Some non-Yale, external fellowships require a campus application process while others do not. Those without a campus application requirement will not be found in the Yale Student Grants Database. A selected list of external fellowships may be found below.
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The institutional evaluation and nomination processes for some of the following fellowships are coordinated by the Office of Fellowships. See the Yale Student Grants Database for details about campus application deadlines and procedures. See individual websites for all other deadlines and application requirements.
Supports a year in Germany: half spent studying and half pursuing an internship in any field.
Eligible are US citizens and nationals between the ages of 18 and 24. Application deadline typically in early December.
Uses the city as a classroom to train the next generation of change makers, through a full-time, nine-month, graduate-level experiential program offered in Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and St. Louis. Eligible are graduating seniors/recent alumni.
Application deadline typically in mid-January.
DAAD Émigré Memorial German Internship Program (EMGIP) offers internship opportunities for U.S. and Canadian students in the German parliament, the Bundestag. The internships are typically two months long between September and December and matched with students’ interests and experiences. In addition to contributing to the respective offices, interns have the opportunity to study legislative and administrative procedures in the German parliament. Students must be fluent in spoken German and possess excellent writing skills. German nationals are not eligible.
Supports a wide range of study and research in Germany, for undergraduates, graduates, doctoral candidates and post-docs.
Graduate Study Scholarships are open to graduating seniors and alumni; application deadlines typically in early November, but check website.
(Yale College students interested in the Yale-DAAD RISE program and/or Yale graduate students interested in the DAAD Graduate Research Scholarships should see the Yale Student Grants Database.)
This graduate research fellowship at Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is a two-year fellowship program in collaboration with NOAA that gives graduate students the opportunity to conduct collaborative research at the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) in NH. The Fellowship is designed to help NERRs address a key management question that helps understand drivers or impacts of environmental change, or the reciprocal effects on human or community resilience while providing the student with multidisciplinary research, professional development, networking, and mentoring. Potential areas of research at Great Bay NERR include salt marsh resilience, visitor motivation, improving outdoor access, habitat resilience, and aquaculture.
Support self-designed summer projects that “promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties.”
Eligible are Yale first-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Campus application deadline typically in January.
Offers seed-funding and support for social entrepreneurs. Organizations must work toward solving social, environmental, economic, and/or political inequities; special opportunities for those interested in climate issues and black male achievement. Eligible applicants must be fluent in English and able to commit to working full-time on their organization (so usually graduating seniors, graduating graduate/professional students, and alumni).
Application deadline typically in November.
Prizes are awarded on the basis of essays submitted. Eligible are full-time juniors and seniors at US institutions (US citizenship not required).
Application deadline typically in January.
Supports artists working in a representational style in painting, sculpting, drawing, and/or printmaking, who are in the early stages of their careers. Eligible are those aiming to make art a lifetime career.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Fully support postgraduate degrees in the humanities at the University of Oxford. Eligible are applicants for a postgraduate degree course in the humanities: apply to the degree course of your choice and to the Ertegun by the January deadline in order to be considered.
Seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Predoctoral Fellowships support up to three years of doctoral study. Eligible are US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents applying for or in US doctoral programs.
Application deadline typically in mid-November.
The FAS Diversity Fellowship Program will provide graduate fellowships to qualified individuals who will attend two-year graduate programs in Agribusiness or Agricultural Economics at U.S. universities, provide two summer internships – one domestic and one overseas, offer mentoring from a Foreign Service Officer, and provide professional development activities.
Supports four years of tuition, living expenses, and travel/research expenses for PhD students at one of five universities in Western Australia. Application opens in early September and closes late October.
Supports one year of study or research abroad in any discipline, or year-long English teaching assistantships (ETAs) in programs designed by the host countries. Yale College students apply during the summer before senior year; Yale College alumni not enrolled in a graduate program may also apply through Yale College. Graduate and professional students at Yale should contact Dean Robert Harper-Mangels (robert.harper-mangels@yale.edu).
Supports graduate study in any discipline at the University of Cambridge. Eligible are citizens of any country apart from the UK. Application deadline is typically in early-October (October 9, 2019) for US applicants and the beginning of December for the international competition.
Supports a year in Germany for professional development, study, or research; prior knowledge of German is not a prerequisite. Eligible are citizens of Brazil, China, India, Russia, & the US who received bachelor’s degrees no more than 12 years ago.
Application deadline typically in September.
Recognizes leadership, community service, and academic achievements of college women by awarding one grand prize of $20,000 and nine $3,000 prizes Eligible are legal residents of the US and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are female college juniors.
Application deadline typically October 1.
Supports one year of postgraduate study at Oxford or Cambridge and is not renewable. The award provides tuition, approved fees, a cost of living stipend, and a transatlantic travel grant.
One Henry Fellow is named at Yale each year from among the graduating seniors. The application process is coordinated through Fellowship Programs at the Yale Center for International & Professional Experience.
Provides college and grad school graduate with 6-9-month paid opportunities to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Eligible are graduating seniors and recent alumni (US citizenship not required, with OPT/appropriate work permit).
Application deadlines typically late September for following spring, and early January for following fall.
Supports up to five years of graduate study in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences at select universities in the United States. Eligible are US citizens and permanent residents who are graduating seniors or current first-year doctoral students.
Application deadline typically in late October.