External Fellowships
The fellowships highlighted below do not accept direct applications. CSE students must first be nominated by the CSE Graduate Committee.
In addition, on-going awards, fellowships, and grants through the Rackham Graduate School can be found here on the Rackham website. Please note that some Rackham awards also require internal nomination.
For more information about any of these fellowships — including internal deadlines — please contact csegradstaff@umich.edu.

ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
Award: $20,000
Citizenship: Open

Dow Sustainability Fellows Program for master’s Students
Award: $20,000 stipend
Citizenship: Open

Facebook Emerging Scholars Program
Award: tuition, fees, stipend, & travel support
Citizenship: Open

Facebook Fellowship Program
Award: Tuition, fees, stipend, & travel support
Citizenship: Open

Google PhD Fellowship Program
Award: fees, stipend
Citizenship: Open

IBM PhD Fellowship Program
Award: Stipend
Citizenship: Open

JP Morgan PhD Fellowship
Award: Tuition and stipend
Citizenship: Open

Susan Lipschutz Fund for Women Graduate Students
Award: $6,000 towards Spring/Summer support
Citizenship: Open

Microsoft Ada Lovelace Fellowship
Award: Tuition, fees, & stipend
Citizenship: Open

Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
Award: Tuition, fees, stipend, & travel allowance
Citizenship: Open

ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Award: $1,000
Citizenship: Open

Rackham Barbour Scholarship
Award: Tuition, fees, & stipend
Citizenship: Must be a citizen of countries encompassing the large region extending from Turkey in the west to Japan and Philippines in the east

Rackham International Student Fellowship
Award: $10,000 towards stipend or tuition
Citizenship: International

Rackham Merit Fellowship
Award: Tuition, stipend, benefits
Citizenship: U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA)

Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowships for Master’s Students
Award: Tuition and fees
Citizenship: Open

Rackham Graduate Student Instructor Awards
Award: $1,000
Citizenship: Open

Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Award: Tuition, fees, stipend, benefits
Citizenship: Open

Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD Research
Award: $2,500
Citizenship: Open