Miscellaneous
Financial Assistance Resource List
| Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services Research | |
| Contact: | Dr. Lynn A. Karoly
RAND 1700 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 91407-2138 Phone: (310) 393-0411 Ext. 6192 |
| Description: | Pre-Doctoral Fellowships include tuition and fees, plus an annual stipend of $15,060 per year, and $1000 for conference travel expenses.Post-Doctoral Fellowships include tuition and fees, as well as an annual stipend ranging from $26,926 to $42,300 per year, and $1000 for conference travel expenses |
| Eligibility: | Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: students must be pursing, or admitted to a Ph.D. degree program in one of the three departments at UCLA: Health Services, Epidemiology, or Sociology. Fellows must apply separately to the degree program of choice.Post-Doctoral Fellowship: prospective candidates must have obtained a Ph.D., medical degree, or other professional doctoral degree.
* Applicants must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents. |
| Deadline: | February 1 |
| Henry A. Murray Dissertation Award Program | |
| Contact: | Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College
10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 495-8140 |
| Description: | Budget of up to $5,000 to cover the costs of conducting the research (e.g., research assistance, duplicating, payments to subjects, and the like); up to half of this may be used as a stipend. |
| Eligibility: | Any student currently enrolled in a doctoral program is eligible to apply. Dissertation proposals must be approved by an advisor or committee before the grant application is submitted. |
| Deadline: | April 1 |
| Radcliffe Postdoctoral Research Support Program: Adolescent and Youth Research Award | |
| Contact: | Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College
10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 495-8140 |
| Description: | Grants up to $5,000 to doctoral students. |
| Eligibility: | Proposals should focus on youth or adolescent development. Projects drawing on the center’s data will be given priority, although use of the center’s resources is not a requirement. |
| Deadline: | October 15 – April 15 |
| Ruthbert Fund Scholarships | |
| Contact: | The Ruthbert Fund, Inc.
475 Riverside Dr., Room 252 New York, NY 10115 Phone: (212) 870-3116 |
| Description: | Grants are small (averaging $2,000-$3,000) and are meant to be supplementary. |
| Eligibility: | Open to all in the United States. While the Fund does not emphasize any particular form of religious practice or worship, it seeks to provide support to persons motivated by spiritual values. Preference will be given to those who can satisfy high scholastic requirements and are considering careers in education. |
| Deadline: | February 1 |
| Contact: | Catherine A. Lacey, Program Office
The Spencer Foundation 900 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 2800 Chicago IL 60611-1542 Phone: (312) 337-7000 |
| Description: | A stipend of $20,000 is awarded to support completion of the dissertation. This amount must be expended within a time limit of 1-2 years. It is assumed that recipients are responsible for their own tuition and fees. Approximately thirty fellowships are awarded each year. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be candidates for a Ph.D. or Ed.D degree at a graduate school in the United States; however, applicants need not be citizens of the U.S. Candidates must have completed all predissertation requirements by June 1 of the granting year. |
| Deadline: | October 10 |
| Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowship Committee | |
| Contact: | Dorothea French, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
6062 Wentworth, Rm. 305 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755-3526 Phone: (603) 646-2107 |
| Description: | Teaching fellowship from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31.$25, 000 plus $2,500 research assistance. |
| Eligibility: | Provide undergraduate and graduate transcripts and curriculum vitae. Must have completed all doctoral work requirements except dissertation. |
| Deadline: | January 10 |
| Contact: | Council for Advancement and Support of Education
11 Dupont Circle, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036-1261 Phone: (202) 328-5900 |
| Description: | |
| Eligibility: | Completed dissertation award, recommendation, curriculum vita, abstract and full copy of dissertation. |
| Deadline: | February 28 |
