The eligibility for an Ashton fellowship requires the applicant to be a third generation American-born citizen under the age of 25 and be a resident of New Jersey or Pennsylvania.

If you fulfill these requirements, apply to the Chemical Biomolecular Engineering Department and request an application for the Ashton fellowship by sending e-mail to cbemail@seas.upenn.edu

The William Fontaine Endowment was established in 1970 at the University of Pennsylvania in honor of Dr. William Fontaine, professor of philosophy for twenty-one years and the first African-American to become a fully affiliated professor at Penn.

From the endowment’s inception, Fontaine Fellowships have advanced the University’s goals related to diversity by supporting the education of the most underrepresented groups in Ph.D. education nationally. Originally restricted to students from groups “traditionally and historically underrepresented” in higher education – specifically U.S. African American, Native American, and Hispanic students – diversity is now more broadly defined and may include, for example, first-generation college students who are from low-income families, or students whose backgrounds are most underrepresented in a specific discipline or field. Awardees must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.

For more information, visit https://gsc.upenn.edu/fontaine/about.

If you fulfill these requirements, apply to the Chemical Biomolecular Engineering Department and request an application for the Fontaine fellowship by sending e-mail to cbemail@seas.upenn.edu

Two fellowships are made each year to students who have earned Penn undergraduate degrees within the three previous academic years and have been accepted into graduate programs at Penn. First-year funding from the fellowship is matched with institutional support to provide fully funded four-year awards.

For more information, please contact the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, 210 College Hall/6381, or by phone at 898-2061.

Fellowship to support new and continuing doctoral students from populations most under-represented nationally in PhD education. Call for nominations typically in February.

For more information: https://gsc.upenn.edu/academic-programs/grants-fellowships/opportunities

Supports graduate and professional students who are graduates of Marymount Manhattan College (Bronx) or any of the Marymount Colleges established by the Order of the Religious Sacred Heart of Mary. Fellows receive $5000/year for up to three years.

Call for nominations typically in February.

For more information: https://gsc.upenn.edu/academic-programs/grants-fellowships/opportunities#nomination

Penn Yellow Ribbon Program

Is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. The program allows Penn to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the VA to fund tuition expenses for eligible veterans.

Schools and programs at Penn have committed funds to the Yellow Ribbon Program, with a designated number of openings available at each school. The VA will match Penn’s commitment. The combined Penn award and VA match cannot exceed the difference between the recipient’s actual tuition charges and the recipient’s basic Post-9/11 tuition benefit. Students receiving VA education benefits are required to disclose other scholarships and grants (including any departmental, Penn, or outside organizations, such as an employer) to Student Registration & Financial Services for review. Additional funding sources may require adjustments to benefit eligibility.

Federal law states that Yellow Ribbon awards must be made on a first-come, first-served basis. SRFS maintains a queue of applicants based on the date a student submits their VA Certificate of Eligibility (COE). Phone calls and email inquiries do not hold you a place in the queue.

For more information: https://srfs.upenn.edu/financial-aid/yellow-ribbon

Penn Veterans Upward Bound Program

The TRIO Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program hosted by the University of Pennsylvania is a FREE, college preparatory program for eligible veterans federally funded with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The program offers college preparatory services to include academic assessment, advising, and counseling; non-credited academic classes and tutoring; college access; and educational support services. The program is intended to encourage, empower, and acclimatize college-bound veterans for the rigors of post-secondary education and training. The primary goal of VUB is to fully prepare eligible veterans to enter the college of their choice, be successful in college, and to graduate from college.

For more information: https://vub.vpse.upenn.edu/

Supported through the generosity of Roy and Diana Vagelos, the VIEST Graduate Fellowship is awarded competitively to exceptional University of Pennsylvania graduate students in SAS and SEAS whose PhD work is in energy-focused research.

VIEST Graduate Fellows will receive financial support toward their graduate work in the form of a standard stipend, general fee, tuition, and health insurance for the academic year and summer. In addition, each Fellow may apply for up to $1,000 in funds to present research at a conference.

Eligibility:

University of Pennsylvania graduate students in SAS and SEAS whose PhD dissertation project is energy focused research and who will be in the 3rd or 4th year of their Penn graduate enrollment are eligible to apply. The ideal candidate will have a dissertation research project closely aligned with the research priorities of VIEST. Students from groups minoritized in STEM are expressly encouraged to apply.

Requirements for Fellows:

VIEST Graduate Fellows are expected to work full time toward and continue to make appropriate progress to completion of their PhD dissertation during the award period. They will be expected to actively participate in VIEST topical and full center research meetings to encourage and develop effective collaborations within the Institute and throughout the Penn campus. Written technical reports will be required in January and August of that year.

How to apply:

• A letter of nomination from the applicant’s PhD advisor.
  • The letter must comment on the demonstrated ability of the nominee to learn from and contribute to a multi-disciplinary and collaborative research environment.
  • This letter must be on Penn letterhead and emailed directly by the PhD advisor to the program.
• Applicant’s current resume or CV
• A personal statement that includes:
• The tentative title of your dissertation and anticipated graduation date
• A description of your, written for a scholar outside the major field of study
• A discussion of how your project contributes to the field of energy research, how it aligns with the Vagelos Institute’s mission and goals, and the potential for further collaborations within the Penn energy research community
• A paragraph discussing your short-term and long-term career goals
• The personal statement must be no more than two pages in length, not including references (standard letter-size page, 1-inch margins, and at least 11 pt font)
• An up-to-date, unofficial Penn transcript
• The resume, personal statement, and transcript must be combined into one pdf file and emailed to Nadine Gruhn no later than 5 pm.
  • Please use the subject “Graduate Fellow Application [Your Name]”, and name the pdf attachment “YourNameApplication.pdf”

Review Criteria:

VIEST Graduate Fellowships will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence, the demonstrated likelihood that the Fellow will become a leader in the next generation of energy scientists and engineers, and alignment of the dissertation project with the research priorities of VIEST.

Contact:

Dr. Nadine Gruhn, VIEST Managing Director, ngruhn@sas.upenn.edu

This award was established on February 15, 1946, in memory of Wilson S. Yerger(‘09), by his widow and children. It provides a stipend plus tuition for a fellowship holder in metallurgy and materials science or in chemical engineering.

Nominations will be based on the scholastic attainments of the applicant with due regard for worthiness of character, financial need, the promise of success in the principal line of work he or she proposes to pursue as a graduate student, and for the interests of the school in which he or she proposes to pursue it.

If you fulfill these requirements, apply to the Chemical Biomolecular Engineering Department and request an application for the Wilson S. Yerge fellowship by sending e-mail to cbemail@seas.upenn.edu

The University has created two grant programs for PhD students to help offset the cost of childcare and family expenses, and health insurance for dependents.

These grants are funded by the Office of the Provost and administered by the Family Resource Center and the Office of Student Registration and Financial Services.

• Family Grant
• Dependent Health Insurance Grant

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) provides a host of funding opportunities from individual grants, to group and event funding. Some of the grants available for graduate students include the following:

• Research Student Travel Grant
• Professional Student Travel Grant
• President Gutmann Leadership Award
• GAPSA Provost Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Innovation

The Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students recognizes the profound impact of graduate students on education at Penn. Nominations come directly from undergraduate and graduate students. Ten prizes are awarded annually.

For more information: https://provost.upenn.edu/teaching-at-penn/penn-ta-prize

Penn Career Services knows that many summer internships, particularly in certain fields, provide only a small stipend or do not pay at all. Frequently the internships are located in cities with a high cost of living. This means that some students are unable to take advantage of excellent positions, which are sometimes the first step towards a career in a given field. Other students wish to participate in nonprofit, NGO, or research work away from home.

Career Services has a limited fund of money to allow some select students to pursue unfunded or under-funded summer opportunities. Funds could cover travel expenses, living expenses, or other expenses related to the summer experience.

Note: SEAS graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply, although preference will be given to undergraduates (rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors), you should still apply.

For more information: https://careerservices.upenn.edu/career-services-summer-funding-program/

The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women will offer grants to students who have special financial needs. Special consideration will be given to women students. Grants will be for sudden, compelling, and unanticipated need due to changed financial circumstances. Examples include the death or unemployment of a parent or illness. These students would be unable to continue their studies without special financial assistance. Students should demonstrate resourcefulness and self-reliance in their quest for a Penn education, and their qualities should identify them as role models for other University students.

For more information: https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&gid=2&pgid=1421

Unexpected financial circumstances can cause undergraduate, graduate, and professional students stress and impact their ability to achieve and thrive. Penn’s Division of the Vice Provost for University Life (VPUL), Office of Student Financial Services (SFS), Penn First Plus (P1P), Student Intervention Services (SIS), and Alumni Relations work collaboratively to address pressing needs and, when appropriate, adjust the student’s cost of attendance to fund a relevant opportunity or remedy an urgent situation.

Emergency or Opportunity Grants can range from $100 to $1,000 and can be used for demonstrated needs such as: academic technology/course materials; winter or professional clothing; medical expenses; academic advancement (such as graduate school exam fees); or personal/family emergencies.

For more information: https://pennvpul.wufoo.com/forms/emergency-and-opportunity-funding/

The Leboy-Davies Graduate Student Award was created to honor of Phoebe Leboy and Helen Davies, two pioneering feminist faculty members in the health sciences. This award provides up to $2,000 in research or travel funding to a graduate student whose work fosters women’s health, well-being, and educational equality anywhere in the world, or enhances our understanding of gender inequality.

Priority will be given to students who have earned the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate (or who are currently enrolled in the program), and to projects leading to the completion of a doctoral dissertation.

For more information: https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/center/funding/leboy-davies-graduate-student-award

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy provides student and research grants as well as summer fellowships four times per year in the spring, summer, fall, and winter, and are open to individual students as well as student groups.

Grants provided by the Kleinman Center must be prospective and funding decisions are based on funding availability, student eligibility, energy policy relevance, and completeness of the application.

For more information:

• Student Grants
• Research Grants
• Summer Fellowships

The Penn Museum Assistantship Program offers paid semester-and year-long assistantship opportunities for Penn graduate students to work on projects within the Penn Museum. The program pairs Museum projects in need of research assistance with interested graduate students from related fields.

For more information: https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/museum-assistantship-program

CSERI will award a number of graduate fellowships for research expenses and travel undertaken in the academic year.  All full-time Penn graduate students enrolled in any school whose research focuses on social science approaches to race, ethnicity or immigration in the United States or in other countries are eligible to apply. CSERI research support may be combined with funding from other programs.

For more information: http://web.sas.upenn.edu/cseri/opportunities/graduate-research-grants/