Fellowship: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

This fellowship supports thirty New Americans— immigrants or the children of immigrants—who are pursuing graduate or professional school in the U.S. Each Fellowship supports one to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program in the U.S. up to a total of $90,000.

Deadline: October 31, 2024 

To apply for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships, you’ll need to create an account and start the online application. You’ll fill out eligibility and demographic questions, share information about your educational and New American background, and then you will have to submit relevant transcripts, a resume or CV, two essays, and then register three to five recommendations.

Once we receive and review the applications, the top 77 applicants will be designated “finalists” and will be asked to appear for virtual interviews in late January and early February of 2025. 30 of the the 77 finalists will be selected as Fellows and will be notified in March of 2025. The 2025 Fellows will be announced publicly in April of 2025 and they will begin to receive stipend and tuition support from the program in the fall of 2025, and they will also attend the Fellowship’s Fall Conference, all expenses paid, that October.

• PD Soros supports all types of full-time graduate and professional degrees at accredited institutions in the United States.

• You can apply when you’re applying to graduate or professional school, or when you’re in the first two years of the academic program you’re seeking funding for.

• You can apply more than once and the application is free.

• The first year of the Fellowship can’t be deferred.

• All application materials must be submitted online through the online application.

• We make no exceptions to the 2 pm ET application deadline on October 31, 2024.Our eligibility requirements include your status as an immigrant or a child of immigrants, your age, and your academic standing. We do not look at school, GPA, or test score range. All eligibility requirements should apply to you as of October 31, 2024. If named a finalist, you will be required to provide documentation of your eligibility.

More information and application portal here.