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University of Michigan Funding:
Funds from the University of Michigan for entering studentsFunds from the University of Michigan for continuing students courseworkFunds from the University of Michigan for summer research, language training, and conferencesFunds from the University of Michigan for dissertation work
External sources of funding:
External funding for courseworkExternal funding for language trainingExternal funding for researchExternal funding for dissertation writingPost-Doctoral funding and positions
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Students considering graduate studies should be aware that University funding is competitive. We strongly urge you to apply, in addition, for external fellowships. To assist you we have also listed some of the available sources of external funding. Each of the following university fellowships for entering students combines semesters of full fellowship (stipend, tuition, and healthcare) with terms in which the student works as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) and receives pay, tuition, and healthcare.
LSA Regents' Fellowships: The program nominates eligible students from the pool of admissions candidates.
FLAS(Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowships: The student applies to the appropriate Area Center. The program must support your application, so you must let us know at the time you apply for admission that you are applying for this fellowship.
Rackham Merit Fellowships: This fellowship is for qualified under-represented minority students. The program nominates eligible students from the pool of admissions applicants.
Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship: This fellowship is for students who wish to return to graduate school after an extended absence. You must have been away from academic study for at least five years and meet the University of Michigan's criteria for Michigan Resident tuition. The program nominates eligible students, but the nomination must include a statement from the student. Please let us know if you are interested in this fellowship and include a statement explaining how your situation fits within the intent of the fellowship. (This essay should address the reasons and circumstances relating to the interruption of studies, academic/professional interests, and motivation for and ability to return to school.)
Rackham Regents' Fellowships: The program nominates eligible students from the pool of admissions applicants.
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University funding for continuing students' coursework
Barbour Scholarship: This is for women who are citizens of what was once called the "Orient" (countries extending from Turkey to Japan and the Philippines) who are already enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Michigan.
FLAS(Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowships
Graduate Student Instructorships: assist faculty in large lecture classes and teach discussion sections. The departments award these.
Sweetland Writing Seminar
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University funding for summer research/study and conferences
Rackham Discretionary Funds: funds for emergencies.
Rackham Research Partnership: spring/summer funds to work with a University of Michigan professor on a research project.
Rackham Travel Grants: small amounts to permit students to attend conferences.
Susan Lipschutz Award provides $5,000 for spring/summer research and travel for women pursuing the doctorate in Rackham. The program nominates students in early February.
Program
Block Grant: Rackham provides the program with a block grant that the
program uses to fund students at its discretion. Please contact the
program for more
details.
Area Center grants
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University funding for work on the dissertation
Deans' Awards: These are for students who have achieved candidacy in three years and/or will be completing the Ph.D. in six years. Depends on availability, contact the program for more information.
IRWG (Institute for Research on Women and Gender) Community of Scholars
IRWG Graduate Student Research Awards: $500
Lurcy Fellowship: This is for one year of study in France.
Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship
Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship
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External funding for coursework
AAUW(American Association of University Women): women who are changing careers and will be earning their first post-graduate degree and women who wish to study in the United States and are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents
Ford Foundation: for minorities, the deadline is in mid-November. Students may apply either prior to beginning graduate studies or during their first year.
NSF (National Science Foundation): deadline is early in November.
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External funding for language study
AIIS(American Institute of Indian Studies)
CIC: Committee on Institutional CooperationForeign Language enhancement Program (FLEP) permits students from participating institutions (including the University of Michigan) to study a foreign language not available at their home university.
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AAUW(American Association of University Women): dissertation work Deadline is in mid November.
ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies)
AIIS(American Institute of Indian Studies): dissertation. Deadline is July 1.
CIEFulbright: dissertation research. Deadline is in late November.
Fellowship at the Library of Congress
NSF: dissertation research: deadlines are July 1 and January 1.
Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship: United States Institute of Peace, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace for research and writing dissertations on international conflict and peace. Deadline mid November
Smithsonian Institute
SpencerFoundation: for research on education, dissertation. Deadline is in late October.
SSRC: pre-dissertation and dissertation: SSRC has a pre-dissertation award for research as well as programs for dissertation and post-doctoral research. There are a range of programs organized by region and topic of interest. The deadline varies by program.
Wenner-Gren: dissertation research. Deadlines are May 1 and November 1.
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External funding for dissertation writing
AAUW: For women in their final year of doctoral work. Deadline is in mid November
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Ford Foundation (for minorities)
Guggenheim: for work on violence. Deadline is around February 1.
Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship: United States Institute of Peace, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace for research and writing dissertations on international conflict and peace. Deadline mid November
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies
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Post-doctoral positions and grants
See the sites listed on the page "Other Links for Current Students" for employment listings
AAUW: for women, they have an award for a year of research leave and short-term research projects. Deadline is mid November.
ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies)
Ford Foundation (for minorities)
CIE Fulbright
Fellowships at the Library of Congress
NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Smithsonian Institute
SSRC (Social Science Research Council) provides money for research in a wide range of areas and topics
Wenner Gren provides money for writing projects within five years of receipt of the doctorate
Woodrow Wilson career post-docs
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fastweb is a large, free database of scholarships.
University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid
The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies maintains a list of fellowships for graduate study.
SPIN: Sponsored Programs Information Network is a searchable database of more than 1,000 sources of funding for all levels of academic work.
Listing of Support for Anthropologists put together by the University of Texas Department of Anthropology
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