Fellowships and funding
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering offer a variety of fellowships to support our graduate students. For the 2022-2023 academic year, we awarded nearly 300+ highly competitive fellowships to deserving master’s and doctoral degree students.
We offer merit- and need-based awards that are funded by private donors, companies, community members, professional organizations, student fees, and the Fulton Schools. Fellowships are available to new and continuing graduate students enrolled in a Fulton Schools of Engineering academic plan. New graduate students will have to be admitted into a Fulton Schools of Engineering graduate program by the Fellowship Application deadline to be considered.
The 2023-24 Graduate Fellowship application opens February 1 and the deadline for most applications is March 15.
We encourage students to seek additional opportunities, including funding through the ASU Graduate College, using the ASU Scholarship Search, finding external fellowships, and research and teaching assistantship (RA/TA) opportunities.
Fellowship | Field | Student Type | Eligibility | GPA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Barkson Fellowship | Electrical Engineering Program | Graduate Student | - | Not mentioned | This fellowship supports a graduate student in the electrical engineering program. |
| Barrett Electronic Materials Fellowship | Electrical engineering or Materials science | PhD | First-year doctoral student doing research on electronic materials | Not mentioned | First-year doctoral student doing research on electronic materials |
| Peter E. Crouch Excellence Fund | Engineering and math or education. | Graduate Student | Interdisciplinary work with engineering and math or education. | Not mentioned | This award recognizes the lasting impact of former dean Peter E. Crouch by providing fellowship support for a graduate student doing interdisciplinary work with engineering and math or education. |
| Del E. Webb Foundation Graduate Fellowship | Construction | Graduate Student | - | Not mentioned | This fellowship supports graduate students in the field of construction. |
| Harold & Lucille Dunn Memorial Engineering Scholarship | FSE | Graduate Student | Domestic or international students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance and are in need of financial assistance. | Not mentioned | This award supports full-time graduate students enrolled in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering who demonstrate outstanding academic performance and are in need of financial assistance to complete their course of study. |
| Chris Fleenor Six Sigma Certification Endowment | FSE and School's Six Sigma program | Graduate Student | Domestic and international students | Not mentioned | This fellowship, endowed in memory of Chris Fleenor, supports graduate students enrolled in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering who are also enrolled in the Schools’ Six Sigma Program. |
| Gerald T. Heydt Scholarship for Power Engineering | ECEE ( Emphasis on Power Engineering) | Graduate Student | Only US Citizens | Not mentioned | This fellowship is awarded annually to provide support to graduate students in the field of power engineering. Recipients must be full-time students who are U.S. citizens and pursuing a graduate degree in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering with an emphasis in power engineering. |
| Engineering Graduate Fellowship (MS only) | FSE | MS students (incoming and current) | Domestic and international | Not mentioned | These awards are funded by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering graduate program fee and are awarded to current and incoming MS students enrolled in the Fulton Schools (domestic and international). These awards are merit-based and range from $1,000-$2,000 for an academic year. |
| Betty Hum Graduate Assistantship | Del E. Webb School of Construction Associate | Graduate Student | - | Not mentioned | This award was created by Betty Hum, a member of the Del E. Webb School of Construction Associate for Construction Excellence, and is intended to support full-time graduate students in the Del E. Webb School of Construction Program. |
| International Switching Symposium Endowed Fellowship | ECEE | Graduate Student | - | Not mentioned | This fellowship is awarded to graduate students whose primary research interest lies in telecommunications and who are enrolled in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. |
| L.C. Jacobson Graduate Fellowship | Del E. Webb School of Construction program. | Graduate Student | Arizona Citizens | Not mentioned | Awarded to highly qualified graduate students who Arizona residents and enrolled in a Del E. Webb School of Construction program. |
| Edward and Amelia Kavazanijan Endowed Fellowship | Geotechnical engineering in civil, environmental and sustainable engineering. | Graduate Student | - | Not mentioned | Award is intended to support a graduate student studying the area of geotechnical engineering in civil, environmental and sustainable engineering. |
| Bert Keats Fellowship Endowment | Industrial engineering | Graduate Student | U.S Financial need | 3.5+ | The award supports full-time graduate students pursuing a degree in industrial engineering who have a minimum 3.5 GPA and are able to work in the U.S. Financial need is a secondary consideration in awarding this fellowship. |
| Kerrigan Humanitarian Engineering Fellowship | Research interest in humanitarian engineering | Graduate Student | - | 3.5+ | Research interest in humanitarian engineering |
| Richard E. Mettler Residential Award | Del E. Webb School of Construction program(residential construction option) | Graduate Student | Only US Citizens | Not mentioned | Fellowship provides fellowships for graduate students in the Del E. Webb School of Construction program who are U.S. citizens and in the residential construction option. |
| Douglas C. Montgomery Fund | Industrial engineering | PhD | - | 3.5+ | Student who is studying industrial engineering with a preference in the area of quality and reliability engineering or industrial statistics. |
| Phoenix/Scottsdale Groundwater Contamination Fellowship for Environmental Science | civil engineering or chemical engineering | Graduate Student | Arizona residents are preferred | Not mentioned | This fellowship supports graduate students in the fields of civil engineering or chemical engineering who are committed to the study and solution of environmental problems in Arizona and demonstrate financial need. Arizona residents are preferred for this award. |
| Mohammed Fazle Rabbi and Rukhsana Wahhab Fellowship | Industrial engineering | both | Bangladesh students preferred but open to international | Not mentioned | There is a preference for students from Bangladesh |
| Pamela and Jack Saltich Fellowship | electrical engineering | Graduate Student | Domestic students | 3.5+ | Endowed by Pamela and Jack Saltich, this fellowship supports highly qualified graduate students in electrical engineering with a minimum ASU GPA of 3.5 who demonstrate financial need. |
| Ferdinand A. Stanchi Fellowship | FSE | Graduate Student | Domestic and Intenrational | Not mentioned | This award provides financial assistance to graduate students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. |
| Ron and Sharon Thomas Graduate Fellowship | Electrical engineering or Industrial engineering | Graduate Student | Only US Citizens | Not mentioned | Non-traditional students who mature, older in age, or those in their mid-career who are enrolled in the Ph.D. program are preferred |
| Dr. Matthew W. Witczak Fellowship | Civil, environmental and sustainable engineering | PhD Preferred | - | 3.0+ | This fellowship supports a master’s or doctoral student in civil, environmental and sustainable engineering with a 3.0 or higher ASU GPA who has an interest in pavement, materials, transportation, or geotechnical research. |
| Gerald Farin Memorial Fellowship | FSE | Graduate Student | - | 3.5 + | Established to honor the legacy of Dr. Gerald Farin, this fellowship funds a graduate student with a 3.5 GPA or higher with a research interest in geometric modeling, scientific computing and visualization, data visualization, visual analytics, computer vision, robotics and 3D printing. |
| Herbold ASU Graduate Engineering Scholarship | Software / Computer Engineering | Graduate Student | - | 3.5 + | This award was created by the Herbold Family Foundation to support graduate students with a 3.5 or higher GPA, studying simulation, modeling and applied cognitive science or software engineering, with a research interest in computer science/computer engineering. |
| Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Scholarship | FSE | Graduate Students (MS and PhD) | Domestic and international | Not mentioned | These awards are funded by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and are awarded to graduate students enrolled in the Fulton Schools (domestic and international). These awards reduce the cost of the Six Sigma Green Belt Certification course provided through GOEE from $1295 to $99. The course and scholarships are provided over the summer and require continuous full time enrollment for the following fall semester. |
| Dean's Fellowship (PhD only) | FSE | Incoming PhD (only) | Domestic students only (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) | 3.5 + (preferred but not required) | This prestigious award is for highly qualified incoming domestic Ph.D. students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents). The Dean’s Fellowship provides tuition, health insurance and $30,000 of annual support. Fellows will hold a 50% FTE Graduate Research Associate position working with faculty conducting research in their field of interest. Dean’s Fellows are nominated by their graduate program during the admission process, and do not need to complete a separate fellowship application. |
| Fulton Fellowship (PHD Only) | FSE | Incoming PhD (only) | Domestic and international | 3.0+ | This is a one time merit based award and can range from $500-$5,000. |
| Darryl E. Metzger Memorial Fellowship | Mechanical or aerospace engineering | Graduate Student | - | 3.0+ | This fellowship is awarded annually to full-time graduate students in mechanical or aerospace engineering who have a minimum ASU GPA of 3.0 and are doing research on the broadly defined turbomachinery area. |
| Joseph and Sandra Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award | Electrical engineering | PhD | - | 3.75+ | This award is presented to an outstanding graduating Ph.D. student in electrical engineering. Candidates are nominated by their faculty advisor and the award is presented in the spring. Recipients must have a minimum 3.75 ASU GPA and have published at least one research or conference paper. |
| The Irv and Ruby Kaufman Fellowship | Biomedical engineering, Biological design, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Modern Energy production and sustainable use, Solar Energy Engineering and commercialization, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Civil, Environmental, Sustainable Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Human Systems Engineering or Systems Engineering. | Graduate Students (MS and PhD) | Domestic and international | Not mentioned | Research interest preference: Climate Change, Sustainability and Renewable Energy Resource. |