Explore Funds

The Graduate School’s Grad Student Success program creates community and provides support for graduate students from every background. Through targeted programming and peer connection, we help ensure that all students have what they need to thrive and complete their degrees successfully.

Provides support for expanding study abroad opportunities to enable all Carolina students to have a meaningful global experience during their studies.

These fellowships ensure timely degree completion in disciplines where summer funding is not available.

Provides discretionary support for the Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability drives responsible thought leadership and education to accelerate progress in social and environmental sustainability through innovative and profitable business solutions.

Provides scholarship support for undergraduate dental hygiene students.

Honors the work and life of Barry Hounshell, former faculty member at the UNC School of Education, and his wife, Ann, in hopes of reminding students and faculty members of the importance of mentoring and developing lifelong commitments to their students in the UNC School of Education.

Provides support for middle-income undergraduate students from North Carolina through financial aid.

Provides support to graduate students with travel expenses incurred while sharing their research at education conferences.

Provide flexible funding to meet critical needs and seize emerging opportunities that will enrich the student experience and advance faculty research and scholarship.

Established in 1996 by the visionary Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Royster, The Royster Society of Fellows is the premier doctoral recruitment fellowship program at the Carolina. As a member of the Royster Society of Fellows, graduate students become part of an exclusive community that extends beyond their time at the University.