Opportunities

Graduate Study

For students interested in prestigious graduate study scholarships and fellowships, this page can offer several options. Our office does assist students in applying to graduate school alongside these opportunities, but we do not assist in the traditional graduate school search and application process for students not pursing an accompanying award.

Please note: Preparation for graduate fellowship applications ideally begins at least two years prior to the start of the graduate program

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship
The Rangel Graduate Fellowship aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering fellowships abroad for one academic year to graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals for graduate or professional study, advanced research projects, or English teaching.

Gates Cambridge Scholarship
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship Program awards scholarships to outstanding applicants to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Knight-Hennessy Scholars develops a community of future global leaders to address complex challenges through collaboration and innovation, receiving full funding to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford.

Marshall Scholarship
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree in the United Kingdom.

National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program
The National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program is an accelerated, individualized doctoral training program for outstanding science students committed to biomedical research careers.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees.

Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarships are the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world. Each year, thirty-two young students from the United States are to read for a degree at the University of Oxford.

Schwarzman Scholars
Schwarzman Scholars is a highly selective, fully funded one-year master's program at Tsinghua University in Beijing designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders for the challenges of the future.

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
The Pickering Graduate Fellowship aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities.

Truman Scholarship
The Truman Scholarship recognizes young changemakers, providing professional development training and graduate school support for students planning to work in public service careers.