The fellowships listed below are what we consider to be popular among students within the MIT community. Students apply directly through the granting agencies listed below for consideration.
The following symbols are used in the fellowship descriptions:
U.S. citizens are eligible
Permanent residents are eligible
Internationals are eligible
Fellowships are ordered alphabetically.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study
HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program
The Gilliam Fellows Program aspires to build a more inclusive scientific ecosystem by supporting scientists at two levels—graduate students and their faculty thesis advisers.
The program invests in graduate trainees who are committed to advancing equity and inclusion in science and empowers them as future science leaders. The Fellowship also provides support for thesis advisers to enhance their mentorship skills and act as change-makers to develop more inclusive and healthy scientific training environments.
Each adviser-student pair receives an annual award of $53,000 for up to three years. Fellows join a vibrant community and are offered leadership training, professional development, and opportunities to engage with and learn from peers, program alumni, and HHMI scientists. Their advisers also join a cohort of peers, participate in HHMI’s intensive, one-year mentorship skills development course, and create a project that promotes healthy and inclusive graduate training environments.
Deadline: December
Eligibility
Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship
graduate-research-fellowship@janestreet.com
The Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) supports exceptional doctoral students currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics.
At Jane Street, we take a rigorous, quantitative approach to trading on global markets, combining techniques from machine learning, distributed systems, programmable hardware, statistics, and applied mathematics. Our culture is steeped in games, puzzles, and challenging problems. With the Graduate Research Fellowship, we’re excited to support PhD students who share our values: technical excellence, intellectual curiosity, and humility.
Deadline: December
Eligibility:
Featured: 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:
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Fellowships Office
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-334-2872
FordApplications@nas.edu
This fellowship is administered by the Office of Graduate Education. Contact grad-fellowships@mit.edu with questions.
These fellowships are designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
- Predoctoral fellowships support study toward a PhD or ScD
- Dissertation fellowships offer support in the final year of writing the PhD or ScD thesis
- Postdoctoral Fellowships offer one-year awards for PhD recipients
Dissertation and Postdoctoral Deadline: Early December
Predoctoral Deadline: Mid-December
Eligibility:
National GEM Consortium Graduate Fellowships
1430 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Fax (202) 207-3518
info@gemfellowship.org
This fellowship is administered by the Office of Graduate Education. Contact grad-fellowships@mit.edu with questions.
GEM offers financial support for advanced degrees:
- MS Engineering Fellowship Program
- PhD Engineering Fellowship Program
- PhD Science Fellowship Program
GEM also provides mentoring workshops, graduate research orientation workshops, summer internships with a sponsoring company, and student development seminars. Level of support varies by fellowship program.
Applications are available online.
Deadline: Mid-November
Eligibility:
