Funding Opportunities

MSU Library - Electronic Resources

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.

The Graduate School - Assistantships, Fellowships and Other Funding Resources

Special Fellowship Programs

Each of these fellowship programs is designed to provide a particular professional development opportunity for graduate students. Several are linked to MSU’s residential colleges James Madison College, Residential College in Arts and Humanities or to National Science Foundation funding that the Graduate School has to promote the development of future faculty. Please visit these sites for more information.

• FAST - Future Academic Scholars in Teaching
• CASTL - The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Program
• Entrepreneurial Faculty for the 21st Century University

Assistantships and Fellowships

• Dissertation Completion Fellowships
• Graduate Assistantships
• Graduate Office Fellowship Funds
• University Distinguished Fellowship
• University Enrichment Fellowship
• Academic Achievement Graduate Assistantships
• Emergency Fellowship Funding (PDF)
• Overview of Financial Assistance Brochure ~ PDF
  A two-sided, legal-size brochure for departments to print and distribute.

Other Funding Resources

• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
• MSU Library Grants Resources
• Office for International Students and Scholars
• Office of Financial Aid
• VPRGS Funding Information
• fastWEB
• FinAid

Additional Opportunities

• Food, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease ~ Fellowship Fund
• Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award
• Travel Funding
• International Travel Information
• Education Opportunity Fellowship
• Residential Tuition for Externally Funded Fellowships

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!

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.