Students can pursue additional funding for their graduate study beyond the current commitments they have as fellowships, scholarships, and work appointments (etc.) that provide tuition and benefit support during graduate study. Students are encouraged to to pursue both prestigious and supportive external funding sources to add to their current supports.
AERA Funding Opportunities
Texas Grants Resource Center
University of Texas Libraries
https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/c.php?g=672292&p=7839442
Foundations such as the Spencer Foundation
https://www.spencer.org/why-we-grant
Graduate School's Extramural Funding webpage
https://gradschool.utexas.edu/funding/fellowships/externally-funded
Highlights include:
American Association of University Women - Austin Branch
https://austin-tx.aauw.net/special-projects/fellowships/
Hertz Fellowship
https://www.hertzfoundation.org/the-fellowship/
Knowles Foundation Teaching and Research Fellowship
https://knowlesteachers.org/
Social Science Research Council
https://www.ssrc.org/how-we-work/fellowships/
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
https://www.hsf.net/scholarship
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
https://pdsoros.org/
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/dissertation-fellowship