Master's funding in the United States is decided by departments rather than by a central scholarship office, and it is allocated at the same time as admission. That single fact determines almost everything about how you should apply.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
DoW Neurofibromatosis Synergistic Idea Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
NIH UG3/UH3 Phased Innovation Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
NIH SuRE Research Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
Arctic DDRIG: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
Alaska Marine Education and Training Mini-Grant — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
DoW Reconstructive Transplant Research Program Concept Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
AFRI Education and Workforce Development — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
NIH SuRE-First Research Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
NIH K12 Institutional Career Development Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
NIH T32 Clinical and Translational Science Award — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Department of Health and Human Services / Defense Health Agency
NIH R25 Research Education Program — official Grants.gov funding opportunity with application evidence captured.
Stanford University
A global graduate fellowship for students beginning an eligible Stanford graduate degree in 2027.
American Association of University Women
AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship provides competitive 2027–2028 support for united States women entering approved professional or STEM programmes in fields where women remain underrepresented. The application is assessed under AAUW's programme-specific eligibility and selection criteria.
East–West Center
ADB–Japan Scholarship Program – Approved University of Hawaiʻi Master's Fields is an institution-specific route under the ADB–Japan Scholarship Program for August 2027 intake. Eligible applicants first seek admission through the participating institution, which evaluates applications and forwards scholarship nominations under the ADB programme procedures.
Philanthropic Educational Organization
The P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship provides need-based support to women from outside the United States and Canada who are pursuing full-time graduate study in the United States or Canada.
A funded master's place normally means a tuition waiver plus a stipend attached to a teaching or research assistantship, often with health insurance. Standalone merit scholarships are usually partial tuition discounts, and full external fellowships such as Fulbright fund tuition, living costs, travel and insurance.
Funding-priority deadlines fall between December and January for autumn entry, ahead of the final admission deadline. Fulbright national deadlines are typically a full year before entry.
Apply by the funding-priority deadline, not the final admission deadline.
Email the graduate coordinator about assistantship availability before applying.
Check your own country's Fulbright commission first for its separate rules and dates.
Ask whether the department funds master's students at all before investing in the application.
Yes. Teaching and research assistantships are open to international students and are the most common form of substantial funding, though on-campus work is bound by your visa conditions.
No, and for many applicants it is not the most likely one. Departmental assistantships fund far more international students in total, but they require you to target departments rather than a national programme.
Editorial content last updated 27 July 2026. Opportunity records show their own verification date. How records are verified
