Funding Overview

Click here for a comprehensive listing of funding sources and financial assistance offered by the University of Michigan.

FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

Fellowships provide students who have a particularly strong academic record with tuition support and a monthly stipend. Rackham Merit Fellowships support underrepresented minority students with strong academic records. Some first-year students obtain their own fellowships and use them at Michigan. These include fellowships sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Danforth Fellowships, Population Council awards and grants from various foreign governments.

TRAINEESHIPS

Traineeships provide support to students and opportunities for research apprenticeships. Traineeships are available to students at the Population Studies Center, in the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Sociology, through the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the Center for the Ethnography in Everyday Life, Michigan Prevention Research Training Program, and the research training program in Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health and Illness at the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research.

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS

Research assistantships provide hands-on experience with research under the direction of a faculty member. Research assistantships are available at the many research centers at the University.

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTORSHIPS

Graduate Student Instructorships provide tuition and a monthly salary to students who teach their own labs or discussion sessions in close collaboration with a faculty member.