The fellowship provides support for MSU doctoral students who are studying and/or conducting research within the Water Alliance or other critical programs (including, but not limited to natural resources, ecology, sustainable/affordable housing, and/or mass timber). Recipients are selected in Spring Semester and awarded the following academic year.
MSU offers several fellowships to support graduate students working in water-related fields. A fellowship provides financial support to graduate students to pursue their graduate studies without associated teaching or research responsibilities.
Available Fellowship Programs
The following graduate student fellowships are offered through the MSU Graduate School:
Clifford Humphrys Fellowship for Preservation of Water Quality in The Great Lakes
This fellowship benefits students enrolled in any graduate program at MSU studying or doing research on water quality, especially as it relates to the Great Lakes and Lake Michigan in particular.
Rose Graduate Fellowship in Water Research
The Rose Graduate Fellowship in Water Research benefits students enrolled in any graduate program at MSU to help address the looming global water crisis and support the next generation of scientists.
Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited Graduate Fellowship
This fellowship opportunity is for graduate students studying coldwater fisheries or streams as part of their thesis or dissertation.
William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Humans and Natural Systems
Graduate students who are performing research related to the sustainability of fish, wildlife, or water resources using an integrated or joint approach that links humans with their natural environment are encouraged to apply for this fellowship.
William W. Taylor & Henry A. Regier Great Lakes Fisheries Graduate Fellowship
Applicants must be students enrolled in a graduate program at MSU who are performing research related to the sustainability of fish, wildlife, or water resources using an integrated or joint approach that links humans with their natural environment.
WaterCube National Research Traineeship Program
The WaterCube NRT offers support to prospective or first year Ph.D. students enrolled in a participating department. To learn more, please visit our WaterCube NRT page.
Jianguo (Jack) Liu Graduate Award in Sustainability
This endowment was established to benefit students enrolled in any graduate program at MSU to help address global sustainability challenges and opportunities, particularly telecoupling, metacoupling, and coupled human and natural systems.
Shobha Ramanand Graduate Fellowship in Memory of Dr. Kruger and Dr. Sweitz
This fellowship provides support to graduate students in the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations in the College of Social Science and the department of Community Sustainability in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Award
This fellowship is intended to support doctoral students in the natural sciences and mathematics in recognition of academic achievements, research goals, contributions to a diverse educational community, and a record of overcoming obstacles.
Dr. Karen Klomparens Endowment in Support of Graduate Fellowships
This fellowship is for doctoral candidates in any discipline. Recipients will receive a one-time fellowship award in the Spring semester. The number of awards made in a given year and the amount of the awards will be based upon available expendable amounts in that year.
Max Raines and Robert Repas Fellowship
This fellowship is for all students in graduate and professional degree programs at MSU. Recipients will receive a one-time fellowship award in the Spring semester. The number of awards made in a given year and the amount of the awards will be based upon available expendable amounts in that year.
Vera M. Wallach Fellowship Fund for Graduate Students
This fellowship is for MSU graduate students studying wildlife management, wildlife ecology, or natural resource management, or conducting Arctic and Antarctic research, with emphasis on the protection and preservation of wildlife in those regions. Up to three fellowships will be awarded annually.
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation and Environmental Leadership Fellowship
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation and Environmental Leadership Fellowship was established to enable graduate students from a variety of disciplines to build their leadership capacity early in their career.
William E. Ricker Fellowship Endowment
This fellowship in Quantitative Fisheries Science is funded through the MSU Graduate School. Dr. William E. Ricker was a prominent fisheries scientist and a pioneer in the development and application of quantitative methods in fisheries science and management.
Travel Funding
Funds from the Graduate School are available for graduate and graduate professional students to present their research at professional conferences (in-person or virtual). These funds are not available to support thesis/dissertation research projects or course work.