Funding
Community of Science Electronic Resources
Funding Opportunities Database
The COS Funding Opportunities database is the most comprehensive source of funding information available on the web, with more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.
- Overview of Financial Assistance for Graduate Students
- Academic Achievement Graduate Assistantships (AAGA)
- Student Affairs and Academic Support Services Graduate Assistant positions
Other Funding Resources
- Council of Graduate Students (COGS) Funding
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
- MSU Library Grants Resources
- Michigan Intercollegiate Graduate Studies
- Office for International Students and Scholars
- Office of Financial Aid
- Guide to Fellowships and Grants for Graduate Student International Research in 2010-2011
- VPRGS Funding Information
- fastWeb
- FinAID
Additional Opportunities
- Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award
- Travel Funding Fellowship
- Education Opportunity Fellowship
- Residential Tuition for Externally Funded Fellowships
Graduate Office Fellowship Funds
Approximately $2.1 million in Graduate Office Fellowship (GOF) funds are available through the thirteen colleges with graduate programs. The Associate Dean for Graduate Education of each college decides how these funds are dispersed. A number of different models are used. Ask your Associate Dean how these are dispersed in your college!
The Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Twenty fellowships are available annually to allow students to devote full time to writing the dissertation with the goal that the dissertation will be completed during the tenure of the fellowship. Other MSU financial support, held simultaneously with the fellowship, cannot exceed a one-half time assistantship or the equivalent.
Selection of fellowship winners will be made by a student's college. The colleges will set the conditions and application procedures for the Graduate School Dissertation Fellowships and will notify the Graduate School of the winners. The Fellowship awards will be dispensed by the Graduate School. Students should contact the associate dean's office of their college to find out their college's procedure.