Fellowship and Scholarships Opportunities
- Army Educational Outreach Program Travel AwardsUnited States Department of Defense (DoD)
- Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education ProgramScholarship America
- Coastal Management FellowshipNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Computational Science Graduate FellowshipUnited States Department of Defense (DoD)
- DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate FellowshipUnited States Department of Defense (DoD)
- DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research ProgramUnited States Department of Defense (DoD)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship ProgramUnited States Department of Transportation (DoT)
- Fellowships & InternshipsNational Physical Science Consortium/NSA
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral, Dissertation, or PostdoctoralFord Foundation. 2022 deadlines: December 9 & 16, 2021
- GEM PhD Engineering FellowshipGEM. 2022 deadline: Saturday, November 13, 2021
- Graduate FellowshipsHertz Foundation. 2022 deadline: Friday, October 29, 2021
- Graduate Fellowships for women Msc.Various Agencies
- International Scholarships and Selected Professions FellowshipsAmerican Association of University Women
- NASA Earth and Space Science FellowshipNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- NASA Fellowships and ScholarshipsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF)National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Naval Research Enterprise Internship ProgramUnited States Department of the Navy (DoN)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP)National Science Foundation (NSF) - 2022 deadlines from October 18 to October 22, 2021
- Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service ProgramUnited States Department of Defense (DoD)
This list was originally compiled by Kara Fore, Proposal Development Unit, UPRM Research & Development Center
Email: pdu @ uprm.edu
Phone: (787) 832-4040, extension 5856
Updated by Prof. Jaquelina Alvarez
August 31, 2021
Talleres y presentaciones
Preparing for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Workshop, August 30, 2022)
Seeking funding to support graduate studies via federal grants is a challenge. This workshop focuses on the highly competitive and prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program. Eligibility criteria will be discussed. The workshop will provide the audience with tips and tricks about the application, including common application requirements, best writing practices, building a timeline, among others.
The Perspective of NSF Graduate Research Fellows (Panel, September 6, 2022)
This activity is the second one related to NSF Graduate Research Fellowship applications. The panelists are recent awardees of this highly competitive national program. Richard Rodríguez, Bianca Dávila, and Alexandra Ramos are recent UPRM graduates who went through the application process and can provide tips and reflect on the endeavor.
Seeking federal funding to support graduate studies can be challenging. For instance, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) is a highly competitive and prestigious grant available to US citizens or US residents.
The 2021 workshop series discusses:
- National Graduate Fellowships 101: Available Opportunities and Mechanics of the Applications
- Writing a Competitive Graduate Fellowship Application: Finding your Research Idea and Selling Points
- Graduate Fellowship Applications: The Reviewer’s Point of View.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021
National Graduate Fellowships 101: Available Opportunities and Mechanics of the Applications
Panel: Sylvia Rodríguez-Abudo, PhD; O. Marcelo Suárez, PhD; Eduardo Ortíz, PhD; Ángel Santiago (recent awardee)
Presentation and Recording
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
4:00-5:30 PM
Writing a Competitive Graduate Fellowship Application: Finding your Research Idea and Selling Points
Registration: https://uprm.libcal.com/calendar/cedibi/Writing_Grad_Fellowship_Application2021
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Graduate Fellowship Applications: The Reviewer’s Point of View
Registration: https://uprm.libcal.com/calendar/cedibi/Grad_Fellowship_Application_Reviewer2021
If you are a UPRM student seeking to submit an NSF GRF application, feel free to contact Dr. Rodriguez Abudo or Dr. Marcelo Suárez.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants 1345156 and OCE-1753158. This event is co-sponsored by the TIGER project (DoEd Title V PPOHA-031M140035), ePEARLS (NSF #1833869), UPRM CREST (NSF #1345156), RISE-UP (NSF #1832468), and Material Advantage UPRM Student Chapter.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020
Opportunities to Increase your Graduate Student Income
Speakers: Dr. Rodolfo J. Romañach, Chemistry Department & Angel Santiago López, Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech (recipient of an NSF Graduate Student Research Fellowships)
Organized with the UPRM College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Matías Cafaro, Research Associate Dean
