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Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Gates Cambridge Trust / University of Cambridge

A fully funded scholarship for outstanding international (non-UK) students to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree (master's or PhD) at the University of Cambridge, covering tuition, living costs, and travel.

📍 Cambridge, United KingdomStipendHard

Apply → gatescambridge.org

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

National Science Foundation

A National Science Foundation-funded network of summer research programs hosted at universities and research institutions nationwide. Students work closely with faculty mentors on authentic STEM research and typically receive a stipend plus housing/travel support.

📍 Various US host institutions (some international sites)StipendMedium

Apply → nsf.gov

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

U.S. Department of State / IIE

A US government-funded fellowship that sends recent graduates and current students abroad for a year to study, conduct research, or teach English in one of over 140 countries. Covers travel, living stipend, and health insurance.

📍 Global (140+ countries)StipendHard

Apply → us.fulbrightonline.org

Rhodes Scholarship

Rhodes Trust / University of Oxford

One of the oldest and most prestigious graduate scholarships in the world, fully funding two to three years of postgraduate study at the University of Oxford. Selection is based on academic excellence, character, leadership, and commitment to service.

📍 Oxford, United KingdomStipendHard

Apply → rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk

Chatham House Academy Fellowship

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

📍 London, United KingdomStipendHard

#fellowship#international-affairs#uk

Apply → careers.chathamhouse.org

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

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program

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

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

Stimson Center South Asia Program Visiting Fellowship

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

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

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

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

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

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

Royal Astronomical Society Undergraduate Summer Bursary

Royal Astronomical Society

Funds six- to ten-week undergraduate summer research projects in astronomy or geophysics.

📍 United KingdomStipendMedium

#grant#astronomy#undergraduate

Apply → ras.ac.uk

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

EIAF Artist-in-Residence (Edeiken International Arts Foundation)

Edeiken International Arts Foundation

A fully-funded residency in Yokohama for professional musicians and sound artists, covering airfare, accommodation, living expenses, and materials.

📍 Yokohama, JapanStipendMedium

#residency#music#japan

Apply → air-j.info

Art Omi Writers Translation Lab

A twelve-day intensive residency pairing writers with their translators for in-person collaborative work, with access to New York publishing contacts.

📍 Ghent, New York, USAStipendMedium

#residency#translation#writing

Apply → artomi.org

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

Bogliasco Fellowship

Bogliasco Foundation

A one-month residential fellowship for arts and humanities projects — literature, music, film, visual arts, and more — in a seaside village near Genoa.

📍 Bogliasco, ItalyStipendMedium

#residency#arts#humanities

Apply → bfny.org

Translation House Looren Translation Grants

Übersetzerhaus Looren

Grants tied to a one-month residency at Looren or Château de Lavigny in Switzerland, supporting professional literary translators, with a separate track for first-time translators.

📍 Wernetshausen, SwitzerlandStipendMedium

#grant#translation#residency

Apply → looren.net

Nordic Culture Point Mobility Funding

Nordic Culture Point

Travel and stay funding for professional artists and cultural practitioners moving within the Nordic and Baltic countries for work-related stays of up to two weeks.

📍 Nordic and Baltic countriesStipendEasy

#grant#mobility#nordic

Apply → nkk.org

Sangam House Writers' Residency

India's only funded international writers' residency, hosting published writers across all languages and disciplines for a fully funded stay.

📍 Bangalore, IndiaStipendMedium

#residency#writing#india

Apply → sangamhouse.org

Copland House CULTIVATE Fellowship

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

Copland House Residency Award

A three- to eight-week residency for American composers at Aaron Copland's historic home in New York, providing free lodging, meals, and local transport.

📍 Cortlandt Manor, New York, USAStipendMedium

#residency#music-composition#usa

Apply → coplandhouse.org

Tokyo Arts and Space International Creators Program

Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS)

A three-month fully-funded residency in Tokyo for international creators across disciplines, covering round-trip airfare, accommodation, and living support.

📍 Tokyo, JapanStipendMedium

#residency#arts#japan

Apply → tokyoartsandspace.jp

ARCUS Project Artist-in-Residence

A long-running international contemporary art residency in rural Japan, running annually since 1994 and open to visual artists worldwide through an open call.

📍 Moriya, Ibaraki, JapanStipendMedium

#residency#visual-art#japan

Apply → air-j.info

Sacatar Fellowship

Instituto Sacatar

A fully-funded two-month residency for artists of all disciplines on Itaparica Island in Brazil, covering housing, studio space, meals, and laundry.

📍 Itaparica, Bahia, BrazilStipendMedium

#residency#arts#brazil

Apply → sacatar.org

Civitella Ranieri Fellowship

Civitella Ranieri Foundation

A fully-funded six-week fellowship for writers, composers, and visual artists in a 15th-century Italian castle, with fellows selected by nomination only.

📍 Umbertide, Umbria, ItalyStipendHard

#residency#arts#italy

Apply → civitella.org

Rijksakademie Residency

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten

A prestigious one- to two-year studio residency in Amsterdam for visual artists of any discipline and nationality, with a monthly stipend and dedicated studio space.

📍 Amsterdam, NetherlandsStipendHard

#residency#visual-art#netherlands

Apply → rijksakademie.nl

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