Scholarships and Travel & Research Grants
Current OU graduate students have access to four major resources of travel and research funding, including the Robberson Travel and Research Grant (offered through the Graduate College), Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Research and Conference Grants, and scholarships and grants offered by specific colleges and departments.
Occasionally the Graduate College will be notified of openings for graduate assistantships (teaching or research positions). Check out the recent announcements here, then contact the respective department directly to ask questions or to apply.
The Graduate College offers funding opportunities to over 200
fellows through Alumni Scholarship, Foundation Scholarship, Hoving
Scholarship, Hudson Scholarship, McNair Scholarship, and Wethington
Scholarship.
More information on eligibility criteria, description
and deadlines...
Center for Research Program Development and Enrichment (CRPDE)
CRPDE was established to assist OU faculty, research scientists, postdocs and students in their efforts to build strong and competitive programs for research, scholarship and creative activities. The Center helps to identify funding opportunities for research projects and assist with the development of proposals for external funding.
The Office of Financial Aid Services awards and monitors all federal and need-based awards. The financial aid is available to students through scholarships, grants and tuition waivers, and loans. For additional information on financial aid programs and application information, please the Financial Aid Services Web site.
Graduate College Tuition Waivers and Fellowships
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants
with a 0.50 FTE appointment total (or greater) appointment and who meet certain enrollment requirements are eligible for a tuition waiver and basic student health insurance.
More information...
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students (FOGS)
Funding
Opportunities for Graduate Students (FOGS) page provides the information
on the most recent outside scholarship or grant opportunities
for funding doctoral dissertations, masters theses, and/or professional
research.
Presidential Management Fellowship
The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program is designed to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.
Offers the information on McNair Scholars Program, National Science Foundation funding opportunities, Vietnam Education Foundation funding opportunities and links to the Community of Science that provides the most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 24,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities.
This page provides the material from workshops on graduate funding opportunities, held on the OU campus. This it the most comprehensive and recent source of information on how to fund the graduate studies from the internal and external sources, and how to fund the research proposals at later stages of the graduate studies.