University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota funds graduate students through its departments, and most of the real money on this page sits at that level: research assistantships, teaching assistantships, training grants and internal fellowships are awarded by the colleges and labs, so a doctoral applicant's funding question belongs with the department they are applying to, not with a university-wide scholarship office.

For international undergraduates, Minnesota offers merit scholarships at admission, but the university's institutional need-based aid is reserved for residents, so students from abroad combine a partial merit award with their own funding. The professional schools run their own scholarship pools, and the page below also collects external fellowship and grant opportunities, which are applied for directly with the outside bodies.

The provider line on each card separates Minnesota-administered funding from the external listings, and that distinction decides your application route. Minnesota's scholarship pages, reachable from each card, state the current terms and deadlines for the university's own awards, while the external fellowships follow their owners' calendars.