Out-of-State Tuition Waivers (formerly called "top up awards")
There are a limited number of out-of-state tuition waivers awarded to graduate students who receive externally-funded fellowships to support their own research. Fellowships must meet the 2017 minimum stipend rate of $24,000 annually. Students must be nominated by their colleges for available slots. For more information see Out-of-State Tuition Waiver for External Fellowships.
Institutionally Limited Application Procedure
Graduate students: Please contact the Graduate School office for more information or to receive approval to move forward with an application.
Write a winning NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships: The do’s and don’ts
On March 15, 2019, the Graduate School hosted a workshop presented by Dr. Wayne Pratt from Wake Forest University. He discussed the goals of the NRSA, how NRSA applications are reviewed, and the “do’s” and “don’ts” for each review criterion, emphasizing common mistakes that can easily sink an application. The workshop was recorded and a video can be found here.
External Agencies
External agencies (for example, NSF, NIH, USDA) provide funding for graduate students. Here are a few links to external fellowships that many MSU graduate students have.
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
- Ford Foundation Fellowships Programs for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching
- Fulbright Programs
- Howard Hughes International Student Research Fellowships (available to international students in years 2 or 3 of their PhD)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- National Academy of Education
- Pathways to Science
- Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transforming Defense (SMART) Fellowship
- Soros Foundation Fellowship for New Americans
- ACLS Fellowship and Grant Programs
- Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
- Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program - supports future generations of leaders in science, technology, engineering and math; provides scholarships for postdoctoral students from premier universities in the United States to do postdoctoral research at one of seven Israeli universities