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Additional External Fellowships

The following links offer other areas to explore, organized by discipline. These fellowships and resources are not administered by the Office of Graduate Education.

The following symbols are used in the fellowship descriptions:

US Citizens Eligible

U.S. citizens are eligible

Permanent residents are eligible

Internationals are eligible

Page last updated June 2021

Architecture, Planning & Design

US Citizens Eligible
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Grants & Fellowships
US Citizens Eligible
America Planning Association fellowships & scholarships
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
American Society of Landscape Architects
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Arts & Cultural Development Program of New South Wales
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Career and internship resources from MIT Department of Urban Studies + Planning (DUSP)
US Citizens Eligible Center for Architecture Grants & Scholarships
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Craft Research Fund Grants
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
David W. Lakamp AIA Scholarship
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Financial aid information from MIT Architecture
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
GCA Scholarships
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Gensler Scholarships
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship for the fields of art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, music, theatre, and urban and regional planning
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Landscape Architecture Foundation Minority Scholarship
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
MOA Architectural Scholarship
US Citizens Eligible
National Endowment for the Arts – GRANTS FOR ARTS PROJECTS 
US Citizens Eligible
National Organization of Minority Architects
US Citizens Eligible
Society for Architectural Historians Fellowships & Grants
US Citizens Eligible
SOM Foundation Awards
US Citizens Eligible Worldstudio AIGA scholarship
US Citizens Eligible
Permanent Residents Eligible
International Eligible
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architectural Scholarship

Science & Engineering

US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleACI Foundation Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowships
US Citizens EligibleAlzheimer’s Association Research Grants
US Citizens EligibleAlzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation – funding opportunities for researchers, clinicians, and postdoctoral fellows working in academia and biotechnology companies
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleAmelia Earhart Fellowships  (Zonta International Foundation) for women of any nationality, in science or engineering
US Citizens EligibleAmerican Academy of Neurology
US Citizens EligibleAmerican Federation for Aging Research fellowships and research grants
US Citizens EligibleAmerican Psychological Association Predoctoral or postdoctoral Fellowship in mental health and Substance abuse services (MHSAS)
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (available for members only)
US Citizens EligibleDOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
US Citizens EligibleEngineer Girl scholarship listing
US Citizens Eligible Engineering Scholarships for Women
US Citizens EligibleGraduate Women in Science National Fellowship
US Citizens EligibleIBM PhD Fellowships requires faculty nomination
US Citizens EligibleJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational Eligible K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology Scholar Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational Eligible Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Fellows Program
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleMassachusetts Life Sciences Center’s Internship Challenge
US Citizens Eligible National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Technology Research Fellowships
US Citizens EligibleNational Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nonproliferation Graduate Fellowship Program
US Citizens EligibleNational Research Council of the National Academies – Research Associateship Programs
US Citizens EligibleNIH Fogarty International Center funding opportunities for research in global health
US Citizens Eligible PhRMA Foundation Awards & Fellowships
US Citizens EligibleProFellow Engineering Fellowships
US Citizens EligibleSemiconductor Research Corporation
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleStanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship
US Citizens EligibleSociety for Women Engineers Scholarship Directory
US Citizens EligibleStanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship
US Citizens EligibleSTEM Opportunities for Graduate Students

Environment & Energy

US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleAdvancing Earth and Space Science (water-related research grants)
US Citizens Eligible  DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
US Citizens Eligible  Evette Harless Scholarship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleGrant A. Harris Research Instrumentation Fellowship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleIBM PhD Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleK. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleLink Foundation Energy Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational Eligible MIT Energy Fellows
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleMIT Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability
US Citizens Eligible  National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nonproliferation Graduate Fellowship Program
US Citizens Eligible  National Research Council of the National Academies – Research Associateship Programs
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleNational Water Research Institute
US Citizens Eligible  New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) summer internships
US Citizens Eligible  Nuclear Energy Institute Federal Scholarship & Grants
US Citizens Eligible  Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship Program
US Citizens Eligible  Switzer Foundation Fellowship
US Citizens Eligible  US Department of Energy Scholars Program

Humanities

US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) Program in China Studies offers pre-dissertation summer travel grants
US Citizens Eligible  Allen Lee Hughes Fellowships for people of color in professional theater
US Citizens Eligible  American Psychological Association (APA) Scholarships and Fellowships
US Citizens Eligible  Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program
US Citizens Eligible  East-West Center in Washington’s Asia Studies Fellowship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleHumane Studies Fellowships
US Citizens Eligible  Humanity in Action Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleK. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleMellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleMellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
US Citizens Eligible  Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology
US Citizens Eligible  Robateau-Epps Scholarship Fund for social reconstruction
US Citizens Eligible  Social Science Research Council Fellowships & Prizes

Public / Social / Environmental / Science Policy Research

US Citizens Eligible  Association to Unite the Democracies for work relating to international integration and/or federalism
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleAdvancing Earth and Space Science
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleCalifornia Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleChristine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleEast-West Center in Washington’s Asia Studies Fellowship
US Citizens Eligible  Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleEnvironmental Research and Education Foundation
US Citizens Eligible  Davis-Putter Scholarships for those actively working for peace and justice
US Citizens Eligible  Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleK. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleNew York State Senate Graduate/Post-Graduate/Mid-Career Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleSchwarzman Scholarship

Women

US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents Eligible AAUW American Fellowships
  International EligibleAAUW International Fellowships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleAmelia Earhart Fellowships (Zonta International Foundation) for women of any nationality, in science or engineering
US Citizens Eligible  Engineering Scholarships for Women
US Citizens Eligible  Engineer Girl scholarship listing
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleGraduate Women in Science National Fellowship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleK. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleL’Oréal USA Fellowships For Women In Science
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleNitro College Ultimate Guide to STEM Scholarships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleProFellow Fellowships for Women Leaders, Scholars, Scientists, and Students

Underrepresented Minorities

US Citizens Eligible  25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excel
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleActuarial Scholarships for Minority Students
US Citizens Eligible  Affordable Colleges Online
US Citizens Eligible  American Geological Institute Minority Geo-Science
US Citizens Eligible  American Political Science Association Fellowships
US Citizens Eligible  Best Colleges Scholarships for African American Students
US Citizens Eligible  College Fund/UNCF
US Citizens Eligible  Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
US Citizens Eligible  Gates Millenium Scholarships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleHumanity In Action Fellowship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleK. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleP.E.O. Scholar Awards for U.S. or Canadian women doctoral students or postdocs
US Citizens Eligible  State Farm Insurance Hispanic Scholarships
US Citizens Eligible  Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleUniversity of California / University of Michigan President’s and Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs
US Citizens Eligible  William Randolph Hearst’s Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students

General

US Citizens Eligible  Accounting Scholarships
US Citizens Eligible  Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Educational Foundation
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleBloorview Research Institute Pursuit Award in Childhood Disability
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleByron Hanke Fellowship for research on community associations
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleJosephine de Karman Fellowship
US Citizens Eligible  Grasshopper Entrepreneur Scholarship
US Citizens Eligible  Hazing Awareness Scholarship
US Citizens Eligible  Hydro Research Foundation Fellowship
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleHoutan Scholarship for students studying Iranian culture, heritage and language
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleIIE Confucius China Studies Program provides funding to U.S.-based students who wish to pursue doctoral research in China
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleInstitute for Humane Studies Summer Graduate Research Fellowships for Law or PhD students with demonstrated research interest that is rooted in the tradition of individual and economic freedoms
US Citizens Eligible  Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program funds state-of-the-art research in disciplines relevant to the Intelligence Community
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleInter-American Foundation (IAF) Grassroots Development Fellowship Program grassroots development issues in the Caribbean or Latin America
US Citizens Eligible  Leopold Schepp Foundation Grants
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleNational Collegiate Athletic Association Graduate Student Research Grant Program
US Citizens Eligible  Presidential Management Fellows Program
US Citizens Eligible  Social Security Administration Small Grants to improve the disability process through innovative research on topics such as the Compassionate Allowances program, Wounded Warriors initiative, homelessness and SSI, and disability enrollment issues
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleStudent Inventors Scholarships
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleTylenol Scholarships annual scholarships awarded to well deserving students pursuing careers in healthcare
US Citizens EligiblePermanent Residents EligibleInternational EligibleZeta Phi Beta Sorority Educational Foundation Available to U.S. students studying abroad and/or foreign studying within the U.S.