External Funding Opportunities for Graduate Education
Funding Announcements from the Office of Research
For research grants and other external fellowships, follow this link for the Office of Sponsored Programs, then click on current or previous Funding Announcements under Funding Opportunities. There are different announcements each week; many of them include fellowship announcements.
A Bigger Assortment
Each link here is an Excel file with basic information (plus links to more information) about external fellowships. The first is our entire file of external fellowships; the others contain that same information, split up and categorized.
Some categories include several areas of interest. For instance, the "Sciences" file has information about life sciences, mathematics and engineering. The "Engineering" file has information that includes sciences, mathematics as well as engineering. It would be beneficial to look at all of the files that might pertain to your area of interest.
For assistance in searching these lists, visit Jane Schneider, Fellowships Specialist, at 1100 Seaton Hall, or contact her at 402-472-8670 or .
All External Fellowships (our entire database of 600 entries)
Fellowships by category*:
- Agronomy and Horticulture
- Architecture
- Art and Art History
- Business
- Community and Regional Planning
- Computer Science
- Criminal Justice and Political Science
- Education
- Engineering
- Ethnic and Minority
- Fine and Performing Arts, Music, Theater Arts and Filmmaking
- Geosciences
- History
- Hospitality and Human Sciences
- Humanities
- International Studies
- Journalism
- Natural Resource Sciences
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Psychology
- Public Policy and Public Service
- Science
- Sociology
- Women and Women's Studies
- Other: Financial Need, Honorary Societies, Miscellaneous, Students from specific areas or students with special needs, Post Thesis or Post Dissertation Awards, Travel
* Some fellowships are in more than one category.

