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University Fellowships and Grants

The Graduate School sponsors a number of internal fellowship and grant competitions for students at all stages of their graduate experience. Please read the details of each fellowship and grant application to determine eligibility. Applications for these competitions can be downloaded from links found at the bottom of each individual fellowship or grant page.

The Graduate School Fellowship Calendar for Competitions with due dates during 2009/2010.

Fellowship	NU Graduate Student Who Should Apply	Deadline 12:00 noon on Friday	Course Level During award	Award length	Amount Awarded	Renewable?
Presidential Fellowships	Stellar students who will participate in the Society of Fellows	Oct 23, 2009	PhD – 500 MFA - 588	PhD – 24 months MFA – 12 months	Tuition payment and a monthly stipend	No
Nicholson Fellowships	Outstanding students enrolled in PhD and MS programs in the sciences or engineering and the PhD programs in Management	Jan. 8, 2010	Any	9 months	Full tuition and a stipend for 9 months	Recipients may reapply
Ryan Fellowships	Students dedicated to the exploration of nanotechnology	Jan 22, 2010 (incoming students)	Any	24 months	$7500 award, $5000 as additional stipend, $2500 for research	Must then apply for "continuing"
Ryan Fellowships	Students dedicated to the exploration of nanotechnology	May 21, 2010 (continuing students)	Any	36 months or until graduation, whichever comes first	$7500 award, $5000 as additonal stipend, $2500 for research	Yes, up to 3 years, but not longer
ARCS Foundation Scholarships	Outstanding sutdents specializing in natural sciences and engineering. Must be a U.S. citizen, must have an undergraduate and graduate grade point average of 3.5+	February 26th, 2010	Any	9 months	Last year was $10,000	Recipients may reapply
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts	Any full-time NU graduate student working on a project that challenges traditional notiosn of art in an innovative way.	April 2nd, 2010	Any	For the duration of the project	Max amount = $9,000	No
Conference Travel Grant	Any full-time NU graduate student who has completed 3 quarters of residency presenting at a conference.	Applications must be received before travel occurs. Final due date is June 11th, 2010. (We are no longer accepting applications for the 2008-9 year)	Any beyond 3 quarters of full-time tuition and residency	Covers the period of conference travel	$700 or $500 depending on program	Yes, each academic year
Graduate Research Grant (GRG)	PhD students in the social sciences/humanities and MFA students pursuing scholarly research or completing a creative endeavor.	First Friday of the quarter: September 25, January 8, April 2	Any beyond 3 quarters of full-time tuition and residency	Awarded quarterly, for the duration of the project	Up to $3000	Recipients may reapply the following academic year for up to $1500
Summer Language Grant (SLG)	PhD students in social sciences/humanites, SESP, School of Communications, and School of music who must study over the summer months to acquire proficiency in a foreign language not available through ordinary enrollment.	March 05, 2010	1st, 2nd, 3rd year PhD students	From the end of the Spring quarter to the start of the Fall quarter	Up to $2000	Yes

Presidential Fellowships

The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by Northwestern. Fellowships are awarded for two years, and recipients become part of Northwestern University’s Society of Fellows. The fellowship will be awarded to candidates who combine outstanding intellectual or creative ability with the capacity to play an active part in the life of the Society of Fellows. The Society of Fellows, which meets twice per quarter, enables stellar students from across the university to have interdisciplinary interactions with their peers in other fields. The goal is to create future leaders who are enthusiastic and literate about the broad scholarship of the university. Applications are by nomination only.

Dr. John N. Nicholson Fellowships
These fellowships are for doctoral and master's degree students in the basic sciences and engineering, and doctoral degree students in management. Preference is given to United States citizens of Greek heritage.

Ryan Fellowships
Ryan Fellowships support the finest students of nanoscale science in the country, providing them with the education and experience to assume leadership roles in the realm of nanotechnology.

ARCS Foundation Scholarships--Achievement Rewards for Young Scientists

The Chicago Chapter of the ARCS Foundation is dedicated to helping the best and brightest United States students by providing scholarship support in the natural sciences, medicine, and engineering. ARCS awards are administered through Northwestern University.

Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts

CIRA has been committed to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary arts research since its inception in 1986. CIRA encourages bordercrossings: between artists and scholars; between disciplines and schools; between faculty, staff, and students; and between Northwestern and outside communities. Since 1996, CIRA's focus has been to promote and fund art works that are interdisciplinary and/or collaborative in their creation, production, or dissemination. Traditionally the arts have been an area in which new ideas are tested, norms are challenged, and possibilities are entertained. CIRA supports such innovative work.

Conference Travel Grant

The Conference Travel Grant is available on an annual basis to PhD and MFA students beyond their first year of graduate study at Northwestern. The grant provides some funds to assist PhD and MFA students traveling to conferences and/or seminars to make presentations on behalf of the University. The award is not designed to support attending classes at other institutions, general educational or research travel.

Graduate Research Grant (GRG)

The Graduate Research Grant (GRG) is intended to help PhD and MFA students in historically underfunded disciplines to meet expenses related to scholarly research and creative endeavors. PhD students in the social sciences and humanities (including students in WCAS and the schools of Communication, Education and Social Policy, and Music) as well as MFA students are eligible for the GRG.

Summer Language Grant (SLG)

The Summer Language Grant (SLG) is intended to assist PhD students with expenses related to language acquisition during the summer. The grant is intended for students who must travel outside the Chicago metropolitan area to obtain language training necessary for their research and/or to meet degree requirements. First-, second-, and third-year PhD students in the social sciences and humanities (including students in WCAS and the schools of Communication, Education and Social Policy, and Music) are eligible. Students may apply for an SLG to pursue immersion language training either at a domestic university or via a study abroad program.

University Fellowships
University fellowships provide tuition and a stipend, usually paid in monthly installments. Fellowships are awarded for a period of one academic year. Recipients are eligible to apply for renewal with their departments.

Walter P. Murphy Fellowships
Murphy Fellowships are designated for graduate students in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship, Dissertation Year Fellowship, and Research Fellowship are no longer offered due to the Graduate School's improved funding packages for graduate students. Incoming PhD students in WCAS Humanities and Social Science, Math, and Statistics programs are now guaranteed five years and four summers of funding.

Last updated: Jul 20 2009 1:18PM