Published: 24 Sep 2024 80 views
You must be planning to be enrolled in a full-time professional program in the United States in the 2025-2026 academic year. The Fellowship is open to all fields of study and you can apply when you’re applying to graduate school or while you’re in the early years of graduate school. Read through for the benefit, requirement ,application process and the deadline .
Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support, as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for one to two years.
1. NEW AMERICAN STATUS??
One of the following must be true as of the application deadline:
US Citizen by Birth: You are a US citizen by birth and one of the following is true:
Both of your birth parents were born abroad as non-US citizens and were not eligible for US citizenship at the time of their births.
You were raised by only one of your birth parents, the parent that raised you was born abroad as a non-US citizen, and your second birth parent was not a part of your life growing up and you have no contact with them.
Born abroad: You were born abroad as a non-US citizen and one of the following is true:
Naturalized Citizen: You have been naturalized as a US citizen either on your own or as a minor child under the application of one of your parents.
Adopted: You were born outside of the US or one of its territories and were subsequently adopted by American parents and were awarded US citizenship because of your adoption.
Green Card: You are in possession of a valid green card.
Refugee & Asylees: You have been granted asylum or refugee status in the US.
If None of the Other Categories Above Apply: Graduated from High School and College in the US: If none of the other categories apply to you and you were born abroad, you must have graduated from both high school and college in the US (this includes current and past DACA recipients).
2. ACADEMIC STANDING
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program is intended for immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing full-time graduate degrees at United States institutions. To be eligible, you will have a bachelor’s degree as of the fall of 2023. You may be applying to graduate school at the same time that you are applying to the Fellowship, or you may already be enrolled in the graduate program that you are seeking funding for as of the application deadline. The Fellowship is open to all fields of study and fully accredited full-time graduate and professional degree programs. To be eligible for the 2023 Fellowship, you should be planning to be enrolled full-time in an eligible graduate degree program at a US university for the full 2023-24 academic year. To be eligible, you must not have begun the third year of the program that you are seeking funding for as of the October 27, 2022 deadline. Individuals who have a previous graduate degree are eligible. For individuals in a joint- or dual-degree program, the program you are enrolled in for the 2023-24 academic year must meet the eligibility requirements.
3. AGE
All students must be 30 or younger as of the application deadline. To be eligible for the 2024 Fellowship, you must not have reached or passed your 31st birthday as of the application deadline. There is no minimum age requirement.
For more details visit: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship website
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