Opportunities for Funding & Development

University Level

• Office for Equity and Diversity

• Staff & Faculty Affinity Groups

• Bias Response Referral Network (BRRN)

College of Pharmacy Level

• Office of C.A.R.E.

Medical School

• UMN Medical School Diversity Initiatives

• UMN Medical School Career & Professional Development 

*Some of the organizations listed below may have local or UMN chapters - please check their websites, LinkedIn pages, and other social media channels for more information!

Asian

• Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)

Black & African American

• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)

• Women of Color Research Network

Hispanic

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

• Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES)

• Great Minds in STEM

LGBTQIA+

• Out in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

• Queer in STEM

• Out to Innovate

Native American

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

Women

• The American Association of University Women (AAUW)

• Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

• Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

• Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)

• The Scientista Foundation

• ACS Women Chemist Committee

• Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship

  • Note that our local GWIS chapter offers travel awards 2-3 times per year

• L'Oreal / For Women in Science Fellowship

  • Supports women and girls in science through many programs and initiatives, most notably a global fellowship program to support women in the sciences.

• Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships

  • Awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging countries to pursue PhD or Post-doctoral research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at leading universities worldwide.

• Burroughs Wellcome Postdoctoral Enrichment Fund

  • Supports the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.

• HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study

  • The goals of the Gilliam program are to ensure that populations historically excluded from and underrepresented in science are prepared to assume leadership roles, including as college and university faculty, and to foster the development of a healthier, more inclusive academic scientific ecosystem.

• Advanced Pathways to Research Program

  • This is an on-campus opportunity that seeks to create a cohort of diverse new doctoral and professional students who will interact closely with each other an eminent faculty through organized lectures and activities, and it includes a stipend

• AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship

  • Awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women’s participation traditionally has been low. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

• American Indian Graduate Center Graduate Fellowship

  • Applicants must be an enrolled member of a U.S. Federally recognized American Indian & Alaska Native groups in the United States, must be pursuing or planning to pursue a master’s, doctorate or professional degree, and must apply for campus-based aid through federal financial aid process at university financial aid office

• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship & Dissertation Fellowship

  • Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

• GEM STEM Fellowship

  • The objective of the Ph.D. Engineering/Science program is to offer doctoral fellowships to underrepresented minority students who have either completed, are currently enrolled in a master’s in engineering program, or received admittance into a PhD program directly from a bachelor’s degree program. Fellowships may be used at any participating GEM Member University where the GEM Fellow is admitted.

• AAUW American Dissertation, Postdoctoral, and Publication Fellowships

  • The purpose of these fellowships is to offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation, completes postdoctoral work, or works to publish. There are stipulations for each, so please read carefully before applying.

• AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education

  • The Fellowship Program aims to provide support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by outstanding minority graduate students, and to enhance these students competitiveness for academic appointments at major research universities. It supports fellows conducting education research and provides mentoring, capacity building activities, and guidance toward the completion of their doctoral studies. 

• Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

  • Every year, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports thirty New Americans, immigrants or the children of immigrants, who are pursuing graduate school in the United States.