Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (2027 Fellowship)
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Who can apply: You must already be an immigrant to the United States or the child of immigrants, so a student applying from India on a fresh F-1 visa is NOT eligible. If you were born abroad you must be a naturalised US citizen, a green card holder, an asylee or refugee, or have graduated from BOTH high school and college in the… What is funded: Up to USD 90,000 towards a graduate degree in the United States: up to USD 25,000 a year in stipend paid directly to the Fellow for up to two years, plus up to USD 20,000 a year in tuition support paid directly to the university for up to two years. Fellows also attend two all-expenses-paid weekends in New York City… Deadline: 29 October 2026, 2:00 pm US Eastern Time. Round: 2027 Fellowship. Finalists notified mid-January 2027, virtual interviews February 2027, Fellows notified March 2027 and announced April 2027, funding begins autumn 2027..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, official page.
Who can apply
- You must already be an immigrant to the United States or the child of immigrants, so a student applying from India on a fresh F-1 visa is NOT eligible. If you were born abroad you must be a naturalised US citizen, a green card holder, an asylee or refugee, or have graduated from BOTH high school and college in the United States, which is the route that covers current and past DACA recipients. If you are a US citizen by birth, both birth parents must have been born abroad as non-US citizens and ineligible for US citizenship at their own birth. You must also be 30 or younger at the deadline, hold a bachelor's degree by autumn 2027, and be starting or continuing a full-time accredited graduate or professional degree in the United States in 2027-28 without having started its third year. Executive programmes, simultaneous bachelor's and master's, certificate and post-baccalaureate programmes, and any programme outside the United States are ineligible. You do not need a graduate admission offer when you apply, and the application is free.
Stage dates
Single application stage; there is no letter of intent. Three to five recommendations must be registered through the portal. The programme states it makes no exceptions to the 2 pm ET cut-off.29 October 2026
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.