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Career Exploration & Research
Resources to help students identify a career, select a major, identify colleges and universities, and find financial assistance.
Tips about Financial Assistance for Graduate School
Check with the Department or Program to which you are applying. Frequently there are opportunities for students accepted into your desired program. This is especially true of highly selective programs. Larger programs might also offer more financial assistance opportunities.
Duke University’s Office of Research Support Funding site provides an extensive database of funding opportunities of interest to the university community. The list is searchable by discipline, eligibility, sponsor, etc.
Grants.gov provides centralized information on more than 1,000 different grant programs across all 26 federal grant-making agencies awarding more than $500 billion annually.