Funding Resources
CJC Doctoral Dissertation Research Fund
Dependent on available funds, the College provides one-time awards of up to $500 to offset data collection costs for dissertation research of doctoral students in the College. When available, calls for proposals are sent to all doctoral students by email each term (fall, spring, summer). Awards are determined on the merits of proposals submitted. Funds are awarded to qualified doctoral students in increments of no more than $500 per student. Contact Marcia DiStaso (mdistaso@ufl.edu) for more information.
Dissertation Grant Opportunities in Social Sciences
Page Center (focus topics change from year to year)
Social Science Research Council (focus topics change from year to year)
Spencer Foundation
Marketing Science Institute
- Marketing Science Institute Submission Manager – Alden G. Clayton Competition 2021 (submittable.com)
NIH F31 / AHRQ R36
- PA-21-051: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) (nih.gov)
- PA-18-765: AHRQ Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) (nih.gov)
NSF dissertation development (several topical areas; no restriction for nationality status)
- Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Social Psychology | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Science of Science – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Science and Technology Studies | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Decision, Risk and Management Sciences | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Law & Science | NSF – National Science Foundation
- Sociology | NSF – National Science Foundation
Other Funding Sources
The Graduate Studies and Research Division grants travel funds to students who are accepted to present papers at conferences. A complete list of available travel funding can be found on the University of Florida’s Graduate School site.
Graduate Student Council Grants
The GSC offers grants to students traveling domestically and internationally for conferences and professional development. All students in eligible departments may apply for the grants. The application can be found at our grants website. All questions about grants should be directed to gscgrants@gmail.com.
UFIC International Student Emergency Hardship Scholarship
The UFIC has established a scholarship for international students experiencing unforeseen financial difficulties that are beyond their control.
The Scarborough agency established this award to show appreciation for the opportunity to work with international students at the University of Florida.
The UF/SFC Development Project is a partnership between the University of Florida and local Santa Fe College that aims to increase faculty diversity at SFC, while providing minority and underrepresented doctoral students at UF with valuable teaching experience. Participants teach three courses per year at SFC and assist in its recruitment and retention of minority and underrepresented students. This program pays tuition, fees and a stipend, an award that may be funded for a maximum of four years. Participants must be US citizens who have a master’s degree in an approved field.
The Fulbright program involves the participation of a large set of collaborating partners in supporting Fulbright fellows at the University of Florida.
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) Graduate Fellowships (master’s and doctoral)
Deadline: November 15 annually
Online Application Period: opens July 1
Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program Graduate Student Grants in Sustainable Agriculture (master’s or doctoral)
Deadline: May
Applications available in March
Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation Graduate Fellowships for New Americans (any field, any advanced degree-granting program; for New Americans, described as immigrants or the children of immigrants to the US)
Deadline: Early November
Applications available: Generally in May
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Funding and Awards
Deadlines vary
Deadlines vary
Need faculty member to serve as lead on submission
UF Center for European Studies Travel Grant
The UF Center for European Studies (CES) offers annual competitions for graduate student travel grants to assist UF graduate students with travel to Europe to pursue dissertation research, or to present work at a scholarly conference or workshop. These grants are open to all UF graduate students regardless of discipline as long as the subject of the research or talk is related to contemporary Europe.
National Women’s Studies Association Graduate Scholarship(opens in new tab)
NWSA will award a student who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master’s Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of women’s studies. The research project must enhance the NWSA mission.
Richard A. Horovitz Fund for Professional Development
The Horovitz Fund is dedicated to African artists and scholars in the humanities and social sciences. A one-time award is granted to one or two students for graduate study for a 12 month period. The amount of the award normally ranges from $6,000 to $8,000.
To be eligible for the Richard A. Horovitz Fund for Professional Development, you must:
- Be a citizen of a sub-Saharan African country
- At the time of funding, be a graduate student, researcher or artist in a program at an accredited U.S. university, cultural or artistic institution (on a F or J visa)
- Specialize in the humanities, arts or social sciences
- Demonstrate academic achievement, by transcripts and letters of recommendation from faculty members
- Demonstrate financial need
- Not be currently funded by an established education grant program (for example, a Fulbright grantee could not also be a Horovitz grantee)