MPSDS Achievement Fellowships are structured to assist eligible MS students with four-terms of tuition support, full-time enrollment is required.

Achievement Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents with a record of superior academic achievement who are either from educational, cultural or geographic backgrounds that are underrepresented in graduate study in survey and data science in the United States or at the University of Michigan; have demonstrated commitment to diversity; have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances; or are (or will be) the first generation in their family to graduate from a four-year college or first-generation U.S. citizens in their families.

A stipulation of being awarded this funding is that the awarded student(s) will be involved in community building within MPSDS. Community building is all about bringing people together and creating a sense of inclusiveness, something MPSDS values. To that end, the recipient will be expected to spend an average of 10 hours per month on community building events during the academic term. The selected fellow will be supported financially to participate in professional development activities related to the field of survey and data science. Continued funding will be contingent on academic success, employment performance, and community engagement.

Traineeships are frequently available for one or two top MS applicants. The traineeships are with the Survey Research Operations (SRO) unit in the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Decisions for this fellowship are based on the graduate program application materials; no separate application is required.

The full-time study traineeship provides support for two years of study. It provides tuition support for four-terms (two years); hourly employment for four-terms (possible summer work also available); commit to fulfill two years of permanent employment to begin upon completion of the MPSDS master’s degree program.

Survey Research Operations (SRO) is the main data collection unit within the Survey Research Center (SRC). SRO constitutes over half of SRC, and provides a wide range of survey design, data collection and data processing services. SRO staff members work closely with members of the Survey Methodology Program and incorporate cutting-edge methodology and technical systems into their projects. SRO conducts national surveys as well as small-scale, regional, and methodological surveys.

MPSDS encourages enrolled MPSDS students to share their research and learn from others at conferences around the world. Students may apply for MPSDS travel funding to help cover the cost of travel to attend these conferences that are of direct relevance to their research and training.

• • Deadline: Ongoing

• • Amount: Up to $600

• • Terms and Use: MPSDS students only, one travel grant award (either domestic or international, but not both) during a fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30, based on the start date of the conference.

• Deadline: Ongoing
• Amount: Up to $1,400
• Terms and Use: one travel grant award (either domestic or international, but not both) during a fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30, based on the start date of the conference.
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• Deadline: Rolling basis
• Amount: $1,500
• Terms and Use: Master’s students are eligible for one award
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• Deadline: Reviewed on a weekly basis
• Amount: up to $2,500
• Terms and Use: Master’s students are limited to one emergency fund award during their graduate career.
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• Deadline: various dates
• Amount: up to $150
• Terms and Use: currently enrolled graduate students
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• Deadline: Reviewed on a weekly basis
• Amount: up to $2,500
• Terms and Use: Master’s students are limited to one emergency fund award during their graduate career.
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Amount: $11,000
Terms & Use: Research and Training

Supports the research and training of junior researchers, especially women and those studying older populations

Learn more about the A. Regula Herzog Young Investigators Fund

Amount: $11,000
Terms and Use: Research funding, travel related to research (conferences and collaboration), training opportunities, memberships

Supports graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior faculty investigating roles and relationships and their effects on physical and mental health

Learn more about the “Libby” Douvan Junior Elizabeth Scholars Fund in Life Course Development

Amount: $11,000
Terms and Use: Salary support, living expenses, travel related to research, datasets, hiring

Supports graduate students who are conducting research dealing with quality of life and psychological well-being

Learn more about the Angus Campbell Scholars Fund

Amount: Up to $11,000
Terms and Use: Research support or conference travel

Supports graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff conducting research on the interaction among the interviewer, the respondent, and the instrument and their effects on the quality of survey data.

Learn more about Charles Cannell Fund in Survey Methodology

Amount: $5,500
Terms and Use: Salary support, living expenses, travel related to research, datasets, hiring

Supports scholars conducting economic research using the Health and Retirement Study, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, or time use data

Learn more about the F. Thomas Juster Economic Behavior Research Award Fund

Amount: $11,000
Terms and Use: Funding to be used as needed by the recipient

Supports graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior faculty conducting research using data from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study

Learn more about the Jerald and Virginia Bachman Research Fellowship on Change in American Youth

Amount: $8,000

Terms and Use: Must integrate population, economic development, and climate change, along with an international component

Supports graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior faculty doing research at the intersection of climate change, demography, and development

Learn more about the Marshall Weinberg Population, Development, and Climate Change Fellows Program

Amount: $6,000
Terms and Use: Graduate student working with CPS faculty, summer support

Learn more about the Philip Converse and Warren Miller Fellowship in American Political Behavior

Amount: $6,000
Terms and Use: Graduate student working with CPS faculty, summer support

Learn more about the Roy Pierce Scholars Fund

Amount: $6,000
Terms and Use: Research, living expenses

Learn more about the Sarri Family Fellowship for Research on Educational Attainment of Children in Low Income Families

Amount: $6,000
Terms and Use: Professional development support, stipend, travel, courses

Learn more about the The Hanes Walton, Jr. Endowment for Graduate Study in Racial and Ethnic Politics

Amount: $6,000
Terms and Use: Research and travel support

Learn more about the Ronald F. Inglehart Scholarship Fund

Amount: $6,000
Terms and Use: Graduate student working with CPS faculty, research support

Learn more about The Tessler Fellows Fund