The College of Natural Sciences funds and/or administers a number of fellowships for students doing research. We can also help direct you to many outside sources of funding for students engaged in research.

• UT-Austin-administered fellowships
• Non-UT fellowships
• Fellowship search databases

UT-administered fellowships

Schlumberger-SPC Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

• Physics students eligible
• April deadline
• More info

SRC Education Alliance Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

• Academic year fellowships for students involved in research in fields related to the semiconductor industry, including Chemistry, Physics and Computer Sciences
• $2,600 stipend to support part-time work on your research
• US Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible
• 2.7 gpa minimum
• Must have completed at least 45 credit hours, with at least 30 hours in residence at UT-Austin
• The 2012-13 fellowship competiton application deadline has passed.
• Apply HERE (check back in summer 2013 for application for 2013-14 cycle)
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Undergraduate Research Fellowship

• All students eligible
• Up to $1,000 award
• More info

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

• Computer sciences students eligible
• More info

Beckman Scholars

• For chemistry and biological sciences students
• Each Beckman Scholar will be paid to carry out full-time research over two summers and part-time research in the intervening fall and spring. The scholarships also include funds for research expenses and student travel to scientific meetings.
• More info

LSAMP Summer Research Academy

• For minority students
• For sophomores and juniors in all disciplines.
• Students are matched with a research mentor and participate in an intensive research experience
• $2,500 stipend, travel allowance, housing allowance
• Objective is to allow students interested in graduate school to preview one of the UT System schools.
• More info

College of Natural Sciences Summer Research Fellowships

• This fellowship support allows undergraduates to work full or part time in a research group in summer 2013.
• The following CNS students are eligible to apply:
  
  1. Current Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) students - more info
  2. FRI alumni and CNS undergraduate researchers (not affiliated with  FRI) - more info
  3. Physics, chemistry, or computer sciences undergraduates who are working on projects related to the semiconductor industry and information technology.
• Current FRI students (in their first summer at UT) will be funded to work in their FRI Stream.
• FRI alumni and students not affiliated with FRI can be funded to work in another research group on the UT campus.
• Must be US citizens or permanent resident aliens.
• Full-time fellowships are for $2500 and require 35-40 hours per week for at least 8 weeks.
• Half-time fellowships are for $1250 and require either: 1) 18-20 hours per week for the full eight weeks, or 2) 35-40 hours per week for 4 weeks.
• The type of fellowship and exact dates and hours committed to research each week are stream dependent and will be arranged with your research mentor.
• The Summer 2013 application is here.
• Applications due March 25, 2013.
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College of Natural Sciences Research Abroad Scholarships

• For students who have arranged to spend a summer or long-semester abroad in a research laboratory connected to a foreign university or at a facility doing research related to biological or biomedical sciences.
• Up to $3,000 award
• Applications due March 25, 2013.
• This application cycle is open to those doing research abroad in summer 2013, or during the 2013-14 academic year.
• Apply HERE.
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rtg grants in Computational and Applied Mathematics

• A three-week program for undergraduates (and graduates and postdocs), concentrating on a particular general theme in applied and computational analysis, the goal being to introduce current directions in these areas and to discuss open problems
• $3,000 award
• More info

Fellowships Funded by non-UT Institutions

Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program

ACS Scholars

Due March1, 2009.

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Educational Foundation Scholarships

American Society for Microbiologists

• Early-Career Travel Grant
• ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship program (MURF) is aimed at highly competitive minority undergraduate students.

Central Intelligence Agency Undergraduate Scholarships Program

Education is Freedom National Scholarship Program

The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program - for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research.

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates

Radiochemistry Society International Scholarships

Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research

The Herb Society of America grants for students engaged in research on the horticultural, scientific, and/or social applications or use of herbs throughout history.

University of Montana Environmental Chemistry Summer Research Program

US Marine Corps Scholarship

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