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Funding Opportunities

Recent Announcements

(11/2/09) Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences
Deadline: February 8, 2010

(10/30/09) Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2010

(09/17/09) 2010 East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
Full Proposal Deadline Date:  December 8, 2009

Research Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships

Graduate research assistantships and teaching assistantships are available on a competitive basis. Graduate assistant salaries vary with the terms of individual appointments. Graduate students holding an appointment at one-quarter time or greater are eligible for health benefits and a tuition benefit equal to twice the percentage of their appointment. Assistantships are available from individual faculty and their departments and are arranged between the student and his or her advisor. The WRS program endeavors to link students and faculty with compatible educational and research interests. Nearly all WRS graduate students are offered research or teaching assistantships upon admission or within their first year in the Program. Nearly all WRS graduate students are offered research or teaching assistantships upon admission or within their first year in the Program.

WRS Tuition and Research Fellowships

Students in the program are eligible for internally awarded tuition and research fellowships (see the application for WRS graduate assistantship). Graduate students applying to the University for the first time may be nominated by the WRS program for one of the competitive Graduate School fellowships, with an academic-year stipend  plus tuition and health care benefits. Students generally receive additional research assistantships during the summer months. To be eligible for a Graduate School fellowship for the Fall Semester, your application to the WRS graduate program must be received by December 15 of the preceding year. 

Faculty Accepting Students

The DGS often solicits information from faculty on funding available to students through grants. Information is updated as we receive it. Check back for new information.

U of M Graduate School

The Graduate School administers additional funding opportunities, including fellowships and an out-of-state tuition remission program for underrepresented and educationally disadvantaged students, and Doctoral Dissertation fellowships.

Additional Options

  • Fellowships Office (FO) of the National Academies of Science
    Check the site for various opportunities
  • U of MN /EPA Cooperative Training Partnership in Aquatic Toxicology and Ecosystem Research
    The Cooperative Training Partnership in Aquatic Toxicology and Ecosystem Research was formed in March 2007 to train graduate students, postdoctoral investigators, and undergraduate researchers in aquatic toxicology and ecosystem research. Students seeking research opportunities in aquatic toxicology and ecosystem research should contact an appropriate program.
  • IGERT: Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes
    The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program on Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes (ISG-IGERT) seeks applicants for the program supported by the National Science Foundation. The program educates Ph.D. students to conduct research to improve Ecological Risk Analysis and contribute workable solutions to policy questions and problems affecting management of introduced species and genotypes. The program includes a new graduate minor in Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes (ISG minor). Prospective students must also apply to an appropriate graduate program such as Water Resources Science for admission to a Ph.D. degree program. Self-nomination deadline is 15 December. Click here to apply online.
  • Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change:
    ICGC administers fellowships for graduate students pursuing careers involving the study of global change.
  • Fastweb:
    Fastweb is a national interactive database of scholarships and fellowships.
  • Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities
    This is a searchable database of funding information with over 400,000 funding opportunities worldwide from all types of funding sources.