Graduate Student Funding
Research Development helps graduate students obtain funding to support their research. We can help graduate students utilize specific tools and resources for finding funding opportunities, secure funding by providing a range of resources for writing effective proposals and communicate with funding managers.
BYU Funding Resources
Other Grant Resources
Global Women’s Studies
The Global Women’s Studies Office provides a range of funding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students including experiential learning grants, writing awards, scholarships and fellowships.
MRI Facility
Research grants to use the MRI facility are available for graduate students.
Contact Dr. Brock Kirwan for more information: kirwan@byu.edu
Redd Center
Offers graduate student $1500 grants for research about the West and about women in the West.
MMBio Department
The MMBio Department has funding for experiences like mentored research. MMBio students may apply for the MMBio Experiential Learning Grant found here: https://mmbio.byu.edu/scholarship. Please contact Terri Moser at terri_moser@byu.edu with questions.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology has funding available for graduate students in the department. Please contact Graduate Program Manager, Gentri Glaittli at biogradmanager@byu.edu for more information.
Kennedy Center
$1000 grants for research, multiple scholarships for international study and travel:
- Gilman Scholarship
- Critical Language Scholarships
- Boren Scholarship
- Diplomacy Scholarship
- FLAS Scholarship
- Freeman Asia Scholarship
For more information on any of these scholarships visit the Kennedy Center scholarship page: https://kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships/
Honors Program
Runs several prestigious scholarship programs.
Contact Audrey Hanks for more information: audreyhanks@byu.edu
Graduate student grants available for social innovation opportunities.
Various graduate student fellowships and research grants.
Offers graduate students $500 for travel costs to present research at a professional conference
Other Grant Resources
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Women
AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship $25,000 1 year Women in final year of dissertation AAUW International Fellowship $20,000-$50,000 1 year Women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship $5,000-$18,000 1 year Women in STEM or architecture Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship $1,000 1 year Women in statistics-oriented graduate programs. Must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science Fellowships Up to $10,000 1 year Women in science (graduate students and assistant professors) Society of Women Engineers Varies Varies Women pursuing an ABET-accredited bachelor or graduate student program in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology, and computer science globally AWIS Distinguished Doctoral Research Scholarship $10,000 Predoctoral AWIS member whose dissertation research project is judged likely to make important and original contributions to her field Amelia Earhart Fellowship $10,000 1 year Women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Students
AISES A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship $2,000 1 year AISES members AISES Lighting the Pathway to Faculty Careers for Natives in STEM $2,250 2 years AISES members American Indian Graduate Fellowship Center Varies Varies Graduate & professional students who are enrolled members of a US federally-recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska native group Hispanic/Latino Students
ExxonMobil/LOFT Fellowship $1,000 Hispanic students studying engineering, geology, chemistry or physics Smithsonian Latino Studies Fellowship Program $42,000 per year for 12 months, plus up to $5,000 research allowance 1 year Predoctoral Latino students conducting independent research conducting work on the U.S. Latino experience LGBTQ+ Students
National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals $5,000 1 year Any LGBTQ+ or LGBTQ+-supporting students in a STEM field Minority Students
National Association for Black Geoscientists Minority students enrolled full-time in a graduate geoscience program Native Fish Foundation Scholarship $1,000 BIPOC students studying fisheries science, conservation or policy Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Up to $90,000 2 years Must be an immigrant or child of immigrants in the United States. Applying to or enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Next Generation Fellowships Varies Varies Graduate students from underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply for the three tracks: Earth Science track, Diversity & Inclusion track and Public Policy track. GEM Fellowship $4,000 living stiped per semester up to 4 semesters
Up to two paid summer internships with a GEM Employer Member
Full tuition and fees provided by a GEM University Member
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Ph.D.
American Sociological Association Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) Up to $16,000 Doctoral students attending PhD-granting institutions of higher education accredited in, and having campus located in, the United States Ford Fellowships, Dissertation $25,000 1 year Must plan to complete dissertation within two years Ford Fellowships, Predoctoral $24,000 3 years Incoming and first year Ph.D. students "prepared to use diversity for enriching education of all students" Link Foundation Fellowships & Grants in Energy $28,000 2 years Ph.D. students working in energy-related field NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship $27,500 Doctoral candidates planning to complete dissertation within a one or two-year time frame NRC Research Associateship Programs Varies Varies Laboratory restrictions vary. When searching for Research Opportunities, applicants may limit their search to only those laboratories which match their eligibility criteria. NIH K99 Program Varies Varies U.S. citizen or non-citizen, with research or clinical doctoral degree, and no more than 4 years of Post-Doctoral research experience. NIH R36 Program Varies 2 years Doctoral candidates researching substance use/substance use disorder NIH F Grants Varies Varies PhD students and postdocs All Graduate
Bullitt Fellowship $50,000 2 years Students currently enrolled in a graduate candidate program, not restricted to environmental studies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program $8,500 12 weeks Current grad/professional students and recent alumni Department of Defense SMART* $25,000-$38,000 + tuition 1-5 years based on expected degree completion date Incoming or current graduate students The Exploration Fund Grant $2,500-$5,000 Graduate, post-graduate, doctorate and early career post-doctoral students EPA STAR $44,000 including tuition & fees 2 year max for master's, e year max for Ph.D. Incoming or current master's or Ph.D. students Fulbright US Student Program Varies Current or incoming master's or Ph.D. student. Must be US citizen Laura Bassi Scholarship Varies by scholarship Master’s and doctoral candidates whose research focuses on neglected topics of study NARST Scholarships Varies Varies Graduate students; students of institution must be NARST members NASA NSPIRES Varies Varies Incoming or current student; Master’s or Ph.D National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship $31,000 + tuition 3 years Incoming, first and second year graduate students. Must be a US citizen or US national Smithsonian Fellowships Varies Varies Smithsonian fellowships are offered to individuals* who design and develop proposals to conduct independent research. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Next Generation Fellowships Varies Varies Graduate students from underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply for the three tracks: Earth Science track, Diversity & Inclusion track and Public Policy track. Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellowship Program Up to $51,500 including a stipend of $48,000 1 year Graduate students who have recently graduated from Wahington universities, pursuing a degree in a marine related field, DACA and underrepresented students are encouraged to apply Institute for Citizens & Scholars Fellowships Varies Varies Graduate students in various disciplines and stages The National Academies Varies Varies The Academies offer several fellowships in science, engineering, and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' websites. -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship $70,000 Early career scholars Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) Subject to availability Postdoctoral researchers in mathematics and statistics Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) Subject to availability Postdoctoral researchers in observational, instrumental, theoretical, laboratory or archival data in astronomy or astrophysics SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) Varies Postdoctoral researchers in the social, behavioral and economic sciences Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) $100,000 year 1
$102,000 year 22 years Postdoctoral researchers in the atmospheric and geospace sciences Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research (OCE-PRF) Subject to availability 2 years Postdoctoral researchers in topics supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences EAR Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF) $90,000 per year Postdoctoral researchers in topics supported by the Division of Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) Varies Postdoctoral researchers focusing on broadening participation of underrepresented groups in biology; studying the rules governing interactions between genomes, environments and phenotypes; or studying plant genomes Office of Polar Programs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OPP-PRF) Subject to availability 2 years Postdoctoral researchers performing interdisciplinary polar research that develops partnerships across polar regions or with nonpolar research communities -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program $27,500 stipend 1 year Advanced doctoral candidate researching education and learning American Educational Research Association (AERA) Varies Varies Graduate students enhancing the capability of the education research community and support and promote rigorous education research -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Hertz Foundation Fellowships $32,000 + tuition 5 years Incoming and first year Ph.D. students Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program $3,000/month 3-12 months Ph.D. candidates interested in doing research in residence at DoE laboratory. Must be US citizen Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship $36,000 + tuition Up to 4 years Incoming and first year master's or Ph.D. students NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program $34,000 + tuition 3 years Applicants must be pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education at accredited US institutions NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Annual stipend of $37,000 3 years US citizen, national, or permanent resident. Enrolled or incoming master's or doctoral student in an eligible STEM Field of Study American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Varies Varies AIAA members in science or engineering graduate programs DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship $45,000 yearly stipend, full tuition payment, $1,000 annual professional development allowance Up to 4 years of total support Graduate students in STEM fields Environmental Protection Agency Graduate Research Fellowships Up to $55,000 Graduate students researching the following areas: Air Research, Environmental Changes Research, Ecosystems Research, Health Research, Safer Chemicals Research, Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research, Water Research, Other Research Areas Florida Space Grant Consortium Varies Varies Masters and PhD graduate students in space-related studies National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships $40,800 annual stipend
$1,400 annual health insurance coverage
Full tuition3 years US citizen applying to or in the first two years of graduate study or of a PhD. List of disciplines on site Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Varies Varies US citizen pursuing studies in one of the SMART STEM disciplines Semiconductor Research Corporation Graduate Fellowship Program Full tuition and a competitive stipend Up to 3 years Students pursuing or planning to pursue a PhD degree with research relating to microelectronics and associated technology Airport Cooperative Research Program $12,000 stipend Graduate students researching airport and related aviation systems issues -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Herb Society of America Up to $5,000 1 year Students engaged in research on the horticultural, scientific and/or social applications or use of herbs throughout history Joseph L. Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship $18,000 1 year Graduate students in the final year of their dissertation research. RFF’s primary research disciplines are economics and other social sciences. Open to both US and non-US citizens. Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship $25,000 1 year PhD Candidate in a humanities or social science doctoral program. Applicants should be working on a topic in the field of U.S. foreign relations history or international history, and must be current members of SHAFR. Rage Sagarin Fund for Innovative Ecology Up to $2,500 1 year Full time graduate student or postdoctoral scholar. Membership in the Western Society of Naturalists required during year of application. American Sociological Association Doctoral Dissertation Reasearch Improvement Grants Up to $16,000 1 year Doctoral students attending PhD-granting institutions of higher education accredited in, and having a campus located in, the United States Cultural Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $25,000 Research on the causes, consequences and complexities of human social and cultural variability Arch Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards Up to $20,000 Up to 3 years Doctoral laboratory and field research on archaeologically relevant topics, with the goal of increasing anthropologically focused understanding of the past Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $40,000 Doctoral research that advances a fundamental, process, and systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment and social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Varies 1 year Doctoral research that increases understanding of how individuals, organizations and societies make decisions. Areas include judgment, decision analysis and aids, risk analysis and communication, public policy decision making, and management science NSF Economics Doctoral research to deepen understanding of the U.S. and global economy from macro to micro scale, including all fields of economics such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, economic theory, behavioral economics and empirical economics Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program Tuition up to $13,755 and stipend up to $30,000 Up to 2 years Masters and Doctoral Students demonstrating financial need Social Science Research Council Fellowships Varies Varies Research in areas of social science Wenner-Gren Fellowships Varies Varies Graduate research in anthropology -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship $75,000 stipend + $7,500 research support 1 year Journalists and educators who are U.S. citizens or legal residents to spend an academic year at Columbia University researching and producing journalism about a significant topic in education Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program Tuition up to $13,755 and stipend up to $30,000 Up to 2 years Masters and Doctoral Students demonstrating financial need The National Gallery Senior Fellowship Program Up to $50,000 1 year Research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant $10,000 - $100,000 Project length Research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Ford Fellowships, Predoctoral $24,000 3 years Incoming and first year Ph.D. students "prepared to use diversity for enriching education of all students" Hertz Foundation Fellowships $332,000 + Tuition** 5 years Incoming and first year Ph.D. students Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship $25,000 1 year PhD Candidate in a humanities or social science doctoral program. Applicants should be working on a topic in the field of U.S. foreign relations history or international history, and must be current members of SHAFR. Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship $75,000 stipend + $7,500 research support 1 year Journalists and educators who are U.S. citizens or legal residents to spend an academic year at Columbia University researching and producing journalism about a significant topic in education Linguistics Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $12,000 Up to 2 years Doctoral research on human language and the intersections of linguistics with cognition, society and other areas of science Dynamic Language Infrastructure Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $15,000 Up to 2 years Doctoral research that digitally records and documents languages through the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples and databases, advancing linguistic theory and the study of language American Historical Association Varies Varies AHA members advancing the study and exploration of history in a number of subject areas American Philosophical Society Varies Varies Noncommercial research studies. See description Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program $3,500 per month stipend 6 months Research on a topic relating to the history of science and technology who can make substantial use of the Dibner Library's Special Collections Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program Tuition up to $13,755 and stipend up to $30,000 Up to 2 years Masters and Doctoral Students demonstrating financial need -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program (NOAA) Up to $42,000 including stipend and tuition Up to 2 years for master's, up to 4 for Ph.D. Incoming or current master's or Ph.D. students Herb Society of America Up to $5,000 1 year Students engaged in research on the horticultural, scientific and/or social applications or use of herbs throughout history Hertz Foundation Fellowships $32,000 + tuition 5 years Incoming and first year Ph.D. students Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship $36,000 + tuition Up to 4 years Incoming and first year master's or Ph.D. students NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program $34,000 + tuition 3 years Applicants must be pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education at accredited US institutions Rage Sagarin Fund for Innovative Ecology Up to $2,500 1 year Full time graduate student or postdoctoral scholar. Membership in the Western Society of Naturalists required during year of application NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Annual stipend of $37,000 3 years US citizen, national, or permanent resident. Enrolled or incoming master's or doctoral student in an eligible STEM Field of Study Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards Up to $20,000 1 year Doctoral dissertation research on the nature, causes and consequences of the spatial dimensions of human activities and/or environmental processes across a range of scales Biological Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $25,000 Up to 2 years Doctoral research including field, laboratory and computational research on human and nonhuman primate adaptation, variation and evolution to advance knowledge about human origins and the dynamics between biology and culture Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $40,000 Doctoral research that advances a fundamental, process, and systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment and social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants for Science Education Varies Up to 5 years Doctoral study in specified biological disciplines -
Toggle ItemPhysical and Mathematical Sciences
Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience American Meteorological Society Fellowship $25,000 9 months Incoming students in atmospheric, oceanic or hydrologic sciences Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program (NOAA) Up to $42,000 including stipend and tuition Up to 2 years for master's, up to 4 for Ph.D. Incoming or current master's or Ph.D. students Geological Society of America Varies Master's and doctoral student members of GSA Hertz Foundation Fellowships $32,000 + tuition 5 years Incoming and first year Ph.D. students Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program $3,000/month 3-12 months Ph.D. candidates interested in doing research in residence at DoE laboratory. Must be US citizen Blue Waters Grad Fellowship $38,000 stipend + $12,000 tuition 1 year Graduate students in second year or later Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship $36,000 + tuition Up to 4 years Incoming and first year master's or Ph.D. students NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program $34,000 + tuition 3 years Applicants must be pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education at accredited US institutions NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Varies Varies Accredited institutions and researchers NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Annual stipend of $37,000 3 years US citizen, national, or permanent resident. Enrolled or incoming master's or doctoral student in an eligible STEM Field of Study Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards Up to $20,000 1 year Doctoral dissertation research on the nature, causes and consequences of the spatial dimensions of human activities and/or environmental processes across a range of scales Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Up to $40,000 Doctoral research that advances a fundamental, process, and systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment and social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Varies Varies AIAA members in science or engineering graduate programs DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship $45,000 yearly stipend, full tuition payment, $1,000 annual professional development allowance Up to 4 years of total support Graduate students Environmental Protection Agency Graduate Research Fellowships Up to $55,000 Graduate students researching the following areas: Air Research, Environmental Changes Research, Ecosystems Research, Health Research, Safer Chemicals Research, Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research, Water Research, Other Research Areas Florida Space Grant Consortium Varies Varies Masters and PhD graduate students in space-related studies National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships $40,800 annual stipend
$1,400 annual health insurance coverage
Full tuition3 years US citizen applying to or in the first two years of graduate study or of a PhD. List of disciplines on site Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Varies Varies US citizen pursuing studies in one of the SMART STEM disciplines Semiconductor Research Corporation Graduate Fellowship Program Full tuition and a competitive stipend Up to 3 years Students pursuing or planning to pursue a PhD degree with research relating to microelectronics and associated technology Blue Waters Graduate Fellowships $38,000 stipend
$12,000 tuition1 year PhD students engaged in research projects that combine disciplines such as computer science, applied mathematics, and computational science applications. -
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Opportunity Funding Amount Duration Target Audience Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship Varies. Stipend for travel to Gordon Research Conference Underrepresented minority graduate students attending their first Gordon Research Conference Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) Travel Award £1000 for travel to international meetings or research/training visit Early career scientists studying fish biology or fisheries science. Must become a member of FSBI 4 weeks prior to applying for travel award Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program Varies Varies Doctoral students seeking to engage in dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies Boren Fellowships 1. Up to $25,000
2. Up to $12,500
3. Up to $12,000 for domestic language study1. 25-52 weeks
2. 12-24 weeksUS graduate students travelling abroad in world regions critical to US interests