University Regents’ Fellowships: Each year the Chemistry Department awards a select group of particularly outstanding applicants with University Regents’ Fellowships. After gaining teaching experience during the first semester in residence, these fellowships free students to devote their entire attention to research and study. All applicants are automatically considered for these fellowships; typical recipients have achieved a distinguished scholastic record at the undergraduate level and have demonstrated a high degree of accomplishment in undergraduate laboratory research.

Rackham Merit Fellowship: The Rackham Graduate School at Michigan awards a number of Merit Fellowships to students historically under-represented in the sciences with strong academic records. These competitive fellowships provide three academic years of funding to awardees. All applicants for the graduate program are automatically considered for these awards.

Training Grants: The Chemistry department participates in several federally funded training programs that serve the dual purpose of providing research fellowships to selected students while fostering collaboration and interface research amongst the participating research groups. Typically these programs provide a two year fellowship to participants.

The Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program (CBI) is aimed at students interested in pursuing interdisciplinary research in chemical biology. It is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. While all students are automatically considered for support under this grant, recipients must have an exceptional undergraduate record and be highly motivated to pursue research on critical biological problems from a chemical perspective. http://www.umich.edu/~michchem/cbi/

A second training program administered by the Chemistry Department, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), is a highly competitive national program funded by the Department of Education. The program is titled Chemical Sciences at the Interface of Education (CSIE) and fellowships provide, in addition to financial support, a series of adjunctive activities that serve to catapult students into teaching careers at universities and colleges. http://www.umich.edu/~csie/

A third training program is the Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP). The PSTP is both an educational and a research training program. It is designed to provide pre-doctoral students with a strong foundation in basic pharmacological principles and a broad knowledge of other related basic science disciplines including biochemistry, chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, physiology, and toxicology. Students interested in this fellowship opportunity may apply after completing one year of graduate study. For more information see http://www.med.umich.edu/pibs/documents/pdf/TrainingGrants/PharmacologicalSciencesTrainingProgram.pdf (pdf)

Departmental Fellowships: The Department has a number of fellowships funded by our partners in the pharmaceutical industry that are awarded to students yearly following an internal competition. These include the Abbott Award, the Kodak Fellowship, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellowship, the Eli Lilly Fellowship, the Pfizer Fellowship.

Additional opportunities: A number of independent agencies and foundations such as the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute award individual fellowships to students pursuing graduate research in chemistry and biochemistry. Contact the agencies listed below to determine your eligibility and obtain application information.