Postgraduate Awards

Postgraduate Study, Research, and Travel Abroad Awards

American Graduate Fellowship

American Graduate Fellowships support doctoral study in the humanities. The fields of study supported are history, philosophy, literature and languages (including classics; excluding linguistics) and fine arts (excluding archaeology and performing or studio arts). Awards are tenable at 23 select independent research universities in the United States, Great Britain and Ireland. Open to graduating seniors or recent graduates (within 12 months of the application deadline). More ...

Bristol Fellowship

Bristol Fellowship supports a one year, self-designed, independent project outside the U.S. Open to graduating seniors; US citizens and international students. More ...

Fulbright Grant

Fulbright Grants support one year of post-graduate study overseas in any field. Awards are available to conduct research (on an existing research project or independent research), to study, or to act as English teaching assistants. U.S. citizenship by December of the application year is required. More ...

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Gates Cambridge Scholarships provides full funding for graduate study or for a second BA at Cambridge University for one to three years. Students applying for the scholarship must simultaneously apply to Cambridge through the traditional admission process. Scholarships are available to applicants from every country of the world except the United Kingdom. More ...

George J. Mitchell Scholarship

Mitchell Scholarships provide funding for one year of post-graduate study in either Ireland or Northern Ireland. U.S. citizenship is required. More ...

George Watson's College Teaching Internship

George Watson's College Teaching Internship provides a one-year teaching opportunity at a Scottish preparatory school. More ...

German Academic Exchange Program (D.A.A.D.)

German Academic Exchange Program (D.A.A.D.) covers one year of study in any discipline at a German university. Students must have proficiency in German appropriate for their plan of study; for some programs no prior knowledge of German is required. Summer research awards are also available. All academic fields are eligible, though science and engineering are especially encouraged. Applications are welcome from freshmen through post docs. Open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and Canadian citizens. More ...

Levitt Center Social Innovation Fellowship

The Hamilton College Levitt Social Innovation Fellowship provides funding to a graduating senior to develop and implement a social innovation venture that provides vital products or services to disadvantaged households. The project may be implemented as a non-profit, a socially directed for-profit enterprise, or some other appropriate model. Preference will be given to projects that use novel approaches and are scalable and sustainable. The term of the fellowship is for 12 months and for projects implemented in Oneida or Herkimer Counties, N.Y. More ...

Marshall Scholarship

Marshall Scholarships are tenable at any British university for two years of study in any discipline. U.S. citizen is required. More ...

Rhodes Scholarship

Rhodes Scholarship provides funding for one or two years of study at Oxford University. Open to U.S. citizens and citizens of other eligible countries who must apply in their home countries even as students studying in the U.S. Deadlines will vary by country, Rhodes website provides details.) More ...

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Fellowship

The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Fellowships provide funding for periods ranging from 3 months up to two years for post-graduate study abroad. U.S. citizenship is required. More ...

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides two $10,000 stipends each year for graduating college seniors to pursue a public service project of their own design anywhere in the world. More ...

St. Andrew's Society Scholarship

St. Andrew's Society Scholarships provide funding for a year of graduate study in Scotland. Open to U.S. citizens of some Scottish descent. More ...

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship provides $25,000 for a year of international travel to pursue an independent self- designed project. Open to graduating seniors, U.S. citizenship is not required. More ...

Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship

Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship covers one year of graduate study at Churchill College, Cambridge University in science, math and engineering fields. U.S. citizenship required. More ...