Fellowships and funding opportunities
For all opportunities listed below, please check the official website for official open and close dates.
Know of other fellowships? E-mail csgradmn@umn.edu to have it added to this list.
3M Science and Technology Fellowships
How do you apply: Offered to new Ph.D. students as part of their admission funding package. Faculty nominate students for these awards. Typically CS&E receives two awards annually.
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: N/A
ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
How do you apply: Two nominations can be made by the department annually; only a Ph.D. student’s advisor may nominate a dissertation
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: End of October
Main Program Link
ACM SIGHPC Computational & Data Science Fellowships
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; we may nominate one student annually
Opens: March 15
Closes/Due Date: April 30
Main Program Link
Internal Nomination Link (coming for 2023 competition)
AFCEA
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Depends on scholarship/fellowship (check website for official dates)
Closes/Due Date: Depends on scholarship/fellowship (check website for official dates)
Main Program Link
Air Force Research Lab Repperger Research Internship Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Early December
Closes/Due Date: Mid-January
Main Program Link
Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Early September
Closes/Due Date: Mid-November
Main Program Link
Bayer Graduate Student Fellowship Program
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; open to incoming admits and current students; six nominations may be submitted by our department.
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: Early January
Program Link
Best Dissertation Award Program
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; we may only nominate one student annually
Opens: Mid-January
Closes/Due Date: Mid-March (internal deadline for nominations)
Main Program Link
Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Start of October
Closes/Due Date: Start of November
Main Program Link
Chainlink Labs Fellowship Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: Early December
Main Program Link
CSE Fellowships
How do you apply: Offered to new Ph.D. students as part of their admission funding package. Faculty nominate students for these awards.
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: N/A
Main Program Link
Cybersecurity Fellowship (Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-December
Closes/Due Date: Mid-January
Main Program Link
DARPA Fellowships
How do you apply: Check the website
Opens: Rolling
Closes/Due Date: Check website
Main Program Link
Distinguished Master's Thesis Competition
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; we may only nominate one student annually
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: End of September (internal deadline for nominations)
Main Program Link
Internal Nomination Link (not set up; contact csgradmn@umn.edu if interested in applying)
DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: Mid-November
Main Program Link
Diversity of Views & Experience Fellowship (DOVE)
How do you apply: Offered to new graduate students at the time of admission; department nominates applicants to the Graduate School
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: Early February
Main Program Link
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; we may nominate up to ten students annually
Opens: Mid-November
Closes/Due Date: Mid-January (internal deadline for nominations)
Main Program Link
Internal Nomination Link
Facebook Ph.D. Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: End of October
Main Program Link
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: Mid-December (depends on fellowship category)
Main Program Link
Google Ph.D. Fellowship
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by their department; The University of Minnesota - Twin Cities may nominate up to four students annually. The Graduate School Fellowship Office will collect nominations. More information on this opportunity will be sent to all Ph.D. students.
Opens: Early September
Closes/Due Date: Late September (internal deadline for nominations will be earlier than this)
Main Program Link
CSCI PhD Student Link (for internal nomination submissions)
Govern for America Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Check website
Closes/Due Date: Check website
Main Program Link
The Hertz Foundation Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-August
Closes/Due Date: End of October
Main Program Link
IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member; no more than three nominations per department may be submitted
Opens: September or October
Closes/Due Date: Mid to late October (internal deadline for nominations)
Main Program Link
Internal Student Nomination Link
Internal Faculty Nomination Link
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
How do you apply: Students must submit materials to their center or institute for nomination approval. Once reviewed and approved required documentation, including letters, should be submitted to the department (form will be sent out to collect information) well in advance of the Graduate School deadline. Programs are not limited in the number of nominations they may submit, however, only one nomination per student is allowed.
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: Early November (internal deadline for nominations)
Main Program Link
Internal Nomination Link
Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellows Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Start of September
Closes/Due Date: End of September
Main Program Link
Lawrence Post Doctoral Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Start of August
Closes/Due Date: Start of October
Main Program Link
Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; we may only nominate one student annually; funds are not always available each year
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: Internal deadline late October (contact csgradmn@umn.edu for exact date and time)
Main Program Link
Internal Nomination Link
Microsoft Fellowships (Ada Lovelace Fellowship & The Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship)
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; we may only nominate up to three students for the Ada Lovelace Fellowship; we can nominate up to three students as long as one self-identifies from an underrepresented group listed in the Ada Lovelace Fellowship requirements. Otherwise the department can only nominate two students.
Opens: Early July
Closes/Due Date: Early August (internal deadline for nominations)
Main Program Link (Ada Lovelace Fellowship)
Main Program Link (The Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship)
Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: February
Closes/Due Date: End of March
Main Program Link
Mistletoe Research Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-March
Closes/Due Date: End of April
Main Program Link
MnDrive Fellowships in Neuromodulation
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-August
Closes/Due Date: Early October
Main Program Link
MnDrive Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: End of September
Closes/Due Date: Mid-November
Main Program Link
NortonLifeLock Research Group Graduate Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: End of September
Closes/Due Date: Start of December
Main Program Link
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Early August
Closes/Due Date: Mid-October
Main Program Link
The Open Philanthropy Project AI Fellows Program
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: Late October
Main Program Link
Ralph W. Shrader Graduate Diversity Scholarship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: January
Closes/Due Date: End of April
Main Program Link
Renewable Energy Commercialization Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: End of February
Main Program Link
Scholarships for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS)
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-December
Closes/Due Date: Early February
Main Program Link
Tandon Faculty First Look Fellowships
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: N/A
Closes/Due Date: Mid-December
Main Program Link
Torske Klubeen Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-November
Closes/Due Date: Mid-February
Main Program Link
Two Sigma Fellowships
How do you apply: Students must be nominated by the department; CS&E may nominate up to 3 Ph.D. students for each of the fellowship programs
Opens: Early September
Closes/Due Date: Early November
Main Program Link (Ph.D. Fellowship)
Main Program Link (Diversity Ph.D. Fellowship)
Internal Nomination Link