Scholarships · U.S.-wide scholarships, grants and fellowships
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Open as checked. 2027 fellowship application open; October 29, 2026 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time deadline.
- Status
- Open as checked
- Provider
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships
- Scope
- National / United States
- Funding type
- Fellowship
- Amount
- Up to $90,000 over one to two years: up to $25,000 annual stipend and $20,000 annual tuition support
- Deadline
- 2027 fellowship application open; October 29, 2026 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time deadline
- Audience
- Broader eligibility
- Faith / community
- Eligible immigrants or children of immigrants; religion is not a selection restriction.
- Citizenship / residency
- New American criteria include naturalized citizenship, green card, U.S. refugee/asylee status, or qualifying U.S. high school and college graduation for immigrants outside other categories, including current/past DACA. U.S.-born applicants must meet detailed parental-birth rules; single-parent exception is specified.
- Study level
- Graduate / professional, Doctoral
- Eligibility
- Eligible immigrants or children of immigrants; religion is not a selection restriction. Full-time accredited U.S. graduate/professional degree in 2027–2028; bachelor's by fall 2027; cannot have begun third year of funded program by deadline. No minimum GPA eligibility threshold. 30 or younger at deadline
- Application materials
- Resume/CV; Two essays; Transcripts; Three to five online recommendations; Required graduate-admission test scores where applicable
- Study fields
- Any graduate field
- Geography
- National
Source note
Eligibility page has a stale 2026 introductory sentence; its detailed 2027 requirements and application announcement control. Complex parental and immigration rules require the provider's eligibility guide or quiz. Executive, certificate, post-baccalaureate, non-U.S., and other excluded programs do not qualify.
Sources checked
- Official program information — Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans · read
- Official program information and eligibility — Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans · read
- Official program information and eligibility — Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans · read
Open cycle as checked — official application page
Provider statements as read on ; the source-check date is not a publication date. Eligibility is the provider’s, not a guarantee of funding. Edited by Omar Afra; release pending.
Nationwide funding guides
.jpg){kind=link}