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Nationally competitive Graduate Fellowships are available at CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics for qualified Ph.D. students.

CREOL Fellowship

This fellowship allows outstanding students to start their Ph.D. studies in the College and find a research advisor after they arrive. Most of our incoming Ph.D. students are recruited on this type of fellowship.

All Ph.D. applicants will automatically be considered for the ORC fellowship. Stipend: Minimum $25,000 annually, health insurance, tuition and fees included.

CREOL Foundation Fellowships

  • Northrop Grumman
  • Schwartz Fellowships
  • Suchoski Fellowships
  • Glebov Family-SPIE Fellowships

These additional resources are privately endowed fellowship awards for outstanding U.S. citizens and permanent residents. There is no separate application for these fellowships. They are selected by the admissions committee from among optics graduate applicants.

Frances Townes Fellowship

  • Support living and tuition expenses

Full tuition is provided to all Fellowship and Assistantship students. Fall Admission, applications should be submitted by January 15. All required application documents must be received by this date. Fellowship applications received after the deadline will be considered, subject to availability of positions. Fellowships are only occasionally given with spring admission. Frances Townes Fellowship page

External Fellowships

Name Details and Eligibility

American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology Policy Fellowships

Deadline: December

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships help to stablish and nurture critical links between federal decision-makers and scientific professionals to support public policy that benefits the wellbeing of the nation and the planet. 

American Association of University Women Fellowships and Grants

Deadline: Fall

The AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing ducational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe.

DEPS Scholarships

Deadline: April

The Directed Energy Professional Society is the premier rganization for the exchange of information on the development and application of directed energy, which includes both high energy lasers and high power microwaves.

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship Program

Deadline: November

The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the ation’s college and university faculties to maximize the educational benefits of diversity and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. They offer fellowships at the predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral levels.

Michael Pate Optical Sciences Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: June 30

This scholarship was set up in memory of Michael Pate, an ptical engineer passionate about teaching and learning throughout his career.

NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program

Deadline: January

Fostering new generations of highly skilled scientists and ngineers is critically important to the aeronautics community. The ASP offers our nation's research leaders of tomorrow exceptional funding as undergraduate and graduate students.

NASA Space Technology Research Grants

Deadline: January

This program aims to accelerate the development of "push" technologies to support the future space science and exploration needs of NASA, other government agencies and the commercial space sector. Innovative efforts with high risk and high payoff will be encouraged.

National GEM Consortium Fellowship

Deadline: November

The National GEM Consortium enables outstanding minority tudents to obtain master's degrees in engineering and doctorates in engineering and the natural and physical sciences.

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Deadline: Varies

Part of the National Institutes of Health, the NIBIB supports basic esearch and research training through investigator-initiated grants, contracts, program project and center grants, and career development and training awards.

National Physical Science Consortium

Application Available: 
Nov. 30

The National Physical Science Consortium, a partnership etween government agencies and laboratories, industry and higher education, offers a unique graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and related engineering fields. 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Deadline: November

The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of he human resource base of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering Graduate Research Fellowships, which provide three years of support for graduate study.

OSA Foundation Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: August

The OSA Foundation offers the Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial cholarship each year to a student pursuing a degree in the field of precision optics manufacturing. The award rotates among four universities: the University of Arizona, the University of Central Florida, the University of Rochester and Monroe Community College.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Deadline: November

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, hich supports graduate study for immigrants or children of immigrants who possess at least a green card, was established in recognition of the contributions that new Americans have made and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family

Semiconductor Research Corporation Global Research Collaboration Graduate Fellowship Program

Application Available: November

The GRC Graduate Fellowship Program addresses the issues of improving educational opportunities at the doctoral level and supplying a relevantly educated workforce for the semiconductor industry.

SPIE Scholarships

Deadline: February

As a student, you represent the future of optics, photonics and imaging, as well as the future of SPIE. The Society has distributed more than $3 million through its scholarship program.

SMART Scholarship

Deadline: December

A U.S. citizen at time of application,18 years of age or older as of August 1, 2014, able to participate in summer internships at DoD laboratories,willing to accept post-graduate employment with the DoD, a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and,pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in one of the disciplines listed on the About SMART page.

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