Funding Opportunities

Othmer Fellowship

Website: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/prospective/money#fellowships.
Amount: $7,500.
Duration: up to 3 years.
Requirements:
  • Exceptional scholar.
  • Newly admitted doctoral or MFA student.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.5 in previous degree.
  • Excellent letters of recommendation.
  • Students must be offered a department assistantship at the highest level of funding.
Deadline: N.A.

Chancellor's Doctoral Fellowship

Website: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/prospective/money#fellowships.
Amount: $3,500.
Duration: up to 2 years.
Requirements:
  • Newly admitted doctoral student.
  • Excellent academic record.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree.
  • Excellent letters of recommendation.
  • Student must be offered a full department assistantship at the typical level for doctoral students.
Deadline: N.A.

August Edgren Tuition Fellowship

Website: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/prospective/money#fellowships.
Amount: up to 12 creditu hours during the fall and spring semester and 6 credit hours during the summer session.
Duration: until graduation if continuously enrolled. 
Requirements:
  • Newly admitted full-time domestic doctoral or masters student.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree.
  • Excellent letters of recommendation.
  • Student must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
Deadline: N.A.

Richard H. Larson Fellowship

Website: N.A.
Amount: $3,500.
Duration: up to 2 years.
Requirements: 
  • Newly admitted doctoral or masters student.
  • Excellent academic record.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree.
  • Excellent letters or recommendation.
  • Student must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
  • Student must be offered a full department assistantship at the typical level for new students.
Deadline: N.A.

Centennial Fellowship

Website: N.A.
Amount: $1,500.
Duration: 1 year.
Requirements:
  • Newly admitted full time doctoral or masters student.
  • Excellent academic record.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA in previous degree.
  • Excellent letters or recommendation.
Deadline: N.A.

Milton E. Mohr Graduate Fellowship

Website: N.A.
Amount: $1,000 ($500 per semester).
Duration: 1 year, renewable.
Requirements:
  • Graduation date no sooner than May of the upcoming year.
  • Accumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
  • Fall full-time graduate student in a biotechnology degree program or College or Engineering program.
Deadline: TBD (early March).

Presidential Fellowship

Website: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/funding#fellowships.
Amount: $24,000. Includes tuition, fees, and the University's portion of the student health insurance.
Duration: N.A.
Requirements: 
  • Credit hours completed: domestic students (US citizens): 9 credit hours by December 31; international students: 18 credit hours by December 31.
  • Full-time enrollment.
  • Students must be scheduled to graduate no later than August of the upcoming year.
Deadline: TBD (early February).

Fling Fellowship

Webiste: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/funding#fellowships.
Amount: $20,000. Includes tuition, fees, and the University's portion of the student health insurance.
Duration: N.A.
Requirements: 
  • Credit hours completed: domestic students (US citizens): 9 credit hours by December 31; international students: 18 credit hours by December 31.
  • Full-time enrollment.
  • Masters students must be within one year of graduation and doctoral students must be within two years of graduation.
Deadline:TBD (early February).

Dean's Fellowship

Website: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/funding#fellowships.
Amount: N.A.
Duration: N.A.
Requirements: 
  • Credit hours completed: domestic students (US citizens): 9 credit hours by December 31; international students: 18 credit hours by December 31.
  • Full-time enrollment.
Deadline: TBD (early February).

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)

Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-147.html.
Amount: 
Duration:
Requirements: 
Deadline: December 8, 2014.