Graduate Student Financial Support
Graduate student financial support is provided through a number of sources including your advisor’s research awards, teaching assistantships, UW fellowships, and external sources. ERP students are encouraged to apply for external fellowships, travel awards and scholarships, with the support of their advisors. An ideal time to apply for external support is within six months of the preliminary exam. Specific application guidelines will vary by organization, but all require an outline or project description, a budget and student CV, plus other materials such as letters of support.
The process of applying for competitive awards is an invaluable learning experience and an accomplishment in itself, regardless of whether the application is successful.
Funding Resources through UW-Madison
- The Graduate School: learn about graduate assistantships, fellowships, traineeships, research & travel grants student loans, and student jobs
- Funding Forward Program: a new program from the Graduate School that equips and empowers graduate students to compete for external fellowships
- Training Grant and Fellowship Resources from School of Medicine and Public Health
Other Fellowship, Travel and Scholarship Funding
- NIH Individual Research Training and Career Development Awards
- National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- American Heart Association Research Funding Opportunities
- The Endocrine Society
- The National GEM Consortium
- Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) – Medical and PhD Student Research Awards in Reproduction.