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

Upcoming webinars

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for the NSF GRFP)
September 17
3:30 -5:00pm
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Identifying Graduate Fellowship Opportunities
September 25
3:30-5:00 pm
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These sessions are coordinated by the Graduate School in partnership with K-State’s Office of Research and Development and the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships.

Note: International students eligible for funding opportunities denoted with *

Funding opportunity	Application Deadline
Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program with the U.S. Department of Energy	September 9
Bibliographical Society of America Fellowship Program: The BSA-Harry Ransom Center Pforzheimer Fellowship in Bibliography	September 9
MacDowell Colony Residencies	September 10
Michigan Society of Fellows	September 15
University of Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship	September 15
Dan David Prize	September 24
American Council of Learned Societies' Fellowship Programs	September 25
ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships	September 25
AAUW Fellowships and Grants	September 30
American Association for University Women - International Fellowships	September 30
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowships	October 6
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award	October 7
USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Residue Chemistry Fellowship	October 10
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program	October 10
Jefferson Science Fellowships	October 15
Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art	October 29
Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc.*	October 31
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program	November 1
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship	November 1
NRC-NRL Cooperative Research Associateship Program	November 1
Churchill Scholarships	November 3
NSF - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Innovation Fellow	November 5
American Institute of Physics and American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellowship	November 11
National Academy of Education	November 13
NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship	November 13
Amelia Earhart Fellowship	November 15
P.E.O. Scholar Awards	November 20
SMART Defense Scholarship Program	December 5
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Summer Internship	December 5
AIP Congressional Science Policy Fellowship	December 12
AAMC's Fee Assistance Program	December 31
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Participation Program	Based on projects
Humboldt Research Fellowships (Humanities)	Rolling Deadline
Institute for Humane Studies*	Rolling Deadline