Be alerted about new fellowship calls for applications, get insider application tips, and learn about fully funded PhD and graduate programs. ProFellow is the go-to source for information on professional and academic fellowships, created by fellows for aspiring fellows.
Toggle navigation Log In Sign Up. Log In Sign Up. By ProFellow Founder, Dr. Vicki Johnson Some people assume that fellowships are only for recent graduates or graduate students, but there are fellowship opportunities for any level of your academic and professional career. In many other cases, however, fellowships are sponsored, funded and administered by outside associations, foundations and organizations not related to a college or university.
Examples of some of the most prestigious and well-known are:. The ANY fellowship program is geared toward candidates with a passion, background and talent for immigration issues, particularly how they apply to education for first-generation college students. This fellowship is open to those who have been residents, fellow members and members in good standing of the ACP for at least two years since completion of their residency. Many of the CDC's fellowships provide direct gateways to future careers with the globally recognized governmental health organization.
Search for dozens of fellowship opportunities in specializations like anesthesia, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric, psychiatry, surgery and women's health. Designed exclusively for New York City math and science teachers in public schools, MFA's two unique fellowships both run for four full years.
Half a dozen fellowships across a range of academic levels and areas of study are issued through the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Applicants come from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Search for any one among dozens of fellowships at several levels of academic achievement, including postdoctoral early career, postdoctoral any stage, library fellowships and residential fellowships and humanities centers.
The most promising early career scientists and scholars compete for highly competitive Sloan fellowships. The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is one of the better-known fellowships, and many other highly desirable fellowships are placed through the Smithsonian.
There are also a broad range of fellowship opportunities throughout the Smithsonian's vast network of museums, units and research centers. Anyone from business leaders to public servants can apply for the Coro Fellowship, which takes place entirely in urban settings. The program is designed to prepare community leaders and changemakers for the rigors of advanced community service and civic improvement. The Pratt Association's highly competitive fellowships run for two semesters and expose the winning candidates to professional experience in some of New York City's most celebrated cultural institutions.
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies is for PhD candidates who plan to complete their dissertations during the year of their fellowship. Prospective fellows who are looking for a broad range of programs and opportunities — or who just want to see what's out there before they commit — have several databases and fellowship search engines to help them in that journey.
To find and explore more fellowship opportunities, try the following resources:. More than 10, programs are available on this database, all of which are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The founders of ProFellow know some of the best opportunities are buried online. More than 1, funded fellowships can be found on this database, which is easily searchable just by filling out a few information fields.
The PSJD database allows users to search for research and academic fellowships, organizational fellowships and project-based fellowships. Financial Aid Scholarship Fellowship Opportunities. Meet the Expert. Andrew Lisa View Bio. What are Fellowships? What are the Benefits? How to Apply According to Crystal Olivarria, a career coach at Career Conversationalist , applying for a fellowship is more rigorous and in depth than applying for a job or even admission into a university.
Prioritizing Your Proposal Your proposal is the part of the application that gives you the opportunity to introduce yourself to the committee, explain what you intend to accomplish and present your case for why you're the right candidate. Prospective fellows should consider the following when drafting a proposal: Keep it simple.
Examples of Fellowship Opportunities In many cases, fellowship programs are offered, directed and funded by colleges and universities.
Applying for fellowships is an essential component of your PhD training. The advice in this article is on why, where, and how to apply for fellowships successfully. Fellowships at the graduate level are similar to scholarships at the undergraduate level in that they are awards that are given based on merit, and sometimes only a narrow slice of students is eligible. However, as a fellow you do have the responsibility of making progress in your research or else your fellowship is not likely to be renewed.
PhD-level fellows are free to focus their attention solely on their research in addition to classes in the early stage of training. Regularly applying for outside funding is an expectation in graduate school and often before and after that should be made more explicit. Even if you are fully funded by your program or group, you will benefit from applying for fellowships throughout your PhD and postdoc. The only reason to forgo submitting at least one fellowship application in a given year is if you are already funded by an outside fellowship in the upcoming year.
Often, outside fellowships are structured to pay a higher stipend than what is typically paid to a graduate student or postdoc. This is especially true for the prestigious, competitive, national fellowships. For example, a fellow may be able to set up a new collaboration, pursue a side project, or complete additional lab rotations when a graduate student funded by another means would not be given permission. Virtually all PhD students and many postdocs assume there is no room for negotiation in their funding package.
However, there are two points at which negotiation is possible: Upon admission to a program and upon winning an outside fellowship best if combined. After finding out that you have won a fellowship, you can tactfully ask your advisor or department chair if it is possible for you to receive an extra benefit. You could ask for an increase in pay, a one-time or yearly bonus, or one of the extra degrees of independence listed above. One aspect of PhD funding that is not necessarily widely discussed is the difference between being funded by a fellowship and being funded by an assistantship.
A research assistant, teaching assistant, or graduate assistant is virtually always an employee of her university as well as a student. You can be sure of this status if you receive a W-2 at tax time. A fellowship, on the other hand, is an award, and there is not supposed to be any work requirement tied to it, although in practice the PhD student must of course make adequate degree progress.
There is not much of a functional day-to-day difference between graduate students funded by research assistantships in which the research is included in their dissertations and graduate students funded by fellowships. However, being funded by a fellowship makes an enormous difference in the day-to-day life of a graduate student who would otherwise be funded by an assistantship that requires non-dissertation-related work.
That work requirement is typically 20 hours per week. This might very well shorten the time it takes for the student to complete his PhD. One of the unsung but most important benefits of winning a fellowship, particularly a prestigious national fellowship, is its effect on your CV.
Once one fellowship committee has deemed you worthy of funding, that stands as a testament to your ability that is seen by every subsequent funding committee. Read eligibility requirements closely so you do not waste your time or the committee's time. Include all needed supplementary materials. To become a City Hall Fellow, for example, you must develop a policy proposal for the city you want to work with.
If you need to include an essay, conscientiously address the prompt. For a personal statement, express concisely why you are the best choice for the position.
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