Fellowship Opportunities

Fellowship and Award Deadlines

Student Type	Deadline	Scholarship/Fellowship	Eligibility/Description
All Students	December 15	Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD)	(US citizens only) - Formerly known as the National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC), was founded in 1989 “To increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool.” Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) is a partnership between federal agencies & laboratories, industry, and higher education institutions.
First and Second Year Students	October 12	Facebook Emerging Scholar Program	Designed to support students from underrepresented minority groups to continue their PhD studies, pursue innovative research, and engage with the community.
First and Second Year Students	October 18	NSF graduate research Fellowship	For US citizens. Supports outstanding students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines pursuing research-based degrees at US institutions.
First and Second Year Students	October 24	Hertz Foundation	For US citizens. The Graduate Fellowship Award is merit-based, consisting of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.
First and Second Year Students	October 31	National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship	For US citizens. Offered to those who have shown aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering.
First and Second Year Students	November 1	Soros Fellowships for New Americans	For permanent residents or naturalized citizens if born abroad, or children of naturalized parents if born here. Criteria include creativity, originality, initiative, and accomplishment.
First and Second Year Students	November 2	NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTRO23)	For U.S. Citizens with ≤1 year of technical graduate studies and at least 1 year remaining (2 if PhD). Focus on research and development of innovative space technologies. Funding initially for 1 year with a $40k stipend.
First and Second Year Students	November 13	National GEM Consortium	Mission is to increase the participation of underrepresented groups (African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans) at master's and doctoral levels in engineering and science.
First and Second Year Students	December 13	Ford Foundation	For US citizens (predoctoral). Seeks to increase diversity of faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity. Also aims to maximize educational benefits of diversity.
First and Second Year Students	April 30	ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational & Data Science Fellowships	Designed to increase diversity in data science and computational science. Aimed at women or students from backgrounds that haven't traditionally participated in computing. Open to students globally.
Second through Nth Year Students	October 9 [August 28]	Microsoft PhD Fellowship	Two-year fellowship for outstanding PhD students nominated by their universities.
Second through Nth Year Students	[TBA in Oct]	nVidia Graduate Fellowship	Provides funding to Ph.D. students researching graphics and high-performance computing industries and leveraging GPU power.
Second through Nth Year Students	October 12 [September 15]	IBM PhD Fellowship	Competitive worldwide program. Honors Ph.D. students interested in solving problems important to IBM and fundamental to many academic disciplines.
Second through Nth Year Students	October 27	Adobe Research Fellowship -	Selection based on research, how it would contribute to Adobe, technical skills, and personal skills.
Second through Nth Year Students	October 15 [September 18] and March 15 [February 1]	International Graduate Research Fellowships	Provides graduate students a meaningful research experience in an international context. Broadens knowledge and perspective and enhances collaborations.
Second through Nth Year Students	October 12	Facebook Fellowship	Students must be nominated by faculty. Aims to solve technical challenges, attract talent, and contribute to the academic community.
Second through Nth Year Students	November 1	Cosmos Club Scholars Program	Grants for specific research needs not covered by other funds. Excludes general financial support, tuition, and living expenses.
Second through Nth Year Students	November 2 [October 1]	Google PhD Fellowship	Recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science or related disciplines.
Second through Nth Year Students	November 15	Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship	For students focusing on systems research. Preference for those with a desire to work in an industrial research lab and those researching innovative areas.
Second through Nth Year Students	November 16	Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program	Provides graduate dissertation/thesis research opportunities at DOE national laboratories.
Second through Nth Year Students	December	The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship (women only)	Honors Anita Borg's memory and supports women in technology. Encourages women to excel in computing and become role models in the field.
Second through Nth Year Students	December 6, 2023 [November 29]	Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards	Graduate students must be currently enrolled master's or doctoral students holding at least a half-time graduate assistantship (TA, RA, or AA) for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
Second through Nth Year Students	January	DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (US citizens only)	Supports research using high performance computing to understand the world and address complex problems like climate change and sustainable energy.
Second through Nth Year Students	February 12 [January 4]	Simons Award in Theoretical Computer Science	Awards made to graduate students with an outstanding track record of research accomplishments.
Second through Nth Year Students	February	Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship	Promotes research and development, allowing students to pursue innovative ideas.
Second through Nth Year Students	March 7 [February 2]	Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships	Intended to enable students to prepare for or complete a key benchmark in their program’s requirements.
Second through Nth Year Students	March 7 [February 2]	Graduate School Endowed Awards	Four prestigious endowed awards provided by the Graduate School.
Second through Nth Year Students	March 15	Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship	Supports Ph.D. students (third-year and higher) in data science with encouragement for ground-breaking publications.
Finishing Students	October 31 [September 15]	ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award	Recognizes and encourages superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. Presented annually at the ACM Awards Banquet.
Finishing Students	December 6	Ford Foundation (US citizens only, dissertation)	Seeks to increase the diversity of faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity and to maximize the educational benefits of diversity.
Finishing Students	November 15	AAUW Dissertation Fellowship (US citizen women only, dissertation)	Supports women doctoral candidates completing dissertations.
Finishing Students	February 8 [January 12]	Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships	One-semester awards for outstanding doctoral students in final stages of writing their dissertation with support unrelated to their dissertation.
Finishing Students	February 7	Lee Thornton Endowed Fellowship	The Graduate School Dissertation Fellowships are one-semester fellowships that support University of Maryland doctoral candidates who have excellent qualifications and are in the latter stages of writing their dissertations. Eligible candidates must be advanced to candidacy by June 1, 2024, AND expect to graduate by August 2025.
Finishing Students	February 22 [January 12]	University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Award	Recognizes original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline.