NFIP Eligible Programs

The following programs are pre-approved for NFIP:

  • AAUW American Dissertation Fellowships
  • American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship (applicants must be currently enrolled as full-time, degree-seeking graduate students)
  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Dept of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarships (SMART)
  • Boren Fellowships
  • Dept of Energy Computational Science Fellowships
  • Dept of Energy NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowships
  • Dept of Transportation Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships (DDETFP Grad)
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship Program — Dissertation
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship Program — Postdoctoral (applicants must be currently enrolled as full-time, degree-seeking graduate students)
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellowships (Research and Study Awards Only; ETAs not eligible)
  • Fulbright-Hays DDRA (minimum duration 8 mos.)
  • GEM Fellowships (PhD/Full Fellows)
  • NASA Graduate Research Fellowships
  • National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellows
  • National Defense Science & Engineering Grad Fellowships (NDSEG)
  • NIH Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA (F30, F31, and associated Diversity/Disability Programs)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF-GRFP)
  • PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
  • P.E.O. Scholar Award/Fellowship
  • QUAD Fellowship
  • Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program for Postdoctoral Study (applicants must be currently enrolled as full-time, degree-seeking graduate students)
  • Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program for Predoctoral Study
  • USDA National Needs Fellowship (NNF)

Applications for fellowships that do not appear on the list above will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.  The NFIP application includes space to provide documentation that the external fellowship for which you applied meets the program’s eligibility criteria.  Approximately one-third of all NFIP awards go to students who applied for fellowships that did not appear on the pre-approved/drop-down list.  Just because the external award for which you applied does not appear on this list does not mean you’re not eligible to receive funds through this program.  As long as you can provide documentation that the fellowship meets the eligibility criteria, your application will be approved.