Graduate Student Funding
Women’s and Gender Studies Scholarship
Each year, the Women’s History Month, the Women’s and Gender Studies program seeks to recognize two deserving students working on women, gender, sexuality, and/or the family in their major, minor, or elective coursework. All students with an interest in the field are encouraged to apply. One undergraduate award will be given in the amount of $500 and one graduate award will be given in the amount of $750. In addition to the application form and an unofficial transcript, a work sample – a paper or project with a WGST topic from a past or current class – is required. For those students who do not have a work sample, an essay of up to 500 works on why they study topics in WGST will be required.
Applications will be received and processed through the Tiger Scholarship Manager
Deadline: March 1
Graduate Student Assistantships
The WGST program does not offer graduate assistantships. Graduate students can learn more about assistantships in their home department or campus offices here: Graduate Assistantships
UofM Graduate Student Funding
Graduate students can learn about and apply for scholarships and awards through Graduate School and the Tiger Scholarship Manager. Students should also consult with the graduate advisor in their home department to learn more about department-specific awards not listed through the Tiger Scholarship Manager. Graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences may also apply for the College of Arts and Sciences Travel Enrichment Fund to fund research or conference travel.
External Graduate Student Funding
American Association of University Women
- Career Development Grants (including graduate study)
- International Fellowships
- Selected Professions Fellowship
National Science Foundation (NSF): Graduate Research Fellowships
National Women’s Studies Association Funding
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
U.S. Fulbright Student Program
Sociologists for Women in Society (various awards)
External Dissertation Funding
Adam Smith Fellowship (Political Economy)
American Association of University Women, American Dissertation Fellowship
Five College Consortium: Research Associates Program
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Institute for Citizens and Scholarships Fellowship in Women’s Studies
Kagan Fellowship (Holocaust Studies)
National Academy of Education Dissertation Fellowship
National Science Foundation (NSF): Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship
Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellowship
Sociologists for Women in Society (various awards)
The Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies