National Fellowship Opportunities
Additional fellowships, scholarships, and grants are available to our students through public opportunities like these listed here. These programs are not run by University of Fairfax, so information is subject to change.
ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
Description: ACM established the Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. The award is presented each June at the ACM Awards Banquet and is accompanied by a prize of $20,000 plus travel expenses to the banquet. As of January 1, 2014 all winning dissertations are published exclusively in print and electronic formats as part of the ACM Books Series, which includes distribution through the ACM Digital Library. Honorable Mention(s) may also be awarded, with a prize of $10,000 shared among recipients.
Eligibility: Nominations are considered on a yearly eligibility cycle that opens October 1st and ends the following September 30th. Only the accepted final version of a nominated Ph.D. dissertation will be considered, and it must have been filed with the writer’s institution during the eligibility cycle. Only the writer’s Ph.D. advisor may nominate a dissertation, and a dissertation may be nominated only once. Only one nomination may be submitted per institution per eligibility cycle, unless the institution granted more than 10 PhD’s in computing-related fields during that cycle, in which case two dissertations may be nominated. Nominations are welcomed from any country, but the dissertation version submitted for consideration must be in English. The deadline for submission of nominations is October 31st (one month after eligibility cycle’s end), unless a dissertation requires translation to English, in which case the deadline is November 30th (two months after the eligibility cycle’s end).
Award/Benefit: $20,000
Deadline: October
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: Computer Science & Engineering
Website: https://awards.acm.org/doctoral-dissertation/nominations
American Association of University Women
Description: Fellowship and grant recipients perform research in a wide range of disciplines and work to improve their schools and communities. Their intellect, dedication, imagination, and effort promise to forge new paths in scholarship, improve the quality of life for all, and tackle the educational and social barriers facing women worldwide. AAUW seeks a diverse applicant pool.
Eligibility: varies by grant
Award/Benefit: varies by grant type ($6,000 – $30,000)
Deadline: November
Degree Level: Masters, Doctorate
Degree Field: All UFairfax programs are eligible
Website: https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/
American Education Research Association Dissertation Grant
Description: The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM policy, foster significant science using education data, and build research capacity in education and learning.
Eligibility: Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation. Proposals are encouraged from the full range of education research fields and other fields and disciplines engaged in education-related research, including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, demography, statistics, public policy, and psychometrics. Applicants for this one-year, non-renewable award should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage, usually the last year of study. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a doctoral program. Non-U.S. citizens enrolled in a doctoral program at an U.S. institution are also eligible to apply. Underrepresented racial and ethnic minority researchers as well as women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Award/Benefit: Award Component 1, $27,500 Stipend. AERA will award each grantee up to a $27,500 stipend to study education, teaching, learning, or other education research topics using one or multiple large-scale databases.
Deadline: June
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Description: Established in 1991, the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.
Eligibility: Undergraduate seniors, Applicants with no more than B.S. or B.A. degrees who are not enrolled in graduate school, First-year graduate students (M.S. degree or Ph.D. students without an M.S. degree), Enrolled M.S. degree students beyond their first year provided that they plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. at: 1) a different academic institution, OR 2) in a different academic department, Applicants with no more than M.S. degrees who are not currently enrolled AND who will not have been enrolled in graduate school for two years prior to resuming graduate studies, First-year Ph.D. students with an M.S. degree provided that they 1) completed the M.S. degree within two years at a different academic institution, 2) completed the M.S. degree within two years in a different academic department, OR 3) prior to current enrollment, they had not been enrolled in graduate school for at least two years
Award/Benefit: A yearly stipend of $38,000, Payment of full tuition and required fees during the appointment period (at any accredited U.S. university)
Deadline: January
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
Website: https://www.krellinst.org/csgf/about-doe-csgf
Ford Foundation Fellowships
Description: Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Eligibility: All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card); individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program;1 Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation; Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations); and Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S.
Award/Benefit: A one-year stipend of $28,000, An invitation to attend the annual Conference of Ford Fellows, Access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons – a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide
mentoring and support to current Fellows – and access to other networking resources
Deadline: December
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: All UFairfax programs are eligible
Website: https://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm
Google PhD Fellowship Program
Description: Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer Fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.
Eligibility: PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications should be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD and enrolled in an institution in one of the regions listed above. Completed graduate coursework by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award. Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible. Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Award/Benefit: Up to 3 year Fellowship, Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment, Google Research Mentor
Deadline: September
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: Computer Science & Engineering
Website: https://research.google/outreach/phd-fellowship/
Graduate Fellowship for STEM Diversity
Description: Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) is a partnership between government agencies and laboratories, industry, and higher education. GFSD has a strong partnership with the University of Southern California. GFSD is registered US nonprofit (501c3) and we are only able to support our fellows through partnerships and generous donation of our sponsors.
Eligibility: GFSD welcomes applications from any qualified U.S. citizen who has the ability to pursue graduate work at a GFSD university associate. Applicants at any stage of their graduate program may apply, as long as they will be available to accept two summers of paid internship. Those who already possess a doctoral degree are ineligible.
Award/Benefit: Three-years of grad school support, annual $20,000 expense allowance, full tuition and fees covered
Deadline: December
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: Computer Science & Engineering
Website: https://stemfellowships.org/
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Description: The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.
Eligibility: To be eligible for the NSF GRFP, you must: be a US citizen, US national, or permanent resident; intend to pursue a research-based Master’s or Ph.D. program in a GRFP-supported field; be enrolled in an eligible program at an accredited United States graduate institution, with a US campus, by fall following selection; be at an early stage in your graduate career
Award/Benefit: Three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution)
Deadline: October
Degree Level: Masters, Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
Website: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Description: The HSF Scholarship is designed to assist students of Hispanic heritage obtain a university degree.
Eligibility: Must be of Hispanic heritage, U.S. citizen, permanent legal resident, or DACA, Minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for high school students; minimum of 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for college and graduate students, Plan to enroll full-time in an accredited, public or not-for-profit, four-year university, or graduate school, in the US, for the 2022-2023 academic year, Submit the FAFSA or state-based financial aid forms (if applicable)
Award/Benefit: Award amounts range from $500 – $5,000, based on relative need.
Deadline: March
Degree Level: Masters, Doctorate
Degree Field: All UFairfax programs are eligible
Website: https://www.hsf.net/scholarship
IBM PhD Fellowship
Description: Since 1951, the IBM PhD Fellowship Program has collaborated with faculty, students and universities by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students that address focused areas of interest in technology.
Eligibility: Must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member; students cannot nominate themselves. must be enrolled full-time in a PhD program over the two consecutive academic years of the award or forfeit the fellowship. should have three years remaining in their program at the time of nomination so the fellowship can be applied to the last two years of study. that are from U.S. embargoed countries are not eligible for the program. that are receiving a comparable fellowship, internship, or support from another company or institution (except for academic scholarships) during the IBM PhD Fellowship funding period are ineligible for this award must stay in the same program for the duration of the award —no transferring of departments or schools.
Award/Benefit: Awards for universities in the United States are $60,000 in year one; $35,000 in award year two.
Deadline: November
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: Computer Science & Engineering
Website: https://research.ibm.com/university/awards/fellowships.html
Meta {Facebook} Fellowship Program
Description: The Meta Research PhD Fellowship is a global program designed to encourage and support promising doctoral students who are engaged in innovative and relevant research in areas related to computer science and engineering at an accredited university.
Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time PhD students who are enrolled in an accredited university (in any country) by the start of the Fellowship (i.e., Fall 2022), Students must be involved in ongoing research related to one or more relevant disciplines (see available fellowships below), Students must remain enrolled full-time for the duration of the Fellowship to receive program benefits, Students should not apply for Meta Fellowships if they are actively being funded by Meta through some other sponsorship or collaboration and/or if they are actively being supervised (or co-supervised) by a Meta researcher.
Award/Benefit: Winners of the Fellowship are entitled to receive two years of paid tuition and fees, a $42,000 annual stipend to cover living and conference travel costs, a paid visit to Meta headquarters for the annual Fellowship Summit, and various opportunities to engage with Meta researchers.
Deadline: September
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: Computer Science & Engineering
Website: https://research.facebook.com/fellowship/
Microsoft PhD Fellowships
Description: The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship is a global program that identifies and empowers the next generation of exceptional computing research talent. Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing and aims to increase the pipeline of talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields to build a stronger and inclusive computing-related research community. We currently offer PhD fellowships in Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.
Eligibility: PhD students must be nominated by their university. Their nomination must be submitted by someone designated by the department chair’s office in order to ensure the number of nominations per department is not exceeded.
Students must be enrolled at a university in Canada or the United States. Proposed research must be closely related to the general areas of research carried out by Microsoft Research lab members or those within an applied research group in other parts of Microsoft. Students must be in their third year of their PhD program in the fall semester or quarter of 2022. The department chair’s office at the nominating university will need to attest that the student will be considered a third year PhD student at that time having taken into account transfers, approved leaves of absence, etc.
Award/Benefit: Tuition and fees will be covered for two academic years. A $42,000 USD stipend will be provided to help with living expenses while in school for two academic years. The stipend is not expected to cover all living expenses; it can be used for expenses including, but not limited to, childcare, conference fees and travel, research equipment, meals, rent, etc. Opportunities will be provided to build relationships with research teams at Microsoft and receive mentorship.
Deadline: June
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/phd-fellowship/
National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Description: Increase the number of U.S. citizens or nationals trained in disciplines of science and engineering of military importance. Develop continuing relationships with recipients and the sponsoring military services; each service is responsible for mentoring and interacting with its selected awardees. Attract science and engineering baccalaureate graduates to pursue doctorates in DoD mission related research areas from U.S. institutions
Eligibility: Be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Dual Citizen, or U.S. National; Have completed your undergraduate studies prior to the commencement of the fellowship in September 2022; Be applying to, accepted to, or currently enrolled at an accredited graduate-level institution within the United States; Have at *least* THREE remaining years in your graduate degree program as of September 2022; Be pursuing research in alignment with one or more specific topics identified in the Department of Defense’s Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
Award/Benefit: The NDSEG fellowship provides stipends, prorated monthly based on a 12-month academic year. Stipend amounts are determined for each Fellowship class by the DoD. The monthly stipend is $3,200 ($38,400 annually) for fellowship tenure.
Deadline: December
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: All UFairfax programs are eligible, as long as they align with topics in BAAs
Website: https://ndseg.sysplus.com/
National Research Council’s Research Associateship Programs
Description: The NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP) promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U.S. government through the administration of programs offering graduate, postdoctoral, and senior level research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.
Eligibility: Education and Experience – Applicants must have earned a Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., D.V.M., or academically equivalent research doctorate before beginning tenure. Level – The Fellowships Office makes NRC Research Associateship awards at the postdoctoral and senior researcher level. Postdoctoral Associateships – Applicants must have held the doctorate for less than five years as of the application deadline. Senior Associateships – Applicants will have held the doctorate five years or more as of the application deadline or will hold a permanent appointment in academia, government, or industry and have research experience that has resulted in significant contributions and recognition as established investigators in their specialized fields. Applicants should check the detail of the particular program to which they are applying to determine if senior applicants are accepted.
Award/Benefit: varies by award
Deadline: February, May, August, and November
Degree Level: Masters, Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
Website: https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/RAP/index.htm
The BHW Scholarship
Description: The BHW Group is excited to announce our Women in STEM academic scholarship.
Eligibility: Women who are pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree and are majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics
Award/Benefit: $3,000
Deadline: April
Degree Level: Masters, Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
Website: https://thebhwgroup.com/scholarship
The Hertz Foundation
Description: The Hertz Fellowship provides financial and lifelong professional support for the nation’s most promising graduate students in science and technology.
Eligibility: Be college seniors, first-year graduate students, or in a gap year preparing to apply to graduate school; intend to pursue a PhD in the applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics, or engineering; intend to direct their studies toward understanding and solving major, near-term problems facing society; and be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Award/Benefit: $34,000/nine-month personal stipend, Full tuition equivalent, Renewable annually for up to five years, $5,000/year stipend for fellows with dependent children
Deadline: October
Degree Level: Doctorate
Degree Field: STEM
