Below are resources for you to start your search for funding your education. We have several CSU-sponsored resources as well as other organizations dedicated to helping students.
A tremendous resource for graduate students is The Office for Scholarship and Fellowship Advising. OSFA assists current students interested in applying for an external award including the US Fulbright Program. Please visit the OSFA webpage for information about external awards promoted by the office including details about promoted awards that require a University nomination.
Scholarships
CSU Scholarships
Advancing Education Scholarship - honoring the legacy and memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Application deadline: February 20, 2023
- Scholarship Application
- Contact: Allison DeWaele at Allison.DeWaele@colostate.edu.
APEC Program Scholarship
- Award Announcement
- To apply, download and complete the fillable PDF application
- Contact: Christy Eylar, 970-491-5917, christy.eylar@colostate.edu
McPherson Graduate Scholarship
- Application deadline: May 15, 2022 for preferred consideration
- Announcement and Application details
- Contact: Ludy Avalos, 970-491-6817, Ludy.avalos@colostate.edu
The purpose of the CSU Colorado Technology Association Scholarship is to encourage incoming freshmen with an interest and commitment to science and technology to pursue degrees in defined programs at Colorado State. Degree candidates within the university will be competitively considered for all available scholarship awards. The number of awards each year will be determined by the previous year’s fund raising.
Non-CSU Scholarships
Scholarship and internship opportunities are available.
A non-profit and non-partisan educational organization established to develop the next generation of Latino leaders. CHCI seeks to accomplish this by offering educational and leadership development programs, services, and activities that promote the growth of its participants as effective professionals and strong leaders.
These scholarships encourage minority students from diverse ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds to participate in the Society’s biennial conferences and enhance their interest in the conservation and preservation of parks, protected areas, and cultural sites throughout the world. The goal of the scholarship is to encourage greater ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity among the park professions.
This is a $1000 graduate scholarship for a woman from the Loveland-Berthoud area, and is available through the Loveland Branch of the American Association of University Women. It is available to a female who has graduated from an accredited four-year college and is pursuing a graduate degree.
Since 1981 the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF), a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, public charity, has awarded scholarships to outstanding women from developing countries, who are completing degrees at US/Canadian universities and are committed to improving the wellbeing of women and children in developing countries.
Through a grant competition, funds are awarded to institutions of higher education to prepare eligible participants for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. Participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have demonstrated strong academic potential. Institutions work closely with participants as they complete their undergraduate requirements. Institutions encourage participants to enroll in graduate programs and then track their progress through to the successful completion of advanced degrees. The goal is to increase the attainment of Ph.D. degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society.
The National Potato Council has established scholarships to honor graduate students pursuing advanced studies to meliorate the potato industry.
The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative is dedicated to supporting the training of world-class African American biomedical scientists and to achieving the complementary goals of national economic competitiveness and social diversity.
Fellowships
CSU Fellowships
- Application
- Contact: Dustin Grantham, 970-491-6817
National Science Foundation Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship Program
Funded through the National Science Foundation, this two-year program is designed to support students in persistence and successful completion of their STEM doctoral degrees. The BD program is administered through the Graduate Center for Inclusive Mentoring. The Fellowship is not available in 2022.
- Contact: Allison.DeWaele@colostate.edu
Non-CSU Fellowships
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship seeks to increase communication skills in student scientists. From grant writing to interaction with their community, today’s young scientists must also be able science communicators. The lessons they learn through the Fellowship experience will benefit their career path and help them increase public understanding of science and technology.
For more than a century, the AAUW has helped nearly 9,000 women from 133 countries pursue their dream of obtaining a graduate degree or making an impact in their community. Fellowship and grant recipients perform research in a wide range of disciplines and work to improve their schools and communities. For more information visit.
ACLS holds competitions for several fellowship and grant competitions.
Accepting applications for Title VIII Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training programs in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Russia, Southeast Europe, Moldova and Ukraine. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for these awards.
Enables U.S. graduate students to add an important international language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. NSEP supports students studying languages, cultures, and world regions other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Fellowships are intended to support U.S. graduate students who will pursue the study of languages and cultures deemed critical to U.S. national security, and who are highly motivated by the opportunity to work in the federal government.
The STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship targets outstanding PhD students enrolled in an American university who wish to conduct part of their doctoral research in a French laboratory for a 4 to 9 month period. STEM Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition. Priority is given to candidates working toward a “double degree” (cotutelle) with their host institution. All Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) and Health disciplines are eligible. The required level of French remains at the discretion of the host laboratory.
This graduate fellowship program of the National Academies – consisting of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council – is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows develop basic skills essential to working or participating in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels.
A non-profit and non-partisan educational organization established to develop the next generation of Latino leaders. CHCI seeks to accomplish this by offering educational and leadership development programs, services, and activities that promote the growth of its participants as effective professionals and strong leaders.
The fellowship is named after Dr. Charles Ping, President Emeritus of Ohio University and a long-time former Chairman of the CIEE Board of Directors, and it provides support for doctoral research focused on U.S. undergraduate study abroad.
A directory maintained by the Fogarty International Center, the international component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
The foundation provides fellowships to students in the areas of applied sciences and engineering. The Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit and consists of cost-of-education allowance and a personal support stipend. The cost-of-education allowance is accepted by all of the tenable schools in lieu of all fees and tuition.
This program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability — selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise — to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Fellowship Office, directory of Fellowships and other funding opportunities.
The Consortium comprises leading universities (who provide tuition and fees) and private corporations and governmental research laboratories (who provide stipends and two summers of employment). NPSC welcomes applications from all qualified students, with continued emphasis on recruitment of a diverse pool of female and underrepresented minority applicants.
The National Research Council of the National Academies announces the 2011 Research Associateship Programs to be conducted on behalf of federal research laboratories in over 100 locations throughout the U.S. The programs provide opportunities for Ph.D., Sc.D., or M.D. scientists and engineers of unusual promise and ability to perform research on problems largely of their own choosing, yet compatible with the research interests of the sponsoring laboratory.
The goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts.
List of all the programs within the Directorate for Education & Human Resources (EHR).
Through GROW, NSF Graduate Fellows are provided an international travel allowance to engage in research collaborations with investigators in partner countries located outside the United States.
Programs provide either direct (i.e., from NSF) or indirect (i.e., from an awardee institution) funding for students at this level or identify programs that focus on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention.
Access information about the various scientific educational programs, internships, fellowships, and research appointments that are offered at ORNL.
Financial support resources for graduate students. Bridge to the Doctorate, IGERT and NSF Grad Research Fellowship programs provide generous stipend and tuition support for students through the National Science Foundation.
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program supports doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about US Indigenous or non-US cultures and societies.
The Mitchell Scholars Program is a national competitive fellowship sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance. The Mitchell Scholars Program, named to honor former US Senator George Mitchell’s pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to public service and community.
These fellowships support 30 individuals a year for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the U.S. Students already in graduate study are eligible, though not past their second year. Candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents.
The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative is dedicated to supporting the training of world-class African American biomedical scientists and to achieving the complementary goals of national economic competitiveness and social diversity.
The L’Oréal USA For Women In Science fellowship program will award post-doctoral women scientists in the United States. Applicants are welcome from a variety of fields, including the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering, and mathematics. The L’Oréal For Women in Science program recognizes and rewards the contributions women make in STEM fields and identifies exceptional women researchers committed to serving as role models for younger generations. More than 2,000 women scientists in over 100 countries have been recognized since the program began in 1998.
Opportunities for post docs and early career individuals. More than 250 openings nationwide.
Internships
CSU Internship Resources
The CSU Career Center has a great website listing numerous internship opportunities.
Centers, Directories, and Search Engines
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A directory maintained by the Fogarty International Center, the international component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
MinorityPostdoc.org is the premier web portal on the minority postdoctoral experience especially in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. We feature articles, resources, & events about career advice, professional development, jobs, funding, fellowships, mentoring, and diversity issues.
Fellowship Office, directory of Fellowships and other funding opportunities.
Focus is on career development for young researchers and produced by the non-profit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine. The primary audience is graduate and post doctorate students and, but also some faculty, staff, career counselors and administrators access the site.
Continuously updated repository of federal and private funding opportunities curated by Johns Hopkins University.
Repository of federal and private funding opportunities curated by Johns Hopkins University.
Focused on postdoctoral scholars and early-career faculty, this is a repository of federal and private funding opportunities curated by Johns Hopkins University.
Grants
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Based on financial need and available funding.
Division of Armed Forces Services
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The ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964 provides for a two-year ROTC program in addition to the traditional four-year program and authorizes ROTC scholarships. Learn more at catalog.colostate.edu/general-catalog/university-wide-programs/division-armed-forces-services/ Details of the scholarship program may be obtained online through the Air Force and Army, and from the ROTC department concerned. Refer to the department listings for names of persons who can supply additional information.
Are you interested in serving as an officer in our military? ROTC is not just for undergraduate students and provides scholarship opportunities, leadership development, and immediate career placement on graduation. Please contact Mr. Pete Bleich prior to June 15, 2023 if you’d like to better understand the opportunities at 970-491-1640 or peter.bleich@colostate.edu.