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FUNDINGBy Nicole Swinteck
Immunobiology Program [email protected]
Georgia Ehlers, Director: [email protected]
Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: [email protected]
General Information: [email protected]
The Pillars Federal Financial Aid: loans, grants, work
study, tuition remissions
Internal Support: teaching and research assistantships, UA scholarships
Employer assisted educational benefits: Tuition Remission
External Funding: scholarships, fellowships, travel and research awards, dissertation/thesis support, etc.
Types of Awards▪ Study and training: One to Three year fellowships▪ Travel Awards: conferences, language learning,
presenting, research▪ Internship, externship, practicum, workshop▪ Thesis or Dissertation Research ▪ Writing support ▪ Post-doctoral Research▪ Young Faculty▪ Awards/Honors/Prizes
Campus Resources
Graduate College Funding grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources
Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships http://www.honors.arizona.edu/oncs
College and Departmental resources websites/lists
Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid http://financialaid.arizona.edu/
Career Services: internships http://www.career.arizona.edu/
Sign Up
▪ Graduate College Office of Fellowships: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/– Application Support, Workshops and
Presentations
▪ GradFunding Newsletter: – Shows you how to Join the Listserv– Lists opportunities and more!
GPSC Funding▪ Graduate and Professional Student
Council:– Travel– Research & Project Grants– Club Funding– Professional Opportunities Development
▪ http://www.gpsc.arizona.edu/sections/funding/fundingPrograms.php
Searchable Databases
▪ Pivot: http://pivot.cos.com/
▪ Grant Forward: https://www.grantforward.com/index
▪ Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/
▪ GRAPES: https://grad.ucla.edu/asis/grapes/search.asp
▪ UA Scholarship Universe: scholarshipuniverse.arizona.edu/
▪ Fin Aid: www.finaid.org/
▪ Fast Web: www.fastweb.com/
▪ Federal government: Grants.gov
Remember to plan Ahead
Timing Matters▪ Apply in first or second year of grad school for
major fellowships
▪ Note deadlines and allow six to twelve months for national fellowships! Make a schedule, backing up from the submission date
▪ Most major deadlines occur in fall. Use summer and class projects to develop ideas and hone essays
▪ Learn to write daily
▪ Give referees plenty of time, and provide polite reminders as the deadline approaches
Make Connections▪ Expand your circle: Faculty Staff Graduate
Students Postdocs Peers Scientists Visiting Speakers
▪ Cultivate four to five solid recommenders who can write positively and authoritatively about you
▪ Develop contacts and affiliations at other institutions, research sites, national laboratories
▪ Attend conferences, participate in travel opportunities, internships, workshops, service and outreach projects
Foundations Supporting Graduate Education
▪ AAUW▪ Beinecke▪ Jack Kent Cooke▪ DAAD▪ Ford▪ Gates▪ Hertz▪ Inter-American▪ Japan ▪ Kellogg▪ Lindbergh
▪ Mellon/ACLS▪ Charlotte W. Newcombe▪ P.E.O.▪ Rockefeller▪ Sloan▪ Social Science Research Council▪ Spencer▪ Tinker▪ Whitaker▪ Woodrow Wilson▪ Zonta – Amelia Earhart
Awards through Other Institutions
▪ FLAS (San Diego State, U Wisconsin)
▪ Dartmouth – Thurgood Marshall/Cesar Chavez
▪ Harvard Travel Award
▪ University of Texas Harry Ransom Library
▪ Library of Congress, Rockefeller Archives, Newberry Library
Who To Contact for More Information…
▪ Georgia Ehlers, Director: [email protected]
▪ Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: [email protected]
▪ General Information: [email protected]
University Services Building 888 N Euclid, Rm. 204E
SE corner of 2nd Street and Euclid (by the Marriott)
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