Opportunity
National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships
Award Info:
• Lasts for up to 6 years
• Provides an annual $20,000 expense allowance
• Covers full tuition and required fees
• Portable to 125 research universities
• Allows a research or teaching assistantship
• Paid summer internships with the sponsor
• Provides a mentor from the sponsoring agency
Description:
Formerly known as the National Physical Science Consortium, Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity is a partnership between government agencies and laboratories, industry, and higher education. GFSD is open for application by all U.S. citizens regardless of race or gender. GFSD's goal is to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool. The GFSD applicant pool is the most diverse of any national STEM fellowship program. And applicants are talented: the average GPA of 2019 applicants was 3.7 and 19% had a GPA of 4.0 or above.