The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, founded by Paul Soros and Daisy Soros in 1997, is a United States postgraduate fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants.[1][2] In 2021, the fellowship received 2,445 applications and awarded 30 fellowships for a selection rate of 1.2%.[1][3] Each fellow receives up to $90,000 in funding toward their graduate education, which can be in any field and at any university at the U.S.. The fellowship, which honors the contributions of immigrants to the U.S., was founded in 1997.[4] In 2010, the couple had contributed a total of $75 million to the organization's charitable trust.[5][6]
Past fellows include United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy (1998 Fellow), Iranian-American Ebola researcher Pardis Sabeti (2001 Fellow) and Fei-Fei Li (1999 Fellow), a Stanford professor and artificial intelligence expert.[7]
The fellowship has no restrictions based on field of study, and has supported graduate students in public policy, science, medicine, business, law, music, arts, humanities, and the social sciences. Applicants can be pursuing master's degrees, doctorate's, JD, MD, MD/PhD or other joint degrees.[8]
Overview[edit]
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports up to two years of graduate study in any field at any advanced degree-granting program in the United States. Each fellow receives up to $25,000 a year in stipend support and up to $20,000 per year tuition support, allowing Fellows to receive as much as $90,000 over two years.[1][9] Fellows attend two fall conferences in New York City designed to introduce the fellows to one another and to examine their experiences.[10]