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Fellowships Opportunities in the United States

Real fellowships opportunities based in the United States — verified, not scraped junk. 34 real opportunities right now.

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Early Career

IAPS AI Policy Fellowship

Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)

A four-month remote-first AI policy research program with a mandatory two-week Washington DC residency.

📍 United States / Remote worldwidePaidMedium
#fellowship#ai-policy#remote
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Early Career

James Martin Center Visiting Fellows Program

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute

A nonproliferation and weapons-of-mass-destruction policy research fellowship based at the Middlebury Institute.

📍 Monterey, California / Washington, DC, USAUnpaidHard
#fellowship#nonproliferation#security
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Early Career

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program

World Bank

An eight-month fellowship (September-May) matching developing-country researchers with World Bank research economists in Washington DC.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#development-economics#world-bank
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Early Career

Stimson Center South Asia Program Junior Fellowship

Stimson Center

A one-year, full-time Washington DC-based fellowship for early-career analysts researching South Asia security issues.

📍 Washington, DC, USAPaidHard
#fellowship#south-asia#security
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Early Career

Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellowship

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)

A six-month in-person fellowship in Washington DC for MENA-focused advocates of democratic, inclusive change, now in its tenth cohort.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#democracy#mena
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Early Career

Institute for Global Affairs Nonresident Fellowship (Independent America Program)

Institute for Global Affairs (Eurasia Group)

A one-year nonresident program for scholars and analysts working on rethinking US foreign policy for new global realities.

📍 United States (nonresident)PaidMedium
#fellowship#foreign-policy#think-tank
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Student

Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics

Simons Foundation

Provides research support for graduate students in the final years of a mathematics PhD.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#mathematics#phd
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Student

Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Student Research Fellowship

Torrey Botanical Society

Funds graduate research in plant biology and botany.

📍 United StatesPaidEasy
#fellowship#botany#plant-biology
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General

McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY

Funding and editorial support for deeply reported business and investigative enterprise stories.

📍 United States (international topics)PaidMedium
#fellowship#business-journalism#investigative
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Early Career

PowerLines Documentary Photography Fellowship

PowerLines Productions

A three-month documentary photography fellowship focused on economic and human issues.

📍 United States / InternationalPaidHard
#fellowship#photography#documentary
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Early Career

Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

Supports the career development of an early-stage female or nonbinary journalist covering human rights and social justice, including MIT coursework and major newsroom internships.

📍 United States (international applicants)PaidHard
#fellowship#journalism#human-rights
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General

Carter Center Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism

The Carter Center

Supports journalists producing in-depth reporting on mental health issues, with structured mentoring throughout the fellowship.

📍 United States / InternationalPaidMedium
#fellowship#journalism#mental-health
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Early Career

Points North Fellowship

Points North Institute

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

📍 United States (international projects)PaidHard
#fellowship#documentary#film
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Early Career

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.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#documentary#film
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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
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
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Early Career

Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health

Fulbright Program / Fogarty International Center (NIH)

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
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Early Career

ASH-EHA Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH)

American Society of Hematology & European Hematology Association

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
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Early Career

KidneyCure Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

Funds postdoctoral fellows conducting original nephrology research under sponsor guidance.

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#nephrology#research
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Student

ASN KidneyCure Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

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

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#nephrology#research
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Early Career

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

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

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#cystic-fibrosis#research
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Early Career

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.

📍 Minnesota / New York City, USAPaidHard
#fellowship#arts#usa
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Early Career

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.

📍 Provincetown, Massachusetts, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#writing#visual-art
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Early Career

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.

📍 Cortlandt Manor, New York, USAStipendMedium
#fellowship#music-composition#usa
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Early Career

NEA Translation Project Fellowships

National Endowment for the Arts

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

📍 United StatesPaidHard
#fellowship#translation#literature
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Student

Center for Plant Conservation Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship

Center for Plant Conservation

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
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Early Career

Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (YALI)

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

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
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Student

Adam Smith Fellowship

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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
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Student

Davis Fellows for Peace (Middlebury Language Schools)

Middlebury College / Projects for Peace

A fellowship fully covering the cost of an intensive summer language-immersion program at Middlebury's Language Schools for students committed to peacebuilding work.

📍 Middlebury, Vermont, USAPaidMedium
#fellowship#language#peacebuilding
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Student

Breakthrough Generation Fellowship

The Breakthrough Institute

A ten-week paid fellowship in Berkeley, California, training college students in environmental and energy policy through an ecomodernist lens, including original research and writing.

📍 Berkeley, California, USAPaidMedium
#fellowship#climate-policy#research
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Early Career

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.

📍 Multiple countries in Asia and the USUnpaidMedium
#fellowship#leadership#asia
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Early Career

Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship

Stanford University

A ten-month, full-time fellowship training clinicians, engineers, and business professionals to identify unmet health needs and invent new medical technologies from scratch.

📍 Stanford, California, USAStipendHard
#fellowship#medtech#innovation
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Early Career

Obama Foundation Scholars Program

Obama Foundation / Columbia University

A nine-month, non-degree leadership program at Columbia University for young professionals already working on community and civic challenges in their home countries.

📍 New York, USAPaidHard
#fellowship#leadership#civic-impact
Student

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowship

World Bank Group

An eight-month, DC-based research fellowship pairing early-career economists with World Bank researchers on development-economics topics, aimed at candidates from developing countries.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard
#research#economics#fellowship
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