Fellowships are usually a stipend provided to a student to assist with living and education- related expenses. Many different fellowships are available at Texas A&M, through departments, colleges, and the Graduate and Professional School.
Departments and colleges, as well as the Graduate and Professional School, offer several internal fellowships for outstanding graduate and professional students. Many competitive fellowships of $1,000 or greater per academic year also allow students to pay tuition at the in- state rate. Fellowships packages vary from $1,000 to over $30,000, and some include funds for insurance, tuition and fees.
Ordinarily, graduate students holding fellowships are not required to perform any services. Most graduate students holding fellowships must be registered as full-time students. Different fellowships, however have different criteria. Some fellowships, for example, such as the dissertation fellowship, do not require full-time enrollment.
Texas A&M offers a variety of fellowships for incoming students. Selection criteria, selection committees, review processes and funding amounts are different for each fellowship.
Named for Dr. Dionel Avilés ’53 and Dr. James Johnson ’67, the first Hispanic and Black doctoral degree earners, respectively, at Texas A&M, the Avilés-Johnson Fellowship Program seeks to attract, recruit and support the development of high-achieving graduate and professional students who bring a multiplicity of experiences to our university.
The Pathways to the Doctorate represents a partnership between the Graduate and Professional School and Texas A&M University faculty members. The Pathways to the Doctorate Fellowship program aims to recruit into and graduate from Texas A&M University doctoral programs high quality and diverse students who received their baccalaureate degrees from Texas A&M System institutions and who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
IDP Merit Fellowships seek to encourage high-quality applicants to enroll in Texas A&M’s interdisciplinary graduate programs. Programs will nominate applicants. Contact your IDP for information.
The Pathways to the Doctorate represents a partnership between the Graduate and Professional School and Texas A&M University faculty members. The Pathways to the Doctorate Fellowship program aims to recruit into and graduate from Texas A&M University doctoral programs high quality and diverse students who received their baccalaureate degrees from Texas A&M System institutions and who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
The F3 program provides professional development and networking opportunities for current Texas A&M doctoral students and/or post-docs considering careers in higher education. The goal is to prepare these scholars for success on the faculty job market.
I'm thrilled to receive the dissertation fellowship. I love teaching and serving as a graduate assistant, but it takes up a lot of time and energy. Now I will be able to focus on my own research and writing so I can finish my dissertation and move on to the next stage of my career.
Janelle Goeke PhD Candidate Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program Texas A&M University at GalvestonIndividual colleges and departments at Texas A&M may offer specialized fellowship opportunities for students in their programs. While the Graduate and Professional School does not facilitate these fellowships, we provide complimentary support to help you achieve success in pursuing and funding your doctoral journey.
Many colleges offer merit-based fellowships on a competitive basis. These fellowship offers will be presented with your offer of admission.
Texas A&M encourages graduate students to apply external fellowships. Follow the links below for more information about the available opportunities.
Some external fellowships are processed directly by the Graduate and Professional School. You apply. If you are awarded the fellowship, funds are processed by the Graduate and Professional School.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers fellowships covering scientific research in a variety of disciplines. NSF funding constitutes nearly one-fourth of federal financial assistance to academic institutions.
Members of Underrepresented Minority groups in engineering and science programs may be eligible for funding from the National GEM Consortium.
Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity aims to increase the number and diversity of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, thereby creating a diverse applicant pool. GFSD encourages applications from all students, regardless of race or gender.
This national fellowship provides funding from the U.S. Department of State for graduate students to pursue research, study, and teaching opportunities abroad. The Graduate & Professional School assists in the application process.
Research must be related to developing and/or enhancing drinking water supplies and water resources in general. Research topics may include new treatment technologies; improvements to existing treatment and management technologies; sustainability issues, including water/energy nexus; water policy and regulation; and natural resource economics.
Research must be related to the advancement of membrane technology in the water, wastewater, or water reuse industries, and must be consistent with AMTA’s mission to solve water supply and quality issues through the widespread application of membrane technology. Research topics may include membrane bioreactors (MBRs), fouling and scaling control, efficiency (removal, recovery, energy use, pretreatment processes, and membrane materials.
The student must be enrolled at an accredited college or university in Southern California. Research must address the critical need to remove or reduce salts from water supplies, and to preserve water resources in Southern California. Research topics may include Concentrate management, institutional and regulatory/policy issues, economic analysis, and innovative treatment technologies.
