Graduate research fellowship, Call number NSF 26-526
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) — FY 2027 competition
U.S. National Science Foundation
- Undergraduate · Master’s · PhD
- United States
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Supports research-based graduate degrees with three funded years over a five-year fellowship: an annual $37,000 stipend plus a $16,000 institutional education allowance, subject to funding. The displayed deadline is the first subject deadline: Life Sciences on 19 October 2026. Computing, materials, psychology and social sciences are due 20 October; engineering 22 October; chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy 23 October. All applications are due at 8 pm Eastern Time. Reference letters are due 16 October at 8 pm Eastern Time.
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Eligibility
Covers: Three years of support within five years: USD 37,000 annual stipend plus USD 16,000 annual institutional education allowance.
Fellows must enroll full-time at an accredited nonprofit institution with a campus in the United States, its territories or possessions, or Puerto Rico.
Nationality or residence: U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents at application and acceptance.
U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents pursuing an eligible research-based STEM master’s or doctorate at an accredited nonprofit U.S. institution. Eligible stages include final-year undergraduates, bachelor’s holders with no graduate enrollment, eligible joint bachelor’s–master’s students, and first-year graduate students with less than one academic year completed. Second-year graduate students are ineligible. Degree, field and proposed-research exclusions apply.
Source: nsf.gov