Upcoming Fellowship and Award Opportunities

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ACLS Fellowship and Grant Opportunities

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) supports individual scholars and scholarly teams around the world in their pursuit of research with the potential to advance knowledge in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

Learn more about 2024-25 competitions and deadlines.

Boren Fellowships

Application deadline: January 22, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET. There is no campus review process for Boren applications. Please submit directly to Boren by the posted deadline.
Eligibility: MA and PhD candidates who are studying less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to US interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East

Center for Engagement Scholarship (CES) Dissertation Fellowships

Application deadline: December 1, 2024
Eligibility: PhD candidates in the social sciences who are writing their dissertations

Chateaubriand Fellowship

Application deadline: January 10, 2025 12:00 pm EST
Eligibility: PhD candidates in STEM, humanities, and social sciences disciplines who plan to conduct dissertation research in France for four to nine months

Congressional Research Grants

Application deadline: Applications are accepted throughout the year
Eligibility: Students with a serious interest in studying Congress; a significant portion of the funds is awarded for PhD dissertation research

CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellowship

There will be four annual application cycle deadlines for 2024: March 31, 2024; June 30, 2024; September 30, 2024; and December 31, 2024.
Eligibility: PhD candidates interested in cancer research who will have completed the degree by the start of the program and who have published at least one first-author paper in a top-tier journal

Data Science Fellowships (Pragmatic Data)

Application deadline: multiple deadlines throughout year; for upcoming program deadlines, please check the Data Incubator website
Eligibility: MA and PhD candidates who are within one year of graduating

Damodhar Masram Excellence Scholarship

Application deadline: May 2, 2025
Eligibility: First-generation immigrant students with a STEM bachelor's degree, pursuing a STEM-related graduate program, with relevant experience in technology or digital technology. A focus on blockchain or digital technology is advantageous but not required.

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowships

Application deadline: January 16, 2025 at 5:00 pm CST
Eligibility: First-year PhD candidates in the physical, computer, mathematical, or life sciences

Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship

Application deadline: January 14, 2025 at 5:00 pm CST
Eligibility: PhD students working in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as properties of materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics, nuclear science, or high-energy density physics

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

Application deadline: May, 2025
Eligibility: PhD candidates in physics, chemistry, material sciences, biology (non-medical), mathematics, engineering, or computer or computational sciences who are at work on the dissertation

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships

Columbia internal application deadline: Friday, January 3, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. EST. GSAS will send the application by email to eligible students.

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund is available for students pursuing graduate-level programs in the study of the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training).

Eligibility: Continuing MA and PhD candidates who are US citizens in all fields of study that demonstrate financial need.

Learn more about the application guidelines on their website. Please write to [email protected] with any questions.

Eisenhower/Roberts Graduate Fellowship Program

Columbia internal application deadline: Friday, March 07, 2025; write to [email protected] for more information
Eligibility: PhD candidates researching the role of government in a free society, citizen public service, public policy, and on improved understanding of America’s role in world affairs

Ford Foundation Fellowships

Application deadline: 2025 TBD (dissertation and postdoctoral); 2025 TBD (predoctoral)
Eligibility: PhD candidates in the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences who are planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship—Summer

Application deadline: February 6, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET for all world areas
Eligibility: MA and PhD students whose program combines modern foreign language training with international or area studies

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship—Academic Year

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship

Columbia internal application deadline (FY2025): Wednesday, January 22; write to Sandra Peters at [email protected] for more information
Eligibility: Post-MPhil doctoral students who are conducting research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies

DDRA fellows may not conduct research in the following countries*:

Africa –Angola, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
East Asia –North Korea; China, Hong Kong (China and Hong Kong by Executive Order 13936), Burma
Europe –Ukraine; Russia; Belarus
Near East – Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, Yemen, Afghanistan
Western Hemisphere –Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela; Haiti, U.S. states
*Or any country listed as Level 4 on travel.state.gov

Graduate Women in Science Fellowships

Application deadline: 2025 TBD
Eligibility: Self-identified women who are PhD or MA candidates in STEM fields

GSAS International Travel Fellowships

Application deadline: March 5, 2025, please visit the International Travel Fellowships page for more information
Eligibility: PhD students who have completed all MPhil requirements and passed the prospectus defense, and for whom international travel is necessary for the competition of the dissertation

Harriman Russian Studies Research Grant

Applications open: 2025 TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates conducting research in Russian studies

Hebrew Free Loan Society

Application deadline: 2025 TBD
The Hebrew Free Loan Society administers three scholarship programs for the UJA-Federation of New York. This program provides approximately $1 million to students with financial need, primarily in New York City, Long Island, or Westchester. Scholarships will be for the 2024/2025 academic year (August 2024 – July 2025). Learn about and apply for the Hebrew Free Loan Society’s three scholarship programs here. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grants

Application deadline: December 1, 2024
Eligibility: PhD candidates working on their dissertation and who have conducted social policy research

Interschool Fellowships at Columbia

Columbia internal deadline: 2025 TBD
Eligibility: To receive these need-based awards, which range in amount from $1,000 to $5,000, students must be enrolled in an Arts and Sciences graduate program during the 2024-2025 academic year, and must meet the requirements of the relevant fellowship. The online application will include a list of all 2024-2025 fellowships and their respective requirements.

Lindt Dissertation Fellowship

Application deadline: March 5, 2025
Eligibility: PhD students in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, or Sociology who will complete the dissertation by May 2024

Margaret McNamara Education Grants

Application deadline: January 15, 2025 for US-Canada program
Eligibility: PhD and MA candidates who self-identify as women, and who are nationals of a country on the eligibility list.

Master's Scholarships

Application deadline: September 19, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Eligibility: MA students in enrolled in an Arts and Sciences graduate program during the 2024-2025 academic year may apply for three special scholarships available only to GSAS MA students. Must also meet the requirements of the relevant fellowship. See details and application here.

NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Application deadline: October 3, 2024
The Dissertation Fellowship seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $27,500 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere around the world. Fellows will attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented emerging researchers conducting dissertation research related to education. The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship will fund 35 promising scholars.

NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

Application deadline: November 7, 2024
The Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will receive $70,000 for one academic year of research, or $35,000 for each of two contiguous years, working half-time. Fellows attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. Applicants must have had their PhD, EdD, or equivalent research degree conferred between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023, to be eligible to apply this year. This fellowship is non-residential, and applications from all disciplines are encouraged. The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship will fund 25 early-career researchers.

National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program

Application Deadline: Grants.gov deadline: 2025 TBD ; JustGrants deadline: 2025 TBD
Eligibility: Students enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. program in a science or engineering field and who propose a dissertation topic relevant to criminal or juvenile justice in the United States. Applications from all science and engineering fields are welcome.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships

Application deadline: November 1
Eligibility: PhD candidates in the natural sciences
Department of Defense (DoD), through the Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering and the military services, promotes education in science and engineering disciplines relevant to the Defense mission. The DoD plans to award new three-year graduate fellowships each fiscal year (subject to the availability of funds) to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering.

Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Application Deadline: November 1, every year
Eligibility: PhD Students in the humanities and social sciences, working on projects which have questions of religion, ethics, morals, or values as a central focus. Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $31,000 to assist them in completing the writing stage of their dissertation.

Obama Foundation Scholars Program

Application deadline: 2025 TBD
Eligibility: Scholars who have a proven commitment to service and leadership within a community, region, or country outside the United States, coupled with a demonstrated commitment to return to these communities following their completion of the program and apply their enhanced training, skills, and connections on a long-term basis for the benefit of these communities

QUAD Fellowship by IIE

Application deadline: March 3rd, 2025
Eligibility: open to exceptional master's and doctoral students in science and technology who demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional results in their field, and a desire to use their talents to promote collective good. The fellowship, initiated by the Quad countries of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, and administered by IIE, sponsors exceptional master's and doctoral students to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the United States. Successful applicants will receive a one-time stipend of $20,000 for academic expenses.

Sakıp Sabancı Center Summer Fellowships

Summer fellowship application deadline: April 5, 2025
Eligibility: Humanities and Social Science PhD students in years one through six who will conduct no less than one month of library, archival, or collection research in Turkey during the summer

Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies Dissertation Fellowship

2025-26 application deadline: April 15, 2025
Eligibility: PhD candidates with dissertation projects in any field of Turkish Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences who are in the sixth or seventh year of their program

Summer Funding Opportunities

Application deadlines: February through April 2024

Summer Language Fellowship for International Students

Application deadline: March 5, 2025, please visit the Summer Language Fellowship page for more information
Eligibility: International PhD students in the humanities and social sciences who need to study a foreign language abroad during the summer

Weatherhead East Asian Institute Fellowships (Academic Year) and Grants (Summer)

Application deadline: March 7, 2024
Eligibility: MA and PhD students whose research is focused on East or Southeast Asia

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

Application deadline: November 25, 2024
Eligibility: PhD candidates in years one through three of a humanities or social sciences program whose work relates to one of the foundation's four themes: Human Rights and Dignity; Responsible Citizenship; Canada and the World; or People and their Natural Environment

Zuckerman Dissertation Fellowship

Application deadline: March 5, 2025
Eligibility: PhD students in History, Philosophy, or Sociology who will complete the dissertation by May 2025

Upcoming Fellowship and Award Opportunities

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