| Simal Binici | 2025 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (spring) |
| Eric Ngo | 2025 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (spring) |
| Stephanie Schmitt | 2025 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (spring) |
| Nathan Micatka | 2025 | Ballard Seashore Dissertation Fellowship (spring) |
| Nathan Timbs | 2025 | Ballard Seashore Dissertation Fellowship (spring) |
| Nathan Micatka | 2024 | APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant |
| Jeongho Choi | 2024 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (fall) |
| Carly Millerd | 2024 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (fall) |
| Jianjun Yu | 2024 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (fall) |
| Weidong Zhang | 2024 | Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship (fall) |
| Chase LaSpisa | 2024 | Fulbright (Norway) |
| Alex Bezahler | 2024 | Boren Fellowship (Georgia) |
| Stephanie Schmitt | 2024 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Nathan Micatka | 2024 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Samuel Harper | 2024 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Eric Ngo | 2024 | Best Graduate Student Seminar Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Sami DeRagon | 2024 | Best Graduate Student Seminar Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Jeongho Choi | 2024 | Best Graduate Student Conference Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Thomas Dainty | 2024 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Adam Lappe | 2024 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Brody DeBettignies | 2024 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Nathan Timbs | 2023 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Jianjun Yu | 2023 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Carly Millerd | 2023 | Best Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Nathan Timbs | 2023 | Best Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Grace Beaty | 2023 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Brody DeBettignies | 2023 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Thomas Dainty | 2023 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2023 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Adam Lappe | 2023 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Willow Kreutzer | 2023 | ISA Lynne Rienner Award for Best Paper Presented by a Graduate Student |
| Addison Huygens | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Hyein Ko | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Willow Kreutzer | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Daria Kuznetsova | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Saera Lee | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Haofeng Ma | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Nate Micatka | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Jianjun Yu | 2023 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Hoshik Nam | 2023 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Daria Kuznetsova | 2023 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Willow Kreutzer | 2023 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2022 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Addison Huygens | 2022 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Tracee Saunders | 2022 | Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Award |
| Joseph Coll | 2022 | Carsey Award- ASAP 2022 State Politics and Policy Conference |
| Samuel Harper | 2022 | Carsey Award- ASAP 2022 State Politics and Policy Conference |
| Tracee Saunders | 2022 | Carsey Award- ASAP 2022 State Politics and Policy Conference |
| Hyein Ko | 2022 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Nate Micatka | 2022 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Willow Kreutzer | 2022 | Best Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Nathan Timbs | 2022 | Best Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Chase LaSpisa | 2022 | Best Seminar Paper Award, Department of Political Science |
| Brody DeBettignies | 2022 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Cassidy Oberreuter | 2022 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2022 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Adam Lappe | 2022 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Hyein Ko | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Saera Lee | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Haofeng Ma | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Nate Micatka | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Cassandra Tai | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Yufan Yang | 2022 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Lindsey Allemang Goldberg | 2022 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Lindsey Allemang Goldberg | 2022 | CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2022 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Writing Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2021 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Sam Fuller | 2021 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Cody Schmidt | 2021 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2021 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Cassidy Oberreuter | 2021 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Rachel Torres | 2021 | Hugh Vollrath Ross Scholarship |
| Cassandra Tai | 2021 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Byung-Deuk Woo | 2021 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Yufan Yang | 2021 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2021 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Hoshik Nam | 2021 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Cassandra Tai | 2021 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Byung-Deuk Woo | 2021 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Yufan Yang | 2021 | Graduate College Summer Fellowship |
| Bomi Lee | 2021 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Joseph Coll | 2021 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Tracee Saunders | 2020 | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2020 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Sam Fuller | 2020 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Cody Schmidt | 2020 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2020 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Lindsey Allemang | 2020 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Cody Schmidt | 2020 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Bomi Lee | 2020 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Hoshik Nam | 2020 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Cody Schmidt | 2020 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Rachel Torres | 2020 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Scott LaCombe | 2020 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Yooneui Kim | 2020 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Jielu Yao | 2020 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Rachel Torres | 2020 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2019 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2019 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Cody Schmidt | 2019 | Laurence Fairall Scholarship |
| Rachel Torres | 2019 | Latinidades Dissertation Fellowship |
| Joseph Coll | 2019 | Underrepresented Minority Pre-Comprehensive Exam Mentored Research Fellowship |
| Joshua Tschantret | 2019 | CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellowship |
| Courtney Juelich | 2019 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Joseph Coll | 2019 | Tom Carsey Scholar Award, State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association |
| Ki Eun Ryu | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Aubree Herrin | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Courtney Juelich | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Scott LaCombe | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Jungmin Song | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Joshua Tschantret | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Yooneui Kim | 2019 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Addison Huygens | 2019 | Lawrence Fairall Scholarship |
| Cody Schmidt | 2019 | Lawrence Fairall Scholarship |
| Joseph Coll | 2018 | Underrepresented Minority Pre-Comprehensive Exam Mentored Research Fellowship |
| Sojeong Lee | 2018 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Dong "Erico" Yu | 2018 | Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship |
| Samantha Lange | 2017 | David and Rosalie Braverman Scholarship |
| Addison Huygens | 2017 | Lawrence Fairall Scholarship |
| Cody Schmidt | 2017 | Lawrence Fairall Scholarship |
| Christine Bricker | 2017 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Brian Janssen | 2017 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Desmond Wallace | 2017 | Dean's Graduate Fellowship |
| Ray Ou Yang | 2017 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Brian Janssen | 2017 | Post-Comprehensive Research Award |
| Rachel Torres | 2017 | Underrepresented Minority Pre-Comprehensive Mentored Summer Research Fellowship |
| Rachel Torres | 2017 | American Political Science Association Minority Fellow for 2017-2018 |
| Shuai Jin | 2017 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Council on Teaching) |
| Scott Lacombe | 2017 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Council on Teaching) |
| Shuai Jin | 2016 | Post-Comprehensive Research Award |
| Kyu Young Lee | 2016 | Post-Comprehensive Research Award |
| Elizabeth Maltby | 2016 | Post-Comprehensive Research Award |
| Chris Anderson | 2015 | Lawrence Fairall Scholarship |
| Kevan Hudson | 2015 | Lawrence Fairall Scholarship |
| Christine Bricker | 2015 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Brian Janssen | 2015 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Abigail Rury (Matthews) | 2015 | Helen Fairall Scholarship |
| Sheri Martin | 2015 | Post-Comprehensive Summer Research Award |
| Yang Zhang | 2015 | Post-Comprehensive Summer Research Award |
| Emily Schilling | 2015 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Chris Anderson | 2015 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Sheri Martin | 2015 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Joseph Zhou | 2015 | Post-Comprehensive Merit Award |
| Emily Schilling | 2014-15 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Mi-son Kim | 2014 | Center for Asian and Pacific Studies Graduate Dissertation Grant |
| Jon Ring | 2013-14 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Natasha Altema McNeely | 2011-2012 | Southwestern Political Science Association Ted Robinson Memorial Award for the best research proposal by a graduate student in the field of minority politics, broadly defined |
| Benjamin Darr | 2008-2009 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| Charlotte Ridge | 2009 | Jacob A. Swisher Prize in History or Political Science for her dissertation work on women in local government |
| Daniel Bowen | 2009 | Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship |
| Benjamin Darr | 2008-2009 | Laurence Fairall Scholar |
| Mark Nieman | 2009-2010 | Laurence Fairall Scholars |
| Daniel Bowen | 2008-2009, 2009-2010 | Helen Fairall Scholar |
| Zachary Greene | 2008 | T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship (France) |
