Fellowships and Other Funding Sources

Departmental financial aid is available only for doctoral students. Applicants to the CIS doctoral program are considered for available funding; it is not necessary to submit extra material to be considered for funding.  Funded doctoral students receive payment of tuition and fees, a stipend for living expenses, and payment of University of Pennsylvania Student Health Insurance.

There is no departmental funding available for masters students. There are no RA positions available in the department; only research fellow positions for doctoral students. Teaching assistant duties are generally met by doctoral students participating in a Teaching Practicum.

Funding sources:

• University of Pennsylvania Center for Graduate / Professional Student Finance - www.upenn.edu/sfs/
• University of Pennsylvania Office of Graduate Studies: www.upenn.edu/grad/$.html and www.upenn.edu/research/funding.htm
• FastWeb - largest and most complete source of scholarships available-www.fastweb.com/
• Ashton Fellowship - The Ashton Fellowship covers tuition. The eligibility for an Ashton fellowship requires the applicant to be a third generation American born citizen under the age of 25 and be a resident of New Jersey or Pennsylvania - Ashton Fellowship application
• Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Randy Pausch Scholarship - www.interactive.org/foundation/scholarships.asp
• Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Mark Beaumont Scholarship - www.interactive.org/foundation/scholarships.asp

• IBM  PhD Fellowship Program: www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/phdfellowship/index.html

• National Science Foundation Summer Institutes: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10591/nsf10591.htm
• National Research Council Research Associateship Program: www.national-academies.org/rap

• National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program: ndseg.asee.org/
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (for doctoral & master's students): www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11582

• National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering & Science Fellowships:
  www.gemfellowship.org
• National Minority STEM Fellowship Program: www.nmsfp.org/
• McNair Scholars funding; http://mcnairscholars.com/; McNair Scholars at UPenn: www.vpul.upenn.edu/aap/mcnair/index.php

• National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships: www.npsc.org/students/info.html
• University of Pennsylvania Fontaine Doctoral Fellowships for Underrepresented Minorities:
  www.upenn.edu/provost/fontaine

• NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program: fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/grsp/nav/ & http://intern.nasa.gov/

• Microsoft Graduate Fellowship: research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/fellowships.aspx

• Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship application: research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/apply-us.aspx

• Gates Millennium Scholarship Program: www.gatesfoundation.org/topics/Pages/scholarships.aspx
• Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities: www.limeconnect.com/

• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships:

  Predoctoral Fellowships sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958

  Postdoctoral Fellowships sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960

  Dissertation Fellowship    sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047959

• National Institute of Health (NIH): grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm
• National Science Foundation: www.nsf.gov/funding/
• Google Anita Borg Scholarship: www.google.com/anitaborg/
• American Association of University Women Educational Foundation fellowships:

  Fellowships for women, including masters students: www.aauw.org/learn/fellows_directory/  

  Doctoral/post doctoral: www.aauw.org/learn/fellows_directory/index.cfm www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

• Homeland Security Fellowship:see.orau.org/AcademicStatus.aspx?type=Grad
• Dept. of Defense Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship - open to doctoral, masters, and undergraduate students: http://smart.asee.org/ & brochure
• Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans: www.pdsoros.org/   Click here for Soros info

• ETS Fellowships: www.ets.org/research/fellowships.html

• L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women In Science: www.lorealusa.com/_en/_us/

• PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) funding for women: www.peointernational.org/about/
• Business & Professional Women's Foundation Career Advancement Scholarship Program: www.bpwusa.org
• Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Scholarship for women: www.ela.org/.

• Krell Institute, Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program - www.krellinst.org/csgf

• Horizons Foundation Scholarships for women: wid.ndia.org/horizon/scholar.htm.
• At www.upenn.edu/curf/fellowships/fellowships.htm are fellowships mainly geared towards undergraduates, but some may be of interest to grad students
• Chinese Scholarship Council funding for candidates from the P.R. China - www.csc.edu.cn/en/

• IBM Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship - https://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view_project.php?id=1748
• UPENN Graduate & Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) Research Student Travel Grant Program - www.gapsa.upenn.edu/engage/funding
• Symantec Fellowship for both doctoral & master's students - www.symantec.com/about/careers/college/fellowship.jsp 
• Dept. of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship: www.krellinst.org/csgf/
• Sigma Dela Epsilon fellowships for graduate women in science: www.gwis.org/programs.html
• Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship: www.kenyon.edu/x27112.xml
• Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology Fellows Program: www.beckman.illinois.edu/fellows/postdoc.aspx
• Symantec Graduate FellowshipProgram: www.symantec.com/about/careers/college/fellowship.jsp
• Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences:         http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/goldstine.index.html
• Center for International Security and Cooperation Fellowships in Science, Technology and International Security: http://cisac.stanford.edu/fellowships/fellowships_in_science_technology_and_international_security/
• Association for Women in Science Educational Foundation fellowships: http://www.awis.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=338
• Yale School of Medicine Computational Neuroscience fellowship: http://childstudycenter.yale.edu/autism/fellowships.html
• AT&T Labs Fellowship Program for minority and women students: http://www.research.att.com/evergreen/working_with_us/internships.html
• Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Fellowship: http://www.afcea.org/education/scholarships/graduate/grad3.asp
• Yellow Ribbon Program for Veterans: www.upenn.edu/registrar/yellow-ribbon.html (also contact Mike Felker)
• Click here for information about the Army Material Command Fellowship Program
• EPA Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=50129&mode=VIEW
• Tau Beta Pi Fellowships - http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/Programs/Fellowship/Fellowship.cfm
• Victor Pinchuk Fellowship for Ukranian students - http://worldwidestudies.org/en/
• Entertainment Software Association Computer & Video Game Scholarship - theesa.com/foundation/scholarship.asp
• Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/application.aspx
  
• Funding Application Schedule: www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/funding_schedule.shtml
• Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellows Program: http://www.beckman.illinois.edu/fellows/postdoc.aspx
• Institute for Broadening Participation in Science: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.asp
• Facebook Fellowship Program: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Facebook-Fellowship-Program/144433258941423
• Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship: http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/goldstine.index.html