Financial Support
Guaranteed Support
Through a combination of research and teaching assistantships, the Chemistry Department provides 12 months of financial support (including a generous stipend, full tuition, and health care) during each year of your program tenure, up to five years.
External Sources of Support
There are several nationally competitive fellowships to support graduate education. These awards are prestigious, highlighting the promise of young scientists while offering increased flexibility for both the student as well as the faculty supervisor. A listing of external fellowships sorted by application deadline follows.
Rackham Graduate School Funding
OCTOBER
Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships
NOVEMBER
AAUW Educational Foundation American Fellowships
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships
GEM Fellowship Program
National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Spencer Dissertation Fellowships
JANUARY
Association for Women in Science and Education Foundation
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Fellowship Program
Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Teaching Fellowships
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program
NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Program
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship Program
Smithsonian Institution Fellowships
US Department of Homeland Security Fellowships
FEBRUARY
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Semiconductor Research Corporation Graduate Fellowship
MARCH
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
MAY
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program
JUNE
A. T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship