Vanderbilt Corner
This guide is intended to assist Vanderbilt graduate students locate dissertation and fellowship funding.
Look to this column for Vanderbilt resources.
Web sites
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Consortium Research Fellows Program (CRFP)Research opportunities in a wide array of disciplines.
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Dissertation Funding ResourcesHelpful links to locate dissertation funding. (Tufts University)
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Fulbright ProgramFunding for graduate study and advanced research in all academic disciplines.
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Graduate College Fellowship OpportunitiesGraduate funding including fellowships, dissertation and travel. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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Grants, Scholarships, and Other Opportunities for MinoritiesFunding resource for minorities. (American Bar Foundation Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship & Mentoring Program)
Best Places to Start
The databases listed below provide a multidisciplinary starting point for your funding search. They are searchable by discipline or research topic.
Whenever a keyword or free text search option is available, consider including keywords like "dissertation" or "graduate students" to help narrow your search.
"Vanderbilt subscription" indicates that if you are off-campus, you will be prompted for your VUNet ID and password in order to use these databases.
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Foundation Directory OnlineA database of the entire universe of over 98,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. (Vanderbilt subscription)
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Grant Advisor+Leading source of information on grant, research, and fellowship opportunities for U.S. institutions of higher education and their faculty. (Vanderbilt subscription)
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NIH RePORTERDatabase contains National Institute of Health funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions
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Graduate and Professional Student FundingComprehensive database to locate funding for research, study, and projects. (Duke University)
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GrantsNetUseful for basic science research funding. Advanced Search allows option for searching by experience level. (Science/AAAS)
