External Scholarships and Fellowships for Graduate Students
The following funding opportunities are available to graduate students.
CICS Fellowships
Graduate School Grants and Fellowships
- Graduate School Grants & Fellowships
- Inclusion & Diversity Fellowships
- Dissertation, Travel and Research Grants
- CICS Travel Grant
- Graduate school funds may be awarded to students only if they are presenting work done while a graduate student at UMass Amherst for a conference. Applications are considered throughout the year by the CICS GPD.
External Scholarships
The following funding opportunities are available to graduate students. Scholarships are available to an identified group of individuals. If you wish to add another scholarship, please send the information to %20ehamel [at] cs [dot] umass [dot] edu (ehamel[at]cs[dot]umass[dot]edu) for our consideration. Certain fellowships must be nominated by the college and a call for nominations will be sent to all faculty and staff when the deadline approaches.
| Name | Identified Group | Award |
| Anita Borg Scholarship | Women | $10,000 |
| CRA-E Graduate Fellows Program | 3rd year PhD students | |
| GMiS Stem Scholarship | Undergraduate or graduate students must be of Hispanic descent and/or must demonstrate significant leadership or service within the underserved community. | $500-5,000 |
| Google Conference Scholarships | Students who identify as women, Black/African American/Caribbean/WestIndies, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American/First Nations. | |
| Google Generation Scholarship | Students enrolled in or accepted as a full-time student in a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD program. | $10,000 |
| Google Lime | Undergraduate or graduate students who have, or consider themselves to have, a visible or invisible disability. | $10,000 |
| Google Student Veterans of America Scholarship | Undergraduate or graduate student who is a veteran (includes members of the National Guard or Reserve) as proven by a DD-214 and transcript, or a student on Active Duty as proven by submission of Active Duty orders. | $10,000 |
| Women in Defense Scholarship | Undergraduate and graduate students with a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career related to national security or defense. |
External Fellowships
| Name | Identified Group | Award |
| AAUW American | Women who are U.S. citizens | |
| AAUW International | Women who are not U.S. citizens | |
| Advanced Simulation and Training Fellowship | PhD students in areas that Modeling, Simulation, and Training. | One year renewable stipend of $35,000 |
| Apple Scholars in AI/ML | PhD students | Two years of funding
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| Bloomberg Fellowship | Full-time doctoral students during the 2024-2025 academic year, with an expected Ph.D. graduation date in or before the end of 2027. | Tuition & fees, annual stipend of $42,000 for living or research expenses, 14-week paid summer internship, opportunity to renew annually for up to three years. |
| DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship | Undergraduate seniors, current master's degree students, first-year graduate students. | |
| Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship | Students who can confirm holding a previous Ford Foundation Fellowship. | $50,000 |
| Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships | Students who need support in the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation. | $28,000 |
| GEM Fellowship | Senior or graduate of an accredited engineering or computer science program at the time of application with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.8/4.0. | Tuition and fees |
| Google Fellowship | PhD students who will have completed coursework upon start of fellowship funding. | |
| IBM Fellowship | 3rd year PhD students, must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member. | |
| John von Neumann Postdoctoral Research Fellowship | You have or will receive a Ph.D. in applied/computational mathematics or a related area, such as computer science, engineering, or statistics, conferred after January 1, 2020 and no later than August 2024. | |
| META Emerging Scholars | ||
| Microsoft | PhD students must be nominated by their university. | Tuition and fees for two academic years and a $42,000 stipend for living expenses |
| Nasa Space Technology Research Fellowship | U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. | |
| NDSEG | 1st, 2nd, 3rd years PhD (or intend to pursue PhD) students, U.S. citizens. | Full tuition and fees (excluding room and board). |
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program | Three years of support over a five-year fellowship | |
| NVIDIA | Students must have already completed their first year of PhD level studies at the time of application. | Up to $60,000 per award |
| Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans | Immigrants or children of immigrants | Up to $25,000 per year in stipend support for two years and $20,000 per year in tuition support for up to two years |
| Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future | Women who are citizens of a developing country or emerging economy and preparing for a PhD degree or post-doctoral research in a STEM discipline. |