While all OSBP students are supported by a generous stipend and benefits package for their entire time in the graduate program, OSBP students are encouraged to apply for competitive fellowships. Fellowships and Traineeships are excellent mechanisms of support for graduate students. They generally provide one or two years of stipend and tuition, often provide additional funds for travel, and other expenditures. Training grants, which are prestigious, allow the fellow or trainee to participate in a community of scholars. The Graduate School at OSU grants fellowships to outstanding applicants as well as dissertation-year fellowships for the very best students at the university. Training programs are mostly for first to third year students, and are either offered as part of the admissions package or can result from nominations from training faculty in the program. Other intramural and extramural fellowships typically provide mid-career to dissertation year support. Some mechanisms are restricted to U.S. citizens (and sometimes Permanent Residents), and also some mechanisms are targeted as specific groups.
Graduate School Fellowships
- University Fellowships (designed to recruit highly qualified students, awarded to incoming first-year students)
- Presidential Fellowships (dissertation year, nominated by graduate program)
Also, see the Graduate School Funding page for many additional opportunities for graduate student support.
Training Programs
- NIH Cellular, Molecular, and Biochemical Sciences Program (CMBP)
- NIH Molecular Biophysics Training Program
- NIH Training Program in Neuromuscular Disease
Intramural Fellowships
- Center for RNA Biology Fellowships
- Pelotonia Pre-Doctoral Fellowships (cancer research)
Extramural Fellowships
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (must apply in first or second year)
- NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowships
- AHA Great Rivers Affiliate Predoctoral Fellowships (January deadline only)
- InfoEd SPIN Database of funding opportunities