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Fellowship Opportunities

Government Funded Fellowships

  • Department of Defense (DOD), National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
    Deadline: November 3, 2023
  • National Academies Fellowships
    Deadlines vary
  • National Security Education Program, David L. Boren
    Deadline: January 22, 2025
  • National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    Deadline: October 17 – October 21, annually. Dependent on field
  • NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience
    Deadlines: April 15, 2024 and October 8, 2024
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
    Deadlines: April 8, August 8, and December 88, annually
  • SMART Scholarship Program
    Deadline: December 1, annually

Non-Government Funded Fellowships

  • American Psychological Foundation, Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship
    Deadline: November 27, 2024
  • American Psychological Foundation, Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants 
    Deadline: March 6, 2025
  • American Association for University Women – International Fellowships
    Deadline: November 15, annually
  • Amelia Earhart Fellowships (Zonta International Foundation)
    Deadline: November 15, annually
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association – Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Program
    Deadlines vary
  • American Heart Association – Predoctoral Fellowship
    Deadline: September 4, 2024
  • Autism Speaks – Scientific Research Grants and Fellowship Programs
    Deadlines vary
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Foundation PhD Fellowships
    Deadlines: February 1, June 1, and October 1, annually
  • Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
    Deadline: October 16, 2023
  • DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics
    Deadline: November 3, 2023
  • Epilepsy Foundation – Predoctoral Research Training Fellowship
    Deadline: January 18, 2024
  • Exploration Fund of the Explorers Club
    Deadline: October 28, 2023
  • Fannie & John Hertz Foundation
    Deadline: October 27, 2023
  • Fight for Sight Grants
    Deadline: November 15, annually
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
    Deadline: December 12, 2023
  • Gladstone NOMIS Fellowship Program
    Accepts applications throughout the year
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) – Gilliam Fellows Program
    Deadline: December 8, 2023
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) – Hanna H Gray Fellows Program
    Deadline: February 28, 2024
  • International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Funding Program
    Deadlines vary
  • Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust
    Deadline: January 31, 2024
  • National Physical Science Consortium
    Deadline: January 7, 2024
  • Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
    Deadline: October 31, 2024
  • Porter Physiology Development Fellowship
    Deadline: January 15, annually
  • Rose Hills Foundation – Fellowship
    Accepts applications throughout the year
  • Society of Women Engineers
    Deadlines vary
  • USC Graduate School – Fellowships
    Students nominated by their department in the Spring. Date pending.
  • Wellcome Trust- Biomedical Science Funding Schemes
    Deadlines vary
  • Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship
    Deadline: January 31, 2024
  • BHW Women in STEM Scholarship
    Deadline: April 15, annually
  • ABC Humane Wildlife Control & Prevention, Inc., and Landmark Pest Management Academic Scholarship
    Deadline: July 1, 2024

Dates will be updated on an ongoing basis as new information is released. To add a fellowship to the list, please contact ngp@usc.edu.  

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