Fellowships

• List fellowships, internships, summer experiences, field course opportunities
  • Keck visiting scholar program: WM Keck Observatory
  • JPL’s Planetary Science Summer School: Planetary Science Summer School

Graduate Fellowships

• AGI Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship
  • Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship Application Information Page
  • Women specific, for either Master’s or Doctoral degree
  • Can be entering graduate school or already enrolled in a graduate program
  • Will receive $5000, and is eligible to receive a second scholarship of $5000
• Hertz Fellowship Home | Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | Empowering Limitless Progress
  • Due around October 
  • Only first-year students eligible 
  • Up to 5 years funding 
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Program 
  • Due December 
  • Students with minimum 3 years remaining in PhD program (3 year fellowship)
  • Focused on diversifying the nation’s college and university faculties 
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
  • Due around October
  • Can apply as an undergraduate-graduate, or in your first two years of grad school. You can only apply ONCE while in grad school 
  • 3 years of funding 
• Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans PD Soros Fellowship for New Americans — Eligibility 
  • Due around 
  • Must follow New American Status (outlined on website) – immigrants or children of immigrants to US 
  • Must apply in first two years grad school, must be younger than 31
  • Two years of funding 
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program NDSEG Home > How to Apply 
  • Due October/November
  • Must apply in first or second year of graduate education (three years funding) 
• Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology Fellowship https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7b3E72ED7E-1FBD-F815-5A4E-2DA033EF7449%7d&path=&method=init 
  • Due late Jan-early Feb 
  • All years eligible, typically 1st, 2nd, or 3d year students apply (up to 3 years funding) 
• Ralph Cicerone Fellowship (NCAR) Ralph Cicerone Fellowship | Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling (ACOM)
  • Due late February 
  • Two year fellowship, financial support awarded for four months to work with NCAR scientists in the ACOM laboratory 
  • Specifically for grad students with experience in, or working with, underrepresented communities 
  • For atmospheric chemistry specifically
• AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship 
  • 10 week summer program 
  • All years eligible 
  • Focused on increasing public understanding of science and technology 
• Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship 
  • Due December
  • One year fellowship for final year of graduate education (Dissertation year) 
  • Focused on diversifying the nation’s college and university faculties 
• UCLA Division of Physical Sciences Diversity Fellowships: The Division of Physical Sciences is making a financial commitment of $100,000 each year for the next five years¹ to assist in the recruitment of graduate students who are committed to increasing the representation of BIPOC in their departments.
• Graduate STEM Fellowships for International Students (emphasis on Space-related fellowships).

PostGrad Fellowships

• Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship 
  • Due December
  • One year of support 
  • Focused on diversifying the nation’s college and university faculties 
• NASA Postdoctoral Program 
  • Due March/Late Feb, July, and November (3 cycles a year)
  • 1-3 years funding 
  • Assignments with NASA scientists and engineers at NASA centers 
  • Don’t have to be a US citizen (except for 2021).
• President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: Fellowship recipients | PPFP
  • Due November 
  • 12 month period 
  • Established to encourage outstanding women and minority PhD recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California 
• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships 
  • Due November
  • 12 month fellowship 
  • For scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policymaking while contributing knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policymaking process  
• AGU Congressional Scientist Fellowship
  • The AGU Congressional Science Fellowship
  • Due January
  • 1 year fellowship
  • To place scientists/engineers in the office of an individual member of Congress or committee
• List of postdoc fellowships geological sciences: Directory of Internships, Research Opportunities, Scholarships & Fellowships