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.
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DARPA Fellowships
How do you apply: Check the website
Opens: Rolling
Closes/Due Date: Check website
Main Program Link
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) - Department of Defense (DoD) Scholarship Program
How do you apply: Students submit their own application.
Opens: August 1
Closes/Due Date: December 1
Main program link
Application Registration
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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
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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
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Torske Klubeen Fellowship
How do you apply: Students can submit their own applications
Opens: Mid-November
Closes/Due Date: Mid-February
Main Program Link
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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