Additional Doctoral Funding Opportunities
Campus Resources
There are a number of financial resources available on campus. These are very competitive and are used to assist in recruiting exceptional students into our program.
Goodnight Doctoral Fellowships – these are highly competitive with 20 awards annually across the entire campus. We will nominate exceptional PhD candidates who apply prior to January 15 for the following fall semester. The Fellowships provide a highly competitive stipend in addition to tuition and health insurance for a period of three years.
Provost Doctoral Fellowships – these highly competitive awards supplement stipends offered to outstanding candidates in the first year of attendance. We will nominate exceptional PhD students who apply prior to January 15 for the following fall semester. In addition to a highly competitive stipend, awardees receive tuition and health insurance.
Other competitive programs on campus that are associated with centers and programs that may fund soil students include:
- Graduate Training in Translational Convergent Research – Harnessing AI and Data Science for Sustainable Agriculture (GRAD-AID for Ag)
- The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC)
- Graduate Training at the Intersection of Plant Microbiomes, Genetics, and Data Science (NIFA NNF)
- Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. Exceptional candidates for the MS and PhD are encouraged to pursue this award that provides three years of funding at $37,000 per year plus tuition, fees, and health insurance.