Grant Opportunities

The following list represents some of the external support opportunities available to students within our department, although not all students will be eligible for every award. If you would like to add any awards to this list, please email the Graduate Coordinator.

For more information on receiving these grants in addition to your base stipend, please see the department's policy on external support.

Asterisks (*) indicate fellowships that are available only to people who are or who study underserved/underrepresented populations

First two years

• NSF GRFP (due in November, $30,000+)
• * Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (due in November, $30,000+)
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (due in December, $30,000+)
• Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (due in January, $30,000+)

Anytime

• NIH NRSA F31 (due in March, $30,000+)
• * Ford Foundation Fellowship (due in November, $20,000+)
• Richard M. Weaver Fellowship (due in January, $5,000)
• Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award (due in February, $1,000)
• Randy Gerson Memorial Grant (due in February, for studying couples/family dynamics, $6,000)
• * Wayne F. Placek Grant (due in March, $15,000)
• * Psychology of Black Graduate Student Women Award (due in April, $250)
• * San Diego Association for Women in Science Scholarship Program (due in spring, $1,000)
• APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarships (due in June, $1,000-$5,000)
• Benton-Meier Scholarships (due in June, neuropsychology, $2,500)
• Interdisciplinary Collaboratories (due in March and September, $10,000)
• Esther Katz Rosen Graduate Student Fellowship (due in March, for work on gifted children/youth, $50,000)
• Visionary Fund (due April 1, $20,000)
• Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Reseach and Program Innovation Grant (due April 1, $1000)
• David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant (due April 1, for understanding and fostering the connection between behavior and health, $9,000)
• Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland (due April 1, studying influences on work behavior and health, $13,000)
• Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship (due May 15, understanding and reducing stigma associated with mental illness, $5,000)
• Joseph B. Gittler Award (due June 1st, provides $7,500 for scholarly contributions to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge)
• David Wechsler Early Career Grant for Innovative Work in Cognition (due June 15, provides up to $25,000 to support early career psychologists pursuing innovative work in neuropsychology, intelligence and/or the assessment aspects of cognition)

After Advancement

• National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship (due in October, $27,500)
• * AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship (due in November, $20,000)
• Henry P. David Grant for Research and International Travel in Human Reproductive Behavior and Population Studies (due in December and February, $1500)
• CABE Teaching Resources Award (due in May, for members of the APA Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges or APA members whose primary teaching responsibility is at the baccalaureate level, $500)
• F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award (due in June, $2,000)
• * Jeffrey S. Tanka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology (due in May, $800)