Principal Fellowships Open to International Students
These fellowships permit individuals with other than US citizenship to apply. Included below are those competitions open to US -resident non-US-citizens (*) and competitions with even wider citizenship and permanent residency eligibility. Check the information sheet for more details.
Require Smith Nomination or Endorsement
DAAD
– graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetGoldwater (*)
– STEM sophomores & juniors apply – foundation weblink – information sheet – otherKnight-Hennessy (optional endorsement)
– graduate fellowship – program weblink – information sheetRhodes
– UK graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetUdall (*)
– sophomores & juniors apply – foundation weblink – information sheet – otherOther Highly Competitive Fellowships
Ford Predoctoral (*)
– graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetGates Cambridge
– UK graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetHertz (*)
– STEM graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetNSF Graduate Research Fellowship (*)
– graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetSchwarzman
– graduate fellowship – program weblink – information sheetSoros – New Americans (*)
– graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheetYenching
– graduate fellowship – foundation weblink – information sheet
Other fellowships
Our Excel database of fellowships highlights citizenship eligibility requirements. This database also categorizes and provides links to many other opportunities [link to Excel file – link to alphabetical pdf file – note on how to resort and filter in Excel]
Do your own research to find still more fellowship opportunities. This guide includes search engines that will permit you to search by citizenship eligible.