A variety of outside sources of funding are available to you. Below is a list of some nationally available options, arranged by the month of the due date.
September-October
- Council on Foreign Relations Fellowships
- Fulbright Fellowships for International Study
- Microsoft Research PhD Fellowships
- Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies
November
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
- Critical Language Scholarship Program (language study abroad)
- Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships
- Ford Foundation Fellowships
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) International Dissertation Research Fellowships
December
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholarships
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
- The Rosenthal Fellowship
January
- Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship
- Facebook Fellowship
- National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Graduate Fellowships
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowships
February
- Daniel B. Goldberg Scholarship
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
- National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateships
March–June
- American Indian Graduate Center Fellowships
- Bullitt Environmental Leadership Fellowship
- Congressional Black Caucus Fellowship Programs
- CBC Spouses Education Scholarship
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
- WREI Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy
Additional Funding Sources
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Education Funding and Awards
- Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program
- DACOR Bacon House Foundation Fellowships
- George J. Mitchell Scholarship
- George A. Neilson Public Investor Scholarship
- Institute of Current World Affairs Fellowships
- Institute for Humane Studies
- Mayme and Herb Frank Scholarship Program
- Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship
- William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students
For International Students
- CAIXA (Spain)
- Colfuturo (Colombia)
- CONACYT (Mexico and Paraguay)
- CSN (Sweden)
- Fulbright Foreign Student Program
- FUNED (Mexico)
- Islamic Scholarship Fund
- Lanekassen (Norway)
- SERVIR (for students from Peru)
- SelfScore International Student Scholarship
- The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
- United States Institute of Peace Grants and Fellowships
- U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Scholarship
- U.S. Department of State Consular Fellows Program
General Resources
- APSIA Resources
- Fastweb.com
- Foundation Center
- Idealist.org
- International Education Financial Aid
- JLV College Counseling
- Scholarships.com
For more information
Recruitment and Admissions
School of Public and International Affairs
3601 Posvar Hall
412-648-7640
spia@pitt.edu