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Fellowship/Scholarship Funder Focus Eligibility/Criteria Amount Deadlines Website
AFIO Scholarships Association of Former Intelligence Officers national security interests U.S. citizens, enrolled in a domestic university up to $3,500 June http://www.afio.com/13_scholarships.htm
Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36) NIH/NIA aging and aging-related health conditions individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been historically underrepresented in health-related sciences $26,000 annual stipend and up to $20,000 for additional expenses February/June/October https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-025.html
Association for Women in Science Predoctoral Awards Association for Women in Science Behavioral sciences Women expecting to graduate within 2 years of the application deadline $10,000 March https://www.awis.org/scholarships/
Dissertation Fellowships American Association of University Women all fields of study women scholars, US citizens, permanent residents up to $30,000 November https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/
Dissertation Fellowships Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation  global security priorities UC graduate students $25,000 February https://igcc.ucsd.edu/funding/dissertation-fellowship-competition.html
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Ford Foundation research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs  U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents, Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S. $27,000 annual stipend December http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958.htm
Graduate Research Fellowships NSF Social sciences, psychology, STEM education US citizens, have completed no more than one academic year of full-time graduate study $34,000 annual stipend, $12,000 cost of education allowance to institution October http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Graduate Scholarship Program CIA science & technology, digital innovation, support, analytical U.S. citizens, enrolled in a domestic university, must work at least one 90-day tour at CIA before graduating, After graduation, all scholarship recipients must work at CIA for a period of 1.5 years per year of paid scholarship received tuition support of up to $25,000 per year June https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/graduate-scholarship-program/
Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression Ph.D. candidates entering the dissertation stage of graduate study $25,000 February http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants NSF nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales graduate students up to $20,000 rolling https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20583/nsf20583.htm#budg_cst_shr_txt
Humane Studies Fellowship Institute for Humane Studies classical liberal scholarship Be enrolled full time in a PhD program at any institution $15,000 numerous throughout the year https://theihs.org/funding-career-resources/humane-studies-fellowship/
SPSSI Applied Social Issues Internship Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues research that is conducted in cooperation with a community or government organization, public interest group or other not-for-profit entity that will benefit directly from the project member of SPSSI up to $2,500 March https://www.spssi.org/index.cfm/?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=637
SPSSI Grants-in-aid Program Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources member of SPSSI up to $1,000 May/October https://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=730
SPSSI Social Issues Dissertation Award Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues socially relevant research in a social science with psychological subject matter doctoral dissertation up to $1,000 May https://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=724
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) Smithsonian Institute environmental science, anthropology, history of science and technology, social and cultural history of the US graduate students $40,000 stipend and up to $4,000 research allowance November https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/
Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants American Psychological Foundation empirical and applied research focused on lesbian, gay and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender family therapy Advanced graduate student $8,000 November https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/scrivner?tab=2
Wayne F. Placek Grants American Psychological Foundation behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues doctoral‐level researcher or graduate student  $9,000 March https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/placek?tab=2