Funding Opportunities Upcoming Deadlines and Opportunities (March 2022)

As always, to see additional fellowships and award opportunities, visit the CURF Resources for Graduate Students and Grad Center Grants and Fellowships webpages. Additional individual & student funding and financial assistance can be found on our Graduate Funding & Finances page. 

Upcoming Deadlines 

ARDRAW Grant Program
Deadline: February 25
The Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Analyzing Relationships Between Disability, Rehabilitation and Work (ARDRAW) Small Grant Program provides a one-year, $10,000 stipend to graduate students conducting research that fosters new analysis of work, rehabilitation, and disability issues. Learn more and apply at ardraw.policyresearchinc.org

Wolf Humanities Center Graduate Research Fellowships
Deadline: March 21
The Wolf Humanities Center offers two one-year research fellowships to Penn graduate students in the humanities who are ABD and conducting research related to an annual theme. The 2022-23 theme is Heritage. Research fellows receive $2,500 each and are required to attend the Center’s weekly Mellon Research Seminar and to present their work at one of the sessions. https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu

Y.H. Park Fellowship
Deadline: March 27
One-year fellowship to support a Ph.D. or a research master’s student in the humanities, social sciences, international management, international studies, or fine arts whose primary research area is Korea and whose thesis/dissertation will be on Korea. Fellows must have sufficient Korean-language proficiency to use Korean-language sources in conducting research and writing dissertations.

CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: March 31, June 30
Three-year multi-disciplinary postdoctoral fellowship program for trainees with Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degrees interested in clinical and/or translational cancer research at MD Anderson Cancer Center. 

Sobti Family Fellowship
Deadline: April 3
The Sobti Family Fellowship will provide up to two Penn doctoral students with $12,500 each to develop independent research interests broadly related to CASI’s agenda. The Fellowship award will include an unrestricted $10,000* grant with the addition of up to $2,500 in reimbursed domestic travel expenses, conference attendance fees, and research materials. The award can be received in conjunction with existing graduate funding.

Ackoff Doctoral Student Fellowship
Deadline: April 3
Research grants of up to $4,000 for Penn doctoral students conducting research directly related to the Wharton Risk Center's current research agenda. Potential topics to receive funding must align thematically with one of our five research labs: (1) disaster risk management, (2) business, climate, and the environment, (3) risk communication & decision-making, (4) behavioral science & technology, and (5) political risk.

IES Predoctoral Training Program 
April 4
Multi-year, interdisciplinary fellowship and training program for current Penn Ph.D. students committed to learning rigorous methods for conducting actionable, equitable field-based research to inform policy and practice.

National Academies NRC Research Associateship Program (RAP)
Deadline: May 1
Paid graduate and postdoctoral research opportunities in science and technology at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. Citizenship requirements and eligibility criteria vary by research opportunity. 

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
Deadline: May 4
The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. PhD students (US citizens or lawful permanent residents) to pursue part of their dissertation research at a DOE laboratory/facility in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission.

Perry World House/Foreign Affairs Emerging Scholars Policy Prize
Deadline: May 11
This $10,000 prize recognizes outstanding essays with new ideas on how to tackle the world’s biggest policy challenges. Advanced PhD candidates and early career scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to apply, and the winning entries will be published in Foreign Affairs magazine.

Teach for China Fellowship Program
Deadline: June 30
Teach For China is an educational non-profit program under The Lead Foundation. The fellowship program opens to all Chinese students graduating before July 15, 2022. TFC is hoping to recruit fellows to participate in the two-year teaching program and serve schools in rural areas of the country. Learn more at http://www.meilizhongguo.org/.

Ongoing Opportunities or Rolling Deadlines 

Community Impact Fund 
Deadline: rolling
The Community Impact Fund provides small grants to support graduate student initiatives and activities that address racial, cultural, or gender-based bias. The goal of the fund is to help foster a community of mutual respect and intercultural understanding on campus, particularly among graduate and professional students. Learn more at gsc.upenn.edu/impact-fund. 

Campaign for Community 
Deadline: rolling
The Campaign for Community aims to strengthen our Penn community by finding ways to discuss and understand key issues that may appear to be difficult or intractable. The program provides grants of up to $1500 for projects and activities that help advance the Campaign's goals of encouraging mutual understanding, respect, and discussion among members of the community on important topics. Learn more at https://provost.upenn.edu/campaign-community.

Dirksen Congressional Center Congressional Research Grants 
Deadline: rolling 
Eligibility: Students with a serious interest in studying Congress; a significant portion of the funds is awarded for PhD dissertation research

Data Incubator Data Science Fellowship 
Deadlines: Multiple sessions each year, deadlines vary.
An advanced 8-week fellowship for PhDs looking to enter industry. Free for admitted Fellows. Participate either in person in New York City, Washington, DC, the San Francisco Bay Area, or online.