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Graduate Student Funding Opportunities

1. Use online search tools to search graduate student funding opportunities that fit your needs. One useful online search tool is InfoEd SPIN, which provides intuitive and easily customizable access to an extensive research funding opportunity database. SPIN provides both active searching as well as automated, daily or weekly opportunity notifications. Learn how to create your registration and set up your customized searches and funding alerts.

Other useful online search tools for graduate student funding opportunities include FastWeb Database, Pathways to Science, College Scholarships, STEMGradStudents.science.gov, and UCLA Searchable database.

2. Visit the Graduate School’s Site for Fellowships and Grants to find graduate student funding opportunities.

3. Visit the links below for opportunities to fund your graduate education through graduate fellowships that cover salary and possibly tuition and other costs. Many of the opportunities are for students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, but there are a few opportunities that are open to international graduate students as well.

4. Visit the links below for scholarships that are meant to supplement your graduate studies and / or research rather than cover your salary and tuition, and are usually $5,000 or less. Many of the opportunities are for students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, but there are a few opportunities that are open to international graduate students as well.