External Fellowships
Prestigious Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Students in the Biomedical Sciences
While our graduate school guarantees funding for all students, we strongly encourage our students to apply for external funding. Having a fellowship during your graduate study will make you more competitive when you apply for a job after you graduate. Plus, our graduate school offers a yearly cash award to any student who receives an external fellowship, motivating more students to apply for external funding.
The Fellowships Office was established to aid you in the selection, writing and submission of pre-doctoral fellowship applications. For more information, please contact Dr. Xiaoai Chen via email or by calling the office at 212-746-6585.
Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program
* Award open to citizens and non-citizens
* Must have completed candidacy exam (ACE)
* Applicants must be graduate students under the guidance of a designated mentor who has experience in breast cancer research
* Up to $120,000 for up to 3 years
Pre-application Submission Deadline: ~ February 25, 2010 (exact date to be announced)
Application Submission Deadline: ~ March 11, 2010 (exact date to be announced)
Department of Defense (DoD) Prostate Cancer Research Program
* Award open to citizens and non-citizens
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Must have completed candidacy exam (ACE)
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Applicants must be graduate students under the guidance of a designated mentor who has experience in prostate cancer research
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Up to $92,500 for up to 3 years
Pre-application Submission Deadline: ~ April 29, 2010 (exact date to be announced)
Application Submission Deadline: ~ May 20, 2010 (exact date to be announced)
Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
* Applicant must be a US citizen or national
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Evaluation based on scholarship, leadership skills, honors and awards
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Award for 3 years of support (stipend and tuition)
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Will pay the fellow's full tuition and required fees, plus stipend ($30,500, $31,000, $31,500 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year respectively)
Deadline: ~ January 4, 2010, 1 pm EST
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
* Applicant must be a US citizen or permanent resident alien
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Research with disease-related goals which are insufficiently focused on basic research questions are not eligible
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Students are evaluated on merit and on the broader impact of supporting the students' graduate studies
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$40,500 per year for 3 years of support (stipend and tuition)
Deadlines: Interdisciplinary Fields of Study: November 2, 2009
Life Sciences: November 6, 2009
National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Pre-Doctoral Fellowships (F31)
* Student must be a citizen or permanent resident
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Open to applications that relate to the interests of participating NIH Institutes and Centers (IC's)
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Provides stipend, tuition and institutional allowance for up to 5 years
Deadlines: December 8, 2009; April 8, 2010; August 8, 2010
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
* New Americans (defined as resident aliens/green card holders, naturalized US citizens, and children of two parents who are naturalized citizens) are eligible
* A successful candidate will give evidence of at least two of the following three attributes:
1) Creativity, originality and initiative
2) Demonstrated commitment to accomplishment
3) Commitment to the values expressed in the US Constitution and Bill of Right
* The Trustees strongly encourage applications from candidates who have not yet begun their graduate studies, or second year of graduate studies in their current program
* Award for 2 years of support (stipend and tuition)
Deadline: November 1, 2009Minority Fellowships - Stipend
* Open to minority citizens or permanent residents
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Provides stipend, tuition and institutional allowance money
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Up to 5 years of funding
Deadlines: December 8, 2009; April 8, 2010; August 8, 2010
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Program for NIGMS MARC Pre-Doctoral Fellowships (F31)
* Open to minority citizens or permanent residents
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Provides stipend, tuition and lab supply money
Deadlines: December 5, 2009; April 5, 2010
NIH Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36)
* Open to minority citizens or permanent residents
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Have passed your ACE and your doctoral committee has approved your dissertation proposal
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Up to 2 years funding, covering full NRSA stipend
Deadlines: October 16, 2009; February 16, 2010; June 16, 2010
Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities
* Citizens or nationals of US from six minority groups identified as underrepresented in PhD and ScD programs (Alaskan Natives, Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Native Pacific Islanders, Puerto Ricans)
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Awards made to individuals who demonstrate superior scholarship and show promise for future achievement as scholars, researchers and teachers in institutions of higher learning
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Award for 3 years of support (stipend, tuition and conference fees)
Deadline: ~ November 2, 2009
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship
* Open to minority citizens or permanent residents
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Student and mentor must be members of ASM
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Must be a 2nd year graduate student or above
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A total stipend of $63,000 ($21,000 a year) for a 3 year period
Deadline: May 1, 2010
UNCF-Merck Science Initiative Fellowships
* A citizen or permanent resident of the US
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African American (Black, Non-Hispanic)
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Engaged in and within 1-3 years of completing dissertation research
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Provides $52,000 over 2 years - $42,000 for stipend and other expenses, plus $10,000 to support the research needs for the fellow
Deadline: December 15, 2009
Minority Fellowships - Travel
American Association for Cancer Research Foundation
* Open to minority citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada
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Travel award to AACR conference
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The award will consist of annual meeting registration, economy air or land transportation to and from the annual meeting, and a stipend of approximately $1,000 for housing, meals, etc.
Deadline: ~ December 15, 2009 (exact date to be announced)
Fellowships for International Students
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship
*Open to European citizens
* Applicants should not be older than 27 years on the respective deadline (1 February, 1 June, 1 October)
* The PhD project must be experimental, in the field of basic biomedical research and aimed at elucidating basic biological phenomena of human life and acquiring new scientific knowledge
* At the deadline, the applicant should not have been working on his/her project for more than 6 months
* €24,000/year for 2 years
Deadline: February 1, June 1, October 1
Ernst Schering Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
*The fellowship is awarded irrespective of the applicant's nationality
*Should have passed the ACE
* €18,000/year for up to 2 years
Deadline: April 30 and October 31
American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
*Open to international women students
* $20,000 for a year
Deadline: December 1, 2009
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Fellowship (Canada)
* Only open to Canadian citizens
* CA $21,000/year doe 3 years
* Open to 1st and 2nd year graduate students
Note: Applicants may submit only one application per year (September 1 - August 31) to the NSERC or to the CIHR.
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)/Doctoral Graduate Training Award (Canada)
* Open to Canadian citizens
* CA $27,000/year ($26,000 for stipend, $1,000 for research allowance) for students studying outside of Canada, up to 3 years.
* You can apply in your 2nd year if you have completed 12 months or more in a Master's degree program prior to transferring to a PhD program.
* You can apply in your 2nd or 3rd year if you have completed less than 12 months in a Master's degree program prior to transferring to a PhD program or you have transferred directly from a Bachelor's degree to a PhD program.
Note: Applicants may submit only one application per year (September 1 - August 31) to the NSERC or to the CIHR.
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Margaret McWilliams Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
* Open to Canadian women
* CA $13,000 for a year
Deadline: November 1, 2009
Resources for Other Fellowship and Funding Opportunities
Cornell Fellowship Notebook
A database of fellowships maintained by the Cornell Graduate School in Ithaca, NY.
GrantsNet
A searchable, continuously updated database of funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education.
