Research Guides
International Graduate Student Funding Handout
The following handout includes funding opportunities and resources open to international students:
Graduate Funding for International Students Workshop | April 25, 2019
The Graduate Funding Information Service (GFIS) workshop covered funding resources for international graduate students at UW, including fellowships, scholarships, and employment to help finance tuition, research, and travel.
A recording of the April 25, 2019 event can be found here:
Assistantships at UW
International students can hold assistantships at the University of Washington. Teaching assistants (TAs) must meet an English-language proficiency requirement. For more information about assistantships and how to find them, see the "Funding from UW" tab on this guide.
UW Graduate School Core Programs
Core Programs offers a number of events to support graduate students at UW, including international students. Check out their events calendar for more information.
UW International Student Services
International Student Services (ISS) can help with questions about visa status and eligibility for on- or off-campus employment.
In some funding databases, you are able to filter your search based on citizenship. This is especially important for international students as this filter will often display results that are specific to your country of citizenship, or results that do not have citizenship requirements at all. Below we offer an example of how to take advantage of these filters in one of the public funding databases linked on our research guide.
In UCLA Graduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database
To see opportunities for non-US residents, select the "US citizen not required" box from the filters list on the left hand side of the page.
In Harvard University CARAT Database for Grants and Fellowships
To see opportunities for non-US residents, click on the "CARAT database" button, and then scroll down to the "Citizenship Requirement" section on the lower-lefthand side. Click on the "International Student/Scholar" box.
