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FUNDING

FUNDING. By Nicole Swinteck Immunobiology Program Coordinator nperri@ medadmin.arizona.edu Georgia Ehlers, Director: gehlers@grad.Arizona.edu Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: ssmith@grad.arizona.edu General Information: ofce@grad.arizona.edu. The Pillars.

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FUNDING

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  1. FUNDING By Nicole Swinteck Immunobiology Program Coordinator nperri@medadmin.arizona.edu Georgia Ehlers, Director: gehlers@grad.Arizona.edu Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: ssmith@grad.arizona.edu General Information: ofce@grad.arizona.edu

  2. The Pillars • Federal Financial Aid: loans, grants, work study, tuition remissions • Internal Support: teaching and research assistantships, UA scholarships • Employer assisted educational benefits: Tuition Remission • External Funding: scholarships, fellowships, travel and research awards, dissertation/thesis support, etc.

  3. Types of Awards • Study and training: One to Three year fellowships • Travel Awards: conferences, language learning, presenting, research • Internship, externship, practicum, workshop • Thesis or Dissertation Research • Writing support • Post-doctoral Research • Young Faculty • Awards/Honors/Prizes

  4. Campus Resources • Graduate College Funding grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources • Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships http://www.honors.arizona.edu/oncs • College and Departmental resources websites/lists • Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid http://financialaid.arizona.edu/ • Career Services: internships http://www.career.arizona.edu/

  5. Sign Up • Graduate College Office of Fellowships: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/ • Application Support, Workshops and Presentations • GradFunding Newsletter: • Shows you how to Join the Listserv • Lists opportunities and more!

  6. GPSC Funding • Graduate and Professional Student Council: • Travel • Research & Project Grants • Club Funding • Professional Opportunities Development • http://www.gpsc.arizona.edu/sections/funding/fundingPrograms.php

  7. Searchable Databases • Pivot: http://pivot.cos.com/ • Grant Forward: https://www.grantforward.com/index • Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/ • GRAPES: https://grad.ucla.edu/asis/grapes/search.asp • UA Scholarship Universe: scholarshipuniverse.arizona.edu/ • Fin Aid: www.finaid.org/ • Fast Web: www.fastweb.com/ • Federal government: Grants.gov

  8. Remember to plan Ahead

  9. Timing Matters • Apply in first or second year of grad school for major fellowships • Note deadlines and allow six to twelve months for national fellowships! Make a schedule, backing up from the submission date • Most major deadlines occur in fall. Use summer and class projects to develop ideas and hone essays • Learn to write daily • Give referees plenty of time, and provide polite reminders as the deadline approaches

  10. Make Connections • Expand your circle: Faculty Staff Graduate Students Postdocs Peers Scientists Visiting Speakers • Cultivate four to five solid recommenders who can write positively and authoritatively about you • Develop contacts and affiliations at other institutions, research sites, national laboratories • Attend conferences, participate in travel opportunities, internships, workshops, service and outreach projects

  11. Foundations Supporting Graduate Education Mellon/ACLS Charlotte W. Newcombe P.E.O. Rockefeller Sloan Social Science Research Council Spencer Tinker Whitaker Woodrow Wilson Zonta – Amelia Earhart • AAUW • Beinecke • Jack Kent Cooke • DAAD • Ford • Gates • Hertz • Inter-American • Japan • Kellogg • Lindbergh

  12. Awards through Other Institutions • FLAS (San Diego State, U Wisconsin) • Dartmouth – Thurgood Marshall/Cesar Chavez • Harvard Travel Award • University of Texas Harry Ransom Library • Library of Congress, Rockefeller Archives, Newberry Library

  13. Who To Contact for More Information… • Georgia Ehlers, Director: gehlers@grad.Arizona.edu • Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Asst. Director: ssmith@grad.arizona.edu • General Information: ofce@grad.arizona.edu University Services Building 888 N Euclid, Rm. 204E SE corner of 2nd Street and Euclid (by the Marriott)

  14. Pivot

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