Diversity at Carolina
Funding Resources
The University places a high priority on providing funding for our graduate students. Here's a partial list of funding opportunities for underrepresented or disadvantaged students:
Multidisciplinary
- American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Graduate Fellowships
www.aigc.com/fellowship-application/eligibility.asp - Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
http://national-academies.org/fellowships - Gates Millennium Scholar Program-Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
www.gmsp.org/ - Grant Source Library – Collections include reference materials, online funding databases, and a collection of files on individual funding agencies.
http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/ - Michigan State University Libraries -- Grants for Asians, African-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, and Native Americans
www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3specpop.htm - National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
www.hsf.net - North Carolina American Indian Incentive Grant http://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/prospective.html#native
- North Carolina Minority Presence Grant
http://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/prospective.html#minority - UNC Office of Minority Affairs -- includes a compilation of national scholarship resources
www.unc.edu/minorityaffairs/current/scholarshipinfo.html - United Negro College Fund
www.uncf.org - Yahoo Directory of Scholarships -- scholarships and grant sites for minority students
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid/Scholarship_Programs/
Humanities and Social Sciences
- CSIS Minority Internship in International Affairs -- Center for Strategic and International Studies
www.csis.org/html/outreach.html - Minority Dissertation Research Grants in Aging -- NIH National Institute on Aging
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-061.html - Minority Dissertation Research Grants in Mental Health -- National Institute of Mental Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-110.html - Minority Fellowships in Political Science -- American Political Science Association
www.apsanet.org/section_177.cfm - Minority Fellowships in Psychology -- American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/mfp - Minority Fellowships in Sociology of Mental Health -- American Sociological Association
www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Minority+Fellowship+Program - Minority Planning Fellowships -- American Planning Association
www.planning.org/institutions/scholarship.htm - Minority Scholarships, Fellowships and Postdoctoral awards in medicine, health and related fields
http://scholarships.fatomei.com/health.html - SSRC-Mellon Minority Fellowship -- Social Science Research Council and the Andrew Mellon Foundation
www.ssrc.org/fellowships/mellon - William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarships for Minority Students in Philanthropy, Volunteerism and Nonprofits -- The Aspen Institute
www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1530/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=16318
Math, Sciences, and Engineering
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities -- National Research Council
www.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/fordpredoc.html - General Need-Based Scholarship Program for Minority Medical Students -- National Medical Fellowships, Inc.
www.nmfonline.org - Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences -- National Physical Science Consortium
www.npsc.org - Lucent Fellowship Program -- Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowship Program
www.lucent.com/social/blgrfp/appinfo.html - Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Predoctoral Fellowships -- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-114.html - Minority Fellowships in Neuroscience -- American Psychological Association
www.apa.org/mfp/neurop.html - Minority Master's Scholarship Program in Semiconductor Research -- Semiconductor Research Corporation
www.src.org/member/about/aboutmas.asp - NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students - NIDCD
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-069.html - Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Microbiology Fellowships -- American Society for Microbiology
www.asm.org/Education/index.asp?bid=6278 - Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) for Minority Student in Atmospheric Research
www.ucar.edu/soars - UNCF/Merk Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships-UNCF/Merck Science Initiative
www.uncf.org/merck/programs/grad.htm - Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship -- Xerox Foundation
http://www.xerox.com/