Generous donors have provided MIT with permanent funds in support of fellowships, many of which have unique restrictions.
The Office of Graduate Education administers a number of these endowed fellowships through an annual competition in March. All nominations (both for new awards and for renewal requests) must be submitted by the departmental graduate office on behalf of the student. Students who qualify for one of the fellowships should contact their graduate administrator in order to be considered for nomination.
The following symbols are used in the fellowship descriptions:
U.S. citizens are eligible
Permanent residents are eligible
Internationals are eligible
OGE fellowships: Nominations open January 2024
Nominations for the following fellowships will open in January 2024. Awards will be decided by late April, with the exception of the Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fund Fellowship. Finalists for the Hugh Hampton Young will be chosen by mid-late April; those finalists will then be interviewed, with final awards to be decided in early May.
The department, as the nominator, will be notified first of all decisions. Students will receive confirmation of any award via letter by May 1; prior to that date, they may contact their department for updates.
Fellowships take effect the following September, except for those offering summer support. Students who are chosen for fellowship renewal should please note that any stipend increases take effect in September.
Nominations and Renewals (click to open)
With the exception of the Ida M. Green Fellowship and the Endowed Fellowships of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the OGE accepts only one nomination per department for each award. Graduate administrators may contact the OGE Fellowships staff for a link to the nomination form or with questions about submitting nominations to the Office of Graduate Education.
Although these fellowships value strong academic and research prowess, the OGE is also very interested in each applicant’s community involvement at MIT (or prior institutions if an entering student). Please note the addition of an essay below asking students to elaborate on their community involvement (except for the Ida M. Green Fellowship).
Nomination packets include the following for each new candidate:
- A completed copy of the nomination form, preferably with an endorsement from the Department Head
- A curriculum vitae (CV)
- A transcript (for currently enrolled students, unofficial transcript or grade report is fine)
- A brief (1-2 page) research summary in layman’s terms from the student, or, for first-year students, a copy of the nominee’s “statement of objectives” from his or her application for admission
- A brief (1-2 page) summary of current or past community involvement. The OGE highly values positive impact on the MIT community. Please explain past or current community involvement on MIT’s campus (or prior campuses if you are an incoming student) and how you feel this involvement has benefited the community (except for the Ida M. Green Fellowship)
- At least two letters of recommendation, preferably from MIT faculty (for currently enrolled students) or from the applicant’s admissions folder (if entering)
Renewal candidates will be considered alongside new candidates for funding requests.
Note: If the department chooses to nominate a current fellow for renewal of a fellowship, then it may not also nominate a new student.
Requests for a renewal should include the following:
- A copy of the nomination form as the cover page (available from the graduate administrator)
- An updated CV
- A current unofficial transcript or grade report
- A brief (1-2 pages) update on progress and how the fellowship has benefited you in the prior year
- A renewal request from the student’s advisor, indicating that the student is in good standing, a brief description of progress, and anticipated date of degree
A complete listing of these competitive fellowships follows. Please note that fellowship stipend amounts for 2024-2025 may change once Institute RA/TA salaries have been set for FY2025.
Last updated August 7, 2023
Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowship
| Number of Awards: | 3 (2 Doctoral, 1 Masters) |
| Field: | Unrestricted for students pursuing degrees in the School of Engineering, School of Science, SA&P, SHASS, and the College of Computing. |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Twelve months, renewable |
Support the education of exceptional incoming graduate students who are citizens or residents of Hong Kong (“from Hong Kong”). The Hong Kong Jockey Club Graduate Scholars ("JC Scholars") exhibit the qualities of intellect, strength of character, leadership, and commitment to service.
Incoming PhD candidates receive three years of support, while incoming masters students receive two years of support.
Harvey P. Greenspan Fellowship Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Fluid Dynamics |
| Amount: | $15,000 tuition award |
| Tenure: | One semester (fall or spring), not renewable |
Eligibility
The award is intended for graduate students studying fluid dynamics.
Raj V. Tahil (1981) Fellowship Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Environmental sustainability |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Preference in awarding the fellowships shall be given to graduate students performing research on improving the environment through scientific, engineering or public policy solutions.
Jack Tang Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Environmental sustainability |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
First preference for a graduate student working on problems of environmental sustainability in rural China. Second preference for a graduate student working on problems of environmental sustainability anywhere in China.
TVML Fellowship Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Life Science or Engineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Preference in awarding the fellowship shall be given first to students from Insper or the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, second to other students from Brazil and third to students from Israel.
Surpina and Panos Eurnekian Biotechnology Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Biotechnology and bioengineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | One semester (fall or spring), not renewable |
Eligibility:
Students pursuing research in biotechnology and bioengineering fields, with first preference for graduate students from Argentina or Armenia and second to graduate students from Latin America
Surpina and Panos Eurnekian Nanotechnology Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Semi-conductors and nanotechnologies |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
For students pursuing research in semi-conductors and nanotechnologies, with first preference for graduate students from Argentina and second to graduate students from Latin America.
Louis B. Seigle Award 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
For a graduate student pursuing entrepreneurial activities, or one who has proposed such activities; must be a Texas citizen. First priority given to citizens of the Houston, Texas area with a second priority available to other Texans.
Angela Leong Fellowship Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Preference will be given in the following sequence:
- Students from Macau
- Students from Hong Kong
- Students from Mainland China
Mexico Fund for Graduate Students Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | See eligibility requirements below |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, possibility of renewal |
Eligibility:
Preference will be given in the following sequence:
- Mexican citizens who are PhD candidates in the Department of Economics
- Mexican citizens who are PhD candidate outside the Department of Economics
- Mexican citizens who are Masters candidates outside the Sloan School of Management
- Mexican citizens who are Masters candidates in the Sloan School of Management
- Graduate students who are citizens of other Latin American countries
Zakhartchenko Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | See Eligibility |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Graduate students with preference to those interested in or performing research in one of the following areas:
- Time as a basic energy of the universe;
- Unconventional aircraft, flight theories and transportation methods;
- Hypersonic flight.
Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Life Sciences or Bioengineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | 12 months, possibility of renewal for a second year |
Eligibility:
A doctoral student in the life sciences or bioengineering, devoting more than 50 percent time to thesis research
George and Marie Vergottis Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student of Greek nationality
Luis Francisco Verges Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Research related to the sugar industry |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student conducting work in the field of the sugar industry
Chyn Duoq Shiah Memorial Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Engineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Support for a graduate student of Chinese ancestry, with some preference to students majoring in chemical engineering
Fundacion Mario Santo Domingo Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | School of Science, School of Engineering, or School of Architecture and Planning |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months with possibility of renewal |
Eligibility:
Support for graduate students from Colombia in the Schools of Science, Engineering or Architecture and Planning with a preference for entering first year students. Students must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Fundacion Mario Santo Domingo. The students selected by OGE’s internal competition will be provided a separate application for their financial information that will be sent to the foundation for verification.
Henry C. (1926) and Frances Keany Rickard Fund Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Life sciences* |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | One semester (Fall or Spring), not renewable |
Eligibility:
For a graduate student in the life sciences, or for a student in any field who received undergraduate scholarship assistance from the Edward M. Rickard Fund at MIT. Additionally, preference will be given to graduates of the Haverhill High School of Haverhill, MA; however, this is not a requirement for eligibility.
Donald O’Brien Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, possibility of renewal for second year |
Eligibility:
A graduate student who is a graduate of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire.
John A. Lyons Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Preference is given to students that fit one or more of the following criteria: 1. The student is a recent graduate of Boston College; 2. The student was born in a city or town all or part of which is within a twenty-mile radius of the State House in Boston, Massachusetts.
Wellington and Irene Loh Fund Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Support for Graduate students of Chinese ancestry.
T.S. Lin Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
First preference for graduate students from the Tatung University, or a student from the Republic of China recommended by the Tatung University. Second preference for graduate students of Chinese ancestry.
John S. Hennessy Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Environmental studies |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | One semester (fall or spring), not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student pursuing environmental studies
Ida M. Green Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Nominations/ Department: |
Each department may nominate one MIT undergraduate senior woman who will be entering a graduate program at MIT (for a 9-month fellowship), one non-MIT woman entering a graduate program (for a 9-month fellowship), and one MIT senior OR non-MIT woman for 3 months of first-year summer stipend support. *** Each department may nominate 1 student in each of these 3 categories. |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and a premium stipend, OR 3 months of summer stipend support |
| Tenure: | Nine months OR Three months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Nominees must be entering women graduate students
Endowed Fellowships of the Arab Republic of Egypt 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Nominations/ Department: |
There is no limit upon the number of nominees for this fellowship per department. |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Full tuition, student health insurance, and a premium stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, possibility of renewal, possibility of summer stipend support |
| Additional materials: | In addition to the usual nomination materials, nominations for this fellowship must include: Student statement of interest in working for the betterment of the people of Egypt after graduation Note: Students will be expected to return to Egypt within two years of graduation to begin working, except in the case of a masters’ student pursuing a higher degree at MIT. The OGE will share any nominations with the Ministry of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt so that nominees can receive the Ministry’s recommendation. As part of this process, the Ministry may contact students directly about their work plans after graduation. See the Ministry of Finance (Arab Republic of Egypt) web site for the Ministry’s criteria in providing its recommendations. |
Eligibility:
For citizens of the Arab Republic of Egypt with demonstrated excellence in their chosen field, with engineering and economics preferred, and then the sciences. Nominees must have a commitment to public service and the advancement of Egyptian society, and have a stated interest in working for the betterment of the people of Egypt after graduation.
Collamore-Rogers Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Women graduate students
Eli and Dorothy Berman Fund Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
First preference is given to Israeli graduate students, graduates of the Technion in Israel or students doing research with MIT profressors affiliated with Technion.
William Asbjornsen Albert Memorial Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | TBD |
| Field: | Science and Engineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student conducting research in any phase of modern science and engineering.
