Tip: Did you know that you can search the Yale Student Grants Database by class year to find fellowships for which you are eligible?
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Junior year is a good time to begin to explore postgraduate fellowship opportunities. Some application deadlines for postgraduate fellowships occur in junior year.
Note: Engaging thoughtfully with the application process will help you with future applications, whether for fellowships, graduate or professional school, or jobs. Even if you don't win!
Quote: What do you care about? What are your goals? What is the change that you want to make in the world? Over the course of my application, I went from feeling unsure about the future to having a purpose, a direction, a path (not a path paved in stone, but a path nonetheless). It truly is a valuable process, and one that I don’t think I would have undergone without the structure of an application.
— Cody McCoy, BR '13
Fulbright US Student Program
While Fellowship Programs works with graduating seniors applying for the Fulbright, graduate and professional students may reach out to Dean Richard Sleight (richard.sleight@yale.edu) for Fulbright advice.
Find details of campus application deadlines and requirements for these via the Yale Student Grants Database:
Fellowship Programs advising for Yale graduate and professional students
The Office of Fellowships offers advice on the fellowships listed above and, time-permitting, we also offer advising on other fellowships for postgraduate study in Britain and some other external awards, including the Schwarzman Scholars Program and the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Graduate students can also contact Dean Sarah Insley (Sarah.insley@yale.edu) in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for additional support.
Fellowship Programs offers one-on-one advising appointments, essay review (when permitted), and interview prep for Yale College alumni about:
We offer remote and in-person advising.
Tip: The fall calendar is very crowded and advising spots are usually fully booked from late August until early October. When possible, book an appointment during the summer.
Although we're always glad to help if we can, Yale College alumni who are current graduate or professional students elsewhere are wise to seek fellowship advice from that institution (except in the case of fellowships requiring application through the undergraduate institution).