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Fellowship Tips

The purpose of these pages is to provide information to help you obtain a graduate fellowship.

The content was compiled in recent years from a variety of sources, including:

  • detailed searches for websites containing information and assistance on fellowship application preparation,
  • comprehensive peer institution benchmarking,
  • webinars,
  • information sessions conducted by large fellowship-granting organizations,
  • survey data, and
  • engagement with faculty who serve on fellowship review committees.

Kevin O’Brien also spoke with a large number of administrators and graduate officers about how MIT departments promote fellowship opportunities to students and improve the success rate of receiving these awards. These conversations, both formal and informal, feed a large portion of these pages.

Although the following information is not a guarantee of receiving a fellowship (nor is it necessarily applicable to all opportunities), it is a collection of hints and tips that we hope you find helpful.