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Yale Fellowships
The Office of Fellowships administers a variety of funding opportunities that support student experiences during the summer, term, and year after graduation.
Visit the Yale Student Grants Database for eligibility, deadlines, and application information for these and many other campus fellowships.
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Summer Fellowships for Yale College Students
Richard U. Light Fellowship
Supports intensive language study at approved sites in East Asia. Eligible are currently-enrolled Yale University students, including graduating seniors. Campus application deadlines typically begin in September or December. See the Light Fellowship website for full details.
Alexander P. Hixon Fellowship
Supports international students pursuing summer travel within the US for research, independent projects, or internships lasting at least 6 weeks. Eligible are Yale first-year students, sophomores and juniors who are international students; US citizens and permanent residents are not eligible.
Office of Fellowships Summer Fellowships
Students may apply for one or more of the following Yale-funded fellowships depending on project type. Eligibility varies by fellowship. Applications are made via a common application in the Yale Student Grants Database. Application deadline typically in February/March. Plans do not need to be finalized to apply.
Research*
- Dockterman Family Humanities Fellowship
- Fort Family Research Fellowship
- Friedman Family Travel/Research Fellowship
- Jehiel R. Elyachar Foundation Fellowship
- Robert Lyons Danly 1969 Memorial Travel Fellowship
- Shana Alexander Research Fellowship in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Solomon Research Fellowship in LGBT Studies
- Summer Fellowships in Japan
- The Charles H. Siegel Traveling Fellowship
- The Robert C. Bates Summer Research Fellowship
- The Jeffrey Lewis Summer Research and Travel Fellowship
- The John Boit Morse Memorial Fellowship
- The Lewis P. Curtis Fellowship
- The Robert S. Kilborne Memorial Traveling Scholarship
- Yale College Dean's Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
*Search the Yale Student Grants Database for other undergraduate research fellowships, including those for STEM research offered through the Center for Science & Quantitative Reasoning.
Internships/Work
Eligible internships must be low/unpaid. A low or unpaid internship is defined as earning $250 or less per week.
- Franciscus Summer Travel Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
- Henry James Summer Travel Fellowship for International Internships
- Howard Hilgendorf Memorial Fellowship for International Internships
- Robert C. Bates Summer Fellowship for International Internships
- Summer Fellowships in Japan
- Wendy E. Blanning Memorial Summer Fellowship
- Rice Urban Fellowship
Government Service Internships
Non-Profit Internships and Community Service
- CIPE Fellowship for Nonprofit Internships
- Cohen Summer Public Service Fellowship
- Edward and Susan Greenberg Community Service Fellowship
- Marshall Bartholomew Summer Arts Fellowship
- Pande Memorial Fellowship for Public Health
Journalism
- Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert Bildner Summer Journalism Fellowship
- Gordon Summer Journalism Fellowship
- Shana Alexander Journalism/Media Fellowship
- Yale College Summer Journalism Fellowship
International Projects
- Stacey L. Sanders Memorial Fellowship
- Sunrise Foundation Travel Grant
- Thomas C. Barry Travel Fellowship
- Summer Fellowship in Japan
- Franciscus Summer Travel Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
Projects in Latin American and Spanish-speaking countries
- John OLeary and Patricia Cepeda Fellowship for the Study of Latin America
- Niebla Foundation Travel Fellowship
- Yale College Class of 2004 Travel Fellowship
Guidance on planning a project can be found here.
Guidance on creating fellowship application materials can be found here.
Term-Time Fellowships for Yale Undergraduates
Richard U. Light Fellowship
Supports intensive language study at approved sites in East Asia. Eligible are currently-enrolled Yale University students, including graduating seniors. Campus application deadlines typically begin in September or December. See their website for full details.
Office of Fellowships Term-Time Fellowships for Undergraduates
Yale College students may apply for one or more of the following Yale-funded fellowships for projects if they are planning to take a leave of absence to pursue the project full-time. Applications are made via the Summer Fellowships Common Application in the Yale Student Grants Database. Application deadline typically in February.
- John O'Leary and Patricia Cepeda Fellowship for the Study of Latin America
- Niebla Foundation Travel Fellowship
- Yale College Class of 2004 Travel Fellowship
- Thomas C. Barry Travel Fellowship Summer & Fall Semester
- Thomas C. Barry Travel Fellowship Spring Semester
Postgraduate Fellowships for Yale Seniors
Richard U. Light Fellowship
Supports intensive language study at approved sites in East Asia. Eligible are currently-enrolled Yale University students, including graduating seniors. Campus application deadlines typically begin in September or December. See their website for full details.
Yale College Postgraduate Fellowships
With durations ranging from 3 months to 12 months, this collection of fellowships support graduating seniors across a variety of purposeful activities - public service, travel, research, work, study. Eligible students may apply for one or more of the following postgraduate fellowships via a single common application in the Yale Student Grants Database. Campus application deadline is typically in late January.
- Cohen Public Service Fellowship
- Gordon Grand Fellowship
- Charles P. Howland Fellowship
- Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowship
- Service Through Music Fellowship
- Robert C. Bates Postgraduate Fellowship
- Frederick Mortimer Clapp Fellowship*
*Also a Postgraduate Fellowship, but not applied for via the common application.