External funding
There are many graduate funding opportunities through public and private sources outside of ASU. Below are some external funding resources, categorized by source and intended audience.
Corporate and foundation funding sources
- Ford Foundation Grants
- IBM Ph.D. Fellowships
- Microsoft Fellowships
- National Physical Sciences Graduate Consortium Fellowships
- National Research Council Fellowships
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowships
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Student Opportunities
Government
The following government organizations offer a broad range of fellowships geared to specific engineering disciplines and/or multidisciplinary interests:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor PhD Scholarship Program
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Computational Science Graduate Fellowships
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Opportunities
- Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program
- Environmental Protection Agency Grants and Fellowships
- National Academies Fellowships
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graduate Student Researchers
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
- National Security Education Program Boren Awards for International Students
- U.S. Student Fulbright Grants
- Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowships
Opportunities for minorities
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society Scholarships
- ASPIRA for Hispanic Americans
- Fulton Fellowships
- NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship
- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Education Programs
- National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Fellowship
- National Society of Black Engineers Scholarship
- Sloan Foundation Fellowship
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Fellowships
- Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship program
Opportunities for women
- American Association of University Women Fellowship
- Delayed Education Scholarship for Women (scroll to bottom of page)
- Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
- Renate W. Chasman Fellowship
- Society of Women Engineers
- Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Private scholarships and fellowships
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
- Fulbright Grant for Graduate Study and Research Abroad
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- George J. Mitchell Scholarship
- National Society of Professional Engineers Scholarship
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- Rhodes Scholarship
- SAE International Scholarships
- Creative Biolabs Scholarship
Additional resources
We invite you to explore the additional resources and opportunities offered through both private and public organizations, as well as those listed below by specific engineering disciplines.
Civil, environmental, and construction engineering
- American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- United States Society on Dams Scholarship Program
- Dr. W. Wes Eckenfelder Jr. Scholarship
- Institute of Transportation Engineers
Electrical engineering/computer science and engineering
- IEEE
- American Public Power Association (DEED Program)
- IBM PhD Fellowship
- Semiconductor Research Corporation