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External Fellowships Opportunities and Resources

We list below external fellowship opportunities, as well as resources about how to write fellowship applications.

External Fellowship Opportunities

American Association of University Women (AAUW) – American Fellowships
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/
(For female graduate students.)

American Association of University Women (AAUW) – International Fellowships
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/international/

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Research
https://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Minority-Dissertation-Fellowship-Program

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation and Research Grants
https://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Grants-Program

ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Program
https://www.asanet.org/ASADDRIG

ASA Minority Fellowship
https://www.asanet.org/minority-fellowship-program

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171939

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171962

Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars
http://www.hfg.org/emerging-scholars

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
https://www.hsf.net/scholarship

Institute for Citizens & Scholars – Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship
https://citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/for-scholars-education-leaders/charlotte-w-newcombe-fellowship/
(Newcombe Fellows are late-stage Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences whose research in some way attends to religious commitments and ethical ideals and seeks to understand the communities, social practices, and political arrangements that embody them. Open also for international students.)

Institute for Citizens & Scholars – Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
https://citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/for-scholars-education-leaders/dissertation-fellowship-in-womens-studies/
(Fellows are late-stage Ph.D. candidates completing original, interesting, and interdisciplinary dissertations that address issues involving women and gender. Open also for international students.)

International Dissertation Research Fellowship Competition
https://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/international-dissertation-research-fellowship/

National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/fellowships/graduate-research-fellowship-program

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
https://www.nsfgrfp.org/

Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship Program
https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/peace-scholar-dissertation-fellowship-program

Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology
https://www.ssrc.org/programs/rachel-tanur-memorial-prize-for-visual-sociology/

Society for the Study of Social Problems Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship
https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/336/Beth_B_Hess_Memorial_Scholarship/
(This is for advanced PhD students who started out in a community college or technical college.)

Society for the Study of Social Problems Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship
https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/261/Racial/Ethnic_Minority_Graduate_Fellowship/

ProQuest Databases: Pivot Funding Opportunities
https://pivot.proquest.com/funding_main
(Indicate Texas A&M as your institution and inform your NetID and password.)

Resources About How to Write Fellowship Applications

17 Fellowship Proposal Tips
Northeastern University
https://cssh.northeastern.edu/17-fellowship-proposal-tips/

Fellowship Application Tips
Cornell University
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/academic-progress/office-of-academic-and-student-affairs/fellowship-resources-and-workshops/fellowship-application-tips/

How to Win a Graduate Fellowship
The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_050699.pdf

Preparing a Successful Fellowship or Grant Application
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_052526.pdf