External funding for graduate students

Below are funding opportunities available from organizations outside of K-State that are currently accepting applications.

Additional resource: Visit the Funding Connection on K-State's Research website to explore more opportunities.

Learn about graduate research fellowships

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program information webinar
(must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for the NSF GRFP)
View a recording of the webinar

Identifying Graduate Fellowship Opportunities Webinar
View a recording of the webinar

Funding opportunity

* Denotes international students eligible to apply

Application Deadline

New! Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellows November-December
varies by discipline
American Institute of Physics December 1
New! DAAD Research Grants October-December
varies by discipline
SMART Defense Scholarship Program December 5
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Summer Internship December 5
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Graduate Fellowship December 5
AIP Congressional Science Policy Fellowship December 12
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship December 15
AAMC's Fee Assistance Program December 31
New! Truman Scholarship February 2026
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Participation Program Based on projects
Humboldt Research Fellowships (Humanities) Rolling Deadline
Institute for Humane Studies* Rolling Deadline
Navy Research Postdoctoral Rolling Deadline
Rowe Fund for Students from Latin America and Caribbean Rolling Deadline
ASEE-NRL Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Rolling Deadline
USDA-ARS Research Internship in Agricultural Pest Management Rolling Deadline
USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Poultry Immunology Rolling Deadline