UW School of Public Health (SPH)

• SPH Financial Assistance by Department
• SPH Student Scholarships and Fellowships
• SPH Student Funding and Opportunities - available to current UW students
  Public Health fellowships, internships, RA/TA and other funding announcements.

UW Campus Resources

• UW Student Financial Aid 
  The Office of Student Financial Aid awards and coordinates the major financial aid loan programs for graduate and professional students as well as need-based institutional grant programs.
• Graduate Funding Information Services for UW students
  GFIS works with current and admitted UW graduate students, helping them identify and locate funding opportunities for graduate school-related expenses
• Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program
  GO-MAP administers programs providing funding for underrepresented students whose individual experiences and/or academic interests will bring diversity to scholarly perspectives and endeavors, and to the academic community. GO-MAP funding is allocated on the basis of departmental nominations.
• UW Graduate School Office of Fellowships and Awards 
  The Office of Fellowships and Awards provides many services for graduate students and departments, including administrative and counseling information services.
• UW Libraries Graduate Funding Database

External Resources

GENERAL GRADUATE/SCHOLAR

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: research projects in cooperation with scholars in Germany
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: research and other activities, funding for fellowships
• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Fellowships
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholar Program)
• Council on Undergraduate Research: Registry of Undergraduate Researchers, a free database to join
• Department of Defense - Fellowships
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: environmental conservation, prevention of child abuse, and medical research
• Federal Grants Wire: clearinghouse for federal grant opportunities, organized by category
• Grants.gov: searchable database of grant opportunities within the U.S. federal government
• IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
• Rhodes Scholarship: chosen for outstanding scholarly achievements, character/commitment to others and to the common good and for potential for leadership
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund: variety of artistic and scholarly works
• Smithsonian Institution: various fellowship opportunities with the Smithsonian system
• Southern Regional Education Board: for Southern states’ students to pay in-state when studying out-of-state
• Students.gov: resources for both undergrads and grads
• UW Office of Research Funding Directory: assists researchers who are seeking funding opportunities
• Western Regional Graduate Program: in-state costs for regional students

LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES

• American Society for Microbiology Predoctoral Fellowship
• Harvard School of Public Health - Student Funding Finder
• The Hearst Foundations: education, health, culture, social service
• Howard Hughes Competitions: competitive funding opportunities, including the Early Career Scientists
• Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
• Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS): TL1 Predoctoral Clinical Research training
• Indiana University Student Research Opportunities
• Life Sciences Research Foundation: post-doctoral support opportunity
• McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: for Master’s and Ph.D. degree-holders
• National Institutes of Health Grants Portal
• Public Health Student Opportunities and Fellowships
• NRSA 31 - Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates.
• Tylenol Scholarship: health students with demonstrated leadership in community activities
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Grants and Funding

DIVERSITY

• Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate: for minority students in STEM fields
• American Association of University Women: fellowship and grant opportunities
• American Indian College Fund: Provides scholarships to students who will attend a tribal college.
• American Indian Endowed Scholarship: Administered via the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board:
• American Indian Education Foundation: Great resources for students going into both undergraduate and graduate programs; providing one-time emergency funds, school supply funds, and tuition scholarships.
• American Indian Learning Resource Center: Lists specific scholarships for Native students, also many of the large listings sites shown here.
• Association on American Indian Affairs
• Catching the Dream: Specializing in Native American scholarships
• College Scholarships.org: Searchable listings of different types of scholarships, and some tips for navigating different funding mechanisms (grants, loans, scholarships)
• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid): Not a scholarship, but many scholarship providers require that you submit one of these applications, and demonstrate Pell Grant eligibility
• FinAid.org: Tips and listings of all kinds of scholarships, including corporate sponsored and community-service
• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
• McNair Scholars
• Native Forward: Lists of different scholarships for different majors, degrees, interests.
• NIH - Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
• Scholarships.com: Listing searchable by major, grade, state, type of scholarship.
• Southern Regional Education Doctoral Studies Program: designed for minority students

Links updated May 2023