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In addition to teaching assistantships and research assistantships CU-Boulder's Graduate School provided over $2.2 million in fellowship and grant funding to more than 1000 graduate students during 2006.

National Funding Sites

Fellowship/Scholarship Search

College Aid Sources for Higher Education
College Board On Line
College NET Scholarships and Search
Community of Science
Fast Web
Free Scholarship Information Service
MOLIS Scholarship Search
Scholarship Resource Network Express
ScienceWise
Student Loans
Student Services
Yale University Fellowship Search
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

National/Funding and Private Sectors Organizations

American Association of University Women Foundation
American Indian College Fund (AICF)
Fannie and John Hertz Fellowships in the Applied Physical Sciences
Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities
The Financial Aid Information Page
Grants Net
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Doctoral Fellowships in Biological Science
Jacob K. Javits Fellowhips for Graduate Study in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in the Humanistic Studies
National Research Council (NRC)
National Research Council Research Associateship Program
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships and NSF Minority Graduate Fellowships
Rockefeller Foundation
Social Science Research Council
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

Government Funding Sites

Department of Education
Direct Loan information Page
National Science Foundation

Dissertation Fellowships

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education: no citizenship requirement, but doctorate must be sought at a U.S. university; $17,000 over a period of one-two years. www.spencer.org

AAUW Educational Foundation Dissertation Fellowships: female U.S. citizens or permanent residents; $14,500; 1 year. www.aauw.org

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships: ethical or religious values in all areas of human endeavor; $14,000; 1 year. www.woodrow.org/newcomber

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies and Women's Health: research about women in society, history, the psychology of women, and women as seen in literature and art. A separate grant promotes research on issues relating to women's health; $1,500-2,000; 1 year. www.woodrow.org/womens-studies

Brookings Institution Research Fellowships in Economic Studies, Foreign Policy Studies, or Governmental Studies: $15,000; 1 year. www.brook.edu/admin/fellowships.htm

Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowships
: human dominance, aggression, and violence (applications especially encouraged from students in biological and social sciences); $10,000; 1 year for dissertation write-up. www.hfg.org

National Science Foundation Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research
: in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences and in the Directorate for Biological Sciences; Ph.D. students enrolled at U.S. institutions; up to 24 months; open, allow up to 6 months for normal processing. www.nsf.gov