External Opportunities
Source: https://gradschool.umd.edu/funding/fellowships-awards/external-opportunities Parent: https://gradschool.umd.edu/funding
University of Maryland graduate students have been highly successful in competing for fellowships awarded by outside agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Ford Foundation. Even if you have a funding guarantee from your department, there are compelling reasons to apply for a competitive external fellowship.
- A competitive external fellowship is an honor that will stay with you throughout your career
- Distinguish your CV when you enter the job market.
- Clarify your thinking about your research and expose you to valuable feedback.
- Increase your flexibility in selecting advisors, choosing research projects, and conducting fieldwork.
- Help faculty support more students by bringing your own funding to a field.
Resources
SPINPlus Search System: The university subscribes to the SPINPlus database that houses more than 40,000 funding opportunities worldwide for faculty, staff and students. Use SPINPlus to set up search parameters and set up email alerts.
UMD National Scholarships Office (NSO): The NSO office is located in Marie Mount Hall and they primarily support undergraduate students. However, this office also provides support for graduate students applying for the NSF GRFP, the Fulbright, and several others.
Limited Submissions: Students interested in being nominated for limited submission fellowships such as Apple Scholars and the Google PhD fellowship can review this webpage for more information. Please consult with your department to learn about the nomination process.
External Opportunities
Summer Deadlines
July Deadline:\ ARPA-E Fellows\ Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Fellowships\ Lewis Center for the Arts: Princeton Arts Fellowship\ Lewis Center for the Arts: The Hodder Fellowship\ Schmidt Science Fellows\ \ August Deadline:\ Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship program (Limited Submission)\ IBM PhD Fellowships (Limited Submission)\ Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program (Postdoctoral)
September Deadlines
ACLS: The McClary-Walser Fellowship in Music Studies\ Dan David Prize\ Fulbright Postdoc Fellowship\ Harvard Academy Scholarships\ John F. Kennedy Library: Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship\ John F. Kennedy Library: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Research Fellowship\ John F. Kennedy Library: Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship\ John F. Kennedy Library: Theodore C. Sorensen Research Fellowship\ NVIDIA Fellowships\ National Gallery of Art - Visiting Senior Fellowship Program\ The National Academies: Jefferson Science Fellowship\ The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
October Deadlines
AAUW - American Association of Women American Fellowship\ AAUW - American Association of Women Career Development Grants\ AAUW - American Association of Women International Fellowships\ AAUW - International Fellowships For Women\ ACLS: Henry Luce Dissertation Fellowships in American Art\ Activate Fellowship\ Association of Public Health Laboratories (APL) Fellowships & Internships\ Echoing Green\ Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award\ Internship: The Archives of American Art\ Louisville Institute Seminary Post Doctoral Fellowship\ Marshall Scholarships\ NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship\ NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)\ Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans\ PhRMA Foundation: Health Outcomes Predoctoral Fellowship (Limited Submission)\ President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program\ School of Social Science Visiting Scholars (limited submission)\ Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Programs\ The Herbet Scoville Jr Peace Fellowship\ The National Academies: Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program\ The National Gallery of Art - Senior Fellowship Program\ The Getty Foundation Fellowship\ The Rhodes Scholarship\ The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area Graduate Fellows Program\ UMD Global Stewards Graduate Training Fellowship\ Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships\ Maryland Legislative Fellows Program\ Wege Prize 2026 Design Brief
November Deadlines
ACLS: Henry Luce Foundation Program in China Studies\ ACLS: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies\ American Philosophical Society (Postdoctoral)\ American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)\ Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship\ Big Ten Academic Alliance-Smithsonian Fellowship\ Canadian Federation of University of Women\ Center for Khmer Studies Dissertation Fellowship\ Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity - Advanced Doctoral Student Dissertation Grants\ DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program\ Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship Program\ Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State\ History of Art Institutional Fellowships (Kress Foundation)\ Howard Hughes Medical Institute\ John F. Kennedy Library: Ernest Hemingway Research Grants\ Lafayette Fellowship\ Meta Fellowship Program\ National GEM Consortium\ National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships\ Newberry Long-Term Fellowships\ NIH and NIMH Fellowships\ Omohundro Institute - Short Term Fellowships\ Organization of American Historians: Huggins-Quarles Award\ Regeneron Careers Postdoctoral Fellowship\ Wenner Gren Foundation
December Deadlines
American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Fellowships\ Autism Science Foundation (PreDoc/Post Doc Fellowship)\ Center for Engaged Scholarship\ Council on LIbrary and Information Resources Postdoctoral Program\ Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award\ Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy - Grants\ Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship\ James Harris Arts and Humanities Visionary Scholarships\ John Carter Brown Library: Short-Term and Long-Term Fellowships\ Link Foundation Energy Program\ Marshall Sherfield Fellowships\ Newberry Short-Term Fellowships\ Point Foundation LGBT Scholarship\ Robert Schalkenback Foundation\ The Dedalus Foundation Dissertation Fellowships\ The Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives
January Deadlines
American Meteorological Society\ BC Children's Hospital Research Institute - Postdoctoral Program\ Boren Fellowships\ Bryce Harlow Foundation Fellowship\ Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship\ Chateaubriand Fellowship\ DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship\ Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship (limited submission)\ Graduate Women in Science\ Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity\ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Youth Scientist Summer Program\ Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program\ New York Historical Society: Andrew Mellon Fellowships\ Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship\ Roberta Sigel Early Career\ SSRC: Next Generation in Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Completion\ Society for Research in Child Development Fellowships\ Steven H. Sandell Grant Program (Retirement Research)\ The Economic Club: David M. Rubenstein Scholarship Program\ The Leakey Foundation\ Washington Biologists Field Club Research Award (WBFC)
February Deadlines
American Musicological Society: Alvin H. Johnson Fellowship\ American Musicological Society: Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship\ Chinese Language Fellowship Program\ Explorers Club Washington Group\ Frances M. Culbertson Travel Grant\ Hertog Foundation Constitutional Studies Program\ Hertog Foundation Political Studies Program\ Hispanic Scholarship Fund\ Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program\ Landscape Architecture Foundation: Olmsted Scholars Program\ Legacy Award of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc\ L'Oreal USA for Women in Science Fellowship\ Louisville Institute Seminary Dissertation Fellowship\ Margaret A. Blanchard Dissertation Prize\ McNell Center for Early American Studies\ Pat Tillman Foundation (military service members, veterans and spouses)\ Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize\ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Research Scholars\ The Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program (Postdoctoral Opportunity)\ USM BOR Student Excellence Scholarships\ Zuckerman Postdoctoral Program
March Deadlines
American Geophysical Union (AGU): The Horton Hydrology Research Grant\ Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowships\ Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy\ DAACS Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery - DAACS\ Health Policy for Research Scholars\ J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund\ Laura Bassi Scholarship\ National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP) Fellowship\ Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Dissertation Fellowship\ William Randolph Hearst Summer Fellowship
April Deadlines
Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)\ ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational & Data Science Fellowships\ Azrieli International Visiting PhD Fellowship\ National Institutes of Justice\ Phi Kappa Phi\ The Geneva Challenge\ The National Institute of Social Sciences - Dissertation Grants\ THE SALIX GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH SCHOLARS AWARD
May Deadlines
Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship\ Bryce Harlow Fellowship\ Department of Energy - Office of Science Graduate Student Research\ Gabr Fellowship\ Google PhD Fellowship (Limited Submission)\ National Academy of Public Administration - The Herbert Roback Scholarship\ NWRI Fellowship Program\ Prelinger Award\ SECU MD Foundation\ The Economic Club: Dearborn & Jordan Fellowships\ U.S. Department of Energy - The Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program\ Wenner Gren Foundation\
July Deadlines
Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships
Multiple Deadlines
Acoustical Society of America Fellowships\ Activate Fellowship\ American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship\ Caspar Wistar Postdoctoral Fellows Program\ Computer Science Fellowship Opportunities\ DACOR Bacon House Foundation Scholarship for the Study of Foreign Affairs\ Dreyfus Foundation\ Educational Testing Service (ETS) Scholarship Opportunities\ Entrepreneurship Scholarship for Women\ Fulbright Opportunities at UMD\ Grants.Gov Funding Opportunities\ Hearst Journalism Awards Program - Multimedia (Limited Submission)\ Hearst Journalism Awards Program - Photojournalism (Limited Submission)\ Hearst Journalism Awards Program - Television (Limited Submission)\ Hearst Journalism Awards Program - Writing (Limited Submission)\ John F. Kennedy Library Foundation: Kennedy Library Research Grants\ LAURA BASSI SCHOLARSHIP\ Marcellus Policy Fellowship\ National Gallery of Art: Fellowships\ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)\ National Institute of Health Fellowships\ National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunities\ National Science Foundation\ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Student Research Participation\ Resources for the Future\ Smithsonian - Internship Opportunities\ SSRC (Social Science Research Council) website\ THE HUBERT H. HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM\ The Medieval Academy of America: Awards and Fellowships\ The Stephen C. Rose Legacy Scholarships\ U.S. Department of State: Student Internships\ Virginia Tech Postdoctoral Fellowship
Chat