External funding for graduate students

Below are funding opportunities available from organizations outside of K-State that are currently accepting applications.

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Funding opportunity

* Denotes international students eligible to apply

Application Deadline
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Participation Program Based on projects
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award October 6
Knight-Hennessy Scholars (Stanford) 2026 Cohort Programs October 6
NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship October 8
Leader of the Pack Scholarships October 12
Dan David Prize* October 13
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program* October 15
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program* October 16-23, depending on area of research
Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art* October 28
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans October 29
Hertz Fellowship October 30
Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program November 1
Fellowships for Americans in the Nordic countries November 1
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship* November 1
DOE Office of Environmental Management Success November 1
Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships November 1
Churchill Scholarships November 2
Marshall Sherfield Fellowship for post-doctoral research in STEM November 2
Laura Bassi Scholarship* November 15
Future Faces of Physics Award (SPS)* November 15
Marsh W. White Award (SPS)* November 15
SPS Chapter Research Award* November 15
Sigma Pi Sigma Leadership Scholarship* November 15
Grants-in-Aid for History of the Physical Sciences November 15
P.E.O. Scholar Awards* November 20
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Research Grant* November 30
Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship* November 30
AIP Congressional Science Policy Fellowship December 1
Graduate Ellison Scholars* December 1
Zintellect Rolling Deadline
Institute for Humane Studies* Rolling Deadline
Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship* Rolling Deadline
Rowe Fund for Students from Latin America and Caribbean* Rolling Deadline