Fellowships and Other Funding Sources

Departmental financial aid is generally 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 limited funding available for master's students; see below. 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
• University of Pennsylvania Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships - www.upenn.edu/curf/
• University of Pennsylvania Family Grant Program for PhD students - www.familycenter.upenn.edu/grants.php

• CIS Dept. J.P. Eckert Fellowship for  outstanding new CIS/MSE, MCIT, CGGT, EMBS, or Robotics students http://www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/masters-fellowship-cover.shtml
• 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 (GRFP)  - for doctoral & master's students: www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=CISE&from=home

• 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/
• Google Student Veterans of America Scholarshp: www.studentveterans.org/
• 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
• Sloan Foundation Fellowships: http://www.sloan.org/program/1