100+ Financial Resources to Pay for Graduate School

You have your sights set on a graduate degree in the field you love. Don't let the price tag discourage you.

Scholarships and grants can make your goal a reality.

In this list, find 100+ scholarships, grants, and fellowships for grad and post-grad students. This includes non-school-specific awards for students in different fields, groups, and regions across the U.S.

How to Pay for Graduate School

Here are some of the most popular options to look into:

• Public Loans
  These loans are distributed by the federal government, which involves filling out the FAFSA. They have lower interest rates and are easier to get. They're also the only type of loan that qualifies for forgiveness programs.

• Grants & Scholarships
  These are free financial awards offered by schools, private companies, or professional organizations. Some awards are need-based, but most have academic requirements.

• Graduate Assistantship
  This is a work-study program exclusively for graduate students. You perform work on campus in your field (usually at least 20 hours per week). The school then covers the cost of tuition, room and board.

You have plenty of options, but grants and scholarships are the ideal way to pay for graduate school. Search through the below guide to find financial awards suited to you.

Grants and Scholarships for Graduate Students

Grants and scholarships can offer a huge boost of support to graduate students. Check out the list below to find awards for students in specific fields, groups, and states.

Environmental and Agriculture

• Brown and Caldwell: Dr. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr. Scholarship supports students who are interested in pursuing a career in the environmental profession.
  
• The Wilderness Society: Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship is available to current qualified graduate students who have the potential to make a significant positive difference in wilderness protection.
  
• National Potato Council: Potato Leadership, Education and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) awards one scholarship to a graduate student with strong interest in research that can directly benefit the potato industry.
  
• International Association for Great Lakes Research: Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship is awarded to deserving graduate students conducting research pertaining to Great Lakes fisheries.
  
• New York Water Environment Association: N.G. Kaul Memorial Scholarship Fund will be offering up to $5,000 in scholarships to students pursuing graduate or doctoral degrees in environmental/civil engineering or environmental science concentrating on water quality.
  
• Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance: The Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship is a competitive scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in forestry, wildlife or marine science at a Louisiana Public College or University.

Finance

• Association of International Certified Professional Accountants: John L. Carey Scholarship provides financial assistance to liberal arts and non-business degree holders who are pursuing both graduate studies in accounting and the CPA licensure.
  
• Government Finance Officers Association: GFOA provides several scholarship opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in state/provincial or local government finance.

Healthcare and Medicine

• American Psychological Foundation: Wayne F. Placek Grant encourages research to increase the general public's understanding of homosexuality and sexual orientation, and to alleviate the stress that lesbian women, gay men, bisexual women, bisexual men and transgender individuals experience in this and future civilizations.
  
• American College of Healthcare Executives: ACHE provides Albert W. Dent Graduate Scholarships for racially/ethnically underrepresented students in healthcare management graduate students to cover tuition costs, student loans and expenses.
  
• American College of Healthcare Executives: ACHE provides Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship for students enrolled in their final year of a healthcare management graduate program.
  
• National AMBUCS, Inc.: National AMBUCS, Inc. has awarded scholarships to graduate students pursuing degrees in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology and hearing audiology.
  
• American Psychological Foundation: APF Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship supports graduate-level scholarly projects that use a psychological perspective to help understand and reduce stigma associated with mental illness.
  
• Oncology Nursing Foundation: Master's scholarships is granted for registered nurses who are interested in and committed to oncology nursing to continue their education by pursuing a master's degree in nursing.
  
• SHAPE America: Barbara A. Cooley Master's Scholarship is granted for master's level student who is currently enrolled in a health education program at an accredited college/university in the United States or a U.S. territory.

Liberal Arts and Humanities

• Sacramento Press Club: Sacramento Press Club provides scholarships for Sacramento juniors, seniors, or graduate students who demonstrated interest in covering news of the Sacramento region.
  
• Wenner-Gren Foundation: Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research in anthropology for graduate students.
  
• National Endowment for the Humanity: NEH offers a variety of grant programs to individuals and organizations that do the highest quality work to promote the humanities.
  
• ASCAP Foundation: ASCAP Foundation Scholarship programs seek to ensure that opportunities for the study of music are available to students at all levels.
  
• The Floyd Mayweather Foundation: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation Scholarship for the Advancement of Women in Sports & Entertainment is intended for eligible college undergraduate and graduate school women who desire to work and contribute their efforts within the field.
  
• AIGA: AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships benefit underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students (undergraduate and graduate level) who are studying photography, illustration, and design disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States.
  
• American Society of Interior Designers: ASID Foundation, in partnership with our ASID Industry Partners, provides a number of annual scholarships and grant opportunities available to expand research and knowledge around the impact of interior design on behavior, health, and well-being.
  
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship will offer eight (8) scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who are interested in pursuing a career in the communications, media, or entertainment industry.
  
• The Beinecke Scholarship: Beinecke Scholarship Program supports graduate education in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
  
• Getty Foundation: Library Research Grants are intended for researchers of all nationalities and at any level, unless otherwise specified in the grant description, who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Research Library, and whose place of residence is more than eighty miles from the Getty Center.

Management and Business

• Society of Actuaries: Hickman Scholars Program provides stipends to doctoral students who will, through their studies, address research and education needs of the profession, including both the theoretical and practical aspects.
  
• Spencer Educational Foundation: Spencer awards scholarships to full-time master degree students majoring/minoring in Risk Management/Insurance or a related field of study.
  
• IFMA Foundation: FMA Foundation scholarship program awards undergraduate (2-year and 4-year) and graduate students enrolled in facility management or FM-related (built environment) programs.
  
• PMI Educational Foundation: Dr. Harold Kerzner Scholarships is awarded for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in Project Management or related fields of study from accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities.
  
• PMI Educational Foundation: PMI Phoenix Chapter sponsors scholarships for students who meet the scholarship's criteria and are pursuing undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees in Project Management or related fields of study from accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities.
  
• SHRM Foundation: SHRM Foundation offered Graduate Scholarships for its member who pursue graduate level study.

STEM

• American Philosophical Society: The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology is open to field studies in any area of interest to astrobiology.
  
• Center for Cyber Safety and Education: (ISC)² Graduate Scholarship Program is provided for graduate students who pursue master degree or doctoral studies with a focus on cybersecurity or information assurance.
  
• American Statistical Association: ASA provides Edward C. Bryant Scholarship for an outstanding graduate student in survey statistics.
  
• IEEE Foundation: Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Scholarship is awarded annually for one year of full-time graduate work in electrical engineering at an engineering school of recognized standing located in the US.
  
• International Society of Automation: ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships are awarded to college or university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation and control.
  
• International Centre for Diffraction Data: The Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship is an award to support the education and research program of promising graduate students in crystallography-related fields.
  
• American Welding Society: The Matsuo Bridge Company, Ltd. of Japan Scholarship will be awarded to a college junior or senior, or a graduate student pursuing a degree in civil engineering, welding engineering, welding engineering technology, or related discipline.
  
• NASF Foundation: NASF Scholarships are open to college juniors, seniors, and graduate students majoring in subjects related to surface science.
  
• GEM Fellowship: GEM also offers fellowships with paid internships for MS and PhD levels students in engineering.
  
• National Hydropower Association: Past Presidents' Legacy Scholarship is awarded for undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing a program of study that is related to the hydropower industry: engineering, sciences (biology, fisheries, and hydrology), communications, or environmental studies.
  
• American Galvanizers Association: American Galvanizers Associations (AGA) Galvanize the Future: A Richard L. Brooks Memorial Scholarship essay contest is available for full- or part-time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in an accredited college or university in North America studying architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, construction management, material science, or a related field.
  
• American Nuclear Society: Robert E. Uhrig Graduate Scholarship is a $4,000 scholarship given annually to one graduate student in nuclear engineering.
  
• Woman's National Farm & Garden Association: Warren/Sanders/McNaughton Oceanographic Scholarship is granted for graduate students in oceanography and related fields.
  
• AFCEA Education Foundation: AFCEA Educational Foundation is offering competitive based scholarships of $2,500 each to students actively pursuing a graduate degree or credential/licensure for the purpose of teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) subjects at a U.S. school in grades K-12.
  
• Department of Defense Program: SMART Scholarship Program is granted for technical undergraduate or graduate students in STEM field.
  
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Alfred P. Sloan Graduate Scholarship Program is granted for underrepresented doctoral students in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Scholarships for Other Fields

• SME Education Foundation: SME Education Foundation awards scholarships to graduate level students pursuing an advanced degree in pursuit of a manufacturing career at four-year colleges and universities within the United States or Canada.
  
• Michigan Townships: Robert R. Robinson Scholarship is awarded for junior, senior or graduate student in a Michigan college or university who are preparing for a career in public administration.
  
• Association of California Water Agencies: Stephen K. Hall ACWA Water Law & Policy Scholarship Program is awarded for students pursuing a graduate degree (Master's, PhD, or Law School) in water law, water policy or public administration.
  
• IES San Fransisco: Thunen Memorial Scholarship is awarded for full-time undergraduate junior, senior or graduate students who desire to study illumination as a career (study area: architecture, electrical engineering, interior design, lighting, lighting application, lighting design, theatre).
  
• Houzz: The Houzz Scholarship Program supports undergraduate and graduate students studying architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, construction management, or skilled trades.
  
• American Society for Quality: ASQ provides Richard A. Freund International Scholarship for graduate students who concentrate on quality control, quality assurance, quality improvement, total quality management or similar quality emphasis.

Non-Field Specific

• Freemont Foundation: Freemont Foundation Scholarship Program is available to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate and graduate students.
  
• Thomas J. Henry: Thomas J. Henry Leadership Program is an essay-based scholarship for student who enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, an accredited college or university.
  
• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: Cooke Graduate Scholarship is awarded to outstanding Cooke Scholars and recent alumni to support them to complete graduate degrees at top institutions.

Identity, Group or Region Specific

• Asian Pacific Fund: Hsiao Memorial Social Sciences Scholarship is offered for graduate student who pursue a graduate degree in the social sciences, economics preferred but not required.
  
• American Indian College Fund: American Indian College Fund provides support to American Indian and Alaska Native college students seeking undergraduate and graduate degrees at tribal colleges, and other nonprofit accredited schools.
  
• Sigma Kappa Foundation: Sigma Kappa Foundation offer scholarships for academic expenses to both undergraduate and graduate students who are Sigma Kappa members, both collegiate and alumnae.
  
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund: HSF Scholar Program is designed to empower courageous young leaders of Hispanic heritage.
  
• Prospanica Foundation: Prospanica Foundation provides scholarships for its members who pursue undergraduate and graduate study.
  
• Point Foundation: Point Foundation provides scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community.
  
• Poise Foundation: The Hubertus W.V. Willems Scholarship for Male Students is awarded annually to a male, US citizen who attends an accredited institution in the United States and is majoring in one of the following fields: Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematical Sciences.
  
• Association on American Indian Affairs: AAIA provides undergraduate and graduate students' scholarships for Native American students who are citizens/members of their Tribal Nation.
  
• Daughters of American Revolution: DAR American Indian Scholarship is awarded to help Native Americans students of any age, any tribe and in any state striving to get an education at the undergraduate or graduate levels.
  
• NCAA: NCAA provides postgraduate scholarships for student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
  
• American Statistical Association: ASA provides Cox Scholarship for female graduate students who study statistics.
  
• Association for Women in Science: AWIS Distinguished Doctoral Research Scholarship is granted for pre-doctoral student in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics or Engineering who is a woman expecting to graduate within 2 years of the application deadline.
  
• Florida Nursery, Growers, and Landscape Association: FNGLA provides The James H. Davis Memorial Scholarship fund for undergraduate and graduate students to pursue careers in Florida's horticulture industry and related pursuits.
  
• Conroy Memorial Scholarship: Conroy Memorial Scholarship is granted for high school seniors, full-time and part-time, degree-seeking undergraduates and graduate students who enroll in Maryland college/university.
  
• Support Creativity: Support Creativity provides scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students who are in creative field and wish to develop their skills at higher education institutions in the New York area.
  
• JCFS Chicago: JCFS Chicago offers Graduate Scholarships for students enrolling in or continuing enrollment in a graduate level educational program.
  
• Stars Scholarship Fund: Stars Scholarship Fund awards scholarships annually to academically talented and highly motivated students who intend to pursue full-time undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees.

Fellowships for Graduate and Post-Grad

Fellowships can offer valuable experience in your field and help establish your career. Find a fellowship suited to you in the list below.

Environmental and Agriculture

• Woman's National Farm & Garden Association: Sarah Bradley Tyson Memorial Fellowship is granted for students who study advanced agriculture, horticulture and related fields.
  
• Bullitt Foundation: Bullitt Environmental Fellowship is an award that provides a currently enrolled graduate student with a $100,000 prize over a two-year span of time to advance a project, engage in creative thinking, or spur action to address a specific environmental issue.

Healthcare and Medicine

• National Library of Medicine: The National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program is a one-year postgraduate training fellowship at the NLM in Bethesda, Maryland, with an optional second year program component.
  
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation: ASHFoundation invites full-time students who will be or who are currently enrolled in a graduate program in communication sciences and disorders to apply for graduate scholarships.

Liberal Arts and Humanities

• Archaelogical Institute of America: Olivia James Traveling Fellowship is granted for PhD students who joined AIA members to cover travel expenses.
  
• Archaelogical Institute of America: The Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship is awarded every other year to help support a Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome, and provides for pre- or post-doctoral studies of archaeology and classical studies.
  
• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways.
  
• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner.
  
• Social Science Research Council: International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers six to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research about non-US or US Indigenous cultures and societies.
  
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: ISI provides graduate fellowships to outstanding students pursuing advanced study in the humanities or social sciences.
  
• Kress Foundation: Kress Foundation awards fellowships to art historians and art conservators in the final stages of their preparation for professional careers, as well as to students of art history and related fields who are interested in art museum education and curation.
  
• American Council of Learned Societies: ACLS provides grants and fellowships for scholars in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels.
  
• American Society for Theatre Research: Helen Krich Chinoy Dissertation Fellowship is intended to assist Ph.D. candidates with the expenses of travel to national and international collections to conduct research projects connected with their dissertations.
  
• Carter Museum: The Davidson Family Fellowship provides support for scholars holding a PhD (or equivalent) or for PhD candidates to work on research projects that advance scholarship on American art by connecting with objects in the Carter's collection.
  
• Carter Museum: The Gentling Fellowship provides support for scholars at the PhD or equivalent level, in a variety of disciplines, whose projects work to secure the Gentlings' rightful place among the foremost American painters of the last half of the twentieth century.
  
• Library Company: The Library Company provides some fellowships for specific topics (e.g., for the study of African American history, women's history, medical history, and economy and society).
  
• Met Museum: Met fellowships are awarded to junior scholars, postdoctoral and senior academics, and museum professionals for independent study or research in the fields of art history, archaeology, museum education, conservation, and related sciences.
  
• United States Capitol History Society: Capitol Fellowship Program has provided financial support to graduate Students enrolled in a degree program in art or architectural history, American history, American studies, museum studies, or decorative arts, and scholars with a proven record of research and publication.
  
• Winterthur: Winterthur offers short-term and long-term fellowships for academic, independent, and museum scholars as well as advanced graduate students.
  
• Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3,000 each to doctoral candidates, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in the field of American history.
  
• Garvey Foundation: Marcus Garvey Memorial Foundation provides research fellowships to doctoral candidates conducting research on a wide range of aspects of African and African diaspora history, culture, and politics.
  
• Foundation for Community Association Research: Byron Hanke Fellowship is granted to selected graduate students to implement research projects related to the development, management and governance of common interest communities and their community associations.

STEM

• The American Society of Nondestructive Testing: The ASNT Fellowship Award provides financial support in the form of a $20,000 cash award, for high-quality research activities in science and technology at the graduate level (M.S. or Ph.D. candidates).
  
• Krell Institute: Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.
  
• National Science Foundation: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
  
• Hertz Foundation: Hertz Fellowship is awarded annually to the nation's most promising graduate students in science and technology.
  
• Microsoft: Microsoft PhD Fellowship is a two-year fellowship for PhD students at North American universities pursuing research aligned to the research areas carried out by Microsoft Research.
  
• American Meteorological Society: AMS Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science is awarded for a student in the process of completing a dissertation on the history of the atmospheric, or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.
  
• NASA: NASA Fellowship is granted for students who are in masters or doctoral degree program on STEM related field.

Non-Field Specific

• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship (KDF) awards up to 20 Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students at accredited U.S. universities to support dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.
  
• Henry Luce Foundation: Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program for college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals in a variety of fields.
  
• New York State Senate: New York State Senate provides New York State Senate Legislative Fellowship for graduate and post-graduate students.
  
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides funding for competitive fellowships and institutional awards.

Identity, Group or Region-Specific

• Phi Kappa Tau: Phi Kappa Tau provides scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students.
  
• P.D. Soros Fellowhips: Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program is granted for graduate immigrant students who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture or their academic field.
  
• Reaching Out: Reaching Out provides ROMBA LGBT+ Fellowship for LGBT+ and active ally business leaders on their MBA education.
  
• Chickasaw Nation: Chickasaw Nation provides higher education grant for undergraduate, graduate or doctoral students who maintain a 2.0 GPA or higher each semester.
  
• Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs MBA Fellowship is granted for first-year MBA students who pursue Summer Associate position at Goldman Sachs (underrepresented groups: Black, Hispanic/Latino, Native American or women).
  
• Forte Foundation: Forté Fellowships are prestigious, competitive awards for women who pursue MBA program on Forte's partner schools.
  
• AAUW: Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low.
  
• Zonta International: Amelia Earhart Fellowship is awarded annually to up to 35 women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences.
  
• Rocky Mountain Conservancy: Bailey Research Fellowship is granted for graduate level student to spend three to four months conducting research in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Bottom Line

Grad school is notoriously pricey, but it's still within your reach. After all, we need scholars and thinkers like you to make the world a better place.

When searching for scholarships, be sure to check for field-specific awards that may have a smaller pool of applicants. And always take time to do your research. Best of luck!