FELLOWSHIPS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Most of these programs require that you apply in early fall for awards that will be funded the next academic year. Some of the fellowships include:
- Fellowships offered by the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (CUWMA) -
include the Cosmos Club Program of Grants-in-Aid to Young Scholars, Economic
Club of Washington Doctoral Research Fellowships, and the Consortium Research Fellows
Program.
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowships - offered by the U.S. Dept. of Education for graduate students who have not yet completed their first year and are candidates for a doctorate or terminal degree in specified fields in the arts, humanities, and
social sciences. For further information, refer to http://www.gwu.edu/~fellcent.
- Bryce Harlow Foundation Scholarships - for part-time students who plan a career in business/government relations focusing on best practices in advocacy. (Requires University Endorsement).
- National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences - directs special emphasis toward the
recruitment of underrepresented minority and female Physical Science students
in order to offset the historic imbalance faced by these underrepresented
groups within the research community. Each fellowship is worth from $156,000 to
$200,000 depending on which university a student attends.
- Fellowships offered by the National Research Council (NRC) - includes the Ford
Foundation Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowships for
Minorities, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships in
Biological Sciences, and the U.S. Department of Energy Integrated Manufacturing
Predoctoral Fellowships.
- Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) - Grants of $11,000 for women from developing countries who will
perform at least two years of service to their country or another developing
country.
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) - For doctoral students in the
humanities or a related element of the social sciences who plan to do research
primarily in archives, libraries, historical societies, museums and related
repositories.
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships - for seniors or first-year graduate students desiring assistance with graduate study in mathematical, physical, basic medical, biological, engineering, or some social sciences.
- The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships - provide "New Americans" (either naturalized citizens, children of naturalized citizens, or green card
holders) with a maintenance grant of $20,000 and a half-tuition award for graduate study in the United States. Candidates should posses creativity, originality, and initiative; commitment to and capacity for accomplishment; and commitment to the values expressed in the US Constitution and the Bill of
Rights.
- The Presidential Management Fellowships (PMF) - established by Executive Order in 1977 to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs. By drawing graduate students from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, the PMF Program provides a continuing source of trained men and women to meet the future challenges of public service.
- The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program - prepares students of color for future careers
in public policy and international affairs through activities leading to a
master's degree through the three major components of the program: Junior
Institutes, Senior Programs, and Graduate Fellowships.
- Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program - encourages scholars from a wide range of disciplines whose
dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives
to formal or informal education worldwide.
- The Morris K. Udall Foundation Dissertation Scholarships - awards two one-year fellowships for doctoral candidates whose research concerns U.S. environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution and who are entering their final year of writing the dissertation.
- Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship - a nine-month award for young Americans (ages 23-34) with two high-level work placements in the federal government and private sector in Germany. Three seminars taking place throughout Europe provide an in-depth understanding of issues facing Germany and the European Union today.
- 24th Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) - a summer school program at the Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia, for second and third year experimental or theoretical nuclear/particle physics graduate students.
Other sources of information about Outside Fellowships
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