MIT-Administered Fellowships

Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation

The mission of the Regeneron Prize is to recognize and honor Creativity and Innovation by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Biomedical Sciences.

Applicants must prepare a description of their “dream” project and submit their full academic CV along with evidence of scholarly achievement. Regeneron is asking MIT to submit two PhD candidates and two postdoctoral candidates to compete for this prize.

The OGE Fellowships team handles the call for PhD student nominations only, the postdoctoral competition to be organized by the Vice President for Research Office. Contact your graduate administrator to be considered.

Deadline: Spring

Eligibility:

Google PhD Fellowship

The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Please contact your graduate administrator for more information or to request to be nominated.

Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Deadline: Spring

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Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD Fellowship

The Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship program recognizes the contributions of emerging leaders in computer science and engineering at the graduate and postgraduate level. Please contact your graduate administrator for more information or to request to be nominated.

The PhD fellowship in AI/ML was created as part of the Apple Scholars program to support the work of outstanding PhD students from around the world, who are pursuing cutting edge research in machine learning and artificial intelligence. PhD students with two or three academic years remaining in their program as of the Fall 2023 semester are eligible.

Deadline: Late July/Early August

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Design Fellowship

This fellowship is administered by MIT Morningside Academy for Design. If you have any questions, please contact designfellowships@mit.edu.

The Design Fellowship is an opportunity for approximately ten continuing MIT graduate students to engage in MAD’s activities and propose a research-oriented or personal design project throughout the academic year (nine months), while receiving full tuition support, a stipend, and health insurance.

Current Master’s or PhD candidates from any MIT department or school, whose research or work engages with design, can apply.

To be eligible, applicants must be in residence at MIT during the academic year and currently enrolled. Applicants must also be nominated by an MIT faculty member, with each faculty member limited to only one nomination. If we receive more than one nomination from a faculty member, we will ask that they select only one student for Fellowship consideration. Thus, it is important that the applicants and faculty members discuss the nomination.

Deadline: Early/Mid-January

Eligibility:

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship

This fellowship is administered by the Office of Graduate Education. Contact grad-fellowships@mit.edu with questions.

This is an external fellowship. Each graduate program may submit one nomination and accompanying application materials to the OGE for consideration in the internal MIT competition for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship by January 3, 2023. The OGE will evaluate, select, and submit three applications for nomination to the Liebmann Trust on behalf of MIT. The fields of eligibility include any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training).

History: The Will of Dolores Zohrab Liebmann created a perpetual charitable trust designated as “The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund” for the purpose of funding advanced education and graduate study grants, which must be carried out entirely in the United States of America. Mrs. Liebmann was the daughter of a prominent Armenian intellectual, writer and statesman and was married to one of the owners of a successful American business.  She supported students and educational and charitable organizations during her lifetime. Mrs. Liebmann’s primary concern, as expressed in her Will, was to attract and support students with outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study. The trustees welcome applications from students of all national origins who are United States citizens. More information here.

Benefits:

The amount of each Fellowship will cover the cost of tuition and a stipend of $18,000 to be allocated towards room, board, living expenses and income taxes.

Internal Application Requirements:

• Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship application
• C.V.
• Unofficial graduate transcript or Websis grade report
• A Statement of Purpose (up to 3 pages, double spaced) which considers the relationship between the student’s graduate studies and intended personal and/or professional goals. Statement of purpose must include a 10-15 line abstract at the top (included in page limit) that explains (in layman’s terms) the student’s degree program, giving emphasis to its eventual intellectual impact on the field of study.
• Letters of recommendation from two (2) professors who have taught or worked closely with the student

Please note that selected candidates will need to provide additional materials for the full application. Selected candidates will also have the option of providing additional faculty letters of recommendation.

OGE Internal Competition Deadline: January 3, 2023

Eligibility:

• Fellowships are available to students who are currently enrolled in and pursuing a graduate degree at a designated institution of higher learning located in the United States of America.
• The program of study being pursued by the candidate may include any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training).
• The candidate must demonstrate a need for financial assistance. 
• The candidate must be a citizen of the United States of America.
• The candidate may be of any national descent or background.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

CAPD's Distinguished Fellowships team of advisors provides the advice and expertise required to compete for this award. Contact fellowships@mit.edu with questions.

400 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019
Telephone 212-547-6926
Fax 212-548-4623
pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org

The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. Fellowships offer support for up to two years in any academic discipline or professional field, and provide stipend and partial tuition. Applicants must be a senior in a bachelor’s program or a first or second year graduate student, be under 31 years old, and have status as a “New American”: the holder of a Green Card or DACA recipient; a naturalized citizen; or the child of two naturalized citizen parents.

Deadline: Early November

Eligibility:

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
P.O. Box 5032
Livermore, CA 94551-5032
Telephone (925) 373-1642

This fellowship is administered by the Office of Graduate Education. Contact grad-fellowships@mit.edu with questions.

Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America, and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency. College seniors wishing to pursue the PhD degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply. The awards are for one academic year and are renewable. The award includes a stipend plus an allowance for tuition and other expenses.

Application opens: Mid-August
Deadline (including references): Late October

Eligibility:

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program

Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Spencer Foundation
625 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60611-1803
Telephone: 312-337-7000
Email: fellows@spencer.org

This fellowship is administered by the Office of Graduate Education. Contact grad-fellowships@mit.edu with questions.

The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree in any field of study at a graduate school in the United States, but they need not be U.S. citizens. Dissertation topics must concern education, and all applicants must document that they will have completed all pre-dissertation requirements by June 1, 2022 and must provide a clear and specific plan for completing the dissertation within a one or two-year time frame.

Applications are available online.

Deadline: Early October

Eligibility