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Types of Funding for Graduate Students: Scholarships, Grants, and Fellowships

Explore the various types of funding options available for graduate students, including department scholarships, travel grants, dissertation grants, fellowships, private organizations, and government solicitations. Learn about eligibility requirements and examples of funding opportunities in different fields.

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Types of Funding for Graduate Students: Scholarships, Grants, and Fellowships

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  1. Types of Funding • Department scholarships • Travel grants • Dissertation grants • Fellowships • Private organizations • Government solicitations

  2. Funding Eligibility • Eligibility requirements vary • Citizenship • Area of reseach • Advancement to candidacy (for PhD students) • Time till completion of degree • Total number of years of graduate school (NSFGRP)

  3. Department Scholarships • Due in fall/spring • Requirements vary • Some masters, some PhD • Some GIS focused • Some have US citizenship requirements

  4. Travel Grants • Fund conference travel • Usually conference specific • Examples • Department funding • SDSU GSTF (Graduate Student Travel Fund) • NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award

  5. Fellowships • Can support • Research (travel, materials, assistants, etc.) • Living expenses at home • Conference travel • Stipend • Examples • NSF GRFP (Graduate Research Fellowship Program) • NESSF (NASA Earth System Science Fellowship) • SDSU Inamori Fellowship

  6. Dissertation Grants • Fund dissertation research • Research assistants • Equipment • Travel • Examples • NSF DDRIG (Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant)

  7. Private Organizations • Due date varies based on organization • Range of amounts • Examples • San Diego Zoo • Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation

  8. Government Funding Solicitations • Usually larger in size • $100,000-$1,000,000 • Graduate students cannot be PIs • Examples • NASA ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) • NSF SBE (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) • NSF CNH (Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems)

  9. SDSU Foundation • When SDSU foundation needs to be involved • Usually larger grants • Anything with indirect costs • Collaborative work • Anything not paid directly to you • PI on grant • For larger grants, official PI generally will be adviser (Li)

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