US-Related Fellowships

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Contents 1 Arts Fellowships 2 Cultural Fellowships 3 Foreign Affairs Fellowships 4 Minority Fellowships 5 Public Service Fellowships 6 Science Fellowships 7 Security Fellowships 8 Teaching Fellowships 9 Miscellaneous Fellowships

Arts Fellowships

Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship

• For full-time graduate students or undergraduates with junior or senior standing
• To support the work of outstanding students who are interested in exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society through their academic work
• Awards of up to $12,000

For more information, please visit their website.

Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Scholarship

• Three major Fellowships will be awarded, one of approximately $20,000 in any field of music; one of approximately $20,000 in instrumental or vocal music, architectural design and history, art and design, theatre, or dance; and one of approximately $9,000 in art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, theatre, or urban and regional planning
• Fellowships are to be used by the recipients toward defraying the expenses of advanced study in America or abroad for one year
• A Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Art, Dance, Landscape Architecture, Music, Theatre, or Urban and Regional Planning is required

For more information, please see the website.

Peggy Guggenheim Internships

• Eligibility: Students of different cultures interested in museum management who are fluent in English and Italian
• Award: Stipend of €2250 for three months, €1500 for two months, €750 for one month
• Deadline: December 1

For more information, please see the website.

Wallace Stegner Fellowship Program

• Offers new writers an opportunity to learn from peers and accomplished writers
• Fellows are regarded as working artists, intent upon practicing and perfecting their craft. There are no curricular requirements other than workshop attendance and writing.the program offers no degree
• Ten two-year fellowships offered yearly (five in poetry, five in fiction)
• Award - living stipend of $22,000, workshop tuition and health insurance

For more information, please visit their website.

Cultural Fellowships

These fellowships relate to a particular culture, fund study abroad, or are limited to students from a certain cultural background

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - German Chancellor Fellowships

• Award allows you to carry out a project of your own design in cooperation with a German host you have selected
• Must be from the USA, the Russian Federation, or the People's Republic of China and have completed bachelor's degree
• Candidates from all professions and disciplines, but especially individuals in the humanities, law, social sciences and economics, are eligible to apply

For more information, please visit their website.

The Alfa Fellowship

• Places participants at Russian organizations in the fields of business, economics, journalism, law, public policy, and government
• Must be U.S. citizen
• Applicants should have a graduate degree and at least two years relevant work experience in their field of expertise; also a knowledge of at least beginning Russian is necessary

For more information, please visit their website.

American-Scandinavian Foundation - Awards for Study in Scandinavia

• To encourage lasting academic, professional and personal ties between the US and Scandinavia
• Offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (normally $5,000) to individuals to pursue research or study in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year - awards are made in all fields
• Applicants must have a well-defined research or study project that makes a stay in Scandinavia essential
• Must be a US citizen or resident
• must have completed undergraduate education by start of project

For more information, please visit their website.

Collegiate Leadership Internship Program (CLIP)

Students are placed at paid internships at for-profit, non-profit and Jewish community organizations in New York City

• Open to rising sophomores, juniors and seniors
• Applicants must have permanent residency within a fifty mile radius of Manhattan
• Paid internship

For more information, please visit their website.

Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL)

The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership will award two scholarships to outstanding Asian Pacific American students committed to public service and community action.

• Open to undergraduate and graduate students who will be working at a full-time summer internship in the public sector within the Washington, DC metropolitan area
• $2,000 Scholarship

For more information, please visit their website.

East-West Center Education Program

The East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship

• Provides Master's and Doctoral funding for graduate students from Asia, the Pacific, and the United States to participate in educational and research programs at the East-West Center while pursuing graduate study at the University of Hawaii
• The unique island setting with a distinctive multicultural heritage, offers premier resources for studies on Asia, the Pacific and the U.S.
• Awardees become part of a growing network of students and alumni forging the shape and substance of the world’s most vibrant region
• The Center provides substantial funding toward education and living expenses for master's degrees (up to 24-month fellowship) and doctoral degrees (up to 48-month fellowship)

The Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP)

• Center of Excellence for Leadership Education in the Asia Pacific Region
• The APLP is a graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity
• APLP participants may select a five or nine month course of study including seminars, fields studies and internships
• Applications are welcome from recent university graduates, currently enrolled graduate students and early- to mid-career professionals from all countries

For more information, please visit their website.

Gates Cambridge Scholarships

• For outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom who gain admission to the University of Cambridge to pursue graduate study
• Awarded solely on merit and covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge
• Must be under the age of 30

For more information, please visit their website.

The Gilder Lehrman of American History Scholars Program

• Competitive summer scholarship program in American history based in New York City
• For college sophomores and juniors
• 15 History Scholarships that include a five-week scholarly research program
• Up to 50 awards for One-Week Scholars [Finalists], who will be invited to a one-week program.
• History Scholars receive a stipend of $2,200, along with room, board, and a $600 travel allowance for a five-week program in New York City
• Scholars conduct primary-source research to prepare historical materials for publication. The projects provide the students with an opportunity to work with original documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and other archives. The students also have exclusive meetings with eminent historians to discuss historical issues and gain insight into history as a profession. A third component of the program is weekly behind-the-scenes visits, led by archivists, to leading repositories of American historical documents, printed books, and material culture.

For more information, please visit their website.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute Graduate Fellowship Program - Western Civilization Fellowship

Awards each recipient $20,000 for graduate work related to Western Civilization studies

• Applicants must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level
• Those attending pre-professional (medical, law) schools are ineligible
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and college seniors or graduate students
• Must be familiar with ISI's purposes and receive The Intercollegiate Review.

For more information, please visit the Fellowship website and the ISI website.

Japanese Government Scholarship Program

A fellowhsip for candidates looking to pursue research at the graduate level at a Japanese university. For more information, please visit their website.

Morris K. Udall Scholarship

The foundation expects to award 80 scholarships and 50 honorable mentions on the basis of merit to sophomore and junior level college students.

• Eligibility: Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment or to Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy or to Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care.
• Award: Up to $5,000 for tuition, room and board and other educational expenses. All Udall Scholars attend a four-day summer orientation in Tucson, Arizona.

For more information, please visit their website.

Polish Club of NJ University Scholarship

Polish University Club of New Jersey

Since 1941, the Polish University Club of New Jersey has been offering scholarships of up to $2000 to deserving New Jersey residents of Polish decent that are in need of financial assistance. The award embodies a moral obligation for the recipient to continue outstanding scholarship and propagate the idea of scholarship.

Please visit their website for more information or call Carolyn Hamming, Scholarship Chairman at (732)548-0668

The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship

• Intensive work/study program in Germany
• Program runs September-May
• Twenty fellowships are offered to candidates between the ages of 23-34 and who are U.S. citizens

For more information, please visit their website.

Roslyn Z. Wolf Cleveland–JDC International Fellows Program

• One fellow will be chosen annually to help an isolated or re-emerging Jewish community abroad develop programs to educate youth, care for the elderly and/or train future leaders
• College graduates who have a strong commitment to Jewish life and a spirit of adventure

For more information, please visit their website.

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships

• To further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries
• Provides funding for study in another country
• Intensive language training and cultural immersion
• Applications must be submitted through your local Rotary Club
• Deadlines vary by club and district

For more information, please visit their website.

Foreign Affairs Fellowships

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program

• Seeks to attract and educate outstanding young people who desire a career in the Foreign Service
• Up to twenty fellowships of up to $32,500 annually towards tuition, room, board, books and mandatory fees for completion of a two-year master’s degree in international affairs or another area of relevance to the work of the Foreign Service (such as public administration, public policy, business administration, foreign languages, economics, political science, communications)
• Consideration will be given to qualified applicants who, in addition to outstanding leadership skills and academic achievement, demonstrate financial need

Visit their website for more information.

Humanity in Action (HIA) Fellowship Program

HIA programs are designed to promote and facilitate an ongoing, trans-Atlantic and intra-European dialog about the challenges that democratic societies encounter as they experience new degrees and forms of diversity. The goal is to reinforce the HIA Fellows' commitment to democratic values and human rights; to encourage American and European students to become leaders in these fields; and to foster a growing international community bound together by these commitments.

• First year, sophomore, junior and senior students are selected to study human rights, diversity, and minority issues through debates, seminars and site visits and are then eligible for internship opportunities at civic and political organizations
• HIA pays for travel, accommodations, and provides a modest food stipend.

For more information, please visit their website.

International Affairs Fellowship

UNCFSP Institute for International Public Policy

Since 1994, the UNCFSP Institute for International Public Policy, the nations premier college and training program for underrepresented students, had prepared nearly 300 fellows for international service careers.

Visit their website for more information.

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program (administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation)

• To attract outstanding students from all ethnic and social backgrounds, who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State
• Must be U.S. citizen and must be seeking admission to graduate school for the following academic year - winners are expected to enroll in a two-year full-time master's degree program in either public policy, international affairs, or public administration, or in an academic field such as business, economics, political science, sociology, or foreign languages (U.S. graduate institutions only)
• Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• Consideration will be given to qualified applicants who, in addition to outstanding leadership skills and academic achievement, demonstrate financial need
• Award for tuition and mandatory fees, living stipend, reimbursement for books and one round-trip travel between home and school are paid during the first year and second year of graduate study

Visit their website for more information.

Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship (administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation)

• To attract outstanding students from all ethnic and social backgrounds, who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the US Department of State
• Must be US citizen in the sophomore year of undergraduate study with a GPA of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• Consideration will be given to qualified applicants who, in addition to outstanding leadership skills and academic achievement, demonstrate financial need
• Award for tuition and mandatory fees, living stipend, reimbursement for books and one round-trip travel between home and school are paid during the junior and senior year and during the first year of graduate study

Visit their website for more information.

Minority Fellowships

Accenture Scholarship Program for Minorities

Accenture will award one-time scholarships of $2500 to students enrolled in full-time undergraduate programs. This scholarship program was created to encourage minorities to pursue degrees in engineering, computer science, and a variety of programs related to information systems and decision management sciences.

For more information please visit Scholarship America.

American Chemical Society

• For first-years, sophomores or juniors who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields, such as environmental science, toxicology and chemical technology
• Awarded on the basis of merit and financial need
• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
• Targeted towards minority students
• Awards up to $5,000 per year

For more information, please visit their website.

American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program

• Provides financial support and guidance for those pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology (psychological practice or psychological research)
• Must be a US citizen or permanent visa resident
• Stipend for up to 3 years (renewed each year)

For more information, please visit their website.

APA Minority Fellowship

• Provides financial support and guidance for those pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology (psychological practice or psychological research)
• Must be a US citizen or permanent visa resident
• Stipend for up to 3 years (renewed each year)

For more information, please visit their website.

Brown and Caldwell Scholarships: Minority Scholarship Program

This scholarship aims to increase opportunities for future scientists and engineers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds.

• An optional paid summer internship at a Brown and Caldwell office and a $3,000 scholarship to cover tuition for the following school year

For more information, please visit their website.

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

• For study in research-based doctoral programs in the behavioral and social sciences, humanities, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences and life sciences
• For students enrolled or plan to enroll a research-based PhD or ScD program and committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
• U.S. citizens or nationals

For more information, please visit their website.

GEM Fellowship Program - Ph.D. Science Fellowship Program

GEM's principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the Ph.D. level coupled with paid summer internships. The goal of this program is to increase the number of minority students who pursue doctoral degrees in the natural science disciplines -- chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, and computer science

• Ph.D. Engineering/Science Fellows receive:
  • $14,000 stipend in year 1 of the PhD program
  • GEM Member University support years 2-5, equivalent to other funded doctorate students in the department
  • A minimum of one paid summer internship with a GEM Employer Member
  • waived tuition and fees at a GEM University
• Candidates are targeted for participation who are members of the following under-represented groups in science and engineering as defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics: American Indian/Native, African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino
• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident at time of application.
• Deadline: November 15 (annual)

For more information, please visit their [ttp://www.gemfellowship.org/gem-fellowship/overview website].

Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers

The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) aims to reduce over time the critical under-representation on school faculties of certain minority groups, as well as to address the attendant educational consequences of these disparities.

• For the Intern Summer Workshop, applicants must be rising or graduating college seniors.
• For the Associate Program, applicants must be rising college seniors or graduates.
• All applicants must have an undergraduate or Master’s degree major in mathematics, social sciences, humanities, education or computer science

For more information, please visit their website.

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship

The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) is an Internship program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to provide opportunities to women and under-represented minority students who are pursuing academic majors related to the Fossil Energy mission.

• This is a ten-week summer internship program dedicated to recruiting women and under-represented minorities who are matriculating in math, science, and engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens
• Stipend of $500/week for undergraduate students and $650/week for graduate students, travel costs to and from the host site; and travel costs to the site of the Technical Forum for presentations and awards

For more information, please visit their website.

Morris K. Udall Scholarship

The foundation expects to award 80 scholarships and 50 honorable mentions on the basis of merit to sophomore and junior level college students.

• Eligibility: Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment or to Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy or to Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care.
• Award: Up to $5,000 for tuition, room and board and other educational expenses. All Udall Scholars attend a four-day summer orientation in Tucson, Arizona.

For more information, please visit their website.

Point Foundation - The National LGBT Scholarship Fund

• Provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression
• Financial need, marginalization, academic excellence, community involvement, leadership and future goals are all key factors that are taken into consideration
• Enrolled in undergraduate or graduate program
• Award covers a variety of expenses such as tuition, books, room, board and basic living expenses

For more information, please visit their website.

Public Service Fellowships

California Executive Fellowship Program

• A graduate education, public service and leadership development program designed to extend knowledge of California government, prepare for public careers, and promote civic education
• For recent graduates and mid-career applicants in all disciplines
• Fellows are enrolled as graduate students in government at California State University at Sacramento
• 15 fellows selected

For more information, please visit their website.

Capital Fellows Programs

California State University Sacramento

Center for California Studies

The Capitals Fellows Programs are an outstanding opportunity for college graduates to engage in public service and prepare for a future career. Fellows work 10-11 months as full-time staff members in the California State Assembly, Senate, Executive Branch or within the California Judicial Branch.

For detailed information about programs and applications, please visit their website. If you have questions please call (916) 278-6906 or calstudies@csus.edu.

Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs

• Nine-month, full-time, post-graduate leadership training program in public affairs offered in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Pittsburgh
• Self-motivated individuals committed to ethical, effective leadership and strengthening democracy through citizen involvement
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (post-graduate work desirable)
• $75 application fee, tuition $3,500, need based stipends available

For more information, please visit their website.

El Pomar Fellowship

• Fellows spend two years developing their leadership skills in a dynamic, active, hands-on program designed to provide them with a 360-degree view of the nonprofit world
• For college graduates who have some sort of Colorado connection (someone who is a state resident, has attended an in-state educational program, or has family who are current or past residents)
• Starting annual salary is usually $28,000

For more information, please visit their website.

Google Policy Fellowship

The Google Policy Fellowship program offers students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer working on these issues at public interest organizations in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, Toronto, or Ottawa, Canada. Students will work for 10 weeks over the summer. Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more.

• First year, sophomore, junior, and senior students work at public interest organizations and conduct research and analysis, draft reports and attend conferences on issues related to the future of the Internet and its users
• You must be eligible to work in the U.S. or Canada
• Stipend of $7,000 for 10 weeks

For more information, please visit their website.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute Graduate Fellowship Program - The William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose

The Simon Fellowship is a $40,000 unrestricted grant awarded to those graduating college seniors who have demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society. In addition, two $5,000 awards are made to two other outstanding students.

• Applicants must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level
• Those attending pre-professional (medical, law) schools are ineligible
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and college seniors or graduate students
• Must be familiar with ISI's purposes and receive The Intercollegiate Review
• In addition to their mature conception of and passion for what they hope to accomplish, nominees for the prize will be evaluated on the basis of their academic record and extracurricular activities
• Examples of how recipients may use the award include:
  

  
  • Engage directly in the civic life of their community.
  • Help to create opportunity for others, including job creation.
  • Advance their expertise.
  • Fund the ultimate realization of their noble purpose.

For more information, please visit the Fellowship website and the ISI website.

J.W. Saxe Fund Memorial Prize

• For students taking a non-paying or low-paying internship in the field of public service
• Awarded to one or more undergraduate or graduate students

For more information, please see their website.

James H. Dunn, Jr. Memorial Fellowship Program

• To attract bright, highly motivated individuals giving them a broad overview of state government that would provide them a unique hands-on experience
• In Illinois, but open to all recent college graduates
• Seeks fellowship candidates who have demonstrated a real commitment to excellence as evidenced by academic honors, leadership ability, extracurricular activities and involvement in community or public service areas

For more information, please visit their website.

Presidential Management Fellows

• A two-year placement within a government agency where fellows engage in solving domestic and international issues
• Open to students completing a master's, PhD or law degree
• Areas include: public administration, engineering, foreign policy, technology, science, criminal justice, health, financial management
• Fellows receive full salary, benefits, partial loan repayment and the opportunity for accelerated promotion

For more information, please visit their website.

Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship

• Designed to equip individuals for national leadership positions that bring the real-world insights of management and entrepreneurship to bear on social problems
• To pursue public service degrees at the Graduate School of Education, the School of Public Health, and the Harvard Kennedy School
• Includes tuition and health insurance fees for one or two years, based on the normal duration of the master's degree program. Fellows will also receive a stipend of $22,400 for each academic year.

For more information, please visit their website.

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

• For graduating seniors to pursue public service anywhere in the world
• Application, proposal, budget, transcript, resume, and 3 letters of recommendation
• Acceptance based on quality of proposal, academic record and personal achievement
• Stipend - $10,000

For more information, please visit their website.

UNAIDS Special Youth Programme

• Young people (preferably with university degree) aged 20 - 24 years from developing countries with some program experience in HIV related issues
• Renumerated 9 month fellowship

For more information, please see their website.

Urban Fellows Program

• For those seriously considering a career in public service
• Nine month fellowship that combines work in the Mayoral offices and City agencies with an intensive seminar component exploring key issues facing New York City government
• Recent college graduates, no more than 2 years out
• Stipend of $30,000

For more information, please visit their website.

The White House Fellows Program

• To provide gifted and highly motivated young Americans with some first-hand experience in the process of governing the Nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of society
• Selection based on a combination of: record of remarkable professional achievement early in one's career; evidence of leadership skills and the potential for further growth; a demonstrated commitment to public service; and the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute successfully at the highest levels of the federal government
• 11 to 19 fellowships available
• Applicants must have completed their undergraduate education and be working in their chosen professions

For more information, please visit their website.

Zuckerman Fellowships

• Equips people from the fields of medicine, law, and business to provide leadership for the common good by making it possible for

them to pursue public service degrees at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, School of Public Health, or Kennedy School of Government

• Annually provides up to 25 recipients with full tuition and health insurance fees for one year plus a $30,000 stipend

For more information, please see their website.

Science Fellowships

American Chemical Society

• For first-years, sophomores or juniors who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields, such as environmental science, toxicology and chemical technology
• Awarded on the basis of merit and financial need
• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
• Targeted towards minority students
• Awards up to $5,000 per year

For more information, please visit their website.

American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program

• Provides financial support and guidance for those pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology (psychological practice or psychological research)
• Must be a US citizen or permanent visa resident
• Stipend for up to 3 years (renewed each year)

For more information, please visit their website.

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

• This scholarship provides funding to rising juniors and seniors who intend to pursue careers in mathematics, natural science, or engineering.
• Award of up to $7,500 annually

For more information, please visit their website.

Brown and Caldwell Scholarships: Minority Scholarship Program

• This scholarship aims to increase opportunities for future scientists and engineers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds.
• An optional paid summer internship at a Brown and Caldwell office and a $3,000 scholarship to cover tuition for the following school year

For more information, please visit their website.

GEM Fellowship Program - Ph.D. Science Fellowship Program

GEM's principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the Ph.D. level coupled with paid summer internships. The goal of this program is to increase the number of minority students who pursue doctoral degrees in the natural science disciplines -- chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, and computer science

• Ph.D. Engineering/Science Fellows receive:
  • $14,000 stipend in year 1 of the PhD program
  • GEM Member University support years 2-5, equivalent to other funded doctorate students in the department
  • A minimum of one paid summer internship with a GEM Employer Member
  • waived tuition and fees at a GEM University
• Candidates are targeted for participation who are members of the following under-represented groups in science and engineering as defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics: American Indian/Native, African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino
• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident at time of application.
• Deadline: November 15 (annual)

For more information, please visit their website.

Google Policy Fellowship

The Google Policy Fellowship program offers students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer working on these issues at public interest organizations in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, Toronto, or Ottawa, Canada. Students will work for 10 weeks over the summer. Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more.

• First year, sophomore, junior, and senior students work at public interest organizations and conduct research and analysis, draft reports and attend conferences on issues related to the future of the Internet and its users
• You must be eligible to work in the U.S. or Canada
• Stipend of $7,000 for 10 weeks

For more information, please visit their website.

Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships

• Must be students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the US, and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the US in time of national emergency
• Merit based, consists of a cost-of-education allowance and personal-support stipend at one of the Foundation's tenable schools
• College seniors wishing to pursue Ph.D. degree as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply

For more information, please visit their website.

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Teaching Fellowships

• Fellows are young men and women who have received a bachelor's or advanced degree in physical science, engineering or mathematics and are committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in U.S. schools
• Supports professionally and financially for up to five years through a teacher preparation program to eligibility for tenure

For more information, please see their website.

Leonard M. Reiser Fellowship in Science, Technology and Global Security

• May be used over the course of one year (12 months) to support academic research or professional development, in the United States or abroad
• Will annually provide one-time awards of $2,500-$5,000 to between three and five undergraduate students seeking to explore the connections between science, technology, global security, and public policy (science students are especially encouraged to apply)

For more information, please visit their website.

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship

The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) is an Internship program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to provide opportunities to women and under-represented minority students who are pursuing academic majors related to the Fossil Energy mission.

• This is a ten-week summer internship program dedicated to recruiting women and under-represented minorities who are matriculating in math, science, and engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens
• Stipend of $500/week for undergraduate students and $650/week for graduate students, travel costs to and from the host site; and travel costs to the site of the Technical Forum for presentations and awards

For more information, please visit their website.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

• As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) awards approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships
• Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a graduate degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the following disciplines: Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; Biosciences; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences; Computer and Computational Sciences; Electrical Engineering; Geosciences; Materials Science and Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Physics
• Fellowships are tenable only at U.S. institutions of higher education offering doctoral degrees in the scientific and engineering disciplines specified

For more information, please visit their website.

National Institutes of Health Graduate Partnership Program

• Links the NIH to national and international universities in the training of graduate students - the best of both worlds - the academic environment of a university and the breadth and depth of research at the NIH
• To pursue a Ph.D. in the biomedical sciences
• Receive an NIH Intramural Research Training Award for stipend, health benefits, and tuition support as needed

For more information, please visit their website.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

• For students at or near the beginning of their graduate study in science, technology, mathematics or engineering leading to master's or doctoral degrees
• Open to US citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens

For more information, please visit their website.

NYC Department of Mental Health and Hygiene Health Research Training Program

The Health Research Training Program (HRTP) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provides undergraduate, graduate/professional school students the opportunity to experience some of the "real life" challenges of public health.

• Eligibility: This program provides undergraduate and graduate/professional students the opportunity to work on current public health issues under the close supervision of experienced professionals for 10 - 12 weeks during the summer and part time during the academic year
• Award: Financial aid is available on a limited basis

For more information, please visit their website.

The Piedmont Environmental Council Summer Environmental Fellowship Program

• Eligibility: College students and recent graduates interested in land conservation and land use issues to spend seven weeks during the summer working in the Virginia Piedmont area
• Award: Fellows receive local housing, a small stipend, and expenses for activities.

For more information, please visit their website.

Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship

• Designed to equip individuals for national leadership positions that bring the real-world insights of management and entrepreneurship to bear on social problems
• To pursue public service degrees at the Graduate School of Education, the School of Public Health, and the Harvard Kennedy School
• Includes tuition and health insurance fees for one or two years, based on the normal duration of the master's degree program. Fellows will also receive a stipend of $22,400 for each academic year.

For more information, please visit their website.

Tylenol Scholarship

• For outstanding students who are pursuing careers in healthcare, life sciences or related fields
• 10 - $10,000 and 30 - $5,000 scholarships will be available for undergraduate and post-graduate study

For more information, please see their website.

UNAIDS Special Youth Programme

• Young people (preferably with university degree) aged 20 - 24 years from developing countries with some program experience in HIV related issues
• Renumerated 9 month fellowship

For more information, please see their website.

Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program

• Provides grants for overseas Biomedical Engineering study or research
• Must be US citizen or permanent resident
• Grant benefits include round-trip international airfare, a monthly living stipend, health insurance, and tuition (if applicable)
• Whitaker Fellows are at the pre-doctoral level; Whitaker Scholars are at the post-doctoral level
• The term of the Fellow awards is one academic year (as defined by the academic calendar of the host country); the term of the Scholar awards can be for as little as one academic semester or as long as a full academic year
• Applicants must be nominated by the Dean of a school or Chair of the biomedical engineering department at their current or most recent degree granting institution

For more information, please visit their website.

Zuckerman Fellowships

• Equips people from the fields of medicine, law, and business to provide leadership for the common good by making it possible for

them to pursue public service degrees at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, School of Public Health, or Kennedy School of Government

• Annually provides up to 25 recipients with full tuition and health insurance fees for one year plus a $30,000 stipend

For more information, please see their website.

Security Fellowships

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

This competitive national program provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC with a public-interest organization focusing on international security issues. The fellowship is six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington. Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and advocacy in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.

Please visit their website for more information on the fellowship and how to apply.

Leonard M. Reiser Fellowship in Science, Technology and Global Security

• May be used over the course of one year (12 months) to support academic research or professional development, in the United States or abroad
• Will annually provide one-time awards of $2,500-$5,000 to between three and five undergraduate students seeking to explore the connections between science, technology, global security, and public policy (science students are especially encouraged to apply)

For more information, please visit their website.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

• As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) awards approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships
• Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a graduate degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the following disciplines: Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; Biosciences; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences; Computer and Computational Sciences; Electrical Engineering; Geosciences; Materials Science and Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Physics
• Fellowships are tenable only at U.S. institutions of higher education offering doctoral degrees in the scientific and engineering disciplines specified

For more information, please visit their website.

National Security Education Program - David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships

• Fellowships are to support U.S. graduate students who will pursue the study of languages and cultures deemed critical to U.S. national security, and who are highly motivated by the opportunity to work in the federal government
• Supports students studying languages, cultures, and world regions other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

For more information, please visit their website.

National Security Education Program – National Flagship Language Fellowship

• To address the urgent need for professionals with advanced competency in critical languages - Arabic, Central Asian Turkic languages, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, and Russian
• First year involves intensive language study at a domestic Flagship Institution; second year is spent in an immersion program overseas, which is designed and managed by the domestic Flagship Institutions
• Mst have completed undergraduate degree by start of program
• Award funding to select U.S. citizens who are highly motivated to work for the federal government in an area related to U.S. national security

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Teaching Fellowships

The Andover Teaching Fellow Program

Phillips Academy

At Andover on a one-year teaching fellowship, the recent college graduate (or graduate school degree recipient) is introduced to teaching in a program of guided work in the classroom, professional seminars, and exposure to theories and methods of experienced faculty. Obviously, the school seeks applicants who are new to the vocation of teaching.

The application and brochure are available to download, and questions may be answered by emailing Lynda Diamondis, at ldiamondis@andover.edu or by phoning 1-978-749-4003. Specific needs for teaching fellows are: Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, Community Service, English, German, History, Mathematics, Russian and Spanish. Applicatons are typically due in January for the following year.

Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers

The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) aims to reduce over time the critical under-representation on school faculties of certain minority groups, as well as to address the attendant educational consequences of these disparities.

• For the Intern Summer Workshop, applicants must be rising or graduating college seniors.
• For the Associate Program, applicants must be rising college seniors or graduates.
• All applicants must have an undergraduate or Master’s degree major in mathematics, social sciences, humanities, education or computer science

For more information, please visit their website.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute Graduate Fellowship Program - Bache Renshaw Fellowship for Doctoral Study in Education

The Renshaw Fellowship seeks to correct decades of harm perpetrated by John Dewey and his disciples in those disciplines necessary to passing on our Western heritage. Businessman and philanthropist Bache Renshaw has dedicated this fellowship to educating future Doctors of Education who will work for the sake of the permanent things. One $12,000 fellowship is awarded each year.

• Applicants should have a desire to cultivate their educational knowledge and abilities in order to understand their patrimony and pass it on to their students
• Successful candidates will intend to pursue doctoral study so that they may:
  • Teach future teachers
  • Shape and influence curricula
  • Contribute to the larger dialogue on pedagogy by writing and lecturing on educational issues
• Applicants must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level
• Those attending pre-professional (medical, law) schools are ineligible
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and college seniors or graduate students

• Must be familiar with ISI's purposes and receive The Intercollegiate Review.

For more information, please visit the Fellowship website and the ISI website.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute Graduate Fellowship Program - Richard M. Weaver Fellowship

• For "those who will teach"
• Pays tuition at the school attended by the recipient and a stipend of $5,000
• Applicants must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level
• Those attending pre-professional (medical, law) schools are ineligible
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and college seniors or graduate students
• Must be familiar with ISI's purposes and receive The Intercollegiate Review.

For more information, please visit the Fellowship website and the ISI website.

James Madison Fellowships

• Junior Fellow (must hold BA) - for future secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies to support graduate study of the roots, principles, framing, and development of the US Constitution towards Master's degree
• Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national
• Must agree to teach full-time in secondary school for no less than one year for each full year of study

For more information, please visit their website.

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Teaching Fellowships

• Fellows are young men and women who have received a bachelor's or advanced degree in physical science, engineering or mathematics and are committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in U.S. schools
• Supports professionally and financially for up to five years through a teacher preparation program to eligibility for tenure

For more information, please see their website.

Math for America Fellowship This five year Fellowship includes a full-tuition scholarship for a master’s degree program at Bard College, New York University, or Teachers College and four years of teaching in a New York City public secondary school. Fellows will also receive extensive professional developmental support and mentoring, a stipend of $100,000 over five years, and the support of a community of talented math teachers.

To learn more please visit Math for America. If you have any questions please contact Kristen Baranowski, Associate Director, at (212)702-9457 or information@mathforamerica.org.

Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship

• Designed to equip individuals for national leadership positions that bring the real-world insights of management and entrepreneurship to bear on social problems
• To pursue public service degrees at the Graduate School of Education, the School of Public Health, and the Harvard Kennedy School
• Includes tuition and health insurance fees for one or two years, based on the normal duration of the master's degree program. Fellows will also receive a stipend of $22,400 for each academic year.

For more information, please visit their website.

Miscellaneous Fellowships

Christianson Grant

The Christianson Grant is open to individuals who have sought out and arranged their own work abroad programs. Proposed programs must be at least six months in length and emphasize a work component. The grant program does not support independent research projects or academic study abroad programs.

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident between the ages of 18 to 23 who is participating in a work, internship or volunteer abroad program of at least six months
• Award: $2,500 to $10,000
• Deadlines: March 15, July 15, & October 15

For more information, please visit their website.

Delaying the Real World Fellowship

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must propose in writing via email a gutsy and worthwhile adventure in the spirit of Delaying the Real World and the young adventurers who fill the book
• $5,000 fellowship

For more information, please visit their website.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute Graduate Fellowship Program - Salvatori Fellowship

Provides $10,000 to each awardee for graduate work related to the American Founding

• Applicants must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level
• Those attending pre-professional (medical, law) schools are ineligible
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and college seniors or graduate students
• Must be familiar with ISI's purposes and receive The Intercollegiate Review.

For more information, please visit the Fellowship website and the ISI website.

Jacob K. Javits Fellowships

• The program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability - selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise - to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences
• Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens or nationals, permanent residents of the U.S., or citizens of any one of the Freely Associated States
• Subject to the availability of funds, a fellow receives the Javits Fellowship annually for up to the lesser of 48 months or the completion of their degree

For more information, please visit their website.

Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarships

• Twelve $2,000 scholarships awarded to students who aspire to become foreign correspondents
• For graduate and undergraduate students in American colleges; US Citizenship not required
• Applicants must submit a cover letter, résumé, and 500-word essay on an area of interest or an international issue

For more information, please visit their website.

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

• Supports thirty individuals a year for up to two years of graduate study in any subject in the United States
• Applicants must have BA degree or be in their final year of undergraduate study
• New American is an individual who (1) is a resident alien; i.e., holds a Green Card, or, (2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen, or (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens
• Award - $20,000 maintenance and half tuition wherever Fellow attends

For more information, please visit their website.

Smithsonian Fellowship Opportunities

There are a variety of different fellowships offered through the Smithsonian. For more information, please visit their website.

SROP - Summer Research Opportunity Program at Northwestern

• Eligibility: Provides sophomores and juniors majoring in most disciplines an opportunity for direct involvement in research
• Award: Students receive a $4000 stipend, access to $500 for research supplies, complimentary round-trip travel to the Northwestern campus, complimentary University housing (single rooms), and a campus meal subsidy of $450 (not intended to cover all meals).

For more information, [please visit their website.

Tim Russert Fellowship in Political Journalism

• Awarded to one motivated, passionate graduating senior interested in pursuing a career in political journalism
• A one-year, paid position in the NBC News Washington, D.C. bureau
• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications or political science

For more information, please visit their website.