General Program Financial Support All admitted QCB students receive full financial support for the duration of their Ph.D., including tuition, a competitive stipend, and health benefits. The support is made possible through a combination of funds from Princeton University, federal grants, external fellowships, and teaching funds. Fellowships Students are encouraged to apply for external fellowships, such as the NSF, for which they are eligible. List of grad school's most common external fellowships What fellowship should I apply for? Here is a listing of specific fellowship opportunities for students in the sciences. Please discuss these opportunities with your advisor for assistance in selecting the appropriate fellowship for you. American Association of University Women - American Fellowships American Association of University Women - International Fellowships American Federation for Aging Research American Heart Association American Lung Association American Physical Society Fellowship American Society for Microbiology Autism Speaks Association for Women in Science Epilepsy Foundation Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program Fellowship (DOD-BCRP) Department of Energy (DoE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) Ford Foundation Fellowship Program Graduate Women in Science - Sigma, Delta & Epsilon Harold Weintraub Graduate Student Award Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award HHMI International Student Research Fellowship National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research NIH F31 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research NSF Graduate Research Fellowship PD Soros Fellowships for New Americans PhRMA Foundation (Pharmacology, toxicology, bioinformatics) SMART Scholarship Society for Neuroscience Scholars Program for Underrepresented Minorities Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Who do I contact for advice on which fellowships I should apply for? Your dissertation advisor. If you are a first-year and have not yet identified a lab, please speak with your rotation advisor and/or your Director of Graduate Studies. Who do I contact for administrative assistance? Marlen Ayodele, Sr Grants and Business Manager for the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.