University Funding Resources

Syracuse University Graduate Fellowships: These awards consist of a stipend ($11,700 for master's students, $19,570 for doctoral students in 2007-08) and a full-tuition scholarship (up to 30 credits for the academic year). Multi-year awards typically include a year of fellowship followed by a year of teaching or research assistantship, followed by a third year of fellowship support. Fellows are appointed annually, primarily from among incoming graduate students, although some returning students entering the final year of a terminal degree program at Syracuse (e.g. M.F.A. or Ph.D.) receive these awards. Applicants to graduate programs consult their application instructions in order to apply.

Syracuse University African American Graduate Fellowships: These six fellowships are awarded annually to new and continuing African American graduate students. They include a stipend ($11,700 for master's students $19,570 for doctoral students in 2007-08) and a full-tuition scholarship (up to 30 credits for the academic year). African American fellows are required to enroll in at least one three-credit graduate course each semester in the African American Studies Program for the duration of their award. These fellowships are awarded for one academic year and are usually not typically re-awarded for consecutive academic years. Students interested in applying for these awards must send a letter of intent to the African American Studies Program, whose main office is in 200 Sims V. Current graduate students must be nominated for these awards by their academic department. Applicants to the Graduate School should indicate interest in this award on their applications, which should be submitted no later than January 10, 2008.

Teaching Fellowships: Most students accepted into the department through normal admissions procedures are also offered teaching assistantships. A teaching assistant spends an average of 20 hours per week in teaching laboratory or recitation classes, grading, and preparation.

Research Fellowships: Some graduate students are offered research assistantships. A research assistant is generally paid for research work leading to a master or doctoral dissertation, although a student may also be supported as a research assistant before a formal commitment to a research advisor has been made. Summer research assistantships are also available, and are a good way for students and potential advisors to get to know each other before committing to a formal advisor/student relationship. Research assistantships are obtained through negotiation between the student and the individual research groups. Interested students should contact the research groups for more information.

Graduate Student Travel Grants: In many graduate programs, traveling to present original work at a conference is considered an essential student experience. Through the Department of Chemistry, graduate students may apply for partial support to cover travel expenses to attend professional meetings and conferences.
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National Awards & Fellowships

» The National Academies
The Research Associateship awards are open to doctoral level scientists and engineers (U.S. and Foreign Nationals) who can apply their special knowledge and talents to research areas that are of interest to them and to the participating host laboratories and centers. Awards are available for Postdoctoral Associates (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior Associates (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate). Associates conduct research in residence at the participating host laboratory they have chosen.

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.

» Women Chemists Committee
The Eli Lilly & Company sponsors the ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Awards which provides funding for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral women chemists to travel to scientific meetings in 2008 to present the results of their research. Grants may be applied only for registration, travel, and accommodations, and are restricted to travel to meetings within the United States. Only U. S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible. Applications should be limited to one per research group. Women who have received a prior award under this program are ineligible. Applications must be received in advance of the review deadline and a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the meeting date.

» National Science Foundation
The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. Full proposal includes a research proposal, which is written by the student in collaboration with the research mentor.

» The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
The Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences offers support to eligible institutions for projects that propose to advance the science of chemistry in innovative ways. Proposals are invited in any area consistent with the Foundation's broad objective of advancing the chemical sciences. For projects that require sustaining support, note that the Special Grant Program is intended to seed the initial phases, with the expectation that grant recipients will find continuing funding from other sources.

» The UNCF•Merck Science Initiative
The Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships are designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research. At least 12 dissertation fellowships will be awarded in 2008. Each fellowship provides up to a maximum of $52,000, which includes a stipend of up to $42,000 for the fellow and a research grant of up to $10,000 to support the research needs of the fellow. To be considered, applicants must be African American (Black), enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral program in the life or physical sciences, engaged in and within 1-3 years of completing dissertation research, and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships are designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research. At least 10 postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in 2008. Each fellowship provides a maximum of $85,000, which includes a stipend of up to $70,000 and a research grant of up to $15,000 to the hosting department. To be considered, applicants must be African American (Black), a Ph.D. or equivalent degree recipient in a life or physical science by the end of the 2007-08 academic year, appointed as a new or continuing postdoctoral fellow by the end of the 2008 calendar year at an academic or non-academic research institution (private industrial laboratories are excluded) and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

» National Physical Science Consortium
The NPSC offers Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented minorities and women. An NPSC Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, depending on the employer who sponsors the fellowship, with the possibility of continuation for several more years providing all the conditions of the fellowship continue to be met. The maximum duration is six years, in which case the overall value (stipend, tuition, fees, summer salary for two summers) of an NPSC fellowship typically well exceeds $200,000.

» Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) Program is a year-round educational program that provides students with relevant research experience while they are pursuing a graduate degree. In some cases, students can arrange to conduct master's or doctoral thesis research at the Laboratory. Appointments are available for 90 days up to one year, with option for renewal based upon program requirements. Students are selected on the basis of field of study, grade point average, and research interests. Individuals may remain in the GRA program for up to three months after receiving a Ph.D.

» American Society for Engineering Education
The Department of Defense (DoD) is proud to offer Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation Defense Scholarship for Service Program to undergraduate, master's and doctoral students who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for training in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields. The DoD also offers them career opportunities to continue their research as civilian employees of a DoD laboratory after graduation. Annual stipend ranging from $22,000-$39,000 depending on prior educational experience.

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship is sponsored by the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program. This program is intended for U.S. citizens at or near the beginning of their graduate studies in science and/or engineering programs. The fellowships are for three year tenures. The stipends begin at $30,500 for first year fellows, $31,000 for second year fellows, and $31,500 for third year fellows. Full tuition and fees and a health insurance allowance are included as part of the program.

» Graduate Women in Science - Sigma Delta Epsilon
To be eligible for the SDE, Eloise Gerry, Vessa Notchev, and Nell I. Mondy Fellowships, the applicant must be enrolled as a graduate student, or engaged in post-doctoral or early-stage junior faculty academic research, and demonstrate financial need for continuation or completion of their research. Membership in SDE/GWIS is not required for application for the GWIS Fellowships. The major component of the research can be either applied or basic. Exact Fellowships amounts will be determined by the SDE/GWIS Fellowships Committee and will range from $5000 to $10,000. All awards will be available for the academic year and will be announced on or before July 1 of each year. Endowment funds, mostly generated from bequests, provide the annual income that supports scientific research done by SDE/GWIS Award winners.

» The Merck Index
The $5000 Women in Chemistry Scholarships are awarded to outstanding women entering entering into their first year of an organic chemistry PhD program in the United States or Canada. The awards are presented at the American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting and Exposition, at the Women in Industry Breakfast. The winners present their undergraduate research at a symposium sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee.

» National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.
Through GEM Fellowships African Americans, Latino Americans, and Native Americans compete for portable fellowships to be used for graduate study in an engineering or science discipline at a GEM member institution to which the fellow has been admitted. Syracuse is a member and encourages GEM Fellows to apply. These fellowships provide a stipend of $10,000 a year to master's students and $14,000 a year to doctoral students.

» Iota Sigma Pi - National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry
Iota Sigma Pi offers the Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research. Nominations must be made by members of the institutions faculty. It is not necessary that the person making the nomination be a member of Iota Sigma Pi.

» Xerox
Technical Minority Scholarship are available in the amount $1,000 - $10,000 (depending on tuition balance, academic excellence and classification). Applicants must be academic high-achievers (3.0 or better GPA), must be US citizens or visa-holding Permanent Residents of African American, Asian, Pacific Island, Native American, Native Alaskan, or Hispanic descent. They must be enrolled as a full time undergraduate or graduate student in chemistry or other technical fields.

» Krell Institute
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy-density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory. Yearly stipend of $32,400, payment of all tuition and fees and $1,000 yearly academic allowance. This program is open only to U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens studying at a U.S. university who are exceptional senior undergraduates or are in their first or second year of graduate study.

» Office of Sponsored Programs: full listing of funding opportunities