Fellowships Opportunities in the United States

📍 United States (international projects)PaidHard

Points North Fellowship

Points North Institute

Supports early-to-mid-career nonfiction filmmakers, including an unrestricted grant for a feature documentary in post-production.

#fellowship#documentary#film

Apply → pointsnorthinstitute.org

Firelight Media Documentary Lab

Firelight Media

A twelve-month fellowship for filmmakers of color working on a first or second feature documentary, with production mentorship.

#fellowship#documentary#film

Apply → firelightmedia.org

General

Alicia Patterson Fellowship

Alicia Patterson Foundation

Supports in-depth written journalism projects over six- to twelve-month periods.

📍 United States (international topics)PaidHard

#fellowship#journalism#long-form

Apply → aliciapatterson.org

Founder

Echoing Green Fellowship

Echoing Green

An eighteen-month fellowship for early-stage social entrepreneurs, providing a stipend, capacity-building support, and a peer community.

📍 Global (USA-based)PaidHard

#fellowship#social-entrepreneurship#funding

Apply → echoinggreen.org

Fulbright Program / Fogarty International Center (NIH)

Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health

Funds roughly ten researchers annually to conduct public health or clinical research in resource-limited settings abroad.

📍 United States (international placement)PaidHard

#fellowship#public-health#global-health

Apply → us.fulbrightonline.org

American Society of Hematology & European Hematology Association

ASH-EHA Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH)

A year-long joint US-Europe training and mentoring program building translational hematology research careers for early-stage fellows.

📍 United States / EuropeUnpaidMedium

#fellowship#hematology#mentorship

Apply → hematology.org

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

KidneyCure Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship

Funds postdoctoral fellows conducting original nephrology research under sponsor guidance.

#fellowship#nephrology#research

Apply → kidneycure.org

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

ASN KidneyCure Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award

Funds PhD students conducting original kidney biology or disease research under the guidance of a named sponsor.

#fellowship#nephrology#research

Apply → asn-online.org

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Funds recent MD, PhD, or MD/PhD graduates conducting basic cystic fibrosis research, with two application rounds each year.

#fellowship#cystic-fibrosis#research

Apply → cff.org

📍 Minnesota / New York City, USAPaidHard

Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

Jerome Foundation

A flexible three-year fellowship for early-career generative artists across seven fields — dance, film, literature, music, theater, technology arts, and visual arts.

#fellowship#arts#usa

Apply → jeromefdn.org

📍 Provincetown, Massachusetts, USAStipendHard

Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship

Fine Arts Work Center

A seven-month fellowship (October-May) for emerging writers and visual artists, providing an apartment, studio space, and a monthly stipend.

#fellowship#writing#visual-art

Apply → fawc.org

📍 Cortlandt Manor, New York, USAStipendMedium

Copland House CULTIVATE Fellowship

Copland House

A week-long, fully-scholarshipped intensive workshop and mentoring institute for emerging composers in their mid-to-late 20s.

#fellowship#music-composition#usa

Apply → coplandhouse.org

National Endowment for the Arts

NEA Translation Project Fellowships

Federal fellowships for individual literary translators bringing prose, poetry, or drama into English, prioritizing underrepresented languages and voices.

#fellowship#translation#literature

Apply → arts.gov

Center for Plant Conservation

Center for Plant Conservation Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship

An annual fellowship for the study and conservation of rare and endangered US plant species, especially in the Carolinas and southeastern US.

📍 United StatesPaidMedium

#fellowship#botany#conservation

Apply → saveplants.org

U.S. Department of State / Young African Leaders Initiative

Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (YALI)

A fully funded six-week leadership institute in the United States for young African leaders across business, civic, and public management tracks.

📍 United States (six-week institute)PaidHard

#fellowship#africa#leadership

Apply → yali.state.gov

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Adam Smith Fellowship

A year-long fellowship engaging PhD students with classical political-economy thought through structured reading groups and mentorship from senior scholars.

📍 Arlington, Virginia, USAStipendHard

#fellowship#economics#phd

Apply → mercatus.org

📍 Multiple countries in Asia and the USUnpaidMedium

The Asia Foundation Development Fellows Program

The Asia Foundation

A leadership development fellowship for professionals under 40 working across Asia on governance, development, or social-impact challenges, combining regional and U.S.-based components.

#fellowship#leadership#asia

Apply → asiafoundation.org