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Student Funding Opportunities

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) connects William & Mary students with internal and external funding to support their academic and research goals. Browse the sections below to explore available opportunities.

What Is Provided

  • Curated Funding Listings: A centralized hub for fellowships, grants, and research funding.

  • Weekly Updates: A regularly refreshed list compiled from sponsor announcements, curated databases, and W&M internal communications.

Use Command (⌘) + F on Mac devices or Ctrl + F on PC devices to search specific keywords. 

Interested applicants should contact their OSP Administrator as early as possible.

Internal Opportunities

  • Research in Motion Travel Grant (Reopened)
    • The Charles Center
    • Description: 
    • Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a monthly rolling basis until all available funding is expended – please spread the word to your students!
    • Keywords:

External Opportunities

  • (New) Leslie Center for the Humanities -- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
    • Dartmouth College 
    • Description: A residential, multi-year fellowship program funded by the Mellon Foundation that supports early-career humanities scholars who have recently completed their Ph.D. Fellows pursue independent research and writing agendas while gaining mentored teaching experience housed within specific departments or programs at Dartmouth College.
    • Deadline: 09/16/2026
    • Keyword: Mellon Foundation, postdoctoral fellowship, humanities, Dartmouth College, Leslie Center, early-career researcher
  • (New) Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies -- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs -- Academy Scholars Program
    • Harvard University 
    • Description: A prestigious postdoctoral fellowship for early-career scholars whose research combines rigorous disciplinary scholarship with deep regional expertise, particularly addressing contemporary issues in countries outside the United States. It provides structured mentoring, access to Harvard resources, and significant financial support to turn dissertations into publishable books or major academic projects.
    • Deadline: 09/18/2026
    • Keyword: Harvard Academy, postdoctoral fellowship, international relations, area studies, social sciences, global research
  • (New) Scholarships
    • Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 
    • Description: A comprehensive funding portal offering undergraduate and graduate scholarships through the SME Foundation for student members pursuing careers in the minerals, mining, metallurgy, geological sciences, and related engineering disciplines.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Mining engineering, mineral processing, metallurgy, geology, SME Foundation, student scholarship
  • (New) Fellowships for Study or Research in Belgium
    • Belgian American Educational Foundation 
    • Description: Funding opportunities for U.S. citizens or permanent residents to pursue a 12-month period of advanced study, graduate degree programs, or independent research at a Belgian university or research institution.
    • Deadline: 10/31/2026
    • Keyword: Belgium, study abroad, international exchange, graduate fellowship, postdoctoral research, BAEF
  • (New) Rhodes Scholarships
    • Oxford University 
    • Description: The administrative portal managing the U.S. constituency of the Rhodes Scholarship. It provides guidance, district structures, and application guidelines for students from American colleges and universities applying for this fully-funded, prestigious international postgraduate award to study at the University of Oxford.
    • Deadline: 10/07/2026
    • Keyword: Rhodes Scholarship, Oxford University, international fellowship, postgraduate scholarship, leadership, U.S. constituency
  • (New) Graduate Fellowships
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Foundation 
    • Description: A portal providing opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students interested in radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter-wave engineering. It highlights funding programs such as undergraduate scholarships, graduate student fellowships, travel grants for the International Microwave Symposium (IMS), and student design competitions.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Microwave engineering, IEEE MTT-S, student fellowship, undergraduate scholarship, RF engineering, IMS conference
  • (New) Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Louisville Institute 
    • Description: A two-year fellowship supporting early-career theological educators through a placement as a visiting scholar/professor at a graduate theological school, college, university, or research organization in the U.S. or Canada. It is designed to combine professional formation, teaching, and mentorship for scholars focusing on Christian faith, practice, and religious life.
    • Deadline: 10/01/2026
    • Keyword: Theological education, postdoctoral fellowship, religion, ministry, visiting scholar, Christian faith
  • (New) Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts -- Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
    • National Gallery of Art 
    • Description: Two-year, residential appointments (such as the A.W. Mellon and Beinecke fellowships) offered through the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA). They support early-career scholars in completing research and writing for publication related to art history, architecture, archaeology, and visual culture.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Art history, visual arts, CASVA, postdoctoral research, residential fellowship
  • (New) National Museum of Natural History -- Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
    • Smithsonian Institution 
    • Description: A multi-year residential fellowship supporting full-time, independent research for early-career postdoctoral scholars. It is designed to train scientists and museum professionals by funding research that utilizes the collections, facilities, and staff expertise of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Natural history, postdoctoral fellowship, museum research, paleobiology, anthropology, environmental and life sciences
  • (New) Research Fellowships in American Art
    • Smithsonian Institution
    • Description: A residential funding opportunity supporting full-time independent and dissertation research. It provides graduate students, predoctoral candidates, postdoctoral scholars, and senior researchers the chance to utilize SAAM's extensive collections, specialized databases, and libraries in Washington, D.C
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: American art, art history, visual culture, craft, residential fellowship
  • (New) 51 Pegasi b Fellowship
    • Heising-Simons Foundation
    • Description: Supports postdoctoral researchers conducting independent research in planetary astronomy.
    • Deadline: 10/01/2026
    • Keyword: Planetary astronomy, postdoctoral fellowship, exoplanet research
    • **this opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact cfr@wm.edu and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
  • (New) Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program
    • Fulbright Association 
    • Description: Supports U.S. scholars conducting research and/or teaching in Canada through academic exchange programs.
    • Deadline: 09/15/2026
    • Keyword: International exchange, research, teaching
  • (New) NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
    • National Academy of Education
    • Description: Supports outstanding doctoral students conducting dissertation research that advances the understanding and improvement of education. Open to Ph.D. candidates from a wide range of disciplines whose research addresses formal or informal education. In addition to a $30,000 fellowship, recipients receive mentorship from leading scholars and participate in professional development retreats.
    • Deadline: 10/08/2026
    • Keyword: Dissertation, Education Research, Doctoral Fellowship
  • Walter Massey Fellowship
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Description: Supports outstanding early-career scientists and engineers pursuing independent research aligned with Argonne National Laboratory and U.S. Department of Energy missions. The fellowship provides research support, mentorship, and opportunities to advance innovative scientific and technological discoveries.
    • Deadline: 10/01/2026
    • Keyword: STEM Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Early Career Scientists, Scientific Innovation, Engineering Research
  • Society of Fellows in the Humanities – Fellowships
    • Columbia University
    • Description: Supports exceptional early-career scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences through postdoctoral research fellowships, teaching opportunities, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional development. Fellows join a cross-disciplinary scholarly community focused on advancing innovative research and teaching.
    • Deadline: 10/12/2026
    • Keyword: Humanities, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Research, Early Career Scholars, Scholarly Development
  • Eileen Southern Fellowship
    • Society for American Music
    • Description: Supports research on music of the African diaspora in the Americas, providing funding for archival, ethnographic, and field research projects. The fellowship helps scholars explore the history, culture, and impact of Black music traditions through scholarly research.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Music, History, Ethnomusicology, Cultural Research, Archival Research
  • Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship
    • Society for American Music
    • Description: Supports scholarly research on musical life in large urban communities, including studies of the connections among cultural groups, organizations, and musical genres that shape city music cultures. The fellowship provides funding for research projects leading to publications or other scholarly outcomes.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Music, Research, American Music, Urban Music, Music History, Cultural Studies
  • Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
    • American Philosophical Society
    • Description: Supports doctoral students conducting exploratory field research through funding for travel, fieldwork, specimen collection, and data gathering. The program encourages interdisciplinary research involving direct observation across areas such as archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geology, and related fields.
    • Deadline: 11/16/2026
    • Keyword: Field Research, Graduate Research, Exploration, Data Collection, Interdisciplinary Research
  • ACM Doctoral Dissertation Competition
    • Association for Computing Machinery
    • Description: Recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertations that demonstrate significant research contributions in computer science and engineering. The award honors exceptional Ph.D. research and supports emerging leaders in computing fields.
    • Deadline: 10/31/2026
    • Keyword: Computer Science, Engineering, Doctoral Research, Dissertation, Computing Research
    • *Institutionally Limited
  • Early Career Researcher Award
    • Association for Computing Machinery
    • Description: Recognizes outstanding early-career researchers who have made significant contributions to the field of software engineering through innovative research and impactful work. The award honors emerging leaders in the software engineering research community.
    • Deadline: 10/05/2026
    • Keyword: Software, Engineering, Computer Science, Early Career, Researcher, Computing
  • NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
    • National Academy of Education
    • Description: Supports early-career scholars conducting innovative education research through funding, mentorship, and professional development opportunities. The fellowship helps advance research careers focused on improving education across disciplines and settings.
    • Deadline: 10/08/2026
    • Keyword: Education, Research, Postdoctoral, Fellowship, Early Career, Teaching
  • Clay Research Fellows
    • Clay Mathematics Institute
    • Description: Supports outstanding early-career mathematicians conducting high-level research with the potential to become leaders in the field of mathematics. Fellows receive research support and funding for advanced mathematical research.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory, Topology,  Fellowship
  • Fellowships at Beinecke Library and Yale Library’s Special Collections
    • Yale University
    • Description: Supports scholars conducting onsite research using Yale Library's special collections, including rare books, manuscripts, archives, and other unique primary source materials across the humanities and related disciplines.
    • Deadline: 08/15/2026
    • Keyword: Archival Research, Special Collections, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Primary Sources, Humanities, History, Literature, Cultural Heritage, Interdisciplinary Research, Fellowship
  • Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
    • American Council of Learned Societies
    • Description: Supports early-stage PhD students pursuing innovative dissertation research in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, with an emphasis on new methodologies, interdisciplinary approaches, and community-engaged scholarship
    • Deadline: 10/28/2026
    • Keyword: Humanities, Social Sciences, Dissertation, Interdisciplinary, Innovative Methodologies, Community-Engaged, Digital Humanities, Public Humanities, Scholarly Research, Fellowship
  • Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
    • American Council of Learned Societies
    • Description: Supports PhD dissertation research and writing on the history of American art and visual culture, including Native American art, using art-historical and visual studies approaches
    • Deadline: 10/28/2026
    • Keyword: American Art, Art History, Visual Culture, Native American Art, Indigenous Studies, Museum Studies, Cultural Heritage, Visual Studies, Humanities, Dissertation Research, Fellowship

    • **this opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact cfr@wm.edu and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.

  • ACLS Fellowship Program
    • American Council of Learned Societies
    • Description: Supports outstanding scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences by providing fellowships for research and writing across a wide range of academic disciplines.
    • Deadline: 09/17/2026
    • Keyword: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Literature, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinary Research, Scholarly Writing, Fellowship, Scholarship
  • Fellowships (for Scholars of British and American History and Culture)
    • Huntington Library
    • Description: Supports scholars conducting humanities research using The Huntington's rare books, manuscripts, art collections, botanical collections, and archival resources.
    • Deadline: 11/15/2026
    • Keyword: Humanities, History, Literature, Art History, Archival Research, Special Collections, Rare Books, Cultural Heritage, History of Science, Digital Humanities, Fellowships
  • Department of Interior Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)Fire Leaders And Managers, Emerging Scientists (FLAMES)
    • Department of the Interior
    • Description: The U.S. Wildland Fire Service Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is seeking proposals from current master and doctoral students enrolled at colleges or universities within the US in the field of wildland fire and related physical, biological, and social sciences to apply for a Fire Leaders And Managers, Emerging Scientists (FLAMES) award.
    • Deadline: 09/17/2026
    • Keyword: Fire, Fire prevention, Fire science, Wildfire, Fire management, Fire safety, Fuels management, Smoke, Emergency response, Community resilience, Hazard mitigation, Risk reduction, First responders
  • Grant Competitions - Advanced Russian Language & Area Studies Program 
    • American Councils for International Education
    • Description: Choose to study at one of our three program sites. Each destination combines world-class language instruction with vibrant local culture and academic excellence. 
    • Deadline: 10/01/2026
    • Keyword: Immersion, Language, Community Service
  • Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (DEED) Program – Scholarships
    • American Public Power Association
    • Description: DEED offers three types of funding for students to pursue energy-related careers: lineworker and technical education scholarships, student internships, and student research grants.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keyword: Scholarship, Education, Energy, Efficiency
  • Archives of American Art – Internships
    • Smithsonian Institution
    • Description: The Archives of American Art offers internships year-round to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs who wish to learn and gain professional experience in various fields including archival science, information management, museum studies, art administration, art history, and cultural studies.
    • Deadline: 10/15/2026
    • Keywords:  Archival, Museum, Library, Administration, Art, History, Culture