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Funding Opportunities for Master's Students


The  USC Viterbi Master's and Professional Programs (MAPP)  provides a list of scholarship opportunities for qualified graduate students. Please click here to view.

For information on grants, scholarships and fellowships, click here.
For information on applying for need-based financial aid, click here.



Funding Opportunities for PhD Students


The USC and Viterbi School PhD Fellowship information has been updated for 2009-2010 on the Web.  Please click here to view.


For information on grants, scholarships and fellowships, click here.
For information on applying for need-based financial aid, click here.


ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES

    DEADLINE      

National Physical Science Consortium: http://www.npsc.org/

Eligibility Requirements
  • NPSC welcomes applications from all qualified applicants who are U.S. citizens as of the NPSC Deadline Date for the year of application. See the section on eligibility on the information page.

Ineligible
  • Non-U.S. citizens and permanent residents
  • Persons who already possess a doctoral degree in any field
November 5, 2008
If this date falls on a weekend, the deadline is automatically extended to the next business day.
National Science Foundation: http://www.nsfgrfp.org/

Eligibility Requirements
  • Are a US citizen, US national or permanent resident alien, and
  • Are a graduating senior; have completed a B.S./B.A. degree; or are in their 1st year or the first semester of their 2nd year in graduate school, and
  • Are pursuing a research-based master's or doctoral degree in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields supported by NSF.

Ineligible
  • Non-U.S. citizens and permanent residents
  • If you received a GRFP award and held tenure as an NSF Graduate Fellow in the past, you cannot apply for a second GRFP award.
  • If you received a Ph.D. in any STEM field, or a medical degree (such as an M.D., D.V.M., or D.D.S.) after October 1, 2003, you are not eligible, even if your proposed graduate program is in a significantly different field.
  • If you are in a joint science-professional degree program (such as an MD/Ph.D. or JD/Ph.D.), you are ineligible for the GRFP, even if you are proposing to use the GRFP only for the Ph.D. part of your program.
The 2009 GRFP application is now OPEN and closes in early November 2008.
Hertz Foundation:http://www.hertzfoundation.org

Eligibility Requirements
  • US citizen or permanent residents
  • For the complete list,  click here.

Ineligible
  • Non-U.S. citizens

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), click here.
 
October 31, 2008
for 2009-2010
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship: https://ndseg.asee.org/

Eligibility Requirements:
  • US citizens or US 'nationals' (American Samoa)
  • For the complete list,  click here.
Ineligible
  • Permanent residents, non-US citizens.

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), click here.
 
January 5, 2009
1:00 p.m. EST
NIH:http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/students.htm

Eligibility Requirements
  • Each type of NIH grant program has its own set of eligibility requirements.  Applicants can find eligibility information in section III of each funding opportunity announcement (FOA).  While the principal investigator (PI) conceives and writes the application, NIH recognizes the applicant institution as the grantee for most grant types.

Forms & Applications, click here.
For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), click here.
 
Submission dates/deadline, click here.
NAS Graduate Student Researchers Program: :http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/home/fellowships.cfm

Eligibility Requirements:
  • Applicants must be currently enrolled or accepted as a full-time graduate student in an accredited U.S. college or university.
  • Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
  • Students may apply at any time during their graduate program, or prior to receiving their baccalaureate degree, provided they have been accepted to an accredited graduate program at a U.S. college or university.
  • All applicants must have a Faculty Research Adviser (who will be the Principal Investigator of the GSRP Training Grant) from the institution where they plan to receive their graduate degree.
  • Graduating seniors accepted by a graduate school must contact their graduate school department and request an adviser to support the NASA research funded under the GSRP.
  • For the complete list,  click here.

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), click here.
March 1, 2008 (CLOSED)