Scholarships and Awards

Please visit the links below for information on scholarships and awards for graduate students.  If you have questions concerning scholarships, fellowships, or awards, please contact Karen Popp, Student Services Coordinator/Scholarship Administrator in the Office of Graduate Studies at:  poppk@pdx.edu, 503-725-8402.

Scholarships and Awards Administered by OGS

Click here for the Scholarship Manager website. 

• PSU Laurels Graduate Tuition Remission Program
• Monroe M. Sweetland Endowed Community Leadership Scholarship
• Rosemary and Robert Low Memorial Award
• Elsa Jorgenson Award
• Deborah Murdock Scholarship
• Frank L. Roberts Community Service Scholarship
• Marie Brown Travel Award
• WAGS Master's Thesis Award and Innovation in Technology Award

Other PSU Scholarships and Awards

• Sustainability Travel Awards
• AAA Travel Award
• Solutions Generator 2013
• Special Collections Research Fellowship
• The Middle East Studies Center and the World Languages and Literatures Department Fellowships

External Scholarships/Fellowships and Awards

• 2013 Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge
• Oregon University System: SYLFF Graduate Fellowship for International Research
• 2013 Korean Government Scholarship Program
• Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program
• California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
• Ford Diversity Fellowships Program
• Anchor QEA Scholarships
• Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF)
• 2013-2014 IAF Grassroots Development Ph.D. Fellowship Program
• Presidential Management Fellows Program
• 2013-2014 Chateaubriand Scholarships
• USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship
• Erasmus Mundus Programme - Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education (MARIHE)
• ETS 2013-14 Fellowship & Internship Programs in Research and Development
• Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
• SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
• ARIT Research and Language Fellowship Programs 2013-2014
• University Club Foundation, Inc. Fellowship Award Program

National Science Foundation (NSF) Programs

The following programs provide either direct (i.e., from NSF) or indirect (i.e., from an awardee institution) funding for students at the graduate level or identify programs that focus on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, trianing or retention. 

• Arctic Research Opportunities
• Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE)
• CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service
• Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences
• Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
• East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
• Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
• Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
• Integrative Graduate Education and Research Trainseeship Program-CIF21 Track
• National STEM Education Distributed Learning
• NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
• Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research
• Research in Disabilities Education
• SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
• Science, Technology, and Society

Internships

Please click here for a list of current internship opportunities.