Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (Due Oct. 30)
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Deadline: October 30th, 2025
For centuries, the contributions of immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees have made our nation stronger. Since 1998, we have awarded 805 Fellows from 103 countries more than $80 million to pursue the graduate degrees of their choosing across a breadth of areas from screenwriting to medicine; from physics to painting; from law to neuroscience and from opera to mechanical engineering.
The 2026 Fellowship application is now open and will close on October 30, 2025 at 2 pm Eastern Time. For applicants who apply in the fall of 2026, once we review the applications, the top 77 applicants will be designated “finalists” and will be asked to appear for virtual interviews in late January and early February of 2026. 30 of the 77 finalists will be selected as Fellows and will be notified in March of 2026. The 2026 Fellows will be announced publicly in April of 2026 and they will begin to receive stipend and tuition support from the program in the fall of 2026, and they will also attend the Fellowship’s Fall Conference, all expenses paid, that October.
Things to know before you apply
PD Soros supports all types of full-time graduate and professional degrees at accredited institutions in the United States.
You can apply when you’re applying to graduate or professional school, or when you’re in the first two years of the academic program you’re seeking funding for.
You can apply more than once and the application is free.
The first year of the Fellowship can’t be deferred.
All application materials must be submitted online through the online application.
We make no exceptions to the 2 pm ET application deadline.