Paid Fellowships Opportunities

A two-year fixed-term placement of young economists and statisticians as civil servants in finance ministries, central banks, and statistical offices in developing countries, running since 1963.

📍 Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Pacific, Western BalkansPaidHard

#fellowship#economics#development

Apply → odi.org

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

Apply → iaps.ai

Early Career

Think Visegrad Fellowship

International Visegrad Fund

A six- to eight-week fellowship at Central European think tanks in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, or Slovakia, producing a policy paper.

📍 Czechia, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaPaidMedium

#fellowship#policy#central-europe

Apply → think.visegradfund.org

Early Career

Bruegel Visiting Fellowship

Bruegel

A flexible-duration research fellowship, from days to a year, for economists at a leading Brussels-based EU economic policy think tank.

📍 Brussels, BelgiumPaidMedium

#fellowship#economics#eu-policy

Apply → bruegel.org

Early Career

Yale Jackson School Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship

Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

A five-month hybrid program for sixteen Global South climate and clean-energy practitioners, with sessions at Yale and in Paris.

📍 United States / France (hybrid)PaidHard

#fellowship#climate-policy#global-south

Apply → jackson.yale.edu

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

Apply → stimson.org

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

Apply → instituteforglobalaffairs.org

Early Career

ZSL EDGE Fellowship

Zoological Society of London

A 28-month leadership and training program for conservationists focused on Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species.

📍 Global SouthPaidHard

#fellowship#conservation#wildlife

Apply → edgeofexistence.org

Early Career

Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship

The Company of Biologists

Funds collaborative lab visits for graduate students and postdocs in cell biology, developmental biology, and experimental biology.

📍 International (UK-based)PaidMedium

#fellowship#biology#collaboration

Apply → biologists.com

Early Career

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents

L'Oréal Foundation / UNESCO

Selects fifteen top women scientists globally each year from national and regional L'Oréal-UNESCO winners for added international recognition and support.

📍 GlobalPaidHard

#fellowship#women-in-stem#science

Apply → fondationloreal.com

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

Apply → simonsfoundation.org

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

Apply → torreybotanical.org

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

Apply → towknight.org

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

Apply → powerlinesproductions.org

Early Career

CanadaLand Audio Journalism Fellowship

Canadaland

A fellowship for producing a twenty- to thirty-minute audio journalism project published on the Canadaland network.

📍 CanadaPaidMedium

#fellowship#audio-journalism#canada

Apply → labs.canadaland.com

Early Career

One World Media Fellowship

One World Media

A year-long program supporting global journalism and documentary storytelling from the Global South, with an assigned executive producer and workshops.

📍 United Kingdom (Global South focus)PaidMedium

#fellowship#journalism#global-south

Apply → oneworldmedia.org.uk

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

Apply → iwmf.org

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

Apply → cartercenter.org

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

Apply → pointsnorthinstitute.org

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

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

Founder

Breakthrough Energy Fellows – Southeast Asia

Breakthrough Energy / Temasek / Enterprise Singapore

A regional hub supporting early-stage climate-tech entrepreneurs developing technology capable of cutting emissions at scale.

📍 Singapore / Southeast AsiaPaidHard

#fellowship#climate-tech#startup

Apply → breakthroughenergy.org

Early Career

OWSD Early Career Fellowship

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

Supports early-career women scientists from developing countries to advance their research programs.

📍 Global SouthPaidHard

#fellowship#women-in-stem#research

Apply → twas.org

Early Career

OWSD PhD Fellowship for Women Scientists

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) / TWAS

Funds women from science-and-technology-lagging countries to pursue PhDs in natural, engineering, or IT sciences at Global South host institutes.

📍 Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America)PaidHard

#fellowship#women-in-stem#phd

Apply → twas.org

Early Career

British Academy International Fellowship

The British Academy

Supports emerging international research talent, including health-related humanities and social science work, to spend two years based in the United Kingdom.

📍 United Kingdom (international applicants)PaidHard

#fellowship#research#uk

Apply → thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Early Career