Graduate Student Funding

All CFI graduate programs provide full tuition and a benefits package, including books, a yearly stipend, and a substantial portion of health care costs. To establish yourself as an independent investigator, it is recommended to seek additional funding for part or all of your graduate work.

Several NIH T32 training grants and fellowships are available to support graduate students and provide specialized training in immunology research. The Director of Graduate Studies in your program, as well as resources from the Graduate School, can guide you in identifying and applying for funding opportunities.

CFI faculty are members of a broad range of graduate programs, including those focused on cancer-related fields, which provide additional avenues for training and financial support.

UMN opportunities:

• Fellowships from the UMN Graduate School
• Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award (for exceptional thesis research)
• Immunology Training Grant
• Cancer Biology Training Grant
• MnDRIVE Funding Opportunities ​​
• Institute of Molecular Virology Training Grant
• Musculoskeletal Research Training Program
• Research Fellowship in Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology
• Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training (MinnCResT) Program
• Translational Research Development Program from CTSI
• Medical School Student Awards
• Veterinary Medicine training grants
• Graduate School Fellowships

National opportunities:

• NIH Ruth L. Kirschtein National Research Service Award
  • F30: Individual predoctoral NRSA fellowship for MD/PhD students
  • F31: Individual predoctoral NRSA fellowship for PhD students

  • F-Award Workshop (from the UMN Medical School/CTSI)​​​​​

• NIH F99/K00: Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (for year 3 or 4 graduate students)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships
• GEM PhD Science Fellowship Program
• Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships (for graduate students in their first or second year of grad school)
• Stem Cell Biology Training Grant
• President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
• American Association of University Women
• STaRT Fellowship from Cancer Research Institute
• AHA Predoctoral Fellowship from AHA
• FinAid!
• Fastweb!'s The Latest & Greatest Scholarships for Grad Students
• Petersons’ Graduate Scholarship Search Engine
• HHMI International Student Research Fellowships
• Big Ten Academic Alliance Minority Graduate Application Fee Waiver
• A collection of Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants for Graduate Students
• HigherEd Financial Aid for Graduate Students
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
• STEMGradStudents.science.gov
• Financial Aid for Doctoral Students
• The Doctoral Student's Guide to Fellowships