Graduate School

Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships

Various fellowships, scholarships, and grants are available to provide financial support to graduate students as they begin their graduate program, during, and as they near graduation and prepare for their professional career. Some funding opportunities are offered by the Graduate School and other units at K-State, and numerous funding opportunities are offered by external agencies and organizations.

Funding from the Graduate School

Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship in Molecular Biology
The Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship awards $17,600 to a Kansas State University Ph.D. student. The prize honors academic and research excellence. Students must publish in top journals and speak at national and international conferences to demonstrate research communication. Spring semester applications are accepted.
Small Research Grants Program for Graduate Students in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
The Small Grant Program supports research expenses for master's and PhD students in arts, humanities, and social science disciplines in their final year of study. Grants are up to $1,000 for research costs. The Graduate School accepts applications for the Small Grants Program each fall semester.
Student Parent Success Scholarship
Graduate school is difficult and having children is costly, but students shouldn't have to sacrifice their personal life. The Graduate Student Parent Success Scholarship helps graduate students with families pay for child care. Our Graduate School graduates should recall their time as students as a period when they created jobs and happy lives.
Timothy R. Donoghue Scholarship Program
Timothy Donoghue, previous Graduate School dean, created this scholarship program to lure outstanding US students to K-State graduate schools with premium assistantships.First-year graduate students from the US, PR, and beyond.Prize allows 5 FTE assistantships.For one year, PhD students get $5,000 and master's students $3,000. Grad schools must suggest scholarships.Renewing scholarships. Please nominate for spring graduate school.
Taiwan Study Abroad Scholarship
The Taiwan Study Abroad Scholarship allows graduate and undergraduate students pursuing a concurrent bachelor's/master's degree to experience Taiwanese culture while studying or traveling to Taiwan. Scholarships will support study abroad for at least one semester, a faculty-led study abroad trip with cultural experiences, or scholarly research presentation at an international professional meeting in Taiwan or an invited exhibition.

Other Funding Opportunities at K-State

K-State Scholarship Network (KSN)
The USDA APHIS NBAF Scientist Training Program (NSTP) builds technical and subject matter skills to assist the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL) at the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, KS. FADDL will now focus on emerging and zoonotic diseases, including BSL-4 pathogens, in addition to foot and mouth disease virus and other foreign animal diseases like classical and African swine fever viruses.
Proud to Be First Scholarship for first-generation students

The K-State Office of First-generation Students (OFGS) awards $500-$750 scholarships to first-generation students in good academic standing. Applicants must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours. Immigrant students without FAFSA eligibility may apply. Recipients make a commitment to pay it forward by mentoring, arranging events with OFGS, or other community service. Students may only receive this scholarship once.

International Student Scholarships

Scholarships from K-State's International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) offers several scholarships for K-State international students.

There are also scholarships and other funding opportunties from organizations outside of K-State available to international students. Some opportunities are listed on the ISSS website. Other opportunities are listed in a shared document.

APHIS NBAF Scientist Training Program Fellowship
The USDA APHIS NBAF Scientist Training Program (NSTP) builds technical and subject matter skills to assist the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL) at the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, KS. FADDL will now focus on emerging and zoonotic diseases, including BSL-4 pathogens, in addition to foot and mouth disease virus and other foreign animal diseases like classical and African swine fever viruses.

Additional/External Funding Opportunities