Scholarships & Fellowships

To qualify for this $3,000 fellowship, students must

• Be a full-time CEE graduate student whose research is within the areas of project management or structures 
• Demonstrate academic merit and promise

Preference is given to those from Maryland, D.C., and Virginia

To qualify for this $4,000 fellowship, students must: 

• Be a full-time CEE graduate student whose research is within the areas of project management or structures 
• Demonstrate academic merit 

Financial need will be considered when selecting this fellowship. 

To qualify for this $3,000 fellowship, students must: 

• Be a full-time CEE graduate student whose research is within the areas of project management or structures 
• Demonstrate academic merit and promise

Preference is given to those whom are from Maryland, D.C., and Virginia.

This fellowship may be awarded to two students, assuming two eligible and outstanding nominees.

To qualify for this $5,000 fellowship, students must: 

• Be a full-time CEE M.S. student student specializing in structures 
• Demonstrate academic merit and finanical need

Preference is given to those from University of Jammu, State of Jammu, and Kashmir, India. 

This fellowship may be awarded to two students, assuming two eligible and outstanding nominees.

To qualify for this $5,000 fellowship, students must: 

• Be a full-time CEE graduate student
• Demonstrate merit and interesting in pursuing a career in civil engineering

Preference will be given to those who have served in the military or have family members who have served.

This fellowship may be awarded to three students, assuming three eligible and outstanding nominees.

To qualify for this $5,000 fellowship, students must be a full-time CEE graduate student admitted within the calendar year 2024 specializing in geotechical and pavements. The initial award for one year could be renewed for an additional two years for an M.S. degree or three years for a Ph.D. if the student maintains high academic merit. 

Only one student can hold this fellowship in a given year. 

This $15,000, one-semester fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students in the final stages of writing their dissertations. CEE may nominate four students. Department nominees will also automatically be considered for the Lee Thornton Dissertation Fellowship. 

Fellowship guidelines are available on the Graduate School website. To be considered, submit your nomination package (cover sheet, abstract, statement, CV, and advisor's letter, preferably as a single PDF) to ceegradstudies@umd.edu no later than Wednesday, February 5, 2025. 

This $5,000 fellowship supports outstanding "mid-career" doctoral students—those in the period approximately before, during, or after achievement of candidacy—and is intended to enable students to prepare for or complete a key benchmark in their program's requirements. CEE may nominate four students. 

Part of the Graduate School's Summer Research Fellowship Program, this fellowship supports outstanding "mid-career" doctoral students who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology. CEE may nominate four students.

Fellowship guidelines are available on the Graduate School website. To be considered, please submit your nomination package (cover sheet, advisor's letter, specific proposal, and CV, preferably as a single PDF) to ceegradstudies@umd.edu no later than Wednesday, February 26, 2025.