University Ph.D. Fellowships are offered to promising Ph.D. applicants to invite and encourage them to conduct their doctoral studies at SMU. This fellowship supplements the offer of support from the applicant’s prospective department at SMU, and makes the SMU offer competitive with those the applicant receives from other strong programs in their field.
Moody Graduate Fellowships Mustang Fellowships Moody Dissertation Fellowships University Ph.D. Fellowships Dean's Dissertation Fellowships
Moody Graduate Fellowships are offered to Ph.D. applicants who show exceptional promise for academic success and are a mark of the University's commitment to excellence in graduate education. They provide tuition waivers, health insurance, and stipends of $30,000 for up to five years.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biological Sciences
Education Policy and Leadership
Anthropology
Economics
Chemistry
Chemistry
Anthropology
Statistical Science
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Religious Studies
Religious Studies
These fellowships recognize and support outstanding Ph.D. students as they complete their dissertations. They are reserved for Ph.D. students in the dissertation-writing phase of their degrees whose research shows exceptional promise for impact in their field of study. They provide tuition waivers, health insurance, and a stipend of $30,000 for one year. Recipients commit to complete and defend their dissertations in the fellowship year. Students must be nominated by their departments to be eligible for this fellowship.
Teaching and Learning
Civil and Environmental Engineering
History
Mathematics
Earth Sciences
Mustang Fellowships provide tuition waivers, health insurance, and stipends of $30,000 for up to five years for Ph.D. students who are US citizens or permanent residents and identify as diverse in their disciplines. Ph.D. program applicants are invited to submit themselves for consideration for this fellowship through a brief essay in their application, explaining why their educational, cultural, geographic, or familial background will contribute to graduate program diversity at SMU. Departments nominate candidates for the Mustang Fellowship as part of their application review process in the Spring.
Psychology
Anthropology
History
Biological Sciences
Earth Sciences
Chemistry
Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Education Policy and Leadership
Physics
Religious Studies
Psychology
SMU is proud to offer University Ph.D. Fellowships to outstanding Ph.D. and Ph.D.-equivalent graduate student candidates. This fellowship provides funding above the amount typically available to students through their department, and is renewable for a total of five years of support, contingent upon acceptable progress towards the degree.
Statistical Science
History
History
Chemistry
Applied Physiology
Religious Studies
Applied Physiology
Anthropology
Art History
Earth Sciences
Chemistry
Education
Art History
Mathematics
History
Religious Studies
Anthropology
Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology
History
Anthropology
Religious Studies
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering
Statistical Science
These fellowships provide support to Ph.D. students in the dissertation-writing phase of their degrees, allowing them to focus on completing and defending their dissertations. They provide tuition waiver, health insurance, and a stipend commensurate with the standard Ph.D. stipend in their department. Recipients commit to complete and defend their dissertations in the fellowship year. Students must be nominated by their departments to be eligible for this fellowship.
Mechanical Engineering
Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anthropology
Economics
Chemistry
