Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
Note: * marks grants that HD graduate students have won on a regular basis in recent years.
Pre-field/Pre-doc:
Major External Grants: International or National Competitions:
- Javits Fellowship
- NSF Pre-doctoral Fellowship *
- Ford Pre-doctoral Diversity Fellowship
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (Multiple disciplines)
- National Institute for Mental Health Training Grant
Other External Grants:
- Lemelson Student Fellowship (anthropology)
Dissertation Stage/Write-up:
External Grants / International or National Competitions:
- Major Grants:
- Wenner-Gren (Anthropology) *
- Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (Education) *
- NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant (Multiple disciplines)*
- Social Science Research Council Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (Multiple disciplines, International work)*
- Fulbright IIE and Fulbright-Hays DDRA (International fieldwork) *
- American Psychological Association dissertation award
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- Other Grants:
- Louis Harris Fellowship (primate research)
- Peace Fellowship
Internal Grants / Within-University, Division, or Department Competitions:
- Benjamin Bloom Fellowship (Education)
- Harper Dissertation-year Fellowship
- Mellon Dissertation Fellowship
- Hanna Holborn Gray Advanced Graduate Fellowship
- Michael and Ling Markovitz Fellowship
- Provost Summer Research Fellowship
- Mary Anne Norin and James L. Rynerson Research Grant
- Lawrence and Susan Gianinno Dissertation writ-up Grant
- SSCD Dissertation Teaching Fellowship
- Research Fellowships
Area Studies Grant Centers on Campus:
- Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture* (Numerous grants and fellowships)
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)*
- Center for Latin American Studies*
- Nicholson Center for British Studies at the U of C
- Center for East Asian Studies
- Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT)
- Other Centers
Teaching Grants:
- Bernice Neugarten Fellowship (through HD)
- Harper Fellowship (through Social Sciences Division)
- Preceptorship Positions through HD, MAPSS, area studies
Short-term Research Grants
- Wenner-Gren Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships (Anthropology)
Grants for International Students:
- Wenner-Gren Wadsworth International Fellowships (Anthropology)
Post-Doctoral Grants:
- Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships (Education)
