The ABE Department expects to have at least two Alumni Graduate Awards available for Ph.D. students each Fall. The stipend will be a minimum of $17,000/yr plus tuition for 4 years. Minimum requirements are: 3.3 undergraduate GPA and a combined Verbal + Quantitative GRE score of 1200. Most Fellowship recipients are selected by February or March each year for the following Fall term.
When available, departmental assistantships are posted and qualified students are encouraged to apply. Most of these assistantships are available immediately.
Outstanding applicants for any of these fellowships and assistantships who are currently in the U.S. may be eligible to receive a travel grant to visit our department. Please contact Dr. Ray Bucklin (Graduate Coordinator) at 352-392-1864 ext. 169 for further details. We encourage you to apply early for all funding opportunities.
- UF Resources for Graduate Financial Aid
View a list of financial aid opportunities for graduate students available from a number of sources at the University of Florida.
- Alumni Graduate Initiative
Alumni Graduates represent the highest graduate student award available at the University. Funded at nationally competitive levels, these highly prestigious awards support students in all programs and departments of the University awarding a Ph.D. or MFA.
- Graduate School Fellowships
Designed to recruit truly exceptional graduate students to the University of Florida. Currently enrolled UF graduate students are not eligible, except in the particular case in which they will be entering a PhD (or other terminal degree) program for the first time. Students enrolled in the Colleges of Engineering and Law are not eligible for Grinter Fellowships.
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Financial Aid
View a list of scholarships and fellowships available to students in CALS.
- College of Engineering Financial Aid
The College of Engineering offers approximately 750 research and teaching assistantships. View a list of scholarships and fellowships available to engineering graduate students.
- College of Engineering Achievement Award
This award for New Engineering Graduate Students provides a partial tuition waiver to students with outstanding academic records.
- Adaptive Management Fellowships
The IGERT program in Adaptive Management links four colleges, fifteen academic departments, and three research centers at the University of Florida with international wetlands research centers in Africa, Mexico, South America, Australia, and south Florida.
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
Graduate students interested in combining their disciplinary studies with African language and area studies can apply for the FLAS fellowships. Studying an African language is required.
- Gates Millennium Scholars Program
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) provides funding for a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science.
- GEM Fellowships
GEM's principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the MS and Ph.D. levels coupled with paid summer internships.
- McNair Scholars Program
The UF McNair Scholars Program supports undergraduate college students from low-income, first-generation and underrepresented backgrounds in their progress towards a doctoral degree.
- SEAGEP
SEAGEP partners with faculty and Departments to provide awards to U.S. citizens and permanent residents in support of their goal of earning a Ph.D. in science, engineering, or mathematics, and becoming a member of the Professoriate.
- FastWeb (Financial Aid Search)
FastWeb lists more than 1.3 million scholarships worth $3 billion. Create a personal profile to receive a list of exactly those scholarships matching your skills and interests.