What I Found
| Source | What It Claims | Reliability Concerns |
|---|---|---|
| Fundlume: Dr. Omar Nofal. Fundlume – Scholarships & Opportunities | This claims full funding, tuition waiver, stipend, etc., with research in resilience, natural hazards, etc. Fundlume – Scholarships & Opportunities | Not found in FIU’s official Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) pages. No listing on FIU “Graduate Programs” or “PhD positions” portal. Could be speculative / mis‑advertised. |
| ScholarshipsAds: similar advertisement. Scholarships Ads | Also claims two PhD positions. But again, no support from FIU official announcements. Scholarships Ads | |
| PhDPortal listing for FIU Civil Engineering PhD programme. PhDportal | This confirms FIU offers a PhD in Civil Engineering with specialisations including structural engineering. But doesn’t guarantee a specific fully funded scholarship for Spring 2026 in structural engineering with the detailed claims above. PhDportal |
What FIU Officially Offers
- FIU has a PhD programme in Civil & Environmental Engineering, which includes Structural Engineering as a research area. PhDportal
- FIU has Graduate Assistantship / Research Assistantship / Teaching Assistantship options for doctoral students, which typically include tuition waivers, stipend, usually health insurance etc., but the availability depends on department, funding, and whether faculty have grants. (This is the norm in many U.S. universities.)
- FIU’s own “Scholarships & Cost of Aid” pages show that funding exists for graduate students, but they do not clearly list a specific advertised “FIU Structural Engineering PhD fully funded position with Dr. Nofal starting Spring 2026”. admissions.fiu.edu+2PhDportal+2
What to Do If You Are Interested
Because what you saw might be legitimate but unverified, here are steps to check and strengthen your application.
- Contact the Department Directly
- Reach out to the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at FIU, ask if there are PhD positions in Structural Engineering for Spring 2026, especially ones with full funding.
- If possible, contact the suggested supervisor (if mentioned, e.g. Dr. Omar Nofal) to see if they have open funded PhD positions.
- Check FIU’s Graduate School / CEE Faculty Pages
- Graduate Admissions section for Civil & Environmental Engineering.
- Faculty pages: look for professors whose research aligns with you, see if they have active grants.
- Prepare Application Materials
- Master’s degree (if required) transcripts.
- Strong research proposal, especially oriented around structural resilience, hazard risk, etc.
- Statements of purpose, CV, recommendation letters.
- Programming / computational skills if required.
- Check Funding Options
- Graduate assistantships (RA/TA) within the department.
- Fellowships / internal FIU funding.
- External research grants that faculty have (they sometimes support PhD students).
- Verify Deadlines
- Graduate applications in FIU often have deadlines well in advance of Spring term admissions. Make sure you know the exact deadline for Spring 2026.
- Be Wary of Aggregator Sites
- Use such sites as leads, but confirm from official FIU sources (FIU website, FIU email to department, etc.) since some advertised “fully funded” positions might be speculative or mis‑stated.
