The Graduate School provides information about internal and external fellowships available to UW–Madison graduate students. The following fellowships are of most relevance to physics graduate students:
Quantum Computing Intern at IBM
NSF GRFP (Deadline: October; must be first or second year student)
Hertz Fellowship (Deadline: October)
DOE Office of Science Graduate Research Fellowship (Deadline: November; must be Ph.D candidate post prelim)
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Deadline: December)
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (Deadline: December; planning to graduate in the upcoming year)
DOD National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (Deadline: December)
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (Deadline: January; must be 1st year)
DOD National Nuclear Security (NSA) Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) (Deadline: January)
Graduate School Discover PD Portal: Login to DiscoverPD
Graduate School Individual Development Plan
American Physical Society (APS): Jobs & Job Fair Info
American Physical Society (APS): Careers in Physics
American Physical Society (APS): Typical Starting Salaries for Physics Ph.D.’s
The Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI) at UW-Madison: Leadership Certificate
The Physics Department is happy to offer a number of awards for graduate students in physics each year. Many of these awards have been made possible through very generous donations by alumni and friends of the Department. The list of the physics department’s awards, their descriptions, eligibility requirements, and information on how to apply can be found on our awards application page. Department of Physics Awards generally range from $250 to $5,000 to deserving students to assist with educational expenses. A list of previous award winners may be found in our awards archive.
- The Physics Graduate Student Council (PGSC): A group of physics graduate students at UW–Madison working to improve the well-being and success of graduate students in the Department of Physics
- Gender Minorities and Women in Physics (GMaWiP): A group for the support and promotion of women and gender minorities in physics at the UW–Madison
- The Wisconsin Involvement Network (WIN): A searchable database of registered student organizations at UW–Madison