Tuition, Scholarships, and Funding
UM-Dearborn offers many sources of funding each year to assist students with their academic and living expenses. There are countless funding resources available from outside the university. Students are encouraged to actively research all applicable scholarship opportunities.
Tuition
Scholarships
Internal Funding Opportunities
CECS Graduate Student Assistantships
The following funding opportunities exist for graduate students in CECS:
- Graduate Student Research Assistants (GSRA)
- Graduate Student Instructors (GSI)
- Graders
- Temporary employees
GSI and GSRA funding opportunities are reserved for Ph.D. students. In some instances, opportunities may be available to master's level students. Individual faculty members and departments appoint GSRAs and GSIs. The opportunities for employment in each department vary each term.
Contact your department to learn more!
External Funding Opportunities
The following are external, non-University scholarship opportunities that may be of interest to University/CECS students. Inclusion of an external scholarship opportunity is intended only as a resource for students, and does not express or imply any University involvement with, or endorsement of, the external program.
Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP)
The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) places college and university students in Department of Navy (DoN) laboratories where they take part in real Naval research for ten weeks during the summer.
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
The DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program is a competitive fellowship that is awarded to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. dual citizens who intend to pursue a Doctoral degree aligned to the DoD services Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) in research and development at a U.S. institution of their choice.
Science, Math, and Research for Transformation (SMART)
The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program is a unique opportunity for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to advance their education and jumpstart their careers. SMART provides merit-based scholarships to bachelor's, master's, and doctoral students pursuing STEM degrees. SMART scholarship recipients receive full tuition, annual stipends, summer internships, and after graduation, civilian employment with the Department of Defense.
The Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
The Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program creates a pathway for you to advance your PhD thesis research while working at a Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratory, collaborating with world-class scientists, and using state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge scientific instrumentation.
DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF)
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF) provides excellent financial benefits and professional development opportunities to students pursuing degrees in stewardship science areas: materials under extreme conditions, nuclear science or high energy density physics.
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF), provides outstanding opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.
The Hertz Fellowship
The Hertz Fellowship provides financial and lifelong professional support for the nation’s most promising doctoral students in the applied sciences, engineering and mathematics. Awarded through a rigorous selection process honed over seven decades, Hertz Fellows receive up to five years of funding and join an influential community dedicated to solving our most pressing challenges.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. Since 1952, the program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, including STEM education.
American Dissertation Fellowships
The American Dissertation Fellowship offsets scholars’ expenses during their final year of dissertation writing and deepens AAUW’s impact by accelerating diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia. The American Dissertation Fellowship is open to women in all fields of study, though those engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math fields, or those researching gender issues, are especially encouraged to apply.
Selected Professions Fellowships
Selected Professions Fellowships support women who are pursuing their first full-time master’s or professional degree in fields with historically low female participation, particularly in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines, at accredited U.S. institutions.
AAUW International Fellowships
AAUW’s International Fellowships promotes education and equity for women by investing in international applicants who will be pursuing postgraduate studies or research in the U.S., with the intention of applying their expertise, professional skills, and leadership in the context of their home countries. In addition, up to 5 awards are available to Graduate Women International (see the list of GWI affiliates) members for study in any country other than their own. International Fellowships are specifically designed for women who are non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with a track record of academic excellence and empowering other women and girls.
Truman Fellowship
This highly competitive three-year fellowship aims to attract exceptional new Ph.D. scientists and engineers from across the nation. Truman Fellows are given the opportunity to conduct groundbreaking, independent research that directly supports Sandia’s national-security mission. They have the freedom to choose their own research topics and benefit from access to state-of-the-art facilities at Sandia National Laboratories’ principal locations in New Mexico and California.
Jill Hruby Fellowship
The Laboratory Director Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering, established in 2018, stands as one of Sandia National Laboratories’ most prestigious postdoctoral fellowships. This prestigious fellowship is specifically designed to empower and cultivate early career researchers in the fields of engineering and science, fostering their passion for technical leadership careers in the realm of national security.
John von Neumann Fellowship
Looking to advance the research frontier in computational mathematics and scientific computing? Are you passionate about making an impact on fundamental problems of national interest? If so, envision the opportunities as Sandia’s next John von Neumann Postdoctoral Fellow.
This is one of Sandia’s most prestigious postdoctoral fellowships with funding from the Applied Mathematics Research Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research and Sandia’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program.