Fellowships and Funding Opportunities

University of Maryland Awards

• Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
• Dr. Mabel S. Spencer Award for Excellence in Graduate Achievement
• Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Fellowship
  
• Michael J. Pelczar Award for Excellence in Graduate Study
• Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award
• Summer Research Fellowship
• CTE-Lilly Graduate Teaching Fellows Program
• Center for Teaching Excellence Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award

Federal Agency Awards

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to promote diversity in health-related research
• EPA STAR Fellowshipsfor research in environmental science
• Dept. of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships

Professional Society Awards

• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
• National Geographic Awards
• Washington Biologists' Field Club (WBFC) Research Awards
• American Institute of Biological Sciences Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA)
• Biodiversity Conservation Research Fund from Maryland/DC's Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
• Association for Women in Science Educational awards for predoctoral students.
• Smithsonian Institution Fellowships
• Cosmos Club Foundation Awards
• Explorer's Club
• Explorer's Club DC
• Fulbright (International)
• SICB

Field Specific Awards

• NASA ESSF (Study Earth from Satellite Data)
• New England Botanical Club (Botanical research)
• The Garden Club of America (Botanical, Environmental)
• Animal Behavior Society (Animal Behavior)
• ASM (Mammals)

For underrepresented groups in STEM fields:

• Gem Fellowship (Underrepresented minorities)
• Ford Foundation (Underrepresented minorities)
  
• AAUW (Women) 
• GWIS (Women)
• UNCF MERCK Fellowship (African-American)