The College of Graduate Studies at UCF awards over one million dollars in fellowship stipends each year. Fellowships are awarded to students in acknowledgement of their impressive past achievements and in anticipation of their future successes at UCF and beyond. Students may receive fellowships from the UCF College of Graduate Studies, from their college or department, or from agencies or organizations outside of UCF. Graduate fellowship funds are awarded to enhance a fellow's scholarly and educational endeavors, but there are no specific assignments associated with the award. Instead, fellows are expected to participate fully in their program and in the intellectual community of the university, thereby enriching the experience of that community.
University Fellowships
Information about the fellowships offered through the UCF College of Graduate Studies can be found below. Most university fellowships are reserved for incoming degree-seeking graduate students and require full-time enrollment. Additional fellowships may be available in your academic college or department. You may also wish to search for external fellowship programs that support graduate students. Brief descriptions of several of these external fellowship opportunities can be found toward the bottom of this page.
To be considered for a UCF fellowship, students should submit a complete application for admission, including all supporting documentation (e.g., test scores, letters of recommendation, transcripts) by January 15.
Trustees Doctoral Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $25,000
Duration: 4 years
Eligibility: all new doctoral students
College-nominated, selected by UCF Graduate Fellowships Committee
Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $17,000
Duration: 4 years
Eligibility: new doctoral students (U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens)
College-nominated, selected by UCF Graduate Fellowships Committee
MFA Provost’s Graduate Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $10,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: students who are newly enrolling in one of UCF's Master of Fine Arts programs
College-nominated
Graduate Dean's Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $4,000 supplement to a qualifying assistantship or fellowship
Duration: 4 years
Eligibility: all new master's, specialist, or doctoral students
College-nominated
UCF Graduate RAMP Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $10,000
Duration: 4 years doctoral;2 years master's
Eligibility: new graduate students who completed the UCF undergraduate RAMP program
Selected by UCF Graduate Fellowships Committee
Fellowship Application Due Date: January 15, 2013 for Fall 2013 Admission
UCF Graduate McNair Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $17,000 doctoral;$10,000 master's
Duration: 2 years doctoral; 2 years master's
Eligibility: new graduate students who completed a McNair Scholars program as an undergraduate
Selected by UCF Graduate Fellowships Committee
Fellowship Application Due Date: January 15, 2013 for Fall 2013 Admission
Boyd Lyon Memorial Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $18,000
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: new doctoral students admitted to the Conservation Biology PhD program
College-nominated, selected by UCF Graduate Fellowships Committee
Summer Mentoring Fellowship
Summer stipend: $3,500
Duration: 1 summer semester
Eligibility: all new incoming minority graduate students (U.S. citizens or permanent resident alien)
Program-nominated, February 15, 2013
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $12,000
Duration: 5 years
Eligibility: new African American or Hispanic (U.S. citizens) doctoral students
McKnight Application must be submitted to the Florida Education Fund by January 15, merit-based
Florida A&M University Feeder Program
Yearly stipend: $10,000
Duration: 4 years doctoral;2 years master's
Eligibility: new graduate students who completed the FAMU Feeder Scholars program and graduated from FAMU within the last three semesters of their entry into a UCF graduate program
Fellowship application due March 1, 2013
Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship
Yearly stipend: $5,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: new and continuing graduate minority students (U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens)
Fellowship application due March 1, 2013
GEM—National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Sciences, Inc.
GEM Application required, merit-based
GEM e-mail: gem.1@nd.edu
Other Funding Opportunities
Below is a list of additional funding resources available to qualified graduate students. For a listing of some externally funded awards available specifically to minority students, visit Diversity.
UCF Alumni Association Scholarships
The UCF Alumni Association awards more than $40,000 in scholarships each year to undergraduate and graduate students. See www.ucfalumni.com for information on how to apply.
UCF Office of Student Financial Assistance Scholarship Listing
UCF Department of Housing and Residence Life
The Department of Housing and Residence Life at the University of Central Florida offers an outstanding experience for graduate students. Their position of graduate assistant (GA) provides a valuable work experience where classroom knowledge can be applied to professional practice. Each GA position is tailored to the interests of the GA, as able, in addition to keeping in mind the needs of the individual residence hall staff and community. We offer experiences in leadership, supervision, advising, mediation, conduct, crisis response, professional networking, budgeting, facilities, Fraternity and Sorority life and many more. Becoming a graduate assistant for our department will certainly fulfill a graduate student's personal and professional goals and aspirations as a complement to the graduate student's academic experience.
For more information about the graduate assistant position, visit employment.housing.ucf.edu/ga/.
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
The Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship (PEF) is a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship focusing on the application of quantitative methods to the science of health protection, health promotion, and disease prevention. Applicants should be eligible to work in the U.S., be willing to relocate to Atlanta, Georgia, and posess a doctoral degree in economics or applied economics, decision sciences, health services research or related health sciences, industrial engineering or operations research, pulic policy analysis, or a related quantitatively-oriented field. Applications are accepted online at http://www.cdc.gov/pef between September and January.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
For information about the application process for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, visit: www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/Login.do.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)
For information about the application process for GROW, visit http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126225&org=NSF&from=news.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge
Have you ever thought of ways to improve STEM graduate education? Do you have a creative idea regarding graduate training? If so, NSF wants to hear from you!
The National Science Foundation Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge is calling for entries from currently enrolled STEM graduate students and teams. They are invited to submit innovative ideas to prepare today’s graduate students for tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges. Entries are solicited for ideas with the potential to improve graduate education and professional development. Ideas can be directed toward students, faculty, departments, institutions, professional societies, and/or federal agencies. Winning ideas will be shared widely and winners will receive prizes between $1000 and $3000. For more information and to enter the challenge, go to www.nsf.gov/gradchallenge/.
Presidential Management Fellows Program
Students interested in this program should submit an application to www.USAJOBS.gov. This program provides a GS-9 to 13 level job to the finalists and many students in public affairs and policy issues are frequent applicants, but any major is encouraged. This is a government personnel development program and the program hopes that students will become federal government employees after the program ends. Further information is available at www.pmf.gov. If UCF students have questions, they should contact Heather Engelking in Career Services at 407-823-1726 or Heather.Engelking@ucf.edu.
Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security
The Center for Global Food Secuirty at Purdue University is accepting applications for the Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security program. Applications are due November 11, 2012. Information is available at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food/borlaugfellows/.
Chateubriand Fellowship Science Program
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States. For information about the Chateaubriand Fellowship Science Program, visit http://france-science.org/chateaubriand or contact the Chateaubriand Fellowship Assistant at Phuong.Pham@diplomatie.gouv.fr.
National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is intended for U.S. graduate students pursuing studies in fields supported by the National Science Foundation. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, round-trip airfare to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply for the EAPSI. Applicants must be enrolled in a research-oriented master's or PhD program and be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents by the application deadline date. Students in combined bachelor/master degree programs must have matriculated from the undergraduate degree program by the application deadline date.
Application instructions are available online at www.nsfsi.org. For more information concerning benefits, eligibility, and tips on applying, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nsf.gov/eapsi or www.nsfsi.org.
If you have questions, please contact the EAPSI Help Desk by e-mail at eapsi@nsfsi.org or by phone at 1-866-501-2922.
NanoScience Technology Center Graduate Fellowship
For more information, email nano@ucf.edu ("Attn: Fellowship Committee" in subject field).
National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)
UCF participates in the NSHMBA University Partnership Program. For award details, visit http://www.nshmba.org/?page=Scholarship.
SMART Scholarship
The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-service Program fully funds undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of technical areas, including all fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, brain and cognitive sciences, and mathematics. The application web page is www.asee.org/SMART.
Jefferson Science Fellowships
An online application and detailed instructions on the application process are available on the JSF website: www.nas,edu/jsf.
Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship
This scholarship is for students who are African American, U.S. citizen, resident of South Florida, and enrolled full-time in a graduate business program (master’s or doctoral) at a Florida University. The applicant must plan to pursue a professional career in South Florida (South Florida includes Broward, Dade, Collier, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Manatee, Martin, Monroe, St. Lucie and Sarasota counties). For details about scholarship criteria and the application process, see the website at www.jackituckfield.org/.
The American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation has a number of funding opportunities for U.S. and international women scholars whose community or professional work shows a commitment for improving the opportunities and conditions for women and girls. For fellowship and grant program applications and deadlines, visit the AAUW Educational Foundation website at www.aauw.org/learn/fellows_directory/.
National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program
- Fellowship grants are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who are committed to reduce their campus carbon footprint
- Projects including: greenhouse gas inventories, climate action plans, energy conservation and efficiency, habitat restoration, convening climate action gatherings and more will be considered.
- Provides $2,000 for undergraduate students
- Provides $5,000 for graduate students
- Fall Deadline: October 1. Additional submission deadlines throughout the year.
For more information, visit http://ayea.org/resources/scholarships/.
National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) awards
- Each year, these agencies fund over $100,000,000 and attract over 14,000 applicants from the STEM fields. Funding is available for undergraduate and graduate students, post doctoral researchers, faculty, and those on sabbatical leave.
- For further information on a number of fellowship opportunities, visit www.asee.org/fellowships.
The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program
- Approximately 30 Fellowships of $25,000 are awarded each year by the Spencer Foundation to support doctoral candidates in a variety of fields whose dissertations promise to contribute fresh perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of education.
- For more information, visit www.spencer.org.
STAR Graduate Student Fellowship
Must be a graduate students (admitted or enrolled); U.S. citizen or permanent resident; one year or less completed in a master's program/four years or less completed in a doctoral program. The award provides $42,000 per year for 2 years (master's) or 3 years (doctoral). The deadline to apply is in November. Information is available at http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2013/2013_star_gradfellow.html
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Program
Every year, the Honor Society for Phi Kappa Phi awards fifty-seven fellowships of $5,000 each and three at $15,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. For selection criteria and to apply, go to Awards at PhiKappaPhi.org.
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Applications are now being accepted online at http://national-academies.org/fellowships for the 2013 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national
- Must be planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social sciences, or humanities
- Approximately 65 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships will be sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies
- Application Deadlines: Predoctoral: November 14, 2012; Dissertation: November 19, 2012; Postdoctoral: November 19, 2012
For further information, contact the National Research Council of the National Academies at infofell@nas.edu or call (202) 334-2872
The Florida Gubernatorial Fellowship
Participation in the program provides Florida college and university students with firsthand, high-level experience and insight into how state government operates. For more information and to apply, visit www.FloridaFellows.com.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Graduate Fellowships
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute offers a variety of graduate fellowships to qualified applicants. For detailed information and to download and application form, see the Intercollegiate Studies Institute website at http://home.isi.org/programs/fellowships.
Financial Information in the Graduate Catalog
National Research Council of the National Academies
The NRC sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at federal laboratories and affiliated institutes. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $42,000 - $75,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience and graduate entry level stipends beginning at $30,000 and higher for additional experience. The awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.
Detailed program information, including instructions on how to apply online and a list of participating laboratories, is available on the NRC Research Associateship Programs Web site at: www.nationalacademies.org/rap. Questions should be directed to the NRC at 202-334-2760 (phone) or rap@nas.edu.
ETS Fellowship and Internship Programs
The goals of the ETS awards programs are to provide research opportunities to scholars who either hold a doctoral degree or are enrolled in a doctoral program and to increase the number of women and underrepresented minority professionals in the field of educational research.
AAHHE and ETS Outstanding Dissertations Competition 2013
The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), in conjunction with Educational Testing Service (ETS), has announced the annual Outstanding Dissertation Competition. See www.aahhe.org for information on how to apply.
Summer Research for Graduate Students
Sixteen selected interns will conduct research on a project of their choice under the guidance of an ETS mentor in Princeton. Seminars and workshops will be offered. Graduate students, who are currently enrolled full-time in a doctoral program and have completed a minimum of two years coursework toward their Ph.D. or Ed.D. on or before program start date, are eligible to apply.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Up to three fellows will be selected and invited to conduct independent research described in a proposal submitted as part of the application process. Candidates must hold a PhD or an EdD. The fellowship is for a period of up to two years, renewable after the first year by mutual agreement.
Sylvia Taylor Johnson Minority Fellowship in Educational Measurement
A fellow will be selected to conduct independent research, described in a proposal submitted as part of the application process. Candidates must have received their PhD or EdD within the past ten years. The fellowship is for a period of up to two years, renewable after the first year by mutual agreement.
Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship
During the academic year fellows will study at their universities and conduct a research project under the supervision of an academic mentor and in consultation with an ETS research scientist. During the summer, fellows will be invited to participate in the Summer Research Program working under the guidance of an ETS researcher. The program is open to national and international applicants who are enrolled in a doctoral program and have completed at least two years of full-time study toward the PhD.
ETS Contacts
For detailed information and to apply online, see the ETS Fellowship Programs Website at: www.ets.org/research/fellowships.html or request application materials from:
Linda DeLauro: fellowships@ets.org, Phone: 609-734-1806
Gloria Moreland: internships@ets.org, Phone: 609-734-5949
General Funding
Zonta International
www.zonta.org/WhatWeDo.aspx
Funding available for women in the fields of science, business, and public affairs (doctoral only)
American Association of University Women
www.aauw.org/fga/index.cfm
Funding available for women
Arts Social Science Research Council
www.ssrc.org/fellowships/search/
Funding available for all doctoral students in the fields of humanities and social science
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
www.woodrow.org/fellowships/index.php
Funding and fellowships available to all students
Hertz Foundation
www.hertzfoundation.org/
Funding available to all students in the field of applied science or engineering (computer science, physics, math, chemistry, etc)
APA online
www.apa.org/about/awards/index.aspx
Funding available for all students in the field of psychology
Discipline-specific Funding
Business
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students.
www.aicpa.org/Career/DiversityInitiatives/Pages/fmds.aspx
KPMG Accounting firm offers Minority Accounting Doctoral Scholarships
http://www.kpmgfoundation.org/foundinit.asp#grad
Education
The Spencer Foundation
www.spencer.org/
Funding available to all doctoral students in the field of education
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Funding available to all students, FAFSA application required
Engineering
UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science
www.cecs.ucf.edu/scholar/info
Funding available to students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Hertz Foundation
www.hertzfndn.org/index.shtml
Funding available to all students in the field of applied science or engineering (computer science, physics, math, chemistry, etc.)
American Society for Engineering Education
www.asee.org
Funding available for all students in the field of engineering-NDSEG fellowships and SMART scholarships
Optics
Kidger Optics Associates
www.kidger.com/mkms_home.html
Funding for all students in this field
Hospitality
Tourism Cares for Tomorrow
www.tourismcares.org/
Funding available to all students
Public Administration
Foundation for Community Association Research
www.cairf.org/
Funding available to all students in the field of public affairs
Modeling and Simulation
LINK Foundation
www.ist.ucf.edu/link_foundation.htm
Funding available to all students in this field for research and training