Graduate Fellowships

Graduate funding link:

Graduate Funding page can be found here.

Graduate School Fellowship

  • Open to both MS and PhD students, both new and continuing
  • Provides a year of stipend, tuition, and health insurance
  • To apply reference above Graduate School link.
  • Urban Studies Deadline: January 5th

Graduate School Dissertation Award

  • Open to current UWM PhD students who have either achieved dissertator status or will achieve dissertator status by September 1 of the award year
  • Apply to the USP office, which forwards nominees to the Graduate School
  • Urban Studies Deadline: January 5th

Advanced Opportunity Program

  • Renewable awards for new and continuing qualified graduate students who are members of groups underrepresented in graduate study or who are otherwise disadvantaged. Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
  • To apply reference above Graduate School link.
  • Urban Studies Deadline: January 5th

Graduate School Student Travel Award

  • Supports graduate student travel to conferences to present research
  • Maximum award of $500 for master’s students
  • Maximum award of $1000 for Doctoral students
  • To apply reference above Graduate School link.
  • Deadline: rolling