIH NIDA
Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and/or Women and Sex/Gender Differences (R36) PAR-10-020
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Standard R36 deadlines: Feb. 16, June 16, Oct 16; or
AIDS-related deadlines are: May 7, Sept. 7, and Jan. 7
Expiration date for this RFA: Jan. 8, 2013
Guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-020.html



NIH NIMH
Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Increase Diversity PAR-12-103
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Remaining deadlines: August 22, 2012, Dec. 21, 2012, April 22, 2013, December 23, 2013, and April 22, 2014, Dec. 22, 2014
AIDS-related deadlines: May 7, Sept. 7, Jan. 7
Expiration date for this RFA: Jan. 8, 2015
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-103.html




NIH NRSA F30/F31 Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowships


Link to separate webpage devoted to NRSA F Series individual fellowships more >>

 

 


Miscellaenous External pre-doctoral grants, fellowships or dissertation funding opportunities


Miscellaneous External Pre-doctoral Grants, Fellowships and or Dissertations

Refer to the sponsor websites for updated and detailed information about eligibility requirements, application instructions and contact information. If you have specific questions regarding one of these fellowships, please contact the sponsor.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation
American Fellowships Dissertation Fellowship
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. TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your AAUW 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 more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



American Heart Association-Western States: Pre-doctoral Fellowships
Research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease and stroke, or to related clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems, including multidisciplinary efforts.
Deadline: Jan. 2013 TBA
Guidelines >>
New: application fee now required (see the AHA application fee guidelines and check with your department as to how/or if they could cover this $75 fee for you. More >>
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your AHA 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 more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>


 

American Lung Association Lung Health Dissertation Grant
Psychosocial, behavioral, health services, health policy, epidemiological, biostatistical and educational matters related to lung disease.
Deadline: Oct. TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.lung.org/finding-cures/grant-opportunities/
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your ALA application materials for your institutional representative at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>


American Physical Society (APS)
Dissertation Awards (physics)
Deadlines: TBA
http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/dissertation/index.cfm


Arthritis Foundation Dissertation Award
Deadline: Feb. TBA
Check the ProposalCentral website in the Fall 2012 to download the program guidelines
https://proposalcentral.altum.com/
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your ALA application materials for your institutional representative at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) department assignments



Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Pre-doctoral Fellowships
Autism Speaks invites applications from predoctoral students interested in pursuing careers in autism research.
Deadlines:
Letter of Intent (LOI) deadline: Nov. TBA;
Full application (by invitation): Jan. 2013 TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/grants-program/open-grants-how-apply
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your ALA application materials for your institutional representative at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



California HIV/AIDS Research Programs Dissertation Fellowships
Letter of intent: July TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.californiaaidsresearch.org/index.html
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your application to your institutional representative at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Research Process Manager (RPM) Assignments by department >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



Cancer Research Institute Student Training and Research in Tumor Immunology (STaRT) Grant
Applicants for CRI’s STaRT Program must be pursuing doctorate research directly related to cancer immunology. Research must be immunology with direct relevance to solving the cancer problem. Applicants must be full-time graduate students who will be engaged in thesis research as Ph.D. Candidates and who will have successfully completed all of their host institution's requirements for advancement to candidacy by the time the award is activated.
Deadline: March TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.cancerresearch.org/programs/STaRT/apply/
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your ALA application materials for your institutional representative* at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



California Sea Grant Fellowships (UCSD)
The California Sea Grant State Fellows Program provides a unique educational opportunity for graduate students who are interested in marine resources and the policy decisions affecting those resources in California. Modeled after the highly successful Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program, the State Fellows Program provides an opportunity to acquire "on the job" experience in the planning and implementation of marine and coastal resource policies and programs in the state of California. The program matches highly motivated and qualified graduate students and recent graduates with "hosts" in State or Federal agencies in California for a 12-month paid fellowship.
Deadlines: Sept. TBA
Guidelines:
http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/STATEFELLOW/StateFellow_current.html
Institutional representative: not applicable. You can apply directly to the program.




Collegiate Inventors Competition
The invention, a reduced-to-practice idea or working prototype, must be the work of a student or team of students with his or her university advisor. If it is a machine, it must be operable. If it is a chemical, it must be complete with evidence of successful application of the idea. If it is a new plant, color photographs or slides must be included in the submission. If a new or original ornamental design for an article of manufacture is submitted, the entire design must be included in the application. In addition, the invention should be capable of being reproduced.
$15,000 top prize (graduate student); $12,500 prize (undergraduate); The student's advisor wins a cash prize as well.
Deadline: June 15, 2012
http://www.invent.org/collegiate/index.html
To view additional requirements and to enter: http://www.invent.org/collegiate/enter.html
Institutional representative: because this is a prize and not a sponsored project, you do not need to submit your application through your department's institutional representative in the Research Management Group (RMG/School of Medicine) or Office of Sponsored Research (for all other schools).
Note: Inventions are subject to Stanford’s Intellectual Property policies, if applicable.



Children's Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Award--neurofibromatosis (NF)
Pre-application: Jan.TBA and full application by invitation only: Feb. TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.ctf.org/For-Scientists/young-investigator-awards.html
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your application materials for your institutional representative* at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



Epilepsy Foundation Pre-doctoral Training Fellowship
The Predoctoral Research Training Fellowship supports pre-doctoral students with dissertation research related to epilepsy, thus strengthening their interest in establishing epilepsy research as a career direction. Graduate students must be matriculating in a full-time doctoral (Ph.D.) program with an academic career focus. Areas of interest considered include, but are not limited to neuroscience, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, biochemistry, genetics, nursing, or pharmacy. ($20,000/year)
Deadline: Aug. TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/research/grant-and-fellowship-opportunities.cfm
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your application materials for your institutional representative* at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group  more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



Ford Foundation Ford Foundation
For those who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Pre-doctoral Fellowship
The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.
Dissertation Fellowships
The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.
Deadline: Nov. TBA
Guidelines:
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_048001
Institutional representative: not applicable. Note: these fellowships are paid directly to you rather than the institution. Per Debra Porzio in the RMG Fellowship office, you are not required to submit your proposal through her office. You may submit your Ford Foundation application directly to the sponsor.




James S. McDonnell Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in Studying Complex Systems
Note: The program provides selected pre-doctoral students with “letters of intent to fund” which students in the final phase of graduate school can use in negotiations with potential postdoctoral training institutions.
The Complex Systems program supports scholarship and research directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools that can be applied to the study of complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems. It is anticipated that research funded in this program will address issues in fields such as biology, biodiversity, climate, demography, epidemiology, technological change, economic development, governance, or computation.
-Applicants should not currently have a Ph.D. and should not receive a Ph.D. on or before June 15, 2012.
-Ph.D. student applicants should have theoretical and/or experimental training in Complex Systems Science.
-Applicants should expect to complete coursework and dissertation sometime in 2013.
-Ph.D. students that have already identified a postdoctoral position and postdoctoral research mentor should not apply. Support for such positions is readily available through traditional funding mechanisms
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Guidelines:
http://www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship/
Institutional representative: not applicable. Send your applications directly to the foundation.



P.E.O. Philanthropies
P.E.O. Scholar Awards
Deadline: Nov. TBA
Guidelines:
http://www.peointernational.org/peo-projectsphilanthropies
Provides substantial merit-based awards for women of the United States and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited college or university.
P.E.O. Scholar Awards are given once each year for the ensuing academic year. Each is a significant monetary amount that will provide partial support for a year’s study. The number and amount of the awards are determined each year in accordance with the funds available.
Eligibility: A woman is eligible for nomination by a local chapter if she: is a citizen of the U.S. or Canada at the time of her nomination; is within two years of her graduation date and has at least one full academic year of work remaining to complete her doctoral level degree at the time the award payment is made (August 1). Those in a “Medical Scholars Program” pursuing both an M.D. and a Ph.D. must be within two years of completing the entire program; is enrolled in her program at an accredited college or university. She can be part-time at the time of nomination, but must devote full-time during the year of the award (see Conditions of Acceptance).
Institutional representative:



The Pharma Foundation
Pre-doctoral Fellowships in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Informatics and Pharmaceutics
Deadline: Sept. 1, 2012
Pre-doctoral Fellowships in Health Outcomes
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2013
Guidelines (scroll to the bottom of the webpage to download brochures):
http://www.phrmafoundation.org/
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your application materials for your institutional representative* at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group more >>
*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
Letter of intent deadline (required): Dec. TBA
Full application (by invitation only): Jan. TBA
http://www.trdrp.org/fundingOpps/call.php
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your application to your institutional representative at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Research Process Manager (RPM) Assignments by department >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>



United Negro College Fund (UNCF) - Merck Science Initiative
Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
Topics: biomedically relevant life or physical sciences and engineering
Deadline: Dec. TBA
Guidelines:
http://umsi.uncf.org/
Institutional representatives: You must process be ready to submit your application materials for your institutional representative* at least 5 working days (one calendar week) prior to the sponsor's deadline.
*School of Medicine: Fellowship Office in the Research Management Group  more >>
*Other schools: Office of Sponsored Research OSR department assignments >>




Miscellaenous federal funding opportunities


Miscellaneous Federal Funding Opportunities

NSF Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities Research Focus Eligibility Deadline
NSF SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants NSF 11-547

Program Guidelines >>


Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Geography and Spatial Sciences
Linguistics, Physical Anthropology, Science of Science and Innovation Policy
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Decision, Risk & Management Science
Economics
Law & Social Science
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics
Political Science
Science of Science and Innovation Policy
Science, Technology, and Society
Sociology
Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS)
Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics ProgramScience of Science and Innovation Policy

 Varies per NSF division

To award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research.

These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university.

Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible

The student must be enrolled at a U.S. academic institution, but need not be a U.S. citizen.

Various:
See guidelines



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 representatives for the faculty advisor: *Medicine: RPM Assignments by department>>
*Other schools: OSR assignments >>

NSF National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Guidelines: NSF 11-582
The 2012 announcement has not been published. This information is provided for your reference only.

This program awards Fellowships for graduate study leading to research-based master's and doctoral degrees in the fields of science and engineering relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
NSF supported fields of study>>

Fellowships are awarded to individuals in the early stages of their graduate study.

Each Fellowship consists of three years of support usable over a five- year period. For each year of support, NSF provides a stipend of $30,000 to the Fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 to the degree-granting institution.

 Varies according to discipline

* 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.		 CITIZENSHIP: Applicants must be United States citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States by the application deadline.

Applicants must apply during their first year of graduate or earlier and prior to the Fall term of the second year of graduate school. Applicants must have completed no more than 12 months of full-time graduate study or its equivalent as of August 1, 2011 (see other guidelines)

 The 2012 announcement has not been published.

(The last deadlines were in Nov. 2011)



APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
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.
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 11-569

Program guidelines >>


biological sciences, environmental biology

 

 

-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. The student must be enrolled at a U.S. institution, but need not be a U.S. citizen.


NOTE: Organizations should limit applications to outstanding dissertation proposals with unusual financial requirements that cannot be met otherwise.

Nov. 9, 2012

and the second Friday in November annually.

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.
NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows (Postdoctoral fellowship)
NSF SEES Fellows NSF 11-575


Program Guidelines >>
Propose research that is in the broadly defined area of sustainability sciences, beyond the applicant's current area of core expertise. To be eligible, applicants must:
-Be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent residents of the United States (by the application deadline).
-Have received his or her doctorate within four years of the application deadline of the competition.
-PIs who have not yet received their Ph.D. are eligible to apply, but must have received their Ph.D. by the start date of the award.		 Dec. 3, 2012


-An applicant may submit a proposal as an individual or through an institution* but, before the grant is awarded, must affiliate with a US university, college, or non-profit, non-academic organization, which will administer the award.

Note: *if a Stanford mentor is identified, then the Fellow must submit their application through their institutional representative.






EPA-Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships For Graduate Environmental Study Grant

The deadline has passed. This information is provided for your reference only.

Deadline: Nov. TBA via grants.gov
Institutional representative: Not applicable. Individuals should apply directly to the EPA.
Stanford Grants.gov resource webpage >>

Guidelines:
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2012/2012_star_gradfellow.html


Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

The program is administered for DOE by the Krell Institute (“KRELL”).

The deadline has passed. This information is provided for your reference only.
Deadline: Jan. TBA

Institutional Representatives: Pre-doctoral students submit their applications directly to the Krell Institute. Payment is ultimately made to Stanford's Student Aid office on behalf of the student.

Guidelines: http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/

Eligibility: Students must be planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. degree at an accredited U.S. university. Students in their first or second year of graduate study in engineering, mathematics, or the physical, computer, or life sciences are eligible to apply for the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF). Senior undergraduates who can meet all the requirements listed in this application may also apply.
Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens.

 

 





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