Funding Opportunities at UMass

• Check the Graduate School  funding page 

Funding within the Department

• Graduate School Travel Grants (must be spent on travel related costs): Highest ranked poster presenters from our Recruiting Weekend Poster Session will receive a portion of this award
• Maden Travel Award (must be spent on travel related costs): Highest ranked poster presenters from our Recruiting Weekend Poster Session will receive a portion of this award
• Tillwick Award: Highest ranked TA’s for Fall or Spring and/or highest ranked G.R.A.S.S. will receive a portion of this award
• Eldridge Award: Highest ranked TA’s for Fall or Spring and/or highest ranked G.R.A.S.S. will receive a portion of this award
• Brady/Shah Award: GPD chooses 1 recipient based on application packet of any 1st year female students with an International Degree
• Douglas Fellowship (replaces RA stipend): Proposals requested periodically when funds are available. The COE will choose the recipient(s).
• PPG Fellowship (replaces RA stipend): Proposals requested periodically when funds are available. The GPD will choose the recipient(s).
• Contact the GPD if you are interested in TA'ing for ChE 401 (Fall) or ChE 402 (Spring) -- PhD students are preferred but MS students can be chosen if we are short on student TAs in a given semester

Here are some other places to search through

• Resources for POCs in STEAM
• ACS Grants, Fellowships and Awards page
• Caltech page for external fellowships in Science and Engineering
• Columbia University/Engineering's page on external fellowships
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Harvard University
• H-Net -- humanities and social sciences opportunities
• UCLA