National Fellowships
National fellowships, scholarships, and awards fall into many categories, ranging from support for undergraduate or graduate education, to specific year-long internship programs, to study, research, or projects abroad. Unlike financial aid, most of these highly competitive awards are merit-based; need is not usually a factor. |
A number of these national fellowships require applicants, whether current students or alumni, to apply through their colleges or universities. These competitions are administered at Yale by Fellowship Programs, which guides applicants through the process both at Yale and beyond.
Prospective applicants should read individual fellowship descriptions and application requirements carefully, as these may vary considerably.
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program
- Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship Program
- Boren Scholarships (NSEP)
- Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows Program
- Churchill Scholarships
- Davis Projects for Peace
- Fulbright Grants
- George J. Mitchell Scholarships
- Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program*
- Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program
- Henry Fellowship
- Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Program**
- Luce Scholars Program
- Marshall Scholarships
- Morris K. Udall Scholarship Program
- Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship Program
- Rhodes Scholarships
- Saint Andrew’s Society Graduate Scholarship Program
- Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship
* The Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program has been discontinued.
**The Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship Program, as previously constituted, has been discontinued. Henceforth, the Cooke Foundation will award new graduate scholarships only to students who have received an undergraduate scholarship from the Foundation.
