Student Funding Opportunities
Online Resources
- Scholarship and Grants Information in Swem Library (pdf)
- Study and Work Abroad Information in Swem Library (pdf)
- fastWEB is a customized search of over 600,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants and loans.
- Art DEADLINE List lists competitions, contests, call for papers/entries, and grants and scholarships in the arts and related areas.
- The Charles Center also maintains a listing of scholarships available.
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
All Disciplines
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Scholarship Information. Please contact the Charles Center for additional information.
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Student Activities Conference Fund--provides funds for expenses related to conference attendance. Contact Student Activities at x1-3271 to receive an informational brochure and application.
Humanities/Social Sciences
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program Sites--projects at these sites make possible a number of opportunities for undergraduates to join in natural and social science research projects each summer. Contact each site directly for specific information and for application procedures and deadlines. This list is updated fully only once a year (in February-March), when awards are made resulting from the competition initiated the previous September.
- James Madison Foundation Fellowships--provide up to $25,000 for master's level graduate study of the history and principles of the Constitution.
- Jacob Javits Fellowship Program--provides $15,000 for graduate study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Undergraduate seniors and first-year graudate students may apply.
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) programs include: Bangladesh; International Predissertation Fellowship Program (IPFP); Near and Middle East: Predissertation Research and Training Fellowships;and a Program in Applied Economics.
Natural Science
- NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program Sites--projects at these sites make possible a number of opportunities for undergraduates to join in natural and social science research projects each summer. Contact each site directly for specific information and for application procedures and deadlines. This list is updated fully only once a year (in February-March), when awards are made resulting from the competition
- Virginia Academy of Science Best Student Paper Award
Student Biological Research Grants provide funds to students to enable research opportunities they might not otherwise be able to undertake. The research must be designed by the participant and a sponsoring faculty member and be conducted at the College of William & Mary. It is expected to eventually result in publication and / or presentation.
Student Conference Travel Awards for Biological Research are made to help defray the costs of travel to present the results of research at national or regional meetings. The student will be expected to be the first author on a poster or a presentation of work that was done in major part by the student and done at the College of William & Mary.
Applications for both programs are due in mid- September. Students can pick up an application form with detailed information from the Biology Department office (Millington 116). For further information pleasecontact the Program Director, Margaret Saha, in the Department of Biology, 221-2407, [[mssaha]].
Graduate Student Opportunities
All Disciplines
- Student Scholarships
Please contact The Charles Center for additional information. - Student Activities Conference Fund--provides funds for expenses related to conference attendance. Contact Student Activities at x1-3271 to receive an informational brochure and application.
Humanities/Social Sciences
- Jacob Javits Fellowship Program--provides $15,000 for graduate study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Undergraduate seniors and first-year graudate students may apply.
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) programs include: Bangladesh; Berlin Program for Advanced German & European Studies: Dissertation Fellowships; Eastern Europe: Dissertation Fellowships; International Dissertation Field Research Program (IDRF); International Migration: Dissertation Fellowships; Japan: Dissertation Workshop; Near and Middle East: Dissertation Research Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities; Sexuality Research Fellowship Program: Dissertation Fellowships; Soviet Union and Its Successor States: Dissertation Fellowships; SSRC-MacArthur Foundation Fellowships on Peace and Security in a Changing World: Dissertation Fellowships; and Vietnam: Dissertation Fellowships
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships provide up to $16,000 to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social science
Natural Sciences
- Krell Foundation/Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Gellowship (SSGF) Program. Provides opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy-density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory.
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program
Virginia Academy of Science
Student Biological Research Grants provide funds to students to enable research opportunities they might not otherwise be able to undertake. The research must be designed by the participant and a sponsoring faculty member and be conducted at the College of William & Mary. It is expected to eventually result in publication and / or presentation.
Student Conference Travel Awards for Biological Research are made to help defray the costs of travel to present the results of research at national or regional meetings. The student will be expected to be the first author on a poster or a presentation of work that was done in major part by the student and done at the College of William & Mary.
Applications for both programs are due in mid- September. Students can pick up an application form with detailed information from the Biology Department office (Millington 116). For further information pleasecontact the Program Director, Margaret Saha, in the Department of Biology, 221-2407, [[mssaha]].