The National Research Council rated the Department of Human Nutrition as the top nutrition program for student support which was derived from criteria such as student completion rates, financial aid and other criteria. There are a variety of financial support options that are available to students that are described below.

Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA)

A GRA provides a stipend for student's performing research and working towards their degree. A GRA is offered by an individual faculty member to a graduate student, thus there needs to be a match between student interest and faculty research projects/funding.

Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA)

A GTA provides a stipend and tuition waiver for student's assisting in teaching courses. A GTA is offered by the department, but also seeks to match a student's research interest with an advisor who will serve as their graduate advisor.

Department Fellowships & Scholarships

The department offers a number of scholarships to graduate students that are available on a competitive basis depending on availability of funds.

• Nina Browning Fellowship
• Kroll Graduate Scholarship in Sensory Analysis
• Ross Fellowship in Sensory Analysis
• Brooks Fellow Human Nutrition
• Kellogg Company Endowed Scholarship in Sensory Analysis
• Nutrition for Youth Graduate Scholarship
• Tinklin Memorial Scholarship for Human Ecology
• Newell Graduate Scholarship in Nutrition
• Carlson Human Ecology Scholarship
• Stewart Family Research Award Fund Scholar ‐ Human Nutrition

College Awards

There are also college awards available on a competitive basis such as College of Human Ecology Doctor Dissertation Improvement Awards for students to help finish their dissertations.

Timothy R. Donoghue Scholarships

Outstanding U.S. citizens that are incoming graduates of other U.S. colleges or universities are eligible for a Donoghue Scholarship. The department will select candidates and forward them to the graduate school. A minimum of 3.4 CGPA is required in the previous degree for consideration.

University Awards

There are a variety of other funding sources from the University, As an example, for those doing cancer research the Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research offer travel awards and graduate student summer stipends. The Alvin and RosaLee Saracheck Fellowship provides a fellowship for a resident Ph.D. student whose dissertation relies significantly on one or more contemporary molecular biological techniques. The Kansas State University Research Foundation (KSURF) Doctoral Research Scholarship provides funding for outstanding Ph.D. student's whose research could result in the development of intellectual property.

Travel Awards

The department and graduate school both offer travel awards to help support student travel to conferences to present their research.

There are also a number of fellowships & scholarships on the graduate school's fellowships & scholarships website.