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Here is how our winners are making headlines at UB.

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
    9/3/25
    The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) awards three-year fellowships for graduate study in mathematical, physical, biological, engineering and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science. This fellowship carries a stipend of $37,000 per year plus tuition waivers and fees for three years. Applications are available online and part one of the application is due in early October.
  • SUNY ACT for Excellence and Student Initiative Scholarship
    8/28/25
    Each year the University at Buffalo is invited to nominate one student for the SUNY ACT for Excellence and Student Initiative Scholarship awarded by the Association of Council Members and College Trustees Scholarship. This award recognizes students for excellence in their academic performance and extraordinary commitment to their campus and/or community.
  • Fund for Education Abroad
    8/27/25
    This program has a mission to provide scholarships and ongoing support to students with financial need who face barriers to participation in education abroad.
  • Career Design Center Internship Equity Fund
    8/27/25
    This award, funded by the State University of New York (SUNY), provides funding to support University at Buffalo undergraduate and graduate students partaking in unpaid internships with non-profit or government organizations. Internships offer essential hands-on experience and serve as a crucial step toward transitioning from college to a career. The Career Design Center will use this funding to assist students who engage in these internships.
  • Susan L. Winston Scholarship
    8/27/25
    This program recognizes excellence and achievement for students in master’s degree programs in health administration, health policy, and public health by providing up to twenty $10,000 scholarships per year. Winston Scholars also join a one-day symposium on health policy in Washington, DC. 
  • GEM Fellowship Program
    8/25/25
    The GEM fellowship program invests in a competitive American workforce by supporting high-caliber students looking to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in applied sciences and engineering, and matches their specific skills to the technical needs of GEM employer members. Through the fellowship, students receive full financial support and a paid internship. The program has received a Presidential Award for its impact in STEM and has produced over 5,000 leaders in STEM.
  • Ellison Scholars Graduate Scholarship at the University of Oxford
    8/14/25
    An important part of Elliston Institute of Technology's (EIT) mission is to identify students from around the world and train them to be leaders with the skills to invent, improve, and manage the next generation of technology. The Ellison Scholars program will fully fund selected students’ study at the University of Oxford, where they will collaborate with other Scholars and the EIT Faculty of Fellows on projects important to humanity.
  • Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy
    8/11/25
    The Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA) is both a scholarship program for the DoD, and a capacity building tool for the nation. The program is a result of commitment from DoD and Congress to support higher education as a means to prepare the DoD workforce to deal with threats against the Department’s critical information system and networks.
  • Three engineering students win coveted Goldwater scholarships
    4/7/15

    The award winners - from the Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany areas - were chosen from a nationwide pool of 1,206 students.

  • National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (NSF DDRI)
    7/30/25
    The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs), allowing doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and conduct field research in settings away from their campus.