Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Harry Fein, Samuel Pinanski and Louis Shain Memorial Fellowship A fellowship awarded to Hornstein students for academic excellence.

• Sivan Gopen, Hornstein MA/Heller MPP, 2022
• Isaac Minkoff, Hornstein MA/Heller MPP, 2022
• Alex Senderowitsch, Hornstein MA/Heller MBA, 2023

Mandel Dissertation Innovation Grants   An award to support innovative dissertation work by current Brandeis PhD students at any stage in their program.

• Jessica Brewer, English, 2023
• Jenny Factor, English, 2023
• Fangchao Ji, History, 2023
• Sarah Perkins, English, 2023
• Changhong Zhang, Anthropology, 2023

Mandel Research Grants   An award to support research expenses for projects in the humanities, the arts, and the humanistic social sciences.

• Medha Asthana, Anthropology, 2022
• Rima Farah, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 2022
• Sarah Beth Gable, History, 2022
• Stephanie Garlow, Sociology, 2023
• Rachel Guaderrama, Sociology, 2022
• Skyler Inman, Anthropology, 2023
• Sophie Katz, Anthropology, 2022
• Nayoung Kim, English, 2022
• Susann Longva Vaeth, History, 2022
• Joey Low, History, 2022
• Alaa Murad, History, 2022
• Houman Oliaei, Anthropology, 2022
• Miranda Peery, English, 2023
• Gowthaman Ranganathan, Anthropology, 2022
• Caleb Smith, History, 2023
• Anna Valcour, Musicology, 2023
• Hui Wen, Anthropology, 2022
• Joseph Yauch, History, 2023

Provost Dissertation Awards  An award to support an ABD-doctoral candidate's dissertation-related research expenses.

• Rafael Abrahams, History, 2024
• Tamar Aizenberg, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 2024
• Ji Min Bang, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 2023
  
• Jared Berkowitz, History, 2023
• Emily Calobrisi, Psychology, 2024
• Marie Comuzzo, Musicology, 2024
• Lauren Crosser, Sociology, 2024
• Sarah Beth Gable, History, 2022
• James Heazlewood-Dale, Musicology, 2022
• Jing Huang, Sociology, 2022
• Simon Huynh, Mathematics, 2022
• Hannah Jung, History, 2022
• George Van Kollias III, Anthropology, 2022
• Tong Lin, Psychology, 2024
• Susann Longva Vaeth, History, 2022
• Joey Low, History, 2022
• Bailey Ludwig, English, 2023
• Alaa Murad, History, 2022
• Arantxa Ortiz, Anthropology, 2024
• Miranda Peery, English, 2023
• Gowthaman Ranganathan, Anthropology, 2024
• Caitlin Sackrison, History, 2022
• Morgan Taylor, Psychology, 2022
• Anna Valcour, Musicology, 2024
• Hui Wen, Anthropology, 2022
• Joseph Yauch, History, 2024
• Yura Yokoyama, Anthropology, 2024
• Michela Zaffagni, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2022
• Manning Zhang, Sociology and Social Policy, 2024

Dean of Students Student Involvement Awards These awards are given to students who are nominated by faculty or their peers and who have made significant contributions to the Brandeis community.

• Kenneth Lai (Computer Science PhD, 2023): Rose Schlow Award, given to a student or students who by thoughtfulness and kindness to others has contributed to the well-being of their fellow students
• Gowthaman Ranganathan (Anthropology PhD, 2023): Robert B. Sherman ’67 Memorial Prize, awarded to students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to enhancing social diversity and cooperation, to promoting social welfare through political thought and activism, and to helping people achieve their rights
• Ruth Rosenblum (Computational Linguistics Master's, 2023): Rose Schlow Award, given to a student or students who by thoughtfulness and kindness to others has contributed to the well-being of their fellow students 

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters presents a range of awards in the arts, including the Charles Ive Scholarship Award, which supports composers in their work.

• Ali Can Puskulcu (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2023). Charles Ive Scholarship Award.

American Prize in Composition The American Prize is awarded to composers of recorded or publicly performed works.

• Jingmian Gong (Music Composition & Theory MFA, 2022). National semi-finalist in Instrumental Chamber Group and Vocal Chamber Group categories.

American School of Classical Studies The American School of Classical Studies in Athens awards a range of grants and fellowships; these include the Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music, which supports research on the cultural history of music in the Mediterranean world.

• Alexandra Burkot (Musicology PhD, 2023-2024). Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music.

ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Competition The ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Competition awards student composers of electroacoustic music.

• Ali Can Puskulcu (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2023). Second prize.

College Music Society The North-East Chapter of the College Music Society Conference presents a Best Graduate Research Paper Award.

• James Heazlewood-Dale (Musicology PhD, 2023).

Copland House Residency Awards The Copland House Residency Awards give American composers the opportunity to stay individually in Aaron Copland's former house and focus on their work.

• Ali Can Puskulcu (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022).

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center  The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) in Los Angeles, California presented "The Kintsugi Spirit" 2021 grants to artists.

• Mariel Mayz (Music Composition & Theory PhD). 2021 Artist Grant for the creation of a new electro-acoustic work and accompanying video.

National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan) The National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan) provides grants to support Taiwanese artists in their work.

• Yu-Tung Cheng (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022). Regular grants.
• Ying-Ting Lin (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022). Grant to write a new orchestral work, "Can I breathe?"

Northeast Popular & American Culture Association The Northeast Popular & American Culture Association honors outstanding graduate student presentations at its conference with the Carol Mitchell Award and the Amos St. Germain Award.

• James Heazlewood-Dale (Musicology PhD, 2023). Nominee, Carol Mitchell and Amos St. Germain Awards, for the presentation “Scott Joplin in the Overworld: Super Mario’s Rag-Inflected Score.” 

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) The mission of the ACLS is the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies.

• Eric Harvey (NEJS PhD alum, 2021). Emerging Voices Fellow.
  
• Kemal Onur Toker (English PhD, 2019). The Poetics of the Sharing Economy: Shakespeare and Milton in the Age of the Leviathan.
  

BBIP/AFRO Publishing Without Walls The BBIP/AFRO Publishing Without Walls Publication Scholarship from the Black Books Interactive Project and the University of Kansas supports digital humanities training in conjunction with work on Black literature.

• Jenny Factor (English PhD, 2023-2024).

Boren Fellowship — National Security Education Program The National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Fellowships provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. Students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests.

• Michelle Heeman (MA Program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, 2021). Arabic Language Study in Jordan.

Critical Language Scholarship The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. CLS participants are citizen ambassadors, sharing American values and promoting American influence abroad.

• Gillian Boulay (MA Program in Teaching Chinese, 2012). Chinese Language Study in Guangzhou, China.
• Michelle Heeman (MA Program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, 2021). Arabic Language Study.

Fulbright Research Grant Students who receive Fulbright Research Grants design their own projects and typically work with advisors at foreign universities.

• Becca Frankel (MA in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, 2023). Poetry in Ireland.
• Tyler Lecours (MA in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, 2023). Archaeological research in Bulgaria.

Fulbright U.S. Student Award During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.  The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think.

• Matthew Chernick (MA in Comparative Humanities, 2017). Teaching English in Romania.

Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Fellowship The HASTAC Fellowships support a cohort of students in working at the intersection of technology and the humanities, arts, and sciences.

• Savita Maharaj (English PhD, 2022-2024).

Huntington Library Fellowship The Huntington is a collections-based research institute, which promotes humanities scholarship on the basis of its library holdings and art collections and awards over 150 research fellowships annually.

• Daniella Gati (English PhD, 2019).

Israel Institute  The Israel Institute awards the Israeli Teaching Exchange postdoctoral fellowship, which  supports multi-year academic exchange of Israeli scholars at American colleges and universities.

• Rima Farah (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies PhD alum, 2023).

Jews of Color Initiative  The Jews of Color Initiative awards grants for projects that focus on Jews of Color and advance racial equity in the Jewish community.

• Lingxuan Liang (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies/Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies MA, 2023).

John Carter Brown Fellowship The John Carter Brown Fellowship at Brown University supports research on the colonial Americas in the Brown Library’s collections.

• Jenny Factor (English PhD, 2023-2024).

Joseph Wulf Fellowship  The Joseph Wulf Fellowship at the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History in Munich and the Memorial House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin provides scholars with the opportunity to use library resources to advance research related to the Holocaust.

• Tamar Aizenberg (NEJS PhD, 2022).

Lewis Walpole Library/ASECS Fellowship The Lewis Walpole Library/ASECS Fellowship at Yale University supports research in the Walpole Library’s collection of eighteenth-century materials.

• Jenny Factor (English PhD, 2023-2024).

North American Dostoevsky Society The North American Dostoevsky Society sponsors an annual essay competition for graduate students.

• Daniel Schwartz (English PhD, honorable mention 2022)

RaceB4Race Social Media Fellowship The RaceB4Race Social Media Fellowships are awarded by Arizona State University and support fellows in developing digital safety strategies.

• Savita Maharaj (English PhD, 2023).

American Historical Association The American Historical Association awards several annual research grants for the study of history in various fields.

• Sarah Beth Gable (History PhD, 2022). Michael Kraus Research Grant.

ASEEES Summer Dissertation Writing Grant The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies awards summer dissertation writing grants to PhD candidates across disciplines who are writing on Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies. These awards are aimed at students who are not conducting research in the region.

• Nataliia Laas (History PhD, 2022). Doctoral Dissertation Research.

Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies The Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles focuses on the study of medical professionals before, during, and after the Holocaust and other genocides. They award the Strauss Fellowship to early career scholars.

• Alexandra M. Szabo (History PhD, 2023). Strauss Fellowship.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.

• Amy Hanes (Anthropology PhD, 2018). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Caring for Their Sakes: Multispecies Relationships, Race, Cuteness and Conservation in Cameroon's Chimpanzee Sanctuaries

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Doctoral candidates who are non-ROC citizens and who are enrolled in an accredited university in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America may apply for financial support for writing dissertations in the field of Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Citizens of the ROC should apply for Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad.

• Casey Miller (Anthropology PhD, 2012). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Inside the Circle: Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and Civil Society in Post-Socialist Northwest China.

European Holocaust Research Infrastructure The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Conny Kristel Fellowships fund Holocaust research and access to a partner institution, especially for PhD candidates.

• Alexandra M. Szabo (History PhD, 2022). Conny Kristel Fellowship, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.

Fitcher Research Grant, Association for the Sociology of Religion Fichter Research Grants are awarded annually by ASR to members of the Association involved in promising sociological research on women in religion or on the intersection between religion and gender or religion and sexualities.

• Margaret Clendenen (Sociology PhD, 2016). Dissertation research: Considering Cultural and Religious Change in Understanding of Same-Sex Marriage: An Examination of State and National Level Same-Sex Marriage Activism

Fulbright U.S. Student Award During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.  The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think.

• Medha Asthana (Anthropology PhD, 2023). Doctoral Research in India.
• Casey Golomski (Anthropology PhD, 2010). Doctoral Research in Swaziland.
• Casey Miller (Anthropology PhD, 2010). Doctoral Research in China.
• Emily Canning (Anthropology PhD, 2012). Research in Kyrgyzstan.
• William Geibel (MA in Politics, 2012). Teaching English in Turkey.
• April French (History PhD, 2014). Research in Russia.
• Patrick Brown (History PhD, 2015). Research in Russia.
• Holly Walters (Anthropology PhD, 2016). Research in Nepal.
• Thaviny Shaipitisiri (MA in Teaching, 2017). Teaching English in Thailand.
  

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides annual short-term fellowships to scholars working in American history.

• Sarah Beth Gable (History PhD, 2021). Gilder Lehrman Short Term Fellowship.

History of Education Doctoral Summer School The History of Education Doctoral Summer School provides doctoral students working on the history of education with opportunities to both learn from other historians and share their own research.

• Susann Longva Vaeth (History PhD, 2022). Awarded place at 12th History of Education Doctoral Summer School held in Madrid.

Institute on Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion IMTFI supports researchers working in the developing world on issues of money, technology, and financial inclusion. IMTFI continues to grow and develop a global community and network of scholarship and practice broadly focused on questions of money and technology, and welcomes academics, policymakers, development practitioners, industry designers, and other interested researchers and advocates to join the discussion.

• Mrinalini Tankha (Anthropology PhD, 2010). Doctoral Research in Cuba.

Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Program For the purpose of promoting Japanese studies overseas, this program provides support to foreign scholars in Japanese studies to give them an opportunity to conduct research in Japan.

• Ryo Morimoto (Anthropology PhD, 2013). Doctoral Dissertation: Memorizing History: Socio-Cultural Continuity in Post 3.11 Japan.

Lucretia Mott Essay Award The Lucretia Mott Essay Award is awarded by the Quaker Studies Program Unity of the American Academy of Religion.

• Joseph Weisberg (History PhD, 2022). Essay: "A Quaker College? Isaac Sharpless and the Redefinition of Haverford's Quaker Identity."

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Anthropology) The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Recognizing the breadth of the field's contributions to science, the Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology.

• Donald Slater (Anthropology PhD, 2011). Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: At the Heart of the Turtle - Caves, Power, and Liminality in Ancient Central Yucatan, Mexico.
• Mengqi Wang (Anthropology PhD, 2014). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Housing and Gift: Gendered Economies of Housing in Post-Socialist China.
• Douglas Bafford (Anthropology PhD, 2019). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Conservative Evangelical Christianity and Cosmological Responses to Post-Apartheid Division in South Africa.

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Sociology)-- The Sociology Program supported basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encouraged theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.

• Vaneesa Munoz (Sociology PhD, 2012). Doctoral Dissertation Research: How Families and Schools Manage Food Allergies.
• Nicole Fox (Sociology PhD, 2012). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Moving Beyond Violence: The Role of Memory and Nationalism in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
• Amanda Gengler (Sociology PhD, 2013). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cultural Health Capital and the Reproduction of Inequality among Families of Seriously Ill Children.
• Meredith Bergey (Sociology PhD, 2014). Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Rise of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Coaching: The Social Implications of a New Paradigm for Managing ADHD.
• Catherine Tan (Sociology PhD, 2016). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Challenging Autism: Exploration of the Neurodiversity and Alternative Biomedical Movements.

Organization of American Historians The Organization of American Historians gives out several dissertation awards. These include the Lerner-Scott Prize for work on US women's history, the John D'Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award for work on LGBTQ history, and the Huggins-Quarles Dissertation Award, which supports graduate students of color with travel expenses for dissertation research.

• Caleb Smith (History PhD, 2023). Huggins-Quarles Dissertation Award.

NYU-Mellon Summer Institute on Urbanism The NYU-Mellon Summer Institute on Urbanism provides doctoral students with the opportunity to visit New York City for a ten-day interdisciplinary institute on urbanism. Students participate in workshops, engage with scholarship and research, connect with other scholars, and present on their own research plans.

• Moriah King (Anthropology PhD, 2022).

Smith Richardson Foundation The mission of the Smith Richardson Foundation is to contribute to important public debates and to address serious public policy challenges facing the United States. The Foundation seeks to help ensure the vitality of our social, economic, and governmental institutions. It also seeks to assist with the development of effective policies to compete internationally and to advance U.S. interests and values abroad.

• Craig Smith (History PhD, 2012). World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship Program.

Social Science Research Council The Social Science Research Council, an independent, international nonprofit, mobilizes necessary knowledge for the public good by supporting scholars worldwide, generating new research across disciplines, and linking researchers with policymakers and citizens.

• Mrinalini Tankha (Anthropology PhD, 2010). Doctoral Research in Cuba.

Society for Visual Anthropology/Robert Lemelson Foundation Fellowships The SVA/Lemelson fellowships award research and methods training funding to graduate students working in visual and multimodal anthropology.

• Arantxa Ortiz (Anthropology PhD, 2022). 

Spencer Library Travel Award  The Spencer Library Travel Award, from the University of Kansas, supports researchers traveling to use the collections at the Spencer Library.

• Daniel Ruggles (Politics PhD, 2023).

USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research awards the Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship, which supports graduate students and allows them to spend up to a month at the Center conducting research.

• Alexandra Szabo (History PhD, 2023-2024).

Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant The Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants fund research that advances anthropological knowledge. They are among the most prestigious and competitive grants for anthropology research.

• Amy Hanes (Anthropology PhD, 2015-2016). "How Do We Get Them to Care? Chimpanzees, Anglophones, and Caring in Postcolonial Cameroon."
• Hui Wen (Anthropology PhD, 2022). "Supplements of Care: Fashioning Self-eldercare in a Care Vaccuum amid Historical Discontinuity."

William Nelson Cromwell Early Career Scholar Fellowship The William Nelson Cromwell Early Career Scholar Fellowship supports research and writing in American legal history.

• Jared Berkowitz (History PhD, 2022-2023).

American Heart Association The Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine funds researchers from anywhere in the world who are working in the field of data science. There are grants that range from early-, mid-, and established career timelines and training grants for pre-doctoral as well as post-doctoral applicants.

• Julian Eskin (Molecular and Cell Biology PhD, 2011). A Novel Mechanism for Actin Filament Length Control.

American Physical Society Women in Physics Group Grants  The American Physical Society provides grants of up to $1000 to support the creation, expansion, or improvement of Women in Physics groups at universities.

• Kanaya Malakar and Gess Kelly (Physics, 2023).

American Psychological Association The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for dissertation research funding. The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs.

• Hasmik Boshyan (Psychology PhD, 2015) American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.
• Carrie Robertson (Psychology PhD, 2015). 2015 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award

ATSA Predoctoral Research Grant  The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) predoctoral research grant provides funding for student research related to the causes, prevention, and treatment of sexual offending.

• Emily Calobrisi (Psychology PhD, 2022).
• Diane Rohrer (Psychology PhD, 2023).
• Katherine Seavey (Psychology PhD, 2023).

CVPR Travel Grant Award and CVPR Virtual Registration Waiver Awards  These awards support students from communities that do not traditionally attend the IEEE/CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference in attending the conference.

• Peizhao Li (Computer Science PhD, 2023).

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program This program supports graduate students in conducting thesis research at DOE laboratories in order to prepare them for STEM careers.

• Emily Duden (Physics PhD, 2023).

Gerontological Society of America The Gerontological Society of America is devoted to research on aging. They provide awards to students for research and travel.

• Xin Yao Lin (Psychology PhD). Mentoring and Career Development Technical Assistance Workshop Diversity Fellow Award (2021-2022), James McKenney Student Travel Award (2021-2022).
• Elizabeth Mahon (Psychology PhD, 2023). Behavioral and Social Sciences Travel Award.

Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime This fellowship supports original graduate research related to gender and crime.

• Katherine Seavey (Psychology PhD, 2023).

LEND Fellowships The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program awards fellowships that give graduate clinicians the opportunity to learn more about health services policies and develop their leadership and advocacy skills.

• Lauren O'Sullivan (Genetic Counseling MS, 2022).
• Katherine Prince (Genetic Counseling MS, 2022).

Link Foundation The Link Foundation Modeling, Simulation, and Training Program was put in place to foster advanced level research in modeling, simulation, and training. It also aims to give PhD students the freedom to work on their research full time and disseminate the results of that research through conferences, journals, and other publications.

• Lila Fakharzadeh (Neuroscience PhD, 2018). Visual, Auditory, and Vestibular Control of Inverted Pendulum Dynamics in Spatial Orientation.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute believes in the power of individuals to advance science through research and science education, making discoveries that benefit humanity. As one of the world's largest philanthropies, HHMI's chartered purpose is the advancement of knowledge within the basic sciences and the effective application of that knowledge for the benefit of humanity. The HHMI also awards the Gilliam Fellowships to graduate students from groups historically underrepresented in science and their faculty mentors, as well as the Hanna H. Gray Fellowships to postdoctoral scientists in biomedical fields.

• Natasha Baas-Thomas (Psychology PhD, 2022) and advisor Donald Katz. HHMI Gilliam Fellowship.
• Andrea Guerrero (Neuroscience PhD). Mechanism by which Autism-Associated Shank3 Mediates Homeostatic Synaptic Scaling (2020) and HHMI Gilliam Fellowship (2023).
• Linnea Lemma (Physics PhD alum, 2023). Hanna H. Gray Fellowship
• Raul Ramos (Neuroscience PhD alum, 2023). Hannah H. Gray Fellowship.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research The ICPSR provides training in the use of data for researchers in the social sciences. 

• Ashley Gilliam (Psychology PhD, 2021). Diversity Scholarship for the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan.

Masason Foundation The Masason Foundation aims to enable youth across the world to fully develop their skills and achieve their aspirations in any field. To that end, the Foundation provides facilities and opportunities for people who aspire to a specific academic major, research or business to be exposed to new values and the latest technologies while interacting with others, as well as financial aid to help them fulfill their dreams.

• Daichi Hayakawa (Physics PhD, 2019). Dynamic Self-Assembly of DNA-grafted Colloidal Particles Using Catalytic Amplification of Mediating Linkers.

Meta PhD Research Fellowship The Meta PhD Research Fellowships support research in a range of computer science and technology fields.

• Peizhao Li (Computer Science PhD, 2023). Finalist.

National Institute on Aging Boston Royal Center Pilot Projects The National Institute on Aging sponsors the Boston Roybal Center, which funds pilot studies focused on behavior that promotes healthy aging.

• Xin Yao Lin (Psychology PhD, 2021-2022).

National Institutes of Health The NIH provides financial support in the form of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to support the advancement of the NIH mission to enhance health, extend healthy lives, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

• Brian Sadacca (Neuroscience PhD, 2011). Dynamics of Taste Concentration Processing.
• Al Hamood (Neuroscience PhD, 2012). Long-Term Regulation of Excitability in an Episodic Pattern Generator.
• Bethany Christmann (Neuroscience, PhD 2013). The Cellular Basis of Memory Consolidation in Drosophila.
• Marissa Stearns Kuzirian (Neuroscience, PhD 2013). Semaphorin4D and PlexinB1 Mediate GABAergic Synapse Development in Mammalian CNS.
• Caitlin Piette (Neuroscience PhD, 2013). The Role of Amygdala-Cortical Cooperation in Taste Processing and Learning.
• Yasmin Lozoya (Neuroscience PhD, 2013). Altered Balance of Excitation and Inhibition in a Model of Infantile Spasm Epilepsy.
• Katheryn Cousins (Neuroscience PhD, 2013). The Role of Amygdala-Cortical Cooperation in Taste Processing and Learning.
• Amy Ghiretti (Neuroscience PhD, 2013). The Role of the Activity-Regulated GTPase Rem2 in Dendrite Development.
• Maria Genco (Neuroscience PhD, 2014). Investigating Mechanisms of Homeostasis and Plasticity in Drosophila.
• Nathaniel Miska (Neuroscience PhD, 2014). Experience-Dependent Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity in Critical Microcircuits.
• Adriane Gerndt Otopalik (Neuroscience PhD, 2015). Spatial Mapping of Receptor Distributions on Single Identified Neurons.
• Anna Hartman (Neuroscience PhD, 2015). Neuronal and Molecular Mechanisms of Olfactory Plasticity in C. elegans.
• Zachary Knecht (Neuroscience PhD, 2016). The Molecular Basis of Insect Hygrosensation.
• Veronica Flores (Psychology PhD, 2017). The Experienced Palette is a Smart One: Investigating the Role of Taste Specific Brain Regions in the Impact of Experiences on Taste Learning.
• Chloe Greppi (Molecular and Cell Biology PhD, 2018). Ionotropic Receptor Function in Anopheles Gambiae.
• Zhaoqianqi Feng (Chemistry PhD, 2018).
• Raul Ramos (Neuroscience PhD, 2018). From Molecules to Behavior: The Role of Homeostasis Synaptic Scaling in Associative Learning and Memory.
• Emmanuel Rivera-Rodriguez (Neuroscience PhD, 2019). Unraveling miR-190 and its Role in Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster.
• Mara Rue (Neuroscience PhD, 2020). The Heat Shock Response in an Identified Neuronal Circuit.
• Juliet Bottorff (Neuroscience PhD, 2020) Behavioral state Gating of Neuroplasticity: The Role of State-Specific Neuromodulators In Firing Rate Homeostasis.
• Reynaldo Lopez Aguilar (Molecular and Cell Biology PhD, 2020). Coordination of Multiple ADF-H Family Proteins in Controlling Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics.
• Ben Ballintyn (Neuroscience PhD, 2020). Decision Dynamics During a Continuous-Time Foraging Task: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
• Hillary Rodgers (Neuroscience MS, 2020). Characterizing Temperature Robustness in Degenerate Neural Circuits.
• Kathleen Maigler (Neuroscience PhD, 2023). 
• Jourdan Parent (Psychology PhD, 2023). The Role of Dopamine in Cognitive Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in Healthy Older Adults.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.

• Brittany Cassidy (Psychology PhD, 2010).
• Jessica Emory (Chemistry MS, 2013).
• Danielle Gallagher (Molecular and Cell Biology PhD, 2017).
• Alyssa Garcia (Physics PhD, 2018).
• Delora Gaskins (Chemistry PhD, 2011).
• Eben Holderness (Computer Science PhD, 2019).
  
• Nathaniel Miska (Neuroscience PhD, 2011).
  
• Katie Ragosta (Mathematics PhD, 2021).
• Emily Ziperman (Chemistry PhD, 2022).

Neuroscience Scholars Program  The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) is a two-year training program for underrepresented graduate students and postdocs. This online program provides support for professional development and research.

• Víkko Suárez Casanova (Neuroscience PhD, 2022-2024). Fellow.

Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program The Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program (SMDP) is a one-year mentoring program that pairs graduate students and early career researchers from underrepresented groups with industry mentors in medical technology, biotechnology, and consumer healthcare.

• Víkko Suárez Casanova (Neuroscience PhD, 2023).

USAID Equitable AI Challenge Grant The USAID Equitable AI Challenge Grant supported projects to address gender bias in AI.

• David Tresner-Kirsch (Computer Science PhD, 2022). Work in partnership with Nivi and the University of Lagos.