External Funding Awardees

Since The Graduate College began providing external funding services in 2016, students have received nearly $4 million in scholarships, fellowships, and grants. Explore the featured awards below to learn about several external funding opportunities and the many students who have been selected for them.

Headshot of Mai Bui

AAUW INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

Mai 
Bui

Doctoral Student 
Mathematics Education

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AAUW SELECTED 
PROFESSIONS FELLOWSHIP

Victoria
Salinas

Master's Student
Business Administration

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Boren Fellowship

Vanessa Dempel, Master's Student, Public Administration
Headshot of Dustin Sanchez

CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP

Dustin
Sanchez

Doctoral Student
Geography

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FULBRIGHT U.S. STUDENT PROGRAM GRANT

Olivia
Murr

Master's Student
Literature

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NIJ GRF

April Chai, Doctoral Student, Criminal Justice
Headshot of Chris Martinez

NSF GRADUATE 
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Chris
Martinez

Master's Student
Electrical Engineering

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P.E.O. INTERNATIONAL 
PEACE SCHOLARSHIP

Nasim
Layegh

Doctoral Student
Developmental Education

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P.E.O. Scholar Award

Molly Kaplan, Doctoral Student, Applied Anthropology
Headshot of Shelby Garza

PHI KAPPA PHI 
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP

Shelby
Garza

Doctoral Student
Applied Anthropology

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PHI KAPPA PHI 
GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT

Hilda
Torres

Doctoral Student
Applied Anthropology

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Love of Learning Award

Katie Gerstner, Doctoral Student, Applied Anthropology

Recent & Archived Award News

Please review The Graduate College's Award News webpage to read more about these and other external funding awardees.