Funding & Award Opportunities
Financial Resources for Graduate Students
Financial Aid Scholarship Information from OSFA
Tax information for students
If you are interested in funding or supporting a graduate student in the Department of Planetary Sciences, please see the information posted here.
Note to LPL/PTYS Graduate students: If you receive an award or fellowship, please notify Mary Guerrieri and Pam Streett with details of the award (award name, type, amount). This allows the Academic Office to plan for student funding.
Also, in most cases, awards or fellowships received as a result of submission via the NSPIRES or FASTLANE process will be administered by the LPL Business Office; contact Rose Griffin for information.
| Title | Deadline |
|---|---|
| NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program (NESSF) |
February 1, 2013 |
| NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) |
Announcement date is November 1 with application deadline of March 1. |
| NASA Postdoctoral Program |
Annual application deadlines are March 1, July 1, and November 1. Each deadline is 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time. |
| NASA Space Technology Graduate Fellowship |
February 23 |
| Nininger Meteorite Award |
Fall of each year. |
| NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships |
October 9, 2013 |
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) |
Deadline November 13, 2012 |
| P.E.O. Scholar Awards for Women |
Nominations accepted Aug. 20 through Nov. 20 |
| Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
November 1, 2012 |
| Shandel Education Plus Fund in PTYS/LPL |
March 15 |




