The DPE office, in collaboration with many corporate, foundation, and alumni supporters, offers a wide variety of scholarships and fellowships to support undergraduate and graduate students during their tenure at Cornell. Eligibility requirements and deadlines vary, and all scholarships will be announced through our weekly electronic DPE Newsletter.
Generous corporate and foundation sponsors provide funding for scholarships to be awarded during the DPE Annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Many national organizations offer scholarships and fellowships that you may qualify for. Visit our National Affiliations page to see a list of these organizations and links to their websites.
While Cornell University works hard to make sure that the financial aid process for our current students runs smoothly, there may come a time when you are confused about your financial aid package, encounter a snag, or just need advice about your financial options. The Office of Diversity Programs' staff is happy to help in any way we can. Feel free to stop by, phone, or e-mail us if you need assistance.
Sometimes, however, it's best to go directly to the source! The Office of Financial Aid and Student Employment offers an abundance of information and is the hub for financial aid information at Cornell. Getting help may be as easy as scheduling an appointment with a financial aid counselor to discuss your questions or concerns about Cornell financial aid.
Graduate study at the PhD level in engineering and science fields is commonly supported by a combination of teaching assistantships, graduate research assistantships, and fellowships. Most Cornell graduates students in Engineering receive financial support from each of these sources some time during their graduate careers. Theworks with the to offer and administer several prestigious fellowships including the following:
Through a partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the DPE office supports CU Sloan Fellows with up to three years of academic year and summer stipend support, tuition, and health insurance for highly competitive underrepresented minority (URM) students who are who are US citizens or permanent residents and are beginning their doctoral work in engineering, natural science and mathematics
The DPE office also supports the Cornell Sage/Diversity Fellowships, which are one-year fellowships for URM students, students who have a history of overcoming adversity, students from single-parent households, and/or first-generation college students.
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DPE office also administers the CU Colman Fellowships (funded by a generous gift from the Colman Family Foundation), which provide one or more years of fellowship support to selected underrepresented minority engineering PhD students.
Prospective and current MEng, MS, and PhD students may also apply for fellowships from the National GEM Consortium, whose primary focus is to administer and award fellowships with paid internships to highly qualified URM students who wish to pursue graduate students in engineering or sciences. [Cornell University is a member institution of the National GEM Consortium.]
Cornell is a member of the Central New York - Puerto Rico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate. Through this alliance, the DPE office is able to offer fellowships to incoming URM PhD students for summer research at Cornell before they formally begin their graduate studies.
Cornell University Graduate School office also has a Searchable Fellowship Database with information on more than 500 fellowships and funding opportunities external to Cornell.
Visit our Graduate & PhD Programs page to read more about programming for our fellows.
For additional information on Graduate financial support, please contact Professor Rick Allmendinger, Associate Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development, phone 607.255.0735.
