Below is a list of diversity related awards that students and faculty within our department may be eligible for. Note that some listing represent multiple award calls and not all eligibility criteria are listed. Please click on the award name for more information. If you do not see any awards that match your needs and eligibility, take a look through the Graduate College's Fellowship Finder for a more comprehensive list of awards. We strive to keep this information current, if you find any information to be missing, inaccurate, or out-of-date please email the Librarian at psych-webmaster@illinois.edu.
Award Name | Type | Career Stage | Citizenship |
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Penn Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence Through Diversity |
Residential Fellowship | PhD - post quals | U.S citizen or permanent resident |
Research and Teaching Fellowship | PhD - any stage | U.S citizens, nationals or protected individuals under 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)(B) | |
Substance Abuse Dissertation Research (R36) | Research Fellowship | PhD - any stage | unknown |
Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36) | Research Fellowship | PhD - any stage | unknown |
AAUW American Fellowships |
Dissertation Fellowship Research Leave Publication Grant |
PhD - post prelim Postdoctoral Non-tenured faculty |
U.S. citizens or permanent resident |
Dissertation Fellowship | PhD - post prelim | No restriction | |
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship |
Pre-doctoral Fellowship Dissertation Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellowship Senior Fellowship |
Intending PhD or PhD PhD - post prelim Postdoc Previous Fellowship Recipients |
U.S. citizens, nationals, permanent residents, and those with deferred action status |
Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program | Residential Fellowship | PhD - post prelim | unknown |
Residential Fellowship | Any | unknown | |
American Board of Professional Psychology Outstanding Dissertation Award |
Dissertation Award | PhD - less that 1yr post dissertation | unknown |
Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award | Dissertation Fellowship | PhD | unknown |
Paula Kantor Award | Research Fellowship | unknown | unknown |
Dissertation Fellowship | PhD - post prelim | unknown | |
Residential Fellowship | Postdoc | unknown | |
Residential Fellowship | PhD and less than 2 years post PhD | eligible to work in the United States | |
Clayman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship | Residential Fellowship | Postdoc | unknown |
Residential Fellowship | PhD | No restriction |
General Diversity Awards
Award Name | Type | Career Stage | Citizenship |
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Research Fellowship | PhD - any stage | U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents | |
Research Fellowship | Postdoc | U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents | |
Merit Scholarship | PhD - any stage | unknown | |
Research Fellowship |
Undergraduate PhD - any stage |
unknown | |
Research Fellowship | PhD - any stage | unknown |
Postdoctoral and Early Career Diversity Awards
Award Name | Type | Career Stage | Citizenship |
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Merit Scholarship | Less than 10 years post PhD | unknown | |
NINDS Faculty Development Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research (K01) | Research Fellowship | Less than 3 years of faculty appointment | U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents |
NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08 Clinical Trial Required) | Research Fellowship | Post PhD | U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents |
NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Research Fellowship | Post PhD | U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents |
Harvard Chan Yerby Fellowship Program | Research Fellowship | Post PhD - entry level professional | U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and those with deferred action status |
University of Pennsylvania- Postdoctoral Fellowships For Academic Diversity |
Residential Fellowship | Less than 3 years post PhD | U.S. citizens or permanent residents |
Residential Fellowship | Less than 5 years post PhD | no restriction; preference to U.S. citizens or permanent residents | |
Residential Fellowship | unknown | eligible to work in the United States | |
University of Michigan's |
Residential Fellowship | unknown | eligible to work in the United States |
University of Michigan NCID Postdoctoral Fellowship | Residential Fellowship | Less than 3 years post PhD | unknown |
University of Colorado Boulder's Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship | Residential Fellowship | Post PhD | U.S. citizens or permanent residents |
Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowship | Residential Fellowship | unknown | unknown |
Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholar Program | Residential Fellowship | unknown | unknown |