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Graduate Funding Search EnginesThe Fellowships Office provides Funding Seminars twice a semester to show students how to best use these search engines. Click here for information and online registration.The Community of Science Funding Opportunities database: You must use a U of I computer to access this database. Use the "Search Wizard" link in the middle of the page. Please note that you can use this for all fields of study including the humanities and fine arts. The Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS): You must use a U of I computer to access this database. Click on the "IRIS Database" link in the top left, then use their search wizard to find funding opportunities. SPIN: database of federal grant opportunities You must use a U of I computer to access this database. The "Advanced Search" option on the left will take you to a search wizard. UIUC Graduate College Fellowship Opportunities database MSU Library: Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans: use the Populations Groups on the left to narrow your search. The Oak Ridge Institute for Sciences and Engineering database The "Fatomei" database: this database is maintainted by Francisco Alberto Tomei Torres, and is especially valuable when searching for fellowships by ethnicity. The page will link you to information on "Nationally Coveted" scholarships; you can then click on links to find scholarships specific to your ethnicity, field of study, gender, and academic level. Be aware that a few links may be out of date. International Education Financial Aid : this can be used both for U.S. students seeking to go abroad, or international students studying in the United States. It links also to InternationalScholarships.com. The Office of Special Scholarship Programs at UIC: while this office works only with undergraduate and professional students, they administer a number of UIC Scholarship Awards, some of which are for graduate students. Announcement of competitiona is usually made early in the Spring semester with deadlines in March or April. There are other search engines specific to ethnicity, such as that maintained by the United Negro College Fund, and to fields of study, such as DiscoverNursing.com. For specific information, please contact Lisa Knepshield, Fellowship and Financial Aid Coordinator, at lisaknep@uic.edu.
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