Funding for graduate research
and travel
Clemson funding opportunities
Professional Enrichment Grant Application Service
(PEGAS): Reimbursement-based grants for $750-$1000
from Graduate Student Government to support student
travel to conferences and field; submissions 3 times/year:
http://www.grad.clemson.edu/pegas/
HEHD Graduate Student Travel Grants
Up to $1000 for graduate students from HEHD units who
have been accepted to present at a national or
international conference; can only apply for one per
academic year:
http://www.clemson.edu/hehd/research/graduate-studiesresearch/research/
Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowships to Promote
Diversity in Health-Related Research
(NIH; Support for research training of predoctoral
students from underrepresented groups in biomedical,
behavioral, health service, or clinical research workforce:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-148.html
Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows
(NIH; support for predoctoral students to obtain
individualized, mentored research training from faculty
sponsors while conducting dissertation research in
scientific health-related fields relevant to NIH mission:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-147.html
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
($20,000 for students in writing stage of dissertation;
supports research in violence and aggression in relation
to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism,
crime, and family relationships):
http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for
Minorities (3-yr fellowship awards; $17,000 stipend;
deadline for 2015 is 11/19/14; 60 awards to students
from under-represented groups in research-based Ph.D.
programs (selected disciplines):
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA
_047958.htm
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority General Graduate
Fellowships (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority; $2,500; financial
assistance to African-American women working on
doctoral or postdoctoral studies):
http://www.apa.org/about/awards/zetaphibeta-fellow.aspx
Deborah Partridge Wolfe International
Fellowship (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority; $500-$1,000;
financial assistance for African American women graduate
students studying abroad, and/or graduate foreign
students studying within the U.S.):
http://www.apa.org/about/awards/dpw-grad.aspx
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Applied Social Issues Internship (SPSSI; $300-$2,500;
for research conducted in cooperation with community or
government organization, public interest group or other
not-for-profit that will benefit directly from the project):
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpa
ge&pageid=637
SPSSI Grants-In-Aid Program ($1,000 for graduate
student research; university match required; preference
to students at dissertation stage):
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpa
ge&pageid=730
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Melissa Institute Dissertation Research Awards (2
awards of $2,000 each to graduate students who address
issues of violence prevention and/or treatment.
Applicants may be from any academic discipline but must
have their dissertation proposal approved by their
dissertation committee prior to their application)
http://www.melissainstitute.org/awards.html
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CDC: http://orise.orau.gov/cdc/about-orise.html
Clemson Office of Sponsored Programs:
http://www.clemson.edu/research/sponsorednew/studentresources/funding.html
APHA:
http://www.apha.org/membergroups/students/committees/A
PHASA_PHSO_Scholarships.htm
NSF:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=2
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&o
rg=NSF
Travel
SPSSI (not until 2016):
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPa
ge&PageID=1888
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