Funding Opportunities

Graduate students at Tufts are encouraged to apply for funding, participate in development workshops, and engage in the research process at every stage of your graduate career.

This is not a complete list of opportunities. Check with your department or faculty mentors for more funding sources.

Departmental Opportunities

• Research Assistantships*
• Tisch Library Graduate Research Fellowship*
• Center for the Humanities at Tufts Dissertation Fellowships*
• Graduate Dean of Arts and Sciences Summer Fellowships in Humanities
• Graduate Student Summer Scholars Program

Graduate Community Opportunities

• Environmental Research Fellowships “TIE Fellows”
• Graduate Student Open Access Publishing Fund
• Graduate Student Research Competition
• Graduate Student Travel Fund, AS&E
• Graduate Travel Funding SOE
• Graduate Travel Support Program, Office of the Provost
• Graduate Research Excellence at Tufts (GREAT)
• Professional Development Workshops
• Office of the Vice Provost for Research
• Tufts Ignite and Graduate Student Research Symposium

External Opportunities

• Funding Opportunity Databases
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Awards*
• Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund

*Requires departmental nomination