PhD Scholarships and Fellowships for International Students

Franklin Mosher Baldwin Fellowship

• This fellowship is intended for scholars with citizenship in an African country who seek to obtain an advanced degree or specialized training in an area of study related to human origins research. This award is for a program of approved special training and/or advanced training towards an MA, PhD, or equivalent and is limited to two years of support.
• Applicants must be prepared to demonstrate: Affiliation and/or employment with an institution in their home country. Provisional acceptance (or evidence of application) to the host institution. Financial assistance from the host institution and intention to return and work in the home country upon completion of training.

Chevening Fellowships

• are an important element of Britain’s public diplomacy effort and bring professionals, who have already displayed outstanding leadership talents, to study in the UK. The objective of Chevening is to support foreign policy priorities and achieve FCO objectives by creating lasting positive relationships with future leaders, influencers and decision-makers.
• Chevening Fellowships are offered to mid-career professionals who have reached a position of influence, and want to increase their knowledge, networks, and potential through tailored short courses at UK universities.

Ford Foundation – International Fellowships Program

• A unique effort to identify emerging leaders from marginalized communities outside the United States. IFP fellows represent historically disadvantaged groups, including racial, ethnic and religious minorities and people living with disabilities. The program was established in 2001; by 2014, it will have selected approximately 4,300 fellows from 22 eligible countries for three years of advanced study. IFP is financed by the largest single grant in the history of the Ford Foundation—$280 million.
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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants

• established to support research on violence, aggression, and dominance because solid, thoughtful, scholarly and scientific research, experimentation, and analysis would in the end accomplish more than the usual solutions impelled by urgency rather than understanding. We do not yet hold the solution to violence, but better analyses, more acute predictions, constructive criticisms, and new, effective ideas will come in time from investigations such as those supported by our grants.
• The foundation places a priority on the study of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world and also encourages related research projects in neuroscience, genetics, animal behavior, the social sciences, history, criminology, and the humanities which illuminate modern human problems. Grants have been made to study aspects of violence related to youth, family relationships, media effects, crime, biological factors, intergroup conflict related to religion, ethnicity, and nationalism, and political violence deployed in war and sub-state terrorism, as well as processes of peace and the control of aggression.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

• HHMI grants support promising biomedical research scientists working outside the United States, medical and dental students seeking research training, and leading research scientists who are developing new approaches to undergraduate science education.
• Please note that HHMI’s grants for individuals are awarded through competitions that have specific objectives and eligibility criteria and that HHMI does not encourage and rarely funds unsolicited grant proposals.

UNU-IAS

• UNU offers Postdoctoral Fellowships to provide young scholars and policymakers, especially from the developing world, with a multidisciplinary context within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct relevance to the research agenda of their selected UNU-IAS or UNU Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) programme.
• The Fellowship Programmes provide the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to develop and advance their research under the supervision of a UNU-IAS or UNU-CPR faculty member and contribute to the overall research agenda of the Institute; widen their research interests and professional networks by working in the international and multi-disciplinary context of UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR, and with their wider network of Japanese universities and research institutes, as well as international collaborators; become exposed to the workings of international and multilateral policy processes and the broader UN system; and link with other UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR Postdoctoral Fellows.

Victor Rothschild Fellowships at AIMS

• Support two Fellowships per year enabling advanced PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to visit the AIMS Institute for a two month stay. We specially encourage African PhD students and postdoctoral researchers working overseas to apply to help them establish contacts with African scientists, students and teachers across the continent. AIMS will cover full travel, accommodation and subsistence costs for the selected Victor Rothschild fellows. A research lab will be available and the fellows will receive a small stipend to cover incidental costs.
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University of Canterbury International Doctoral Scholarship

• This scholarship, tenable for study towards a degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, was established in 2006 to provide support for international students with high academic achievement. The first awards being made for 2007. Up to five awards are offered each year to the top International students applying for the University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarships.
• Eligibility: International student (New Zealand citizens and permanent residents are not eligible to apply). Meet the academic requirements for enrolment in a PhD Undertaking or planning to undertake full time study
• Tenure: Up to 3 years
• Value: $25,000 pa; thesis tuition fees at NZ domestic rate; economy return airfare

Fulbright Foreign Student Program

• The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide. Approximately 4,000 foreign students receive Fulbright scholarships each year.
• The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is administered by binational Fulbright Commissions/Foundations or U.S. Embassies. All Foreign Student Program applications are processed by these offices.
• Program eligibility and selection procedures vary widely by country. Please use the drop-down menu here to find information about the Fulbright Program in your home country, including eligibility requirements and application guidelines.