SOROS FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW AMERICANS
PURPOSE
Established by the Paul and Daisy Soros Charitable Trust in 1997 to support the graduate-study needs of immigrants and their children for study at any accredited graduate program in the US.
AWARD
$20,000 maintenance; plus half tuition at graduate school Fellow attends [up to $16,000]. Fellow may not work during the period of the fellowship without the permission of the director.
NUMBER OFFERED
30
SUBJECT
unlimitedany academic or professional field
ELIGIBILITY
Seniors or recent graduates, or graduate students not past their second year of grad school; not more than 30 years of age on November 1, 2007
New Americans: - resident alien (Green Card holder), or
- naturalized US citizen, or
- child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens
Applying to, or already in, graduate school APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants must prepare a 1500-word essay and submit a résumé, two reference letters, transcripts, complete formal application, and obtain college endorsement well in advance of the application deadline. Applicants must have taken the graduate entrance exam pertinent to their field (e.g., GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT) and submitted scores to the Soros Fellowship Program by the first week in December, 2007.
CONTACT
Arlinda Wickland
Fellowship office, Adirondack House 203
443-2455
-or-
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships
for New Americans
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 547-6926
pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org
DEADLINE
November 1, 2007
URL
http://www.pdsoros.org/
(last edited 7/21/09)