The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will be administering awards on behalf of the Ford Foundation. There are three fellowships being offered that have deadlines in early December: Predoctoral Fellowships, Dissertation Fellowships, Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. If you are interested in applying, notify Alan Rutenberg at arutenberg@utk.edu.

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers is now accepting applications for the Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program that may be of interest to doctoral candidates engaging in research outside the US. The deadline for submissions is January 24, 2019 and you can find out more about eligibility requirements and the application process.

If you’re a graduate student and you are hoping to travel for a professional development opportunity, like a workshop or other training, the Graduate Student Senate and the Graduate School would like to help. The GSS Professional Development Travel Awards are a pilot program to support student needing financial support for professional development opportunities. Find out more about the awards and the application process or contact gsspdtravel@utk.edu.

Graduate and professional students who work as teaching assistants or associates and as research assistants are getting a pay increase. Read more about the plan and what you can expect at Tennessee Today.

If you are doing research that aligns with areas in graduate enrollment management, NAGAP, the Association for Graduate Enrollment Management, is offering the Graduate Student Research Grant. Relevant topic areas include (but are not limited to) alumni outreach, student retention, campus support services, underrepresented student experiences, faculty advising, technology, leadership, financial aid, internationalization, holistic admissions, recruitment, etc. The deadline for applications is December 12, 2018. Find out more about the grant and the application process.