Fellowships

There are numerous fellowship opportunities for Mizzou students. Some of these are larger or better-known awards. Others are smaller or more niche, but equally valuable. We encourage you to view the list of awards on this website, to identify the awards that best match your goals, skills, and interests. If you want to focus on the largest awards, you can view our core fellowships page.

It’s important to know that there is no single fellowship database that is complete. This is merely one among many. Other good databases can be found through the University of Illinois and Arizona State University.

We are always available to help you, too. We believe that fellowships are for anyone who wants to dedicate effort and time to advance their future.

• AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship

  This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s headlines, sharpening their abilities to communicate complex scientific issues to the public. Read More

• African and African Diaspora Fellowships

  African and African Diaspora Fellowships African and African Diaspora Fellowships seek applicants pursuing innovative, preferably interdisciplinary, projects in dialogue with critical issues and trends within the field. The fellow must remain in residence for the 9-month academic year, deliver one research presentation, and teach one seminar course. The fellow will… Read More

• Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowship

  https://www.amsmusicology.org/funding/ams-50 Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowships provide funding for the final year of PhD dissertation work and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Eligibility Any submission for a doctoral degree in which the emphasis is on musical scholarship will be eligible Any student registered in good standing… Read More

• American Epilepsy Society Predoctoral Research Fellowship

  https://cms.aesnet.org/research-funding/early-career/early-career/predoctoral-research-fellowships AES Predoctoral Research Fellowships support predoctoral students who are pursuing dissertation research with an epilepsy-relevant theme, and who are working under the guidance of a mentor with expertise in epilepsy research. Proposals are welcomed across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical research. Eligibility PhD student Award $30,000 stipend… Read More

• American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

  https://professional.heart.org/en/research-programs/aha-funding-opportunities/predoctoral-fellowship The American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship was created to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising students who are matriculated in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree training programs and who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists, or related careers aimed at improving global… Read More

• American Society for Nondestructive Testing Fellowship

  https://foundation.asnt.org/funding/ndt-fellowships#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe%20ASNT%20Fellowship%20Award%20provides%2Ccandidates The ASNT Foundation Fellowship Program is dedicated to advancing research and innovation in the field of nondestructive testing (NDT). By supporting graduate students and early-career professionals, we aim to foster the next generation of NDT leaders and researchers. Our fellowships provide vital funding to explore groundbreaking ideas, develop… Read More

• Amgen Scholars

  Amgen Scholars is hosted at fourteen premier educational institutions within the United States. Each host institution has its own application process. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency in the United States is required, and you can apply to participate at as many host institutions as you are interested in. Read More

• Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship

  https://www.marquette.edu/provost/mitchem-dissertation-program.php The Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship provides a student from other U.S. universities with one year of financial support, including a stipend, fringe benefits, and research and travel funds. The fellow will be in residence at Marquette for an academic year, during which the recipient will teach one… Read More

• Asian Cultural Council Grants

  https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/our-work/programs/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-fellowship The Asian Cultural Council gives a small number of grants to students admitted to a graduate degree program in the United States. Graduate Fellows must be enrolled in a program that falls within the 16 accepted disciplines. Eligibility International PhD student Award $15,000 grant… Read More

• Beinecke Scholarship

  The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of Directors of The Sperry and Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke. The Board created an endowment to provide substantial scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Since 1975 the program has selected 739 college juniors from 122 different undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any accredited university. Read More

• Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship

  https://www.narsc.org/newsite/awards-prizes/stevens-graduate-fellowship/ The Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science was established in 1998 in memory of Dr. Benjamin H. Stevens (1929–1997), an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion to graduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor, and friend continues to have a profound impact on the field of Regional Science. Read More

• Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship

  The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship trains and inspires new leaders in the movement to end hunger and poverty in the United States. Fellows gain vital first-hand experience through placements with community-based organizations across the country as well as policy-focused organizations in Washington, D.C. The program bridges gaps between local efforts and national public policy, as fellows support partner organizations with program development, research, evaluation, outreach, organizing, and advocacy projects. Read More

• Blakemore Freeman Fellowships

  Fellowships are awarded for one academic year of full-time, intensive language study of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, or Khmer at the advanced level in approved language programs in East or Southeast Asia. Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Read More

• Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships

  Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships are awarded for nine to twelve months of full-time, intensive Chinese or Korean language study in approved language programs in East Asia. These grants are open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States or Canada, and to foreign nationals who are studying at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada, who are at or near an advanced level in the language and intending to pursue an academic career in Chinese or Korean art history. Read More

• Boren Fellowship

  Boren Fellowships provide American graduate students, both at the master’s and the doctoral level, with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for their commitment to seek work in the federal government. The program funds study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. Read More

• Boren Awards

  Requires campus nomination and must be submitted through the Fellowships Office. Boren Scholarships provide undergraduate and graduate students with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for their commitment to seek work in the federal government. The program funds study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. Read More

• Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan

  The Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations has made it possible for ATJ to award 100 scholarships annually to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year. Read More

• Capital Fellowship

  https://capitolhistory.org/engage/capitol-fellowship/ Inaugurated in 1986, the Capitol Fellowship Program has provided financial support to more than fifty scholars researching important topics in the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol Complex. Fellowship support permits scholars–selected on the basis of their qualifications and research proposals–to use the extensive documents… Read More

• Center for Jewish History Fellowship

  https://www.cjh.org/research/fellowships-at-the-center The Center for Jewish History’s Institute for Advanced Research welcomes an annual cohort of fellows who conduct research in the collections of the Center’s member partners. The fellows represent a mix of advanced-, mid-, and early-career scholars who are working on book manuscripts, dissertations, and other academic projects. Read More

• Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program

  The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program is a six-week summer program designed to provide undergraduate students with a deeper appreciation of current issues and trends in international affairs, a greater understanding of career opportunities in international affairs, and the enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue such careers. The Program usually selects 15-20 participants (known as “Rangel Scholars”) each year from universities throughout the United States. Students live at Howard University, attend classes, and participate in a variety of programs with foreign affairs professionals at Howard and at diverse locations around Washington, DC. Read More

• Chevening Scholarship

  Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship program, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organizations. The program makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at UK universities. Read More

• Churchill Scholarship

  Requires campus nomination and must be submitted through the Fellowships Office. At least fifteen Churchill Scholarships, tenable for up to twelve months of study at Cambridge University, are awarded annually to pursue graduate work in Engineering (including Computer Science), Mathematics, and the Physical and Biological Sciences. The one-year awards lead to the Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) or the Master of Advanced Study (MASt). The University of Missouri may nominate two students for the Churchill Scholarship each year. Read More

• Coding It Forward

  The Coding it Forward Fellowship empowers early-career technologists to innovate in local, state, and federal government offices across the United States.  Over ten weeks during the summer, Fellows provide critical support to the government offices they work for in cyber, data, design, product, and software roles. Fellows are paid based on their educational attainment level—undergraduate and bootcamp. Fellows make $20/hour, and graduate students make $25/hour. Read More

• Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals

  The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals is a fellowship funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State, that annually provides 75 American and 75 German young professionals, between the ages of 18½–24, the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries, studying, interning, and living with hosts on a cultural immersion program. Read More

• Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)

  The Critical Language Scholarships Program offers intensive overseas study in critical-need foreign languages. The program condenses a year of academic study into an eight-week summer program. Languages supported are Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu. The program is part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Read More

• Cultural Vistas Fellowship

  The Cultural Vistas Fellowship affords underrepresented U.S. university students the unique opportunity to advance their career goals, develop global competencies, and experience life in another culture. Cultural Vistas will select up to 12 fellows to take part in this multinational professional development program that includes eight-week summer internships in Argentina, Germany, and India. Read More

• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Study & Research Scholarships

  Highly qualified undergraduate students are invited to apply for scholarships funding study, senior thesis research and/or internships in Germany. The goal of this program is to support study abroad in Germany and at German universities. Preference will be given to students whose projects or programs are based at and organized by a German university. Read More

• DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE)

  RISE Germany offers summer research internships in Germany for undergraduate students from North America, Great Britain and Ireland. In their internships, students are carefully matched with doctoral students- whom they assist and who serve as their mentors. Interns receive a monthly stipend to cover every day costs. About 300 scholarships are available each year. Read More

• DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

  The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a PhD in scientific or engineering disciplines with an emphasis in high-performance computing. Read More

• Eiffel Scholarships in France for International Students

  Eiffel Scholarships in France for International Students Eiffel Scholarships in France for International Students provides annual training for future foreign decision-makers in the public and private sectors in degree programs at the Master’s and Doctoral levels. The two main disciplinary fields for the scholarships cover biology and health, mathematics, engineering… Read More

• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master

  Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Erasmus Mundus Joint Master fellows study at several universities in Europe and beyond, earning multiple Master’s and creating a thesis preparation and defense. Eligibility Must have a bachelor’s degree or be in your final year of bachelor’s studies You must graduate before the master’s program… Read More

• Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings (Hollings) scholarship program is designed to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education, and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities. Read More

• FAO Schwarz

  The FAO Schwarz Fellowship is an intensive, transformative two-year experience designed for recent college graduates who wish to pursue careers in the social impact space. FAO Schwarz Fellows work at high-impact nonprofit organizations in Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. These organizations are all deeply valued in their communities and have a strong record of delivering consistent results and high-quality services. Host organizations vary from year to year. Read More

• FASPE: Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics

  Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) provides a unique historical lens to study contemporary ethics in the professions. FASPE offers fellowships to students pursuing professional degrees in business, journalism, law, medicine, seminary, and design & technology, as well as to early-career professionals in these fields. Read More

• Foreign Affairs IT Fellowship (FAIT)

  If you want to use your tech skills to make a difference, see the world, and experience different cultures, the Foreign Affairs Information Technology (FAIT) Fellowship is an opportunity of a lifetime. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, this two-year Fellowship program is a path to a career in the Foreign Service by providing academic funding for an IT-related degree, internships, professional development and mentorship – culminating in an appointment in the Foreign Service as a Diplomatic Technology Officer (DTO). Read More

• Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA)

  Managed by the Institute of International Education, Freeman Awards for Study in Asia provides scholarship for U.S. undergraduates who demonstrate financial need to study in East and Southeast Asia. Read More

• Friends of the American Philosophical Society Predoctoral Fellowship

  Friends of the American Philosophical Society Predoctoral Fellowship Friends of the APS Predoctoral fellows will participate in a nine-month, residential fellowship for a graduate students working on topics in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the Library & Museum’s collections for their project. Eligibility Open to non-U.S. citizens/residents,… Read More

• Fulbright Canada Mitacs Globalink Program

  The Fulbright-MITACS Globalink is intended for US Students interested in coming to Canada to undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks (between May and August) in their area of interest. Projects will be drawn from a broad cross-section of research topics covering all academic disciplines and students will be placed with a university research project and undertake research projects under the supervision of a professor. Students will be given the opportunity to take part in professional training and extensive opportunity for cultural, social, and recreational experiences. Read More

• Fulbright UK Summer Institutes

  The US-UK Fulbright Commission offers special Summer Institutes for US citizens to come to the UK.  These summer programs provide the opportunity for US undergraduates (aged over 18), with at least two years of undergraduate study left to complete, to come to the UK on a three- or four-week academic and cultural summer program. Participants will get the opportunity to experience an exciting academic program at a highly regarded UK University, explore the culture, heritage and history of the UK, and develop their academic ability by improving presentation, research and communication skills. Read More

• Fulbright U.S. Student Program

  Fulbright offers recent graduates opportunities for personal and professional development and international experience that fosters mutual understanding among nations through study and research abroad. Students design their own projects, which may include: university coursework, library or field research, classes in a music or art school, independent projects in the social or life sciences, a combination of these or other activities. Students may also apply for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) program to assistant teach English in one of more than 140 countries. Read More