Opportunities from Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

The 2027 application is open and closes October 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (18:00 UTC). Thirty Fellows are selected. Each Fellow can receive up to $90,000 over two years: up to $50,000 in stipend support and up to $40,000 in tuition support. Current terms cap the fellowship stipend at $25,000 per year and tuition support at $20,000 per year, with tuition covering no more than 50% of eligible tuition and fees. The application is free and the first fellowship year cannot be deferred.

Applicants must be age 30 or younger as of October 29, 2026; qualify as a New American under the program's current immigrant/child-of-immigrants rules; and be pursuing or planning full-time graduate or professional study at an accredited institution in the United States for 2027–2028. Applicants already enrolled in the degree they seek funding for must not have started a third or subsequent year of that program by the deadline. Executive programs, joint bachelor's/master's programs awarding both degrees simultaneously, certificate/post-baccalaureate programs, non-U.S. graduate programs and non-accredited programs are ineligible.