This section is specifically focused on funding sources for graduate students. Awards are summarized by a short description and links are provided for more information.
ASA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP FOR MINORITIES
The Acoustical Society of America established a Minority Fellowship in 1992 with the goal of supporting minority students in their pursuit of graduate-level degrees in acoustics.
Minority Fellowship
Acoustical Society of America
NAVAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
This ten-week intern program is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research, under the guidance of an appropriate research mentor, at a participating Navy laboratory.
Eligibility Requirements:
• U.S. citizen (Permanent Resident Alien status considered at some labs)
• Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student (Students who are Sophomores may apply if they reach junior status by June 2005, i.e. can participate between their Sophomore and Junior year.)
• Enrolled at a participating university (a list may be found at www.armanagement.org/onr/)
• All majors relevant to the research interests of the laboratories (lab descriptions may be found at www.armanagement.org/onr/)Stipends: NREIP stipend is $6,500 for graduate students.
Selection: NREIP interns will be selected based upon academic achievement, personal statements, recommendation, and career and research interests.
Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program
Office of Naval Research
SPECIAL RESEARCH AWARDS IN OCEAN ACOUSTICS
These awards, for study and research leading to a doctoral degree, will be given to individuals who have demonstrated a special aptitude and desire for advanced training in ocean acoustics or the related disciplines of undersea signal processing, marine structural acoustics, and transducer materials science. Applicants must have received their baccalaureate or master degrees within three years of the year in which they apply and must plan to attend an institution with doctoral granting programs in the ocean sciences or related fields. These awards are 36 months in duration and shall cover the student's full tuition, salary, and required fees. Applications should include a letter of intent (describing applicant's research interests and academic institution he/she is planning to attend), three reference letters, and official transcripts. ONR expects to grant 5-8 new graduate traineeships per year.
Graduate Traineeship Awards
Office of Naval Research
BIOMEDICAL PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites applications for individual predoctoral National Research Service Award fellowships (F30) to train physician-scientists on a dual MD/PhD track to conduct biomedical and behavioral research on human communication. There is a critical need for physician-scientists who can apply both their medical and research training to investigate problems of disease in humans. This initiative is designed to increase the number of physician-scientists trained to conduct basic and clinical research in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The applications are reviewed by the Scientific Review Branch of the NIDCD using a fast-track process that is completed in 4-5 months from submission to award of meritorious applications. Owing to this expedited process, applications must strictly conform to NIH and NIDCD guidelines and late materials cannot be accepted.
Eligibility and Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. The applicant must have a baccalaureate degree and show evidence of both high academic performance in the sciences and significant interest in research within the scientific mission areas of the NIDCD. The applicant must be enrolled in an MD program at an accredited medical school, accepted in a science PhD program, and supervised by a mentor in that scientific discipline at the time the application is submitted. The typical applicant will apply during the first two years of medical school; however, applications may be submitted at any stage of medical school. Scope of Support: Awards made under this program announcement will use the Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD Fellowship (F30) mechanism to provide combined medical school and predoctoral PhD support for a maximum of six years. In addition to stipend support, predoctoral Kirschstein NRSAs provide partial support of tuition and fees, health insurance, training-related expenses, and travel. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal sources.
Dual-Degree Predoctoral Fellowships for Training Clinician-Scientists
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
Information for the GRFP and a User Applicant Guide to help you through the process can be found at the NSF Fastlane website.
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
National Science Foundation
THE LINK FOUNDATION DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Objectives: To foster ocean engineering and ocean instrumentation research; to enhance both the theoretical and practical knowledge and applications of ocean engineering and instrumentation research; and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars and publications.
Doctoral Research Awards: On the basis of an application to the Foundation in the form of a research proposal, awards will be made to doctoral candidates enrolled in academic institutions located in the United States and Canada. Each award will consist of a grant of $25,000. The student will be awarded $21,500 which may be used for academic year and summer stipend; $2,500 is for expenses associated with the research; the remaining $1,000 is to help defray publication costs of the student's research results.
The Link Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowships in Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation
The Link Foundation
The Acoustical Society of America established a Minority Fellowship in 1992 with the goal of supporting minority students in their pursuit of graduate-level degrees in acoustics.
Minority Fellowship
Acoustical Society of America
NAVAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
This ten-week intern program is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research, under the guidance of an appropriate research mentor, at a participating Navy laboratory.
Eligibility Requirements:
• U.S. citizen (Permanent Resident Alien status considered at some labs)
• Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student (Students who are Sophomores may apply if they reach junior status by June 2005, i.e. can participate between their Sophomore and Junior year.)
• Enrolled at a participating university (a list may be found at www.armanagement.org/onr/)
• All majors relevant to the research interests of the laboratories (lab descriptions may be found at www.armanagement.org/onr/)Stipends: NREIP stipend is $6,500 for graduate students.
Selection: NREIP interns will be selected based upon academic achievement, personal statements, recommendation, and career and research interests.
Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program
Office of Naval Research
SPECIAL RESEARCH AWARDS IN OCEAN ACOUSTICS
These awards, for study and research leading to a doctoral degree, will be given to individuals who have demonstrated a special aptitude and desire for advanced training in ocean acoustics or the related disciplines of undersea signal processing, marine structural acoustics, and transducer materials science. Applicants must have received their baccalaureate or master degrees within three years of the year in which they apply and must plan to attend an institution with doctoral granting programs in the ocean sciences or related fields. These awards are 36 months in duration and shall cover the student's full tuition, salary, and required fees. Applications should include a letter of intent (describing applicant's research interests and academic institution he/she is planning to attend), three reference letters, and official transcripts. ONR expects to grant 5-8 new graduate traineeships per year.
Graduate Traineeship Awards
Office of Naval Research
BIOMEDICAL PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites applications for individual predoctoral National Research Service Award fellowships (F30) to train physician-scientists on a dual MD/PhD track to conduct biomedical and behavioral research on human communication. There is a critical need for physician-scientists who can apply both their medical and research training to investigate problems of disease in humans. This initiative is designed to increase the number of physician-scientists trained to conduct basic and clinical research in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The applications are reviewed by the Scientific Review Branch of the NIDCD using a fast-track process that is completed in 4-5 months from submission to award of meritorious applications. Owing to this expedited process, applications must strictly conform to NIH and NIDCD guidelines and late materials cannot be accepted.
Eligibility and Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. The applicant must have a baccalaureate degree and show evidence of both high academic performance in the sciences and significant interest in research within the scientific mission areas of the NIDCD. The applicant must be enrolled in an MD program at an accredited medical school, accepted in a science PhD program, and supervised by a mentor in that scientific discipline at the time the application is submitted. The typical applicant will apply during the first two years of medical school; however, applications may be submitted at any stage of medical school. Scope of Support: Awards made under this program announcement will use the Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD Fellowship (F30) mechanism to provide combined medical school and predoctoral PhD support for a maximum of six years. In addition to stipend support, predoctoral Kirschstein NRSAs provide partial support of tuition and fees, health insurance, training-related expenses, and travel. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal sources.
Dual-Degree Predoctoral Fellowships for Training Clinician-Scientists
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
Information for the GRFP and a User Applicant Guide to help you through the process can be found at the NSF Fastlane website.
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
National Science Foundation
THE LINK FOUNDATION DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Objectives: To foster ocean engineering and ocean instrumentation research; to enhance both the theoretical and practical knowledge and applications of ocean engineering and instrumentation research; and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars and publications.
Doctoral Research Awards: On the basis of an application to the Foundation in the form of a research proposal, awards will be made to doctoral candidates enrolled in academic institutions located in the United States and Canada. Each award will consist of a grant of $25,000. The student will be awarded $21,500 which may be used for academic year and summer stipend; $2,500 is for expenses associated with the research; the remaining $1,000 is to help defray publication costs of the student's research results.
The Link Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowships in Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation
The Link Foundation
ASHRAE GRADUATE STUDENT GRANT-IN-AID AWARD
PROGRAM
A Grant-in-Aid is a grant of funds (up to $10,000) to a full-time graduate student of ASHRAE-related technologies. (ASHRAE is the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and ASA students may for example be studying the effects of noise from such systems.) It is awarded once each year for use in the following academic year. Normally 10 to 25 grants are made each year. The annual deadline for applications is 15 December. For more information see the ASHRAE Grant-in-aid webpage.
PHONETICS & SPEECH PRODUCTION SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship, which was established in 1998, honors the memory of Professor Raymond H. Stetson, a pioneer investigator in phonetics and speech science. Its purpose is to facilitate the research efforts of promising graduate students and postgraduates.
Stetson Scholarship
Acoustical Society of America
MCKINNEY FELLOWSHIP IN ACOUSTICS (AT UT AUSTIN ONLY)
The McKinney Fellowship is available for graduate study in acoustics at The University of Texas at Austin. Direct your browser to: http://www.me.utexas.edu/areas/acoustics/index.shtml for more information.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM
The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program is a joint program of the United States Army, Navy and Air Force within the University Research Initiative (URI), designed to increase the number of U.S. citizens trained in disciplines of science and engineering important to defense goals. DoD awards approximately 100-150 new three-year graduate fellowships each year to individuals for study and research leading to doctoral degrees in, or closely related to, the disciplines of aeronautical and astronautical engineering; biosciences, chemical engineering; chemistry; cognitive, neural, and behavioral sciences; electrical engineering; geosciences; civil engineering; computer and computational sciences; materials science and engineering; mathematics; mechanical engineering; naval architecture and ocean engineering; oceanography; and physics.
Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens or nationals of the United States who intend to pursue a Ph.D. in one of the designated fields. The Fellowships are intended for students at or near the beginning of graduate study. Applications are encouraged from women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities. NDSEG Fellows may enroll in any appropriate nonprofit United States institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. degree in science or engineering. Fellows are eligible to participate in research at Navy laboratories during the summer.
Tenure: The tenure of an NDSEG Fellowship is 36 months. Recipients of new three-year fellowships must begin tenure not later than the fall following award.
Stipends and Allowances: Consult the current program announcement for stipend levels. In addition to stipends, the DoD pays the Fellow's full tuition and required fees (not to include room and board). Persons with disabilities are considered for increased stipends to offset special educational expenses.
Evaluation and Selection: The evaluation of applicants is based on all available evidence of ability, as provided in the application. Each application is evaluated by a panel having expertise related to the science or engineering discipline of the applicant's proposed advanced degree program.
Conditions of Appointment: Fellows are required to enroll in full-time programs leading to graduate degrees in one of the designated fields in order to pursue a Ph.D. degree. The availability of funds for the second and third years of a three-year award is contingent upon certification to DOD that the Fellow has made satisfactory academic progress.
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate American Society for Engineering Education
Office of Naval Research
RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS
This NIDCD/NRSA program provides support for dissertation-stage research training leading to the Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in the biomedical or behavioral communication sciences. The intent of this program is to promote the entry of qualified students into biomedical and behavioral research on human communication.
The applications are reviewed by the Scientific Review Branch of the NIDCD using a fast-track process that is completed in 4-5 months from submission to award of meritorious applications. Owing to this expedited process, applications must strictly conform to NIH and NIDCD guidelines and late materials cannot be accepted.
Eligibility and Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and must be doctoral candidates, or within three months of candidacy, pursuing dissertation research in hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech or language. Activation of the award is contingent upon acceptance into candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Scope of Support: The total period of predoctoral research training support under the NRSA authorization is limited to an aggregate of five years (including NRSA fellowships and traineeships). Kirschstein-NRSA awards provide stipends to predoctoral fellows as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. In addition to stipend support, predoctoral Kirschstein NRSAs provide partial support of tuition and fees, health insurance, training-related expenses, and travel. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal sources.
National Research Service Awards
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
NOAA FISHERIES / SEA GRANT FELLOWSHIPS
In 1999, NOAA National Sea Grant Office and NOAA Fisheries established a Graduate Fellowship Program in population dynamics and marine resource economics. Population dynamics is the study of fish populations and how fish mortality, growth, recruitment and natural mortality affect them. Ph.D. students interested in the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status could be provided with support for up to three years with this fellowship. In addition, Ph.D. students interested in marine resource economics are concentrating on the conservation and management of living marine resources and could also be funded for up to two years.
NOAA Fisheries / Sea Grant Fellowship Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
AWARDS ADVERTISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Awards listed by the Directorate of Research are viewable here: http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/research/opportunities.html
A Grant-in-Aid is a grant of funds (up to $10,000) to a full-time graduate student of ASHRAE-related technologies. (ASHRAE is the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and ASA students may for example be studying the effects of noise from such systems.) It is awarded once each year for use in the following academic year. Normally 10 to 25 grants are made each year. The annual deadline for applications is 15 December. For more information see the ASHRAE Grant-in-aid webpage.
PHONETICS & SPEECH PRODUCTION SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship, which was established in 1998, honors the memory of Professor Raymond H. Stetson, a pioneer investigator in phonetics and speech science. Its purpose is to facilitate the research efforts of promising graduate students and postgraduates.
Stetson Scholarship
Acoustical Society of America
MCKINNEY FELLOWSHIP IN ACOUSTICS (AT UT AUSTIN ONLY)
The McKinney Fellowship is available for graduate study in acoustics at The University of Texas at Austin. Direct your browser to: http://www.me.utexas.edu/areas/acoustics/index.shtml for more information.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM
The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program is a joint program of the United States Army, Navy and Air Force within the University Research Initiative (URI), designed to increase the number of U.S. citizens trained in disciplines of science and engineering important to defense goals. DoD awards approximately 100-150 new three-year graduate fellowships each year to individuals for study and research leading to doctoral degrees in, or closely related to, the disciplines of aeronautical and astronautical engineering; biosciences, chemical engineering; chemistry; cognitive, neural, and behavioral sciences; electrical engineering; geosciences; civil engineering; computer and computational sciences; materials science and engineering; mathematics; mechanical engineering; naval architecture and ocean engineering; oceanography; and physics.
Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens or nationals of the United States who intend to pursue a Ph.D. in one of the designated fields. The Fellowships are intended for students at or near the beginning of graduate study. Applications are encouraged from women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities. NDSEG Fellows may enroll in any appropriate nonprofit United States institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. degree in science or engineering. Fellows are eligible to participate in research at Navy laboratories during the summer.
Tenure: The tenure of an NDSEG Fellowship is 36 months. Recipients of new three-year fellowships must begin tenure not later than the fall following award.
Stipends and Allowances: Consult the current program announcement for stipend levels. In addition to stipends, the DoD pays the Fellow's full tuition and required fees (not to include room and board). Persons with disabilities are considered for increased stipends to offset special educational expenses.
Evaluation and Selection: The evaluation of applicants is based on all available evidence of ability, as provided in the application. Each application is evaluated by a panel having expertise related to the science or engineering discipline of the applicant's proposed advanced degree program.
Conditions of Appointment: Fellows are required to enroll in full-time programs leading to graduate degrees in one of the designated fields in order to pursue a Ph.D. degree. The availability of funds for the second and third years of a three-year award is contingent upon certification to DOD that the Fellow has made satisfactory academic progress.
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate American Society for Engineering Education
Office of Naval Research
RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS
This NIDCD/NRSA program provides support for dissertation-stage research training leading to the Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in the biomedical or behavioral communication sciences. The intent of this program is to promote the entry of qualified students into biomedical and behavioral research on human communication.
The applications are reviewed by the Scientific Review Branch of the NIDCD using a fast-track process that is completed in 4-5 months from submission to award of meritorious applications. Owing to this expedited process, applications must strictly conform to NIH and NIDCD guidelines and late materials cannot be accepted.
Eligibility and Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and must be doctoral candidates, or within three months of candidacy, pursuing dissertation research in hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech or language. Activation of the award is contingent upon acceptance into candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Scope of Support: The total period of predoctoral research training support under the NRSA authorization is limited to an aggregate of five years (including NRSA fellowships and traineeships). Kirschstein-NRSA awards provide stipends to predoctoral fellows as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. In addition to stipend support, predoctoral Kirschstein NRSAs provide partial support of tuition and fees, health insurance, training-related expenses, and travel. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal sources.
National Research Service Awards
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
NOAA FISHERIES / SEA GRANT FELLOWSHIPS
In 1999, NOAA National Sea Grant Office and NOAA Fisheries established a Graduate Fellowship Program in population dynamics and marine resource economics. Population dynamics is the study of fish populations and how fish mortality, growth, recruitment and natural mortality affect them. Ph.D. students interested in the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status could be provided with support for up to three years with this fellowship. In addition, Ph.D. students interested in marine resource economics are concentrating on the conservation and management of living marine resources and could also be funded for up to two years.
NOAA Fisheries / Sea Grant Fellowship Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
AWARDS ADVERTISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Awards listed by the Directorate of Research are viewable here: http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/research/opportunities.html