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