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Here is how our winners are making headlines at UB.

  • The Graduate School Fellowship
    9/5/24
    The Graduate School Fellowship helps fund outstanding graduate students at UB. A minimum of twenty students will be selected per year. Each student will receive a $10,000 top-off per year, renewable for five years, for a total value of $50,000.
  • Presidential Fellowships
    9/5/24
    The UB Presidential Fellowship Program helps to fund outstanding graduate students. To be eligible, a nominee must be a new applicant to a PhD program and must be fully funded, including a teaching, graduate or research assistant. Nominees must also have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.40 or higher upon admission.
  • American Association of University Women—Buffalo (AAUW Buffalo)
    8/29/24
    The Buffalo branch of the American Association of Women (AAUW) provides additional financial support to college students in the Western New York area in the form of specialized loans, grants or scholarships. The funds include several named awards. Applicants must demonstrate superior academic achievement, have potential for achieving their academic and career goals, and for some of the awards, show financial need.
  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)
    8/29/24
    The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has a diverse set of fellowships and grants for women pursuing research, certificates or advanced degrees. Some campus initiatives may be eligible for our community grants. There is also a new publication grant for engineering, medicine and science. The goal is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education and advocacy.
  • Chateaubriand Fellowship—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
    8/26/24
    The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the U.S. It supports outstanding PhD students from American universities who wish to conduct research in France for a period ranging from four to nine months. Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, through a collaborative process involving expert evaluators in both countries.
  • Chateaubriand Fellowship—Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
    8/26/24
    The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the U.S. The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) targets outstanding PhD students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences. This fellowship is offered by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France. HSS Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, using a binational collaborative process involving expert evaluators from both countries. There are three types of fellowships:
  • Humanity in Action Fellowship
    8/26/24
    The Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of fellows to study minority rights and produce original research exploring how and why individuals and societies, past and present, have resisted intolerance and protected democratic values. Separate programs take place for five weeks every summer in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Berlin, Copenhagen, Sarajevo and Warsaw. The objective of the Humanity in Action Fellowship programs is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well as to provide a forum where potential solutions to some of today’s most challenging issues can be considered and discussed.
  • Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
    7/2/24
    The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship offers grants for students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad. Such international exchange is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need.
  • George J. Mitchell Scholarship for Study in Ireland (Inactive)
    6/14/24
    The George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program, named to honor former US Senator George Mitchell's pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to community and public service. Up to twelve Mitchell Scholars between the ages of 18 and 30 are chosen annually for one academic year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
  • KCC Japan Education Exchange Graduate Fellowship
    5/20/24
    The Kobe College Corporation (KCC) Japan Education Exchange Graduate Fellowships Program was established in 1996 to support qualified PhD graduate students for research or study in Japan. The purpose of the fellowship is to support future American educators who will teach more effectively about Japan. One fellowship of $30,000 will be awarded. Applicants may affiliate with Kobe College (Kobe Jogakuin) for award year, if selected.