Stipend Fellowships Opportunities

A ten-month in-person international affairs research fellowship in London, with four fellows selected per cohort.

Chatham House Global Platform for Action Fellowship

A ten-month in-person London fellowship on humanitarian energy and climate/displacement policy, run with UNITAR and Oxford's Refugee-Led Research Hub.

📍 London, United KingdomStipendHard

#fellowship#climate-policy#humanitarian

Apply → chathamhouse.org

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

Apply → worldbank.org

Early Career

IISS Southeast Asian Young Leaders Programme Visiting Fellowship

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Up to three months at the IISS Singapore office, including participation in the Shangri-La Dialogue and Young Leaders Programme.

📍 SingaporeStipendHard

#fellowship#security#southeast-asia

Apply → iiss.org

Early Career

Stimson Center South Asia Program Visiting Fellowship

Stimson Center

A year-long research fellowship for India- and Pakistan-based analysts, combining ten months of research in the home country with one month in Washington DC, running since 1993.

📍 India / Pakistan / Washington, DCStipendHard

#fellowship#south-asia#security

Apply → stimson.org

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

Apply → timep.org

Early Career

HIIA Future Leaders Program

Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)

A three-month in-person foreign policy research fellowship in Budapest for young international affairs professionals.

📍 Budapest, HungaryStipendMedium

#fellowship#foreign-policy#hungary

Apply → hiia.hu

Early Career

EDUFI Fellowship

Government of Finland (Finnish National Agency for Education)

A Finnish government fellowship providing initial funding for foreign doctoral researchers to conduct thesis research at a Finnish university department.

📍 FinlandStipendMedium

#fellowship#finland#phd

Apply → oph.fi

Early Career

Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Herchel Smith Fund, University of Cambridge

Supports early-career researchers in biological and physical sciences, including chemistry and mathematics, at Cambridge.

📍 Cambridge, United KingdomStipendHard

#fellowship#science#postdoc

Apply → herchelsmith.cam.ac.uk

Early Career

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Funds foreign postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese institutions under a host researcher.

📍 Japan (international applicants)StipendHard

#fellowship#research#japan

Apply → jsps.go.jp

Early Career

MQ Mental Health Foundation Fellows Award

MQ Mental Health Research

Supports early-career mental health scientists to establish research independence, funding work across depression, psychosis, and related domains.

📍 United Kingdom (international host institutions considered)StipendHard

#fellowship#mental-health#research

Apply → mqmentalhealth.org

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

Apply → fawc.org

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

Apply → coplandhouse.org

Early Career

Panthera Winston Cobb Memorial Fellowship

Panthera

A field-based internship providing training and experience on a wild cat conservation project.

📍 InternationalStipendMedium

#fellowship#wildlife#conservation

Apply → panthera.org

Early Career

Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct Fellowship

University of the South Pacific

A fellowship supporting emerging leaders from Pacific Island nations to build governance and public policy skills through structured coursework and mentorship.

📍 Fiji (Pacific Islands)StipendMedium

#fellowship#pacific-islands#oceania

Apply → usp.ac.fj

Founder

Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

A lifelong fellowship recognizing leading social entrepreneurs worldwide, with a particularly strong network across Latin America, providing a living stipend and global peer community.

📍 Multiple countries worldwideStipendHard

#fellowship#social-entrepreneurship#global

Apply → ashoka.org

Early Career

Reporters Without Borders Digital Security Scholarship Program

Reporters Without Borders

A program sending journalists from conflict or high-risk zones to Berlin for intensive digital-security and safety training, with a living stipend during the program.

📍 Berlin, GermanyStipendMedium

#fellowship#journalism#digital-security

Apply → rsf.org

Early Career

India Health Policy and System Research Fellowship

Sir Ratan Tata Trust / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A fellowship training graduates in rigorous Health Policy and Systems Research methods through mentored study on a real health-system problem in India.

📍 IndiaStipendHard

#fellowship#public-health#research

Apply → sirratantatatrust.org

Early Career

AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship

American India Foundation

A fellowship placing young professionals with development organizations across India and the US to build cross-border development leadership skills.

📍 India and United StatesStipendMedium

#fellowship#development#india

Apply → aif.org

Early Career

LAMP Fellowship

Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament (LAMP)

A fellowship placing young graduates as research assistants to sitting Indian Members of Parliament for a year, providing direct exposure to national policymaking.

📍 New Delhi, IndiaStipendMedium

#fellowship#policy#india

Apply → lampfellowship.org

Early Career

Delhi Legislative Assembly Research Fellowship

Delhi Legislative Assembly Research Centre

A fellowship placing young people directly inside India's legislative process, supporting Members of the Delhi Assembly with policy research and drafting.

📍 Delhi, IndiaStipendMedium

#fellowship#governance#india

Apply → larconline.in

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

Apply → mercatus.org

Early Career

KAUST Global Fellowship

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

A fully funded PhD fellowship at KAUST in Saudi Arabia across water, energy, food, health, and digital research areas, with a substantial stipend and research budget.

📍 Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaStipendHard

#fellowship#phd#research

Apply → kaust.edu.sa

Early Career

Bhumi Fellowship

Bhumi

A two-year paid fellowship placing graduates on school-transformation projects in Chennai, working directly with under-resourced government schools.

📍 Chennai, IndiaStipendMedium

#fellowship#education#india

Apply → bhumi.ngo

Early Career

Goonj Grassroots Fellowship

Goonj

A yearlong fellowship immersing young people directly in grassroots community work across urban and rural India, focused on dignity-based development approaches.

📍 IndiaStipendMedium

#fellowship#rural-development#india

Apply → goonj.org

Student

Vivekananda Fellowship

Ramakrishna Mission Ashram

A two-year residential leadership fellowship in India training recent graduates in values-based leadership through structured coursework, service work, and mentorship.

📍 IndiaStipendMedium

#fellowship#leadership#india

Apply → rkmvivekanandafellowship.org

Student

J-PAL Research for Impact Fellowship

Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT

A fellowship training aspiring development economists in rigorous impact-evaluation methods through an MITx MicroMasters credential followed by field-based research work in India.

📍 IndiaStipendHard

#fellowship#research#economics

Apply → povertyactionlab.org

Student

ETH Zurich Student Summer Research Fellowship

ETH Zurich (Department of Computer Science)

A two-month fellowship giving undergraduates their first hands-on research experience in computer science, working directly with an ETH Zurich research group.

📍 Zurich, SwitzerlandStipendHard

#fellowship#research#computer-science

Apply → cse.ethz.ch

Student

Meta PhD Fellowship

SBI Youth for India Fellowship

State Bank of India Foundation

A 13-month fellowship placing young professionals with grassroots NGOs across rural India to work directly on development projects in health, education, livelihoods and the environment.

📍 Rural IndiaStipendMedium

#fellowship#rural-development#india

Apply → youthforindia.org

Chatham House Academy Fellowship

Chatham House Global Platform for Action Fellowship

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program

IISS Southeast Asian Young Leaders Programme Visiting Fellowship

Stimson Center South Asia Program Visiting Fellowship

Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellowship

HIIA Future Leaders Program

EDUFI Fellowship

Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan

MQ Mental Health Foundation Fellows Award

Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship

Copland House CULTIVATE Fellowship

Panthera Winston Cobb Memorial Fellowship

Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct Fellowship

Ashoka Fellowship

Reporters Without Borders Digital Security Scholarship Program

India Health Policy and System Research Fellowship

AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship

LAMP Fellowship

Delhi Legislative Assembly Research Fellowship

Adam Smith Fellowship

KAUST Global Fellowship

Bhumi Fellowship

Goonj Grassroots Fellowship

Vivekananda Fellowship

J-PAL Research for Impact Fellowship

ETH Zurich Student Summer Research Fellowship

Meta PhD Fellowship

SBI Youth for India Fellowship