FUNDING By Nicole Swinteck Immunobiology Program Coordinator Georgia Ehlers, Director: Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: General Information:

The Pillars  Federal Financial Aid: loans, grants, work study, tuition remissions  Internal Support: teaching and research assistantships, UA scholarships  Employer assisted educational benefits: Tuition Remission  External Funding: scholarships, fellowships, travel and research awards, dissertation/thesis support, etc.

Types of Awards ▪Study and training: One to Three year fellowships ▪Travel Awards: conferences, language learning, presenting, research ▪Internship, externship, practicum, workshop ▪Thesis or Dissertation Research ▪Writing support ▪Post-doctoral Research ▪Young Faculty ▪Awards/Honors/Prizes

Campus Resources  Graduate College Funding grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources  Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships  College and Departmental resources websites/lists  Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid  Career Services: internships

Sign Up ▪Graduate College Office of Fellowships: – Application Support, Workshops and Presentations ▪GradFunding Newsletter: – Shows you how to Join the Listserv – Lists opportunities and more!

GPSC Funding ▪Graduate and Professional Student Council: – Travel – Research & Project Grants – Club Funding – Professional Opportunities Development ▪ unding/fundingPrograms.phphttp:// unding/fundingPrograms.php

Searchable Databases ▪Pivot: ▪Grant Forward: ▪Foundation Center: ▪GRAPES: ▪UA Scholarship Universe: scholarshipuniverse.arizona.edu/scholarshipuniverse.arizona.edu/ ▪Fin Aid: ▪Fast Web: ▪Federal government: Grants.govGrants.gov

Remember to plan Ahead

Timing Matters ▪Apply in first or second year of grad school for major fellowships ▪Note deadlines and allow six to twelve months for national fellowships! Make a schedule, backing up from the submission date ▪Most major deadlines occur in fall. Use summer and class projects to develop ideas and hone essays ▪Learn to write daily ▪Give referees plenty of time, and provide polite reminders as the deadline approaches

Make Connections ▪Expand your circle: Faculty Staff Graduate Students Postdocs Peers Scientists Visiting Speakers ▪Cultivate four to five solid recommenders who can write positively and authoritatively about you ▪Develop contacts and affiliations at other institutions, research sites, national laboratories ▪Attend conferences, participate in travel opportunities, internships, workshops, service and outreach projects

Foundations Supporting Graduate Education ▪AAUW ▪Beinecke ▪Jack Kent Cooke ▪DAAD ▪Ford ▪Gates ▪Hertz ▪Inter-American ▪Japan ▪Kellogg ▪Lindbergh ▪Mellon/ACLS ▪Charlotte W. Newcombe ▪P.E.O. ▪Rockefeller ▪Sloan ▪Social Science Research Council ▪Spencer ▪Tinker ▪Whitaker ▪Woodrow Wilson ▪Zonta – Amelia Earhart

Awards through Other Institutions ▪FLAS (San Diego State, U Wisconsin) ▪Dartmouth – Thurgood Marshall/Cesar Chavez ▪Harvard Travel Award ▪University of Texas Harry Ransom Library ▪Library of Congress, Rockefeller Archives, Newberry Library

Who To Contact for More Information… ▪Georgia Ehlers, Director: ▪Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: ▪General Information: University Services Building 888 N Euclid, Rm. 204E SE corner of 2 nd Street and Euclid (by the Marriott)

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