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Helpful Links

• The Northwestern Office of Fellowships Graduate Opportunities in Psychology
• Cornell University's Free Online Grant Database
  

 

External Funding Opportunities

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Fellowships

1.)  NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Research Fellowship Program

• Website: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/

 

2.) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) For Individual Predoctoral Fellows from NIH

• Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-108.html

 

3.) NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students

• Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-112.html

4.) American Association of University Women

• Website: http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellows_directory/

 

5.) American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)

• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fellowship
• Website: http://www.apa.org/mfp/cprogram.html
• Predoctoral Fellowships in the Neurosciences
• Website: http://www.apa.org/mfp/prprogram.html

 

6.) Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

• Website: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/fellowship-awards

7.) Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation:

• Website: http://woodrow.org/higher-education-fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php

8.) United States Department of Defense

• The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
• Website: http://www.asee.org/ndseg/

9.) Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program

• Website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html

10.) SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) of Canada Doctoral Awards

• Website: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/doctoral-doctorat-eng.aspx

 

11.) Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

• Website: http://www.pdsoros.org/

12.) DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

• Website: http://www.daad.org/?p=gradstudy

 

Research Awards

1.) APAGS (American Psychological Association Graduate Student) Scholarships and Awards

• Website: http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrdsintro.html

2.) APA (American Psychological Association) Dissertation Research Award Program

• Website: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/scidir-dissertre.aspx

3.) APF/COGDOP (American Psychological Foundation/ Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology) Graduate Research Scholarships in Psychology

• Website: http://www.apa.org/science/apf-cogdop.html

4.) Ford Foundation

• Website: http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/individuals-seeking- fellowships

5.) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

• Website: http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=727

6.) Society for the Psychology of Women

• Website: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/div-35-hyde.aspx