Funding Opportunities

Student Direct Apply Fellowships

Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship,
- stipend plus tuition: The Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship provides a one-year fellowship to students with undergraduate degrees from Purdue for the furtherance of postgraduate research at the University. Recipients are selected on the basis of character, intellectual ability and promise of degree attainment. This fellowship, funded by the Graduate School, includes a stipend, graduate tuition scholarships, payment of most fees and a medical insurance supplement.

Ludwig Kruhe Fellowship
- stipend plus tuition for final year of PhD program:  The Ludwig Kruhe Fellowship was established as a means for promoting a deeper understanding of global issues and international relations. It is intended for doctoral candidates in one of the following programs: agricultural economics, civil engineering, foreign languages and literatures, history, management, economics, or political science. This fellowship provides a one-year award package that includes a stipend/salary, tuition, payment of most fees, and a medical insurance benefit.

Purdue Travel Grant

The CLA PROMISE grant program promotes research opportunities to maximize innovation and scholarly excellence in graduate education. PROMISE supports graduate student research, scholarly activity, and conference travel.  

External Funding

The Graduate School offers many opportunities, resources, and strategies to assist graduate students in obtaining funding and supporting their research.  For example, the Purdue Graduate School's Fellowship Office provides resources for fellowship applicants and current graduate student fellows to promote grant writing skill development for students along with a streamlined system of fund management. The Fellowship Office also oversees direct apply fellowships.

The College of Liberal Arts website offers information on many external fellowships.

In addition to these opportunities, grant-writing workshops, competitions, internship support and more are available from the Office of Graduate Professional Development