This page lists some financial resources outside MIT that are specifically geared toward international students. Some additional opportunities are listed on the other fellowship pages to the left.
Further opportunities may be found on the International Financial Aid and College Scholarship Search site. International students may also contact the Public Affairs Section at the US Embassy in the capitol city of their home country. The Embassy may have an Educational Advisor on staff who can provide information to students who are searching for funding resources to help finance their academic programs in the US.
American Association of University Women International Fellowships
AAUW Educational Foundation
International Fellowships
Dept. 60
301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Telephone (319) 337-1716, ext. 60
E-mail aauw@act.org
International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredited institutions are supported. Several fellowships are available for study outside of the U.S.
Deadline: December 1
American Scandinavian Foundation
The American – Scandinavian Foundation
at Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Telephone 212-779-3587
E-mail info@amscan.org
Funding to Scandinavians (citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden) to undertake study or research programs (usually at the graduate level) in the US for up to one year. Awards are made in all fields.
Deadline: Various deadlines
Asian Cultural Council
Asian Cultural Council
6 West 48th Street, 12th Floor
New York, New York, 10036-1802
USA
Telephone (212) 843-0403
Fax (212) 843-0343
E-mail acc@accny.org
Individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel and creative work in the United States.
Deadline: November 1, 2011
Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc.
195 Church St.
New Haven, CT 06510
Telephone (203) 777-5765
The fellowship is an outright non-renewable grant of up to $45,000. The stipend of $15,000 is to cover living and travel expenses. In addition, the Foundation pays up to $30,000 for tuition and health insurance at a US university. Fellows are expected to stay in the US for a full academic year (nine months). Students who have means of their own to finance their studies in the US may apply for an Honorary Fellowship of the Foundation. Applicant must be Belgian citizen; submit an application not earlier than in the last year of an academic master’s program or second cycle of university studies and not later than four years after obtaining that degree. The academic master’s degree must be obtained from a Belgian institution recognized as a university by either the “Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs en Vorming” or the “Administration Générale de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche Scientifique”; have an outstanding academic record;
have a good command of the English language.
Deadline: October 31 for the following academic year
China scholarship council graduate fellowship program
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) Graduate Fellowship is for graduate students who are incoming 1st year graduate students, who are citizens of the People’s Republic of China and who are in pursuit of an MIT terminal master’s degree or doctoral degree. Applications to participate in the CSC Fellowship Program should be submitted by candidates directly to the CSC. The scholarships provide funding which covers: (i) a standard stipend; (ii) full tuition (iii) international round-trip airfare; and (iv) appropriate fees. For CSC Fellows who are pursuing a terminal master’s degree, the CSC Funding Period shall be one year (12 months) of full support. For CSC Fellows who are pursuing a doctoral-track degree, the CSC Funding Period shall be two years (24 months) of full support.
To apply: See details on http://apply.csc.edu.cn/csc/main/person/login/index.jsf, register as a user, fill the form online completely and the application form will be automatically generated. An in-person interview will generally be required.
There are two separate rounds of application for 2012: March 1 to March 20 and from May 20 to May 30. The information platform will open during that period and close after the deadline. MIT applicants are strongly advised to apply for the MIT-CSC Fellowship during the 1st application window: March 1, 2012 to March 20, 2012
○ Please note: Fellowship applicants who have not yet received notice of their MIT application outcome by the end of the first application window (March 20, 2012) may have an extension until April 14, 2012 to supply their MIT offer letter to the China Scholarship Council, however the online application must still be submitted between March 1st and March 20th. MIT-CSC applicants who have not received their offer letters by March 1, 2012 are advised to contact Mr. Mei Bing, Project Officer at the China Scholarship Council, to alert him of their status:
Mr. Mei Bing
Project Officer, Division of American & Oceanian Affairs
China Scholarship Council
Level 13, Building A3, No. 9 Chegongzhuang Avenue
Beijing 100044
P.R.CHINA
E-mail: bmei@csc.edu.cn
Tel: 0086-10-6609 3916
Fax: 0086-10-6609 3945
○ E-mail communication can be taken as sufficient proof of acceptance to an MIT graduate program if a hard copy letter has not been provided yet.
○ There are no disciplinary restrictions on eligibility
○ Incoming 1st year graduate students, who are citizens of the People’s Republic of China and who are in pursuit of an MIT terminal master’s degree or doctoral degree including masters students currently enrolled at MIT (hence, residing in the US) and newly accepted to doctoral programs at MIT are eligible to apply and will be excused from an in-person interview.
○ The 2nd application window (May 20th-May 30th), is open only to those currently not abroad (i.e. not for current MIT masters degree candidates applying to continue in a doctoral program). 2nd round applicants may not have the same chance of funding as 1st round applicants.
Notification date: May 2012 (round one results), July 2012 (round two results)
Funding Disbursement: Beginning September 2012
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
Please note: This program has concluded, and is no longer accepting new applicants.
Fulbright Program for non-US Students
Institute of International Education
Contact differs based on country of applicant
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program brings citizens of other countries to the United States for master’s degree or PhD study at US universities or other appropriate institutions. The program has brought some of the world’s finest minds to US campuses and offers program participants insight into US society and values. Students must apply through the offices in their home country; see website for more information.
Deadline: Various deadlines
HHMI International Student Research Fellowship
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4000 Jones Bridge Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789
(301) 215-8500
E-mail predoc@hhmi.org
HHMI’s new fellowship program supports outstanding international predoctoral students studying in the United States who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies. HHMI will award three-year fellowships to international students to support years three, four, and five of a Ph.D. program. Eligible fields include those in the biomedical or related sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, interdisciplinary research at the interface of the physical and biological sciences, among others. Please note that research at the interface of biology and the social sciences – such as outcomes research – is ineligible. Please check with HHMI directly for questions on field eligibility. Each fellow will receive an annual stipend plus an educational allowance. Note that students must first apply to the Dean for Graduate Education; an MIT faculty evaluation committee will select up to ten students to nominate to HHMI. Contact (617) 253-1958 for more information.
Deadline: Preliminary application materials due in hard copy to ODGE (Room 3-138) by 5 pm on October 21, 2011.
Institutional nomination deadline: 12/1/11
Full applications due to HHMI by 2/9/12
Iraqi Scholarship Initiative
Prime Minister’s Office
Baghdad, Iraq
E-mail info@hcediraq.org
An effort by the government of Iraq, under the direction of the executive director Dr. Zuhair Humadi of the Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq (HCED), to improve the situation of higher education in Iraq as well as to bring a new generation of thought and experience to the country. In order to achieve this goal, recipients of the scholarship will return to Iraq after receiving their degrees. Once the students have received the scholarship, they will apply to the universities which have agreed to accept students from the program.
See also: http://cap.aed.org/iraqEducation.cfm and http://www.buic.ac.uk/
Kennedy Scholarships
Kennedy Memorial Trust
3 Birdcage Walk
Westminster
London SW1H 9JJ
+44 (0) 20 7222 1151
E-mail annie@kennedytrust.org.uk
Part of the UK’s memorial to President John F Kennedy, Kennedy Scholarships are awarded annually in competition to British citizens for postgraduate study at MIT (& Harvard). British applicants to all postgraduate programs, including PhDs, are encouraged to apply. The award comprises full tuition fees and health insurance, a generous stipend, an extra grant for travel within the USA and a return flight to the UK, made for one year renewable under certain circumstances.
Deadline: October 30
Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund
Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF)
World Bank Family Network
1818 High Street, NW, MSN J2-202
Washington, DC 20433
Telephone (202) 473-5804
Fax (202) 522-3142
E-mail MMMF@worldbank.org
To support the education of women from developing countries who are committed to improving the lives of women and children in a developing country. For students from developing countries who are currently studying in the United States or Canada, the MMMF awards annually about ten grants of approximately $11,000 each; grants are not renewable.
Deadline: January 17, 2012
P.E.O International Peace Scholarship
P.E.O. Executive Office
3700 Grand Avenue
DesMoines, Iowa 50312-2899
Telephone (515) 255-3153
Fax (515) 255-3820
E-mail ips@peodesmoines.org
Applicant must be a non-US or Canadian citizen who is a woman working towards a graduate degree (full-time) at a college or university of her choice in the US or Canada. Applicant must submit a witnessed statement that upon completion of her degree program, she will return immediately to her own country to pursue her professional career.
Deadline: Mail eligibility form between August 15 and December 15. If eligibility is established, application material will be mailed from the IPS. Application materials due January 31.
Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships
This fellowship is for women academics in science and engineering from developing and emerging countries for their advanced graduate study at top universities abroad.
For more information, visit facultyforthefuture.net. The 2012 Awards session will be open for applications from September 12th to November 30th 2011.
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation WorldWideStudies (WWS) Scholarships
Reception of Thomas Weihe, Deputy Head of the Board, International Affairs
42-44, Shovkovychna Str.,
01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
Telephone +380 44 490 48 35
Fax +380 44 490 48 78
E-mail info@pinchukfund.org
Up to 30 scholarships will be awarded to students who start their Master’s program at a leading international university in the fall of 2010. WWS supports Ukrainian citizens no older than 35 who wish to pursue a Master’s Degree at one of the world’s best universities. Scholarships are awarded in the following areas where well educated young leaders are crucial to boost the future development of Ukraine agriculture, environment and ecology, law, and public administration. Applicants in the different fields of study might be considered as well, if no applications are submitted in the 4 priority areas. Grants shall be used primarily to cover university tuition, books and medical insurance. The amount is determined for each individual case based on needs and merit. On average, grants shall cover up to 60% of the total amount required (maximum $ 50,000 for 1-2 years of studies).
Deadline: November 11
Last updated October 2011
