Fellowships
Fellowships can open doors to opportunities that would otherwise seem beyond your reach. For this reason, many students apply for them, and most fellowships are prestigious and highly competitive. For a full list of fellowships available to SEAS students, please see the Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards and Prizes section of the SEAS Bulletin.
Special Fellowships
In addition to the numerous Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards and Prizes, there exist a number of
opportunities specifically for engineering graduate students.
Presidential Fellowships
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science will award
the Presidential Distinguished Fellowships for each academic year for
incoming Ph.D., Doctor of Engineering Science, and M.S. leading to Ph.D.
(M.S./Ph.D.) students. The Fellowships include tuition plus an annual
stipend of $35,000 for up to 4 years including 3 months of summer
research.
All applicants for admission to a doctoral program who submit a complete application by the December 15 priority deadline will be considered for this outstanding fellowship opportunity.
Christian R. Viros Fellowships
The
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science will
award the Christian R. Viros fellowship for up to two years
beginning in each academic year for incoming Masters of
Science students.
Only French citizens and French nationals are eligible to apply for this unique opportunity to study at one of the premier Ivy League Institutions in the heart of New York City.
This fellowship is made possible by the generosity of Mr. Viros, a 1975 graduate of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Graduate Minorities in Engineering Fellowships
The
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, in
conjunction with the National
Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering
and Science, selects GEM fellows pursuing the Master
of Science degree.
The GEM fellowship provides African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans access to graduate education. The fellowship includes tuition, fees, a stipend, and a paid summer internship at a GEM sponsored corporation or research laboratory.
Applicants for this fellowship must be engineering or applied science majors and from one of the following underrepresented ethnic minority groups: African American, Mexican American, Native American, Puerto Rican American, and other Hispanic American.
To be considered, applications must be received by the GEM Central Office by Nov. 1.
For more information and to download application materials, please visit the GEM Web site or contact the GEM Columbia Campus Coordinator at
Office
of Graduate Student Services
500 West 120th Street, MC 4708
New York, NY 10027
Tel: (212) 854-6438
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Fellowships
Columbia has three IGERT fellowship programs, one in Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems, one for the Study of Multiscale Phenomena in Soft Materials, and another for Urbanization Challenges. All are funded by the National Science Foundation and offer fellowships of $30,000 for multidisciplinary graduate study.