Financial Aid
Aid for Graduate Students
In addition to possible teaching and research assistantships and national options such as NSF and NSH grants, bioengineering graduate students have the opportunity to receive fellowships and training grants established for University of Illinois students. Requirements, application process, etc. will vary, so consult the relevant website pages noted below or speak with the bioengineering graduate program coordinator for more details. Listed here are a few of the campus fellowship and training grant resources to explore:
- Carver Fellowship
- Support for Under-Represented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) Fellowship
- Mavis Future Faculty Fellows
- Yee Fellowship
- Beckman Graduate Fellows
- Mayo-Illinois Alliance Fellowships for Technology-Based Healthcare Research
- Nadine Barrie Smith Award for Women (research in medical imaging)
- Doolen Scholarships for the Study of Aging
- Sloan Scholars and Illinois Sloan Scholars
- Cancer Scholars for Translational and Applied research (C*STAR)
- Tissue Microenvironment Training Program (TiME/T32)
The Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign also provides fellowship and assistantship resources about funding available to University of Illinois students. They maintain a Fellowship Finder that contains numerous graduate student funding opportunities
A few resources for international students:
- Grants.gov
- Newton's List
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowships
- American Association of University Women fellowships and scholarships
External fellowship opportunities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research
The largest funder of biomedical research in the world, the National Institutes of Health, funds research in numerous areas related to human health and disease.
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
An independent federal agency, the U.S. National Science Foundation funds approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted at America's colleges and universities.
Aid for Undergraduate Students
For questions regarding financial aid for undergraduate students, visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.