Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
Below are links to various graduate student funding opportunities, including research grants, travel grants, and scholarships. Please note, this is not an exhaustive list. We strongly encourage you to discuss funding opportunities with your advisor, committee members, and fellow graduate students. In addition, it is often beneficial to take some time to do your own web search for potential funding - your research and career path is unique; therefore, there may be opportunities available for your situation that others are not aware of.
Funding Opportunities at the University of Utah
Geography Department Opportunities:
- RA/TA/GA funding applications
- Conference Travel Awards
- Online/Virtual Conference Awards
- Professional Development/Training Awards
Available to University of Utah Geography MS and PhD students
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Funding Opportunities
Scholarships available across the disciplines within the college of social and behavioral sciences (including geography); some opportunities target specific disciplines/criteria, other scholarships are more general.
Graduate School Funding Opportunities
Scholarships and Funding available across all disciplines; some opportunities are more general, while others have specific criteria
Associated Students of the University of Utah
Travel award for University of Utah students
Lists of Nationally Competitive Funding Opportunities
These sites provide lists of a large number of the nationally-competitive funding opportunities. However, these are not exhaustive lists. It may be helpful to do your own search as well.
External Organizations that Recently Funded University of Utah Geography Graduate Students
These fellowships are competitive and prestigious; cross all disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation
These fellowships are competitive and prestigious; cross many disciplines but require use or development of NASA assets
“The Ford Foundation Fellowships are designed to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.”
Funding available to members of AGU
American Association of Geographers
Funding available to members of AAG
Funding available to members of GSA
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Funding for PhD students whose research focuses on the humanities or interpretive social sciences