The following scholarship and fellowship programs are administered by the Graduate School. In most cases, nominations must be submitted by academic unit administration. Students may review this list for eligibility and then contact their major professor or academic unit for consideration.

Please note, Graduate School awards are typically not a student’s primary funding source. In addition to Graduate School specific awards, students seeking funding for their degree should engage in conversations with their program directors and/or faculty about potential funding opportunities in their program.

Title Award Amount Deadline

ARCS Foundation Scholar Awards

The ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding students who are U.S. citizens studying to complete PhD degrees in science, engineering, math, technology and medical research at Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.

$18,000 over 3 years

February 17, 2025

CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards are made annually to domestic or international students who have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to their disciplines. 

$1,000

June 3, 2024

Delson Bridge to the Future Fund

Designed to assist graduate students who are facing critical financial emergencies that could impede degree completion.

Up to $1,000

September 30, 2024

Dissertation Completion Award

This award supports outstanding doctoral students who are in the final stages of their dissertations by offering an award to cover the cost of three graduate credits of tuition and mandatory fees for one academic term.

Cost of three graduate credits of tuition and mandatory fees for one academic term

Deadlines vary per term, view award webpage for more details

Ecampus Degree Completion Award

This award is intended to support Ecampus graduate students nearing completion of their graduate degree offered online through OSU’s Ecampus. This award is designed to provide tuition support to students during their final academic term of their degree.

one-time one-term tuition scholarship

See description for full listing of opening and deadline dates.

Ecampus Financial Hardship Grant

The Graduate School, in partnership with Oregon State Ecampus, has set aside funding to assist online students who are experiencing unexpected financial hardship that interferes with academic progress.

Up to $1,500

After careful consideration, the Ecampus Financial Hardship Grant as a standalone award has been discontinued. Ecampus students are now eligible to apply for the general Financial Impact Hardship Award which provides for similar assistance for graduate students who experience unexpected financial hardships that impeded, impact, or interfere with academic progress.

Eric Englund Memorial Postgraduate Award

Annual award for advanced study (e.g. masters or doctoral degree) in applied economics, food science and technology, kinesiology, human development and family studies, nutrition, physical therapy, or public health. Applicants must have graduated from any Oregon State University bachelor's or master's degree program to be eligible.

Fellowship (up to $30000); Scholarship ($5000)

Contact department for deadline

Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award

The Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award was established to recognize and encourage outstanding mentoring of graduate students by OSU Graduate Faculty members.

$2,000

April 21, 2025

Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award

The award is open to faculty members who mentor OSU postdoctoral appointee(s) (Postdoctoral Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows) and who have done so for a minimum of 12 months prior to the nomination deadline.

$2,000

April 28, 2025

The nomination period begins on September 30, 2024. All nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m., April 28, 2025. Awards will be determined in May 2024.

Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring by a Graduate Student Award

This award recognizes outstanding undergraduate research mentoring by OSU graduate students.

$1,000

April 21, 2025

Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring by a Postdoc Award

This award recognizes outstanding undergraduate research mentoring by OSU Post Doctoral students.

$1,000

April 21, 2025

Financial Impact Hardship Award

Open to all graduate degree-seeking students who have (1) at least 1/3 of credits completed + in-progress with their current academic degree, or (2) have successfully completed 24 credits, whichever is satisfied first. Students must also be currently enrolled and experiencing economic hardship that significantly impacts academic progress.

Awards may vary per year, but not exceed $2,000 per student per academic year

Opens June 24, 2024 for the 2024-2025 academic year

Flyfisher's Club of Oregon Graduate Scholarship

Annual award for graduate study involving endemic wild stocks of fish within watersheds of the state of Oregon.

$4,750

May 5, 2025

Grad Advantage Tuition Scholarship

Applicant must be a graduate degree-seeking student at OSU. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or above. Applicant must be making satisfactory academic progress, as determined by the graduate program and the Graduate School. Applicant must have completed the OSU Grad Advantage Self-Assessment tool. Applicants are ineligible for this award if: They have received a Grad Advantage Tuition Scholarship at any time during their graduate degree. They have previously enrolled in and received a grade for the selected course; this award will not fund subsequent attempts at a course. They are pursuing only a graduate certificate or other non-degree credential. They will have tuition funding through an assistantship, fellowship, or other funding source that fully covers their tuition during the term they intend to enroll in the select course.

one-course scholarship (maximum 3 credits at actual charged tuition rates) for enrollment in coursework at the Corvallis campus or Ecampus

December 2, 2024

awardees may use funds for course enrollment in Winter 2025. See description for additional deadlines for Winter, Spring, and Summer.

Graduate Dean’s Catalyst Fellowship

A pilot program launched for the 2023-2024 academic year to support graduate students nearing completion of their doctoral degrees.

Stipend, plus tuition waiver & subsidized health insurance for one academic term.

Deadlines vary per term; view award webpage for more details

Herbert F. Frolander Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants

Annual award to recognize outstanding graduate teaching assistants at Oregon State University.

$1,000

April 14, 2025

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study

>The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study no longer requires support from the Graduate School for interested advisor-student pairs to apply. Interested students can visit https://www.hhmi.org/programs/gilliam-fellows, the HHMI’s website. Applications generally open in mid-October and close in early December.

$36,000 per year + Research Allowance

check HHMI website for submission deadline

Jesse M. Bell Memorial Graduate Student Loan

These non-need-based loans are available on a one-time basis to domestic and international enrolled graduate students to assist with educational expenses associated with their advanced degree.

One-time loans of up to $5,000

Deadlines vary per term; view award webpage for more details

Laurels Block Grant Program

The purpose of Laurels funding is to provide financial support to academic units so they may diversify and strengthen their graduate programs.

Varies; see award webpage for more details

Opens September 25, 2024; deadline November 5, 2024

Lenore Bayley Graduate Scholarship

Annual scholarship awarded to an OSU graduate student on the basis of academic merit and promise for the future.

$4,000

March 3, 2025

Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship

Funds for this scholarship are provided through the Oregon State Lottery and will be awarded to domestic or international graduate students enrolled in an advanced degree program at Oregon State University. These scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need.

Up to $5,000

April 28, 2025

Oregon Sylff Fellowship for International Research

The Sylff program aims to identify and nurture leaders who will overcome differences in nationality, language, ethnicity, religion, and political systems to tackle global issues, and whose high integrity and drive to address issues unique to their respective countries can make a real difference.

$15,000 annually

May 1, 2025

P.F. and Nellie Buck Yerex Graduate Scholarship

Annual scholarship for outstanding graduate students in a science or technology field.

$12,000

April 21, 2025

PNNL-OSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program

The DGRP is designed to attract a select cohort of Ph.D. candidates with enhanced research opportunities unique to the National Lab system.

After careful consideration, the PNNL-OSU DGRP has been discontinued. The Graduate School is no longer soliciting or accepting applications for this award.

Postdoctoral Excellence Award

Nominee must be a current Postdoctoral Scholar or Fellow at OSU for at least one year, but not more than three years. Individuals may only receive this award once.

$1,000

April 28, 2025

The nomination period begins on September 30, 2024. All nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m., April 28, 2025.

Prestigious Diversity Fellowship

This fellowship is intended to support the recruitment and retention of graduate students from historically underrepresented backgrounds who demonstrate scholarly promise at OSU.

Stipend, scholarship, plus tuition waiver & subsidized health insurance for one year.

February 17, 2025

Professional Development Award

The Graduate School invites students to apply for funding through the Professional Development Award to help cover costs for qualifying training, resources, and activities that contribute to professional skills development.

Up to $500

Summer 2024 funds exhausted. Requests open for Fall 2024 consideration on Monday, September 23, 2024

Promising Scholar Fellowship

This award is intended to support the recruitment of graduate students from historically underrepresented backgrounds who demonstrate scholarly promise at OSU. Eligible nominees must have participated in scholar programs that support undergraduate students from low income, first generation, and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds in their pursuit for graduate education.

Stipend, plus tuition waiver & subsidized health insurance for one year.

February 17, 2025

Provost's Distinguished Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships

The purpose of the Provost’s Distinguished Fellowship and Scholarship program is to support programs in the recruitment of Oregon State’s most meritorious graduate students.

Varies

Contact college or department for deadline

Scholarly Presentation Award

The Graduate School offers the Scholarly Presentation Award to provide graduate students with financial support to assist with certain costs associated with presenting their scholarly work at academic conferences and meetings.  

Up to $1,000

Summer 2024 funds exhausted. Requests open for Fall 2024 consideration on Monday, September 23, 2024

Thesis Completion Award

This award supports outstanding master’s students who are in the final stages of their theses by offering an award to cover the cost of three graduate credits of tuition and mandatory fees for one academic term.

Cost of three graduate credits of tuition and mandatory fees for one academic term

Deadlines vary per term; view award webpage for more details

Thurgood Marshall Graduate Fellowship

The Thurgood Marshall Graduate Fellowship is intended to support the retention of meritorious graduate students whose accomplishments and activities demonstrate leadership, service, and commitment to fostering a just and equitable community.

Stipend, plus tuition waiver & subsidized health insurance for one academic term.

March 3, 2025

WAGS/ProQuest Awards

Each year, the Graduate School at Oregon State University partners with the Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and ProQuest to solicit nominees in four award categories. This prestigious regional competition is an important opportunity for OSU to showcase innovation and creativity by our graduate students.

$1,000

September 16, 2024