Upcoming Fellowship and Award Opportunities
Please return to this page regularly for updated deadlines and application information.
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grants
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates working on their dissertation and who have conducted social policy research
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates in the natural sciences
Obama Foundation Scholars Program
Application deadline: 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
Ford Foundation Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD
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
Center for Engagement Scholarship (CES) Dissertation Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates in the social sciences who are writing their dissertations
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
Applications are currently not being accepted; if you would like to receive notification should the application season open in 2022, please visit the site for instructions.
Eligibility: PhD candidates in the humanities and related social sciences
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships
Columbia internal application deadline: TBD, usually mid-December. GSAS will send the application by email to eligible students when it becomes available in late November.
Eligibility: Continuing MA and PhD candidates who are US citizens in all fields of study
Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships
Application deadline: TBD
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
Chateaubriand Fellowship
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates in STEM, humanities, and social sciences disciplines who plan to conduct dissertation research in France for four to nine months
Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
Application deadline: TBD
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
Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: Self-identified women who are PhD or MA candidates in STEM fields
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: First-year PhD candidates in the physical, computer, mathematical, or life sciences
Margaret McNamara Education Grants
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD and MA candidates who self-identify as women, and who are nationals of a country on the eligibility list
Boren Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD.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
Josephine De Kármán Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates who will defend their dissertations in or around June 2021; special consideration given to applicants in the humanities
Summer Funding Opportunities
Application deadlines: February through April 2023
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship—Summer
Application deadline: TBD 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
Application deadline: TBD for all world areas
Eligibility: MA and PhD students whose program combines modern foreign language training with international or area studies
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship
Columbia internal application deadline: TBD; 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* (Please see additional notes at the bottom of this page.)
Lindt Dissertation Fellowship
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD students in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, or Sociology who will complete the dissertation by May 2021
Zuckerman Dissertation Fellowship
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD students in History, Philosophy, or Sociology who will complete the dissertation by May 2021
Summer Language Fellowship for International Students
Application deadline: TBD, 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
GSAS International Travel Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD, 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 Curriculum Development Grant
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates interested in developing new curricular offerings on Russia in the social sciences
Harriman Russian Studies Research Grant
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: PhD candidates conducting research in Russian studies
Eisenhower/Roberts Graduate Fellowship Program
Columbia internal application deadline: TBD; 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
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Fellowships (Academic Year) and Grants (Summer)
Application deadline: TBD
Eligibility: MA and PhD students whose research is focused on East or Southeast Asia
Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program
Application deadline: TBD, usually mid-March
Eligibility: Those in possession of a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between September 1, 2016, and June 19, 2020
Sakıp Sabancı Center Summer Fellowships
Application deadline: TBD, usually mid-March
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
DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
Application deadline: TBD, usually mid-May
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
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies Dissertation Fellowship
Application deadline: TBD, usually June
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
CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Application deadline: TBD, usually June
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
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
Data Science Fellowships (The Data Incubator)
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
Interschool Fellowships at Columbia
Columbia internal application deadline: 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 2022-2023 academic year, and must meet the requirements of the relevant fellowship. The online application will include a list of all 2022-2023 fellowships and their respective requirements