Student Scholarship Information

Although the Department attempts to provide tuition remissions and stipends for graduate students, below is a list of other potential graduate funding sources to which we encourage students to apply.

This list contains links to general graduate student funding and support as well to more specific listings of funding sources, including dissertation funding and minority funding.

General funding sources

http://www.ess.pdx.edu/fao
Internal funding web page for PSU including links to off-campus resources

http://www3.fastweb.com
FastWeb, the Internet's leading scholarship search service, helps students make the decisions that shape their lives: choosing a college, paying for college and finding jobs during and after college. And it's all free.

http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/fellowships/fellowships_resources.shtml
list of web sites to assist students in finding those much-needed support dollars while attending graduate school.

http://www.fdncenter.org
The Foundation Center’s Home Page

http://www.fundsnetservices.com/2000/scholar0.htm
Fundsnet Scholarships and Financial Aid Section

http://scholarships.kachinatech.com/scholarships/scholar3.html
College Scholarships, Graduate Fellowships & Postdoctoral Awards

http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships
fellowship and grant programs sponsored by the Social Science Research Council either independently or with other organizations. These programs provide predissertation and dissertation fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, and advanced research grants in both the social sciences and humanities. Some programs also provide support for natural scientists and non-academic professionals.

http://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/content/pay_scholarship_search.html
Free online scholarship service. The wiredscholar scholarship search is one of the most comprehensive services on the Internet.

http://www.students.gov
Links to web sites that help students prepare for graduate/professional school

Dissertation Funding

http://www.nsf.gov/search97cgi/vtopic
The National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research awards grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research.

http://www.apa.org/students/funding.html
List of resources for funding your psychology education, including APA Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award Program and Student Travel Awards, APASSC small grant program, and other APA and non-APA grants, awards, fellowships, and scholarships.

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/pga
Ford Foundation Dissertation & Predoctoral Fellowships For Minorities

http://www.spssi.org/mayo.html
The Clara Mayo grants in Support of Masters' Theses and Pre-Dissertation

Minority Funding

http://www.nwsa.org/ssnwsa.html
Scholarships and awards in women’s studies

http://www.apa.org/mfp
APA Minority Fellowship Program

http://www.asanet.org/student/mfp.html
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of minority sociologists in mental health.

http://www.gmsp.org
Gates Millennium Scholars