Money
The Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity is a unique partnership of industry, government and higher education. GFSD helps its partners to recruit, identify, select, and support outstanding U.S. doctoral students. All GFSD Fellows receive $20,000 in funding and are given an opportunity to participate in paid summer internships at federal agencies or companies. Apply now!
Overview
The Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity, formerly the National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC), is a unique partnership of industry, government and higher education. GFSD helps its partners to recruit, identify, select, and support outstanding U.S. doctoral students. Since granting its first fellowship award to seven young scholars in 1989, the GFSD partnership has provided fellowships to more than 600 aspiring scientists and engineers. Of these, more than 60% of our fellows are women and underrepresented minority students make up a larger portion of our fellows compared to NSF graduate fellowship program. GFSD's principal objective is to aid in increasing the number of Ph.D.'s in the physical sciences and related engineering fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool of women and historically underrepresented minorities.
Deadline
Dec 15, 2022
Award
All GFSD Fellows receive $20,000 in funding to go toward their graduate stipend. Fellowships are renewable annually in discussion with partner agencies and fellowships are typically offered to 3-6 years.
All GFSD fellow are given an opportunity to participate in paid summer internships at federal agencies or companies.
GFSD team is here to help you at any time if you need support in your graduate education or in your internships.
Eligibility
All U.S. citizens are eligible. More information can be found here.
Details
To learn more and to apply online. The information included on the online application is the same as that required for graduate school admission: degrees earned and expected, employment and internship history, grades (self-entered and later verified), GRE scores, references, personal statement, etc. The Fellowship covers tuition and fees and provides a generous annual stipend.